Hooked on Books discussion

Hi everyone,

I know everyone is busy this month, but we can still read some. So here is your very relaxed, no stress read-a-thon. If you want to talk about you are reading, please discuss all you like. You may use this template, or create your own.

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Total pages read:

Books read:

01: Baby-sitters' European Vacation 5 pages
Total 5
02: Watching You 236 pages
Total 236
03: Watching You 14 pages Marrying Kind 2 hours and 24 mins. Shirley, Goodness and Mercy 61 pages
Total 75
04: Shirley, Goodness and Mercy 64 pages Thursdays at Eight 53 pages
Total 117
05: Thursdays at Eight 235 pages
Total 235
06: no reading
07: no reading
08: no reading
09: Thursdays at Eight 96 pages Heartsong 63 pages
Total 159
10: Heartsong 46 pages
Total 46
11: Heartsong 77 pages
Total 77
12: Pretty Girls 49 pages
Total 49
13: no reading
14: no reading
15: no reading
16: Pretty Girls 126 pages
Total 126
17: Pretty Girls 93 pages
Total 93
18: Pretty Girls 110 pages
Total 110
19: Pretty Girls 170 pages Call Me Mrs. Miracle 36 pages
Total 206
20: no reading
21: no reading
22: no reading
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27: no reading
28: Call Me Mrs. Miracle 217 pages
Total 217
29: The Widow of Rose House 6 pages
Total 6
30: The Return of Rafe MacKade 163 pages (It was only 63 but I'm not sure when I read the other 100 so I'm adding them here.)
Total 163
31: The Return of Rafe MacKade 45 pages
Total 45

Total pages read: 1965

Books completed:

Currently reading:

12/1: Age of Myth, 131 pages
12/2: Age of Myth, 87 pages, finished
12/3: The Girl Who Reads on the Métro, 175 pages, finished
12/4: Age of Swords, 25 pages
12/5: 0
12/6: 0
12/7: 0
12/8: 0
12/9: 0
12/10: 0
12/11: 0
12/12: 0
12/13: 0
12/14: 0
12/15: Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack 217 pages
12/16: Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack, 149 pages, finished
12/17: Shark Dialogues, 95 pages
12/18: Shark Dialogues, 27 pages
12/19: Shark Dialogues, 134 pages
12/20: Shark Dialogues, 260 pages, finished
12/21: Cards on the Table, 324 pages, finished
12/22: Theonite: Planet Adyn, 175 pages
12/23: Theonite: Planet Adyn, 114 pages, finished
12/24: Theonite: Orbit, 65 pages and The Sun Also Rises, 25 pages
12/25: 0
12/26: Ducks, Newburyport, 50 pages and 83 pages of Theonite: Orbit
12/27: Ducks, Newburyport, 103 pages
12/28: Ducks, Newburyport, 255 pages
12/29: Ducks, Newburyport, 143 pages
12/30: The Sun Also Rises, , 121 pages, finished
12/31: Ducks, Newburyport, 80 pages

Total pages read: 2,960 as of 12/31/2019

Books read:

Currently reading:

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12/2: 0 pages
12/3: - 15 pages
12/4: 45 pages, 21 pages
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12/9: -14 pages
12/10: -23 pages
12/11: -37 pages
12/12: -12 pages
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12/25: -81 pages
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Total pages: 720

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I'll be traveling somewhat for the next two weeks. I don't plan on updating, and I have no idea how much I'll be able to read.

Karen wrote: "I'll be traveling somewhat for the next two weeks. I don't plan on updating, and I have no idea how much I'll be able to read."

Do you have any exciting plans?

Yes, I am taking an Hawaiian Island cruise.

Karen wrote: "Yes, I am taking an Hawaiian Island cruise."

Oh wow! That IS exciting!
I went to Hawaii in January and I still think about it every day!
Have the BEST time!

Thanks Leane, I will!

Currently Reading:
TBR:

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12/2: 132 pages 77 pages
12/3: 109 pages 76 pages 20 pages
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Karen wrote: "Currently reading:



Did you like ?

I've missed a lot of this month and the lead up to Christmas will be busy so I won't get much reading in but I'd like to concentrate on the days between Christmas and New Year as I should devote some time over that period to reading. I'm also keen to finish a number of reading challenges and reach my 52 book target for 2019. So I'll pick this up from Boxing Day if that's ok:

26 Dec: Little Grey Rabbit: Little Grey Rabbit's Christmas 46 pages Twelve Days of Christmas 31 pages
27 Dec: Twelve Days of Christmas 15 pages
28 Dec: Twelve Days of Christmas 118 pages
29 Dec: Twelve Days of Christmas 164 pages Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 52 pages
30 Dec: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 108 pages
31 Dec: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 91 pages

Currently Reading:


