Hour 1 Reading Sprint April 2022

[Kelley]

This reading sprint starts at 8:00 AM Eastern Time.

Let's kick off the readathon with a Sprint! Set everything aside and R E A D! Then come back here at the end of the hour and let us know how you did.

[Lamilla]

Made myself a cup of green tea and started the first hour with Аномалия (translation from French)

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Starting at 31% of Burn Down, Rise Up and some Pepsi Zero Sugar Mango

[Beth]

Starting late, see you at the end of the hour. reading Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table at 38%

[Jamie]

Finishing up the first hour of the audiobook of Borderliners, by Peter Hoeg. I was going to go with a print book, but the kittens made such a mess of their kennel that they needed their kennel completely re-cleaned.

[Beth]

read to 45%! starting a new book now

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Got to 48% of Burn Down, Rise Up

[Susy]

Read 53 pages of The Murder on the Links

[Nona]

I read 30-something pages of Project Hail Mary

[Elsi]

Susy wrote: "Read 53 pages of The Murder on the Links"

I read 53 pages too! My current read is Kesän korkea taivas

[Angie]

Susy wrote: "Read 53 pages of The Murder on the Links"

Ah, Christie is perfect for a readathon...

[Becky]

Read 18% of Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians. I have a puppy asleep on me so I had trouble staying awake! 😂

[Angie]

read 30 pages of The Woodlanders

[Stephanie]

Finished The Promised Neverland, Vol. 1...I was still trying to wake up so I started with a graphic novel.

[Canadian Dragon]

88 pages of The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

[SadieReadsAgain]

59mins and finished the last 5% of The Museum of Abandoned Secrets!

[Lupe]

Woo! Finished a book that I was avoiding so now it’s done!

[Cathy]

Read Under Fortunate Stars for 25 minutes and then listened to the audio of Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry for another 27 minutes, while hanging up the laundry and fixing myself a sandwich…

[Kate]

I read 31 pages of The Pillars of the Earth
My Dad read 15 pages of his Trafalgar book and Mum managed 7 pages of Genesis (Joseph chapter)

[Rachida]

Listened and finished Dear Ijeawele: A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions while setting up my reading nook!

[Lamilla]

I didn't manage to read the whole hour, had breaks for tea with pancakes and to play with my dog. Read about 15% of Аномалия, looking forward to continuing with it and other books I prepared

[Lamilla]

@Nona I have Project Hail Mary on my TBR! Not at the top of the list for this readathon though

[Nikita]

I read Dracula by Bram Stoker this first hour,
a vampiric count from Transsylvania; but what will really stick with me are Van Helsing, the garlic flowers, and the patient with the flies and spiders and birds encounters...

[Diane]

In between hosting the discussions in hours 1 and 2 (great convos and recommendations!), I've read 34p of Beth O'Leary's new book, The No-Show. Buckling down, starting....now! ;)

[Nona]

Lamilla wrote: "@Nona I have Project Hail Mary on my TBR! Not at the top of the list for this readathon though"

I'm definitely enjoying it so far. It's working really well as a readathon book!