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Honestly, just want to get some reading done. I've been in a bit of a slump when it comes to print books, so I'd like to start and finish a couple here.
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
My book club meets on Thursday, so I definitely want to finish In Every Mirror She's Black before then. I also want to knock out the last two February prompts with Peach Blossom Spring for Asia and *something* for Africa.
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges?
Team Flour for me!
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
At home and on my lunch break, most likely.
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
Last week of work before a week-long holiday for Mardi Gras, so it will be a busy week. Hopefully it doesn't hinder my reading time too much!
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?I have a long list of books I still plan to miraculously finish before March, so I’m hoping this readathon really spurs me on to get plenty of reading done. To that end, “just generally finish a lot of books” is my goal, lol. And particularly Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, my current audiobook, which is a reread but also is a lot of hours of listening time for me 😂
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
Really hoping to finish The Bedlam Stacks and Get a Life, Chloe Brown in the next couple of days, and Strange & Norrell by the end of the week. And I’m excited to start A Thousand Steps Into Night, The Red Palace, and The Days of Afrekete!
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges?
Both!
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
At home, probably in bed, lol. Or maybe in the backyard, there’s some gorgeous weather on the forecast.
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
This is actually a pretty open week for me so the only obstacle should be my own easily distracted, Twitter-scrolling, candy crush-playing brain.
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon? Awesome reading challenge. I would like to finish up the three books I've started and then get to some library books.2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish? Looking at some shorter books like: Leave the World Behind and The Girl Who Drank the Moon.
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges? I am going to try the individual challenge: CAKES Bingo.
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading? At home and maybe the patio since the weather is so nice. It's in the 70's.
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? TV, LOL. Hopefully this is what I need to end the month with some good reads.
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon? To read 4-5 books. I want to fill in prompts in two other challenges I'm doing.2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish? There are two I've been wanting to read. My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson & The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw.
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges? Just the team
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading? Living room sofa
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on! I have a long car trip Tuesday where I will drive for some of it.
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?Read as much as possible and hopefully help fulfill some of the more difficult/obscure prompts!
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
Dying to read The Chase but making myself finish others before that one! (This is my "carrot"! LOL)
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges?
Yes. Both!
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
At home, in my chair, typically surrounded and/or covered with cats!
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
Work and working out!
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?Nothing specific, just read a lot!
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
I'm on prompts 9 & 10 for ATY, but I also have A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking on my Kindle library and will have to read it since it goes with the theme for the read-a-thon!
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges?
Both
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
Home
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
Hopefully nothing too time-consuming comes up!
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?Just to read books and enjoy the week!
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
I am currently reading Kingdom of the Wicked and probably will start Kingdom of the Cursed after. After that, whatever catches my fancy.
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges?
Both
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
Home more than likely.
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
Work, and my own attention span.
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I'd like to read 3 books: the book on my kindle I've been 'reading' for months now, the audiobook on my phone I've been ignoring for weeks, and at least one thing that counts for a prompt lol.
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
every book ever
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges?
Team Knife!
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
God willing, in a comfy chair with a blanket and maybe a fire in the fireplace.
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
Work has been so BUSY and that just leaves me desperately tired at the end of the day and all I want to do is watch people on youtube while I think "I should read that". So let's hope for more reading and less adding to the tbr.
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon? Read as much as possible!2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish? Not particularly, I just want to stay on track with ATY as I'm reading in order
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges? Both
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading? On the couch, or on audio while doing chores/walking the dogs.
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on! The new season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is going to be hard to ignore!
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?Have fun. I've saved a bunch of books for this week, so I hope I can get through them all before they're due back to the library.
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
Red, White, and Whole & Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel are at the top of my list.
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges?
Team - Yes, Individual -
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
At home.
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
I'm not expecting any major disruptions.
1. Goals: Get in lots of reading! Finish 2 books and make progress on a 3rd. 2. Finish Solaris by Stanislaw Lem and A Tale for the Time Bing by Ruth Ozeki. Start Watership Down by Richard Addams.
3. No team or individual challenge.
4. Mostly I read at home.
5. Shouldn’t be anything that stands in my way!
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?Read as much as I can. Finish the books I have coming due in the next couple days.
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
Need to finish Magic Lessons and To Kill a Mockingbird and also have been getting stared at by The Sanatorium for the past year and need to finish it to complete the 2021 challenge.
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges?
Individual and Team
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
At home
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on! Spending time with the kid, chores, and life distractions.
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges?I was just doing the team participation but the individual challenge looked like fun so I'm doing that too.
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon? Read down my library stack.
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
ALL of them LOL
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges?
Team Spatula- maybe also the individual
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
Audio while I get some house work and work done and if I make any more drives, Otherwise in the kitchen table with a lot of coffee so I don't fall asleep.
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
Well, it's a long weekend but yesterday was busy with a 2 hour hike in the morning and then a Mary Kay party last night ( don't ask me how much $$ I spent) The next two days are FREE with no kids,but back to work and mom stuff on Tuesday, so should be interesting to see how much reading I get done.
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon? To try and complete the winter challenge2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish? I really want to read Speak
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges? Definitely the team challenge. I'm going to check out the individual one now.
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading? At home in my small tv sitting room or in the car on audio.
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on! work as usual and doing some tax work for my daughter's dance studio.
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon? Read a lot!
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
Finish The Weight of Ink, Music in the Hills, The Kiss Quotient and three other short books.
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges?
Both
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
At home
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
I have family activities Wednesday through Saturday.
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?Read as many books on my tbr as possible, hopefully hitting some of the 52 prompts while I'm at it.
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
Blood Rites and Beneath the Sugar Sky! (to finish)
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges?
Both
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
At home
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
Just my husband. Haha. If he doesn't have school assignments then he'll want to watch movies/go out.
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The event runs from when you wake up on Saturday, February 19 until you go to sleep on Sunday, February 27. The goal is to read as much as you can and to have tons of fun. It's 9 full days of books and games. Feel free to participate in as few or as many games as you like.
So let’s kick off this read-a-thon with some questions, and don’t forget to keep coming back to the read-a-thon folder throughout the week to see the latest games, check in with your teammates in the team challenge, and update your tracking.
1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
3. Are you participating in the team or individual challenges?
4. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
5. Is there anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!