Reading Long Lap 1

[Jamie]

To kick off our Spring Readathon month we are doing a week long reading lap (basically a casual week-long readathon) from April 1-7. Are you joining in? What are you reading?

[Melissapalmer404]

I'm hoping to finish How to Succeed in Witchcraft today.

[Tamara]

I'm reading Duma Key by Stephen King.

[Leni]

I completely failed at finishing my March books in March, so I am focused on finishing Different Seasons (so good!), Threepenny Novel (scarily relevant), Pod (bleak yet boring), and Girl Waits with Gun (amusing).

After that my plan is Stone Blind: Medusa's Story

Then, (whether I have finished those or not,) for the long Easter weekend it's all crime novels for me, as per Norwegian tradition, but I'll come back to the actual titles.

[Elyse]

I'll be keeping track on my Blogless thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

But I'm starting with

[Dee]

Right now working on The Six Night Truce and An Earl to Save the Diamond: A Historical Regency Romance Novel for a reason challengr

[Stephanie]

I'll be starting (and hopefully finishing) my ARC for Five First Chances

[Cynda]

This week I plan to finish this next week
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's Dictionary by Henry Hitchings

[Rosalind]

Aim to finish everything started in March plus will be working on some Women's Prize nominees; Children of Paradise, I'm a Fan, and The Bandit Queens.

Plus some crime with The Writing Retreat, Black Rain, and The Murderer's Son.

Won't get through everything but am on holiday this week so should be able to make a good start.

[Elizabeth]

I'll be tracking over in my own thread. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I started off the day by finishing instead of doing work.

[Lena]

I am a multi-book reader (meaning I often read 2 or more books in the same time span). I am currently reading: &

[Cynda]

Plus I am also (self) obligated to read with GR friends
Masters of the Word: How Media Shaped History from the Alphabet to the Internet by William J. Bernstein
The Mexican American Experience in Texas: Citizenship, Segregation, and the Struggle for Equality by Martha Menchaca

[Liander (The Towering Pile)]

I've got a bunch on the go, as usual lol. Working on The Book Thief. Just started Harrow the Ninth. Trying to catch up on my read-along of Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady. Also have a stack of graphic novels out from the library.

[Jamie]

My TBR this week is
Her Fearful Symmetry
Hollow Kingdom
The Islanders
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
White Oleander
What Strange Paradise
The Waiter
A History of Wild Places
Homegoing
Calling for a Blanket Dance
Under the Skin



My 'fantasy self' for this week's TBR is a modern literature professor in a small college town.

April 4th Update:
Finished - Under the Skin

Started - What Strange Paradise


TBR
Her Fearful Symmetry
Hollow Kingdom
The Islanders
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
White Oleander
The Waiter
A History of Wild Places
Homegoing
Calling for a Blanket Dance




April 7th Update:
Finished - Under the Skin, What Strange Paradise



Started:
Calling for a Blanket Dance


TBR

[Lynnette]

I'll be tracking my long lap in what was formally known as for the blogless
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Melissapalmer404]

I loved The Librarian of Burned Books!

Lena wrote: "I am a multi-book reader (meaning I often read 2 or more books in the same time span). I am currently reading: & "

[Eileen]

I'm currently reading The Stand by Stephen King (4th time), Exiles by Jane Harper and Someone Else's Shoes by JoJo Moyes.

[Eileen]

Cynda wrote: "This week I plan to finish this next week
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
[book:Defining th..."

I loved The Robe. I haven't read it in eons! I have to put it on my to be reread list.

[Jana]

My weeklong readathon is called "These Things Need to Go Back to the Library":

Sorrowland
Chef's Kiss
The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye
Cackle
Sex, Murder and a Double Latte

[Lena]

I'm also currently reading

[Leni]

Jana wrote: "My weeklong readathon is called "These Things Need to Go Back to the Library":

I often have readathons like that. lol

[Cynda]

Eileen, long ago I watched the movie with my mother. Good memories. I am currently reading it with a Christian group. I asked what they reading to honor or celebrate Easter. . . .If you or anyone else wants a link without expectations, only information:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Cathy]

I am reading: — updated
Antimatter Blues — finished
Pretender
Pacific Storm

547 pages, 4 hours 52 minutes.

[Vanessa]

Jamie wrote: "To kick off our Spring Readathon month we are doing a week long reading lap (basically a casual week-long readathon) from April 1-7. Are you joining in? What are you reading?"

I won't have time to participate all seven days , but I have Wednesday the 5th free and will probably spend and hour or two reading THE LIBRARY : A catalogue of wonders by Stuart Kells .

[Elyse]

what is the second pre-readathon challenge?

[Liander (The Towering Pile)]

Elyse wrote: "what is the second pre-readathon challenge?"

I see there's a thread for a second week-long reading lap that starts today. The thread hasn't been unlocked yet, though.

[Ann A]

I completed Lap 1 with 722 pages read in various books. Going to try to beat that in Lap 2!

[Cynda]

Sorry for the delay. I did open Long Lap #2. Please continue on there when you're ready

[Jamie]

Cynda wrote: "Sorry for the delay. I did open Long Lap #2. Please continue on there when you're ready"

Thanks :)

[Lena]

I am a bit behind in my updating, but here is my wrap of for Lap 1:

Pre-Readathon Long Lap 1
Dates: April 1st to April 7th

Books in Progress:

Books Finished:

Total Pages Read: 863 Pages

Total Time Read: 22 hrs & 17 mins