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End Strong, Start Strong Readathon - Dec 22, 2023-Jan 7, 2024
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Over the final days of 2023, I plan on finishing
. The rest of my reading is kind of at the whim of Hoopla selections and Libby holds coming in. I do have
and I'm hoping to also fit in
. Plus I have one category left for the Kindle Challenge so I need to read
. So yeah, easy peasy! lol. I'm intentionally choosing
as my first book of 2024 because my review is due by publication day and I'd better have given birth by January 16. lol. I am having a baby boy in the next couple of weeks (due January 9) so it could be any day now! This is our first child and we are nervous excited.
Congrats, Elyse! Are you just now announcing to the group, or is this one of those things I miss when I go MIA for half the year?So I started off just getting busy with other things, but over the summer and start of school, it turned into a full-on reading slump. At one point I dropped my goal from 60 down to 40, and a month ago even that seemed like a stretch goal. I will hit it, but barely. And hopefully I can manage to come back here and update when I do.
Good luck, everyone!
TREMENDOUS Congratulations, and Prayers for you and your Precious! Superb start to 2024!Long finished 2023, planned 2024 TBR Challenge before mid-August (all Adrian Tchaikovsky and Peter F. Hamilton), know my #1st2024 reads:
City of Last Chances
House of Open Wounds.
City Under One Roof Reread from January 2023
Village in the Dark
12/22: last 2 episodes of Good Omens S2, a couple of EARLY Doctor Who, continued Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, from p. 137 to p. 207
NG Audio To Challenge Heaven to 32%
12/23:
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, 65%
NG Audio
12/24: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
12/25: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
So much NFL Christmas Eve Eve, Christmas Eve, Christmas, plus gift-opening, too little reading 📚 🧐🤔
12/26: Doctor Who Christmas Special 2023; Goosebumps Season
12/27: The Night Before Christmas, brand-new, Yule Spirit read, 4th in Series. To p. 112.
12/28: The Night Before Christmas, to p. 195
12/29:
12/30:
Linesman from p. 125 to p. 135
12/31: Tavern of Terror Vol. 11: Short Horror Stories Anthology
1/01: City of Last Chances #1stRead2024 Mount TBR . Fantasy. Loving it! To p. 98. Own.
1/02:
City of Last Chances from p. 98 to 125
Those Who Dwell Below the Sidewalk new, own. to p. 42
1/03: City of Last Chances to p. 172
Those Who Dwell Below the Sidewalk. To p. 55
1/04: City of Last Chances to p. 236
Hellweg's Keep to p.39
1/05:
1/06: City of Last Chances to p. 246
Unnatural Death Libby Virtual to p. 70
1/07:
Unnatural Death Libby Virtual
To p. 171
Titles Read:
I met my Goodreads goal of 200 books near the end of October. I typically pick what books to read but my mood can cause me to change my mind.I’m hoping to read the following during the read-a-thon:
A Little Christmas Spirit by Sheila Roberts
The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella
Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
The Fearless One by Lori Foster
Planning for Murder by Ellen Jacobson
Blood Stains by Sharon Sala
Good luck to everyone!
Merry Christmas!
What!?? Congratulations Elyse! Am so happy for you. I will probably send you lots of recommendations for baby and kid's books... Watch out.I am proud to say I have met and exceeded my reading goal for the year, about a couple of months ago. Usually, I start out with a little conservative goal and then if I am going to pass it, I might bump it up once or twice.
I am going conservative again for 2024. about 275. That is probably 80% audio book, 19% print book, and 1% ebook.
I like to dive into the ABC challenge at the beginning of the year.
One of my book related New Years Resolution for 2024 is to read more non fiction. I did it for 2023 and hope to do it again for 2024.
I'm planning to finish
and read
by the end of the year, and then start off 2024 with
.
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So I started off just getting busy with other things, but over the..."
Thank you, Charleen! No, I hadn't announced in the group until the readathon message I sent yesterday! lol. So you didn't miss anything!
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Long finished 2023, planned 2024 TBR Challenge before mid-August (all Adrian Tchaikovsky and Peter F. Hamil..."
Thank you, Mallory!
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I am proud to say I have met and exceeded my reading goa..."
Thank you, Carol! As you can probably guess, baby boy has quite the library already! 🤣 We had people bring books for the baby shower and many brought more than one!
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I only set a reading goal of one book for the Goodreads challenge this year, and I've just finished book 99, so will probably hit 100 before..."
Thank you, Katie!
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this morning. It's due back tomorrow just before noon! But I've got some chores to do, presents to wrap, if I have the energy so I will listen then, and I'm listening now, and if I don't have the energy, I usually play a couple mobile games while listening. I can't just sit back and listen, I have to multi-task! lol. I'm also 60% through
. I was listening to the audiobook but it returned last night so now I'll finish it with the e-book which I have from NetGalley. I'm also buddy reading
(pubs in Feb) in another group and I'm 40% through. I'm bored. 😬 Going to try to get the audio from NetGalley.
I still have 11 books left to go to meet my (revised) goal of 125 for the year. So, over the next 10 days I'll be trying to finish most of the books I have in progress, plus a few short books.I don't have specific plans for my first books of the new year. I'll pick those when the time comes! In general, I like to get a strong start on my challenges and clear out my library stack.
Today's my last day of work before a two-week vacation, but the next few days are packed pretty full, so we'll see how I do!
These are my current reads that I hope to finish by the end of the year:
And these are some other books that I'll try to squeeze in:
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I am quickly closing the gap on my goal of 100. I think I have 12 books left and while it will be a stretch between hosting holidays and working I think I can make it.
I’m looking at all of my goals for 2024 and will come back and finish this one. I’m doing some soul searching on how I want my life to improve in 2024. I’ve got some work to do.
