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End Strong, Start Strong End of the Year Readathon - Dec 23, 2022-Jan 9, 2023
Charleen wrote: "I totally misread the subject line and thought we were only going through this weekend...."But isn't it nice to discover that you haven't run out of time and still have lots of it left? Kind of like Scrooge discovering that he hasn't missed Christmas after all ;)
Stacie wrote: "Charleen wrote: "I totally misread the subject line and thought we were only going through this weekend...."But isn't it nice to discover that you haven't run out of time and still have lots of it left? Kind of like Scrooge discovering that he hasn't missed Christmas after all ;)"
LOL Absolutely!
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and listening to
earlier and I've been catching up on threads and Booktube videos today. We have colds that are kicking our butts so I slept till almost 11am, while I woke up hubs at 1pm!! Looking forward to feeling better in 2023! lol. I do not know what my first book will be! Maybe
but I'm kind of excited about
. And I do need to read
so I can move on in my advent challenge! So many options! lol. Bout of Books also starts on Monday and I love starting that with fresh books and this will be my first BoB with the whole week off so I have no idea what I'm doing tomorrow. 🤣My last day at my job was yesterday so that was bittersweet. But it's for the best. And as my bosses said, there will always be room for me if I change my mind. And comfortability-wise, I love that, but it's not what I need.
Happy New Year!! 🎉
Hi hit my goal early on and upped it to 185 and hit that early enough to shoot for 200. I don't listen to audio books (yet) so my old eyes are suffering from Chronic Dry Eye. Hope to have a solution for that soon. My first book of the year will be one that just came available from my library holds:
Shadow in the Glass - Author: Hilliard, M. E. And I hope to finish up the Viking history lesson - Daughters of Ash and Elm in January. I do love being a part of this group, it keeps me on track and paying attention to what others read.
My first read of the year is completed- mostly because for some reason I woke up at 2 AM and couldn't get back to sleep. Might as well make a cup of tea and grab a book, right?
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haha nice, Stacie!
Jan. 1: Children of Memory #First23Jan. 2: Children of Memoryto 16%
Queen of Teeth to 39% #First23LOH
Jan. 3: Queen of Teeth
Children of Memory
I did not get to finish my reading goal. Got some bad news about my pup so instead of finishing, I decided to just spend time with him. Still not in much of a reading mood but these library books won't finish themselves. Starting my year with The Bridges of Madison County. It's short, it's been in my TBR pile for over a year. Hopefully this helps!
Started
yesterday and binged Lore Olympus. Finished volumes one and two and started volume 3.
Jan. 3: Quantum of Nightmares
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Nope, totally not you, Charleen! I had initially ended it in 1/2 but realized that we've always done it a week in the old year and a week in the new year (plus weekends) so I changed it before I sent the message out. :)
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Reading:
Listening:
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Oh no about your pupper, Karina! :( I hope he's going to be okay.
I got about 1 hour of
yesterday and 2 hours of
today (I should be able to finish it tomorrow).
Elyse wrote: "Nope, totally not you, Charleen! I had initially ended it in 1/2 but realized that we've always done it a week in the old year and a week in the new year (plus weekends) so I changed it before I sent the message out. :)"Well, good to know I'm not totally losing it. 🤣
Tuesday:
114 pages
67 minutes
64 pages
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Reading:
Listening:
And will most-likely finish those today as well! My next read will be
, trying to fit in at least one more book for Seasons of Reading's Yuletide Spirit Reading Challenge/Readathon. Then
of which I have the physical and audio.
I completed
. Finally! It was very good, but the subject matter was so heavy that it took me forever.
Wednesday:
150 pages (finished)
47 pages (finished)
82 minutes
17 pages
Stacie wrote: "I completed . Finally! It was very good, but the subject matter was so heavy that it took me forever."Agreed, this was a rough one. Very eye-opening though.
Finished volumes 3 and 4 of Lore Olympus yesterday and read a few more chapters of
tonight.
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and also read all of
yesterday. Finish listening to
. I ended up starting
today to continue that series since it counts for multiple challenges I'm participating in. I think I will squeeze in one more Christmas book
and THEN start
.
Jan. 5: STILL reading Quantum of Nightmares! But I'm on the downhill stretch: 86 pp. to go. I am disgruntled with this year's progress so far:my two Resolutions are to Read More (higher quantity, plus more time engaged in reading) and to increase my NetGalley Reviewed production (two NG each week, one current, one "Mount TBR, which also benefits my Mount TBR Challenge). I spent Jan. 1 and 2nd reading Children of Memory, my #First2023 and an NG current. And only reached 16%! I did manage to read Queen of Teeth, my #First23LOH, Jan. 2-3, and Can You Spot the Leopard?: An African Safari, a children's coffee-table poetry-photography book on Jan. 3. Then started Quantum of Nightmares on Jan. 3, just finishing today. Dismaying!
I listened to 3 hours of
and will probably finish it tomorrow.
Thursday:
100 minutes
15 pages
55 pages
Elyse wrote: "Finished reading and also read all of yesterday. Finish listening to . I ended up startin..."
Elyse, how did you like Why We Fly?
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I did not like it at all. I gave it 2 stars. It did not achieve or even come close to what it set out to do. I was very disappointed. Here is my review
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yesterday. Started reading
and listening to
. I can't keep a TBR for the life of me. 🤣 I do plan on reading or at least starting
today. Today is the last day of Seasons of Reading's Yuletide Spirit Reading Challenge/Readathon. I got a couple of projects from my boss last night (I'm still working "on retainer" for the company I quit but only special projects and remotely which is 💯) one of which he needs today so I will be continuing The Honeys which I am gripped by! My nephew is sleeping over tonight so not sure how much actual reading I will get done today.
Elyse wrote: "Carol wrote: "Elyse, how did you like Why We Fly?..."I did not like it at all. I gave it 2 stars. It did not achieve or even come close to what it set out to do. I was very disappointed. Here is ..."
Too bad. Coulda been great.
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Yes it really could have been!!
I finished
and
, and listened to 30 minutes of
Friday:
78 minutes (finished)
18 pages
32 pages
89 minutes
Jan. 7: continuing my not-consciously-planned The Laundry Files marathon (and doing some NetGalley Mount TBRs). Just read Quantum of Nightmares #11 (owned) and Equoid (owned), now reading Next [book:The Labyrinth Index|36053406] #9 NG and Dead Lies Dreaming #10 NG.
#12 releases this year.
Completed
and listened to 30 minutes of
.
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This weekend I listened to
. I read
.Today I finally started reading
! Huzzah! And it's very dry so I'm also listening to it. I also started reading
and Katherine Arden is doing a readalong of the Winternight trilogy on Instagram so I also started
. Good stuff! lol
Total Titles Read: 14And read portions of 4 others
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I don’t think I’ll be doing any reading today—I’ll update again if that changes—so my final count for the “end strong” portion of the readathon is…
► 336 pages read
► 2 hours listened
► 3 books finished
I totally misread the subject line and thought we were only going through this weekend. (I blame holiday brain.) We all go back to school/work on the 3rd, and I suspect between normal life plus the new year momentum, I’ll get more reading done this coming week than I have so far. I already have my first few books lined up.