My reading goal will probably stay at 100. I was thinking of dropping down to 75, but I feel like I really want to read 100 books a year even if I have to do a crazy year end push every year…haha
Thanks for being our supreme host over here and prodding such good prompts for group discussion.
*snort* Yeah, no! I am not getting anywhere near my goal this year, lol! I'm a 56 now and may get as far as 60. But I don't actually feel bad about that. I feel rested. I read what I wanted, when I wanted, put down things I wasn't enjoying... and then I discovered Balder's Gate 3 and spent countless hours completely immersed. And now that the end of the year is approaching and there's no way I'm going to knock out 19 books in 9 days I still feel like it's been a good reading year :) I don't have any specific plans for this readathon other than read and enjoy the cozy feeling of knowing that I'm "reading with" a bunch of other people who just read for the love of it. I'm currently reading
and will probably keep going with the Murderbot Diaries (I'm rereading them before starting the latest one).
I’m not sure if I congratulated you elsewhere or not yet, but either way, Congrats Elyse!
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Thank you, Shelby!
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I'll probably re-read the whole MB series when either the final book is almost released -or- when the Apple+ show is almost released, whichever comes first. But I am currently reading the new one!
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and I'm reading/listening to
now. I'm 65% through
and now 71% through
. I can't believe there's only a week left of 2023!! So I also started reading
so finish my Kindle Challenge.
Liander (The Towering Pile) wrote: "I still have 11 books left to go to meet my (revised) goal of 125 for the year. So, over the next 10 days I'll be trying to finish most of the books I have in progress, plus a few short books.I d..."
I had a positively insane start to my winter holidays. My last day of work was Friday, I went to my parents' house on Friday evening, and I've barely been home since. Saturday was the big family party. Now we're past all the events but my sister and her family are still here all week. I came home today to spend one night in my own bed recuperating from being in a house with 7 other people lol.
Anyway, I did manage to finish
. Since then I've been struggling to fit in any reading time and make progress on
. I only have 26 hours left to finish the last couple hours of
, so that's my top priority while I'm at home, followed by reading as much as possible of Under Heaven.When I go back to the craziness tomorrow, I'll bring a couple of shorter books with me, since I think they're easier to focus on when I'm only managing to steal brief moments of reading time.
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. I'm also 70% through
and
.
Changing my tbr around again, because it's winter, so I'm in more of a thriller/horror mood.
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in the wee hours of the morning. I started reading
not too long ago.
I started reading
yesterday and I’m over halfway through. Very concerned for the main character. 😱
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last night. I've also finally started
and hope to finish it today. Then I can finish
and read
tomorrow. I'm also 75% through
between the audio and hardcover. Not as good as The Firekeeper's Daughter.
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And make some new ones! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Just finished my last book of the year,
!
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and read
. I just need to finish
in the next 2.5 hours! Happy New Year!
I finished
and I believe that's the last I'll finish this year. Happy New Year everyone!
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in the nick of time last night (a 2-star read as my final book of the year eww!) and today I have started reading
. I already find the narrator annoying, breaking the fourth wall and talking to the reader. Blech. Happy New Year!
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last night after midnight!"I'm no writer but I really enjoyed this!
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Wow, Andrea, impressive!
Liander (The Towering Pile) wrote: "Liander (The Towering Pile) wrote: "I still have 11 books left to go to meet my (revised) goal of 125 for the year. So, over the next 10 days I'll be trying to finish most of the books I have in pr..."I managed to finish
before my audiobook expired, and I also (amazingly) finished
! I ended up reading 117 books in 2023. I did a lot of letting it go over the weekend lol.Now for a fresh start! Ish! Because I still have a few books on the go lol. I hate carrying books over to the new year, but in recent years I can't seem to get away from it. (When I finally finish Les Mis I am never putting myself through something like that ever again.)
To start the new year, I'm reading
and finishing
. After that, we'll see! Priorities include working on those pesky books that carried over, getting a strong start on my Mount TBR challenge, and reading my library books.
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Read some more of
tonight and the first few chapters of
. I actually preordered this one last year.
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during the 3 reading sprints I actually did for Bout of Books (boutofbooks.blogspot.com). Today I've done the first sprint and started listening to
, recommended to me by one of the midwives! I already had it marked as 'Want To Read' but I also have *cough*17,000*cough* books on that shelf. Libby had it available so I scooped it up so we can talk about it at my 39-week appt on Thursday. It's a bit odd. lol. She said she attended a writing workshop with Ruth Ozeki in Vermont years ago. Very cool.
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Cough, choke, sputter 17000 and 39 weeks!!! That bun is cooked, and your bookshelves are sagging :)
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Cough, choke, sputter 17000 and 39 weeks!!! That bun is cooked, and your bookshelves are sagging :)"
It's not like I own 17,000 books! ...ony like 3,000...lol. The 17,000 is just any book I ever had any inkling of an interest in reading. It gets added to 'Want To Read' shelf.
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Oh I definitely used to take that number and divide it by how many books I was averaging a year to see how long it would take to complete! I know I won't read every book on the shelf but I know where to go when I don't know what to read. lol.
Read more of On Writing and Our Love Will Devour Us tonight!
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(did not like it 😬) yesterday and started reading
. Trying to stay ahead of my physical ARCs before baby comes! Continuing listening to
, it's a bit odd. lol. I have some paperwork to organize today so I'll probably get a lot listened.
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How many books do you have left to meet your Goodreads goal? If you've already met it, when?
Have you modified your goal at all this year? Up or down?
What's a reading goal you have for 2024? Doesn't have to be total books you want to read, it can be # of physical books, classics, e-books, etc!
Do you consciously pick a book for your first read of the new year or is it whatever comes up next in your TBR or are you a mood reader and you have no idea?!