12/12: Girl at War (FIN)
12/13: The Shadowy Horses & Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
12/14: Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons (FIN) & The Shadowy Horses (FIN)
12/15: Fleshmarket
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12/23: The Stolen Boys
12/24: The Stolen Boys
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12/26: The Stolen Boys (FIN)
12/27: We
12/28: We (FIN)
12/29: Everything My Mother Taught Me (FIN) & Click-Clack the Rattlebag (FIN)
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313 - Girl at War
128 - Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
421 - The Shadowy Horses
74 - Fleshmarket
373 - The Stolen Boys
255 - We
28 - Everything My Mother Taught Me
5 - Click-Clack the Rattlebag
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1597 - Total pages read

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Hi Everyone, I'm back from my trip. I thought I would never have the opportunity to see Hawaii, so when a friend of mine invited me to join her, I jumped at the chance. Now, I am looking at books on Hawaii, and reading a few.

How's everyone doing? I only read 1/3 of a book while I was away (and that was on the plane). I'm with Kate, I am going to ramp up my reading between Christmas and New Year's Eve.

Leticia wrote: "Karen wrote: "Currently reading:



Did you like ?"

I did like Age of Myth, but not quite as much as the Riyria Series, but it kind of grew on me.

Karen wrote: "Hi Everyone, I'm back from my trip. I thought I would never have the opportunity to see Hawaii, so when a friend of mine invited me to join her, I jumped at the chance. Now, I am looking at books o..."

I hope you had an amazing time, Karen!
My reading has been on and off, but I don't feel bad about it.
I'm currently trying to make my way through some of the Debbie Macomber classics. To shift gears I switched to Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter. My first book by her. We'll see how it goes.

Leane wrote: "Karen wrote: "Hi Everyone, I'm back from my trip. I thought I would never have the opportunity to see Hawaii, so when a friend of mine invited me to join her, I jumped at the chance. Now, I am look..."

Leane, I had a great time, and so thankful for the trip. Of course I read very little.
Please let me know what you think of Karin Slaughter, I have thought about picking up one of her books.

Leticia wrote: "TBR:,,

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Hi Leticia, what did you think of Strange the Dreamer?

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Karen wrote: "Leticia wrote: "TBR:,,

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It was nicely written but a bit too long and slow paced. Very romantic too.

Closing down to Christmas and the End of the Year. How is everyone doing?

Do we want to continue this monthly read-a-thon? I would like to, but I wanted to see what everyone else thinks.

Karen wrote: "Leane wrote: "Karen wrote: "Hi Everyone, I'm back from my trip. I thought I would never have the opportunity to see Hawaii, so when a friend of mine invited me to join her, I jumped at the chance. ..."

Karen, I would recommend Karin Slaughter, if you can handle dark material. I don't want to put a bunch of trigger warnings on it, but a lot of people did. I'm also told that's just her writing style.
My review of Pretty Girls doesn't do it justice because I was trying not to to spoil anything.

And I would love to continue monthly read-a-thons. I really like this was a way to keep track of my reading.

I look forward to the last week of the year, I actually have time to do some reading.

I am trying to finish up a book that I know if I switch on and off to another book, I won't finish. So my whole reading right now is focused on one book (I normally read multiple books at a time). I am being somewhat successful.

Do you find that the few days before the new year is a good time to read, or are you still in holiday preparations?

I know what you mean by reading too many books at the same time. I have three started Audiobooks that are actually anthologies, I seem to not being able to read a whole anthology without reading another longer book at the same time. I also have a huge book with more than 800 pages that has been dragging for a couple of months.

I had a relatively calm time now around Christmas, since I refused to be swept up in too much family stress with my in-laws, so I was reading and finishing two books. It helps that the DVD player of my computer is broken and I can't watch DVDs Lol. With this all I also started learning knitting...
I will soon get a new computer and go on reading, watching DVDs and hopefully knitting too.

I love this time of year, after Christmas but before the new year. I took Thurs and Fri off from work so I could have a nice long weekend. I did some cleaning, organizing and setting myself up for the new year: got my new planner ready and purged some books (gave to a friend) and also binge watched some Duck Dynasty. (Not something I normally watch but it was comical and helped me during the dragging parts of cleaning!
I also finished up , which was a nice way to wrap up the holidays.

Leticia, I'm a beginning knitter too, and it is so relaxing. Good for you to step back a little during the holidays,

Leane, I like Debbie Macomber, I really need to read more by her (thank you for reminding me).

Have you thought about any reading goals for the new year, or do you prefer just reading whatever you feel like?

Karen wrote: "Leticia, I'm a beginning knitter too, and it is so relaxing. Good for you to step back a little during the holidays,

Leane, I like Debbie Macomber, I really need to read more by her (thank you for..."

I like her as well. You can always count on a "feel good" story.
I've been trying to alternate between her, a thriller and another random book.
I do like reading multiple books at a time. Usually an audio for work, a ebook for when I'm out and a physical book at home.

For 2020 I'm thinking I'm setting a goal of 52 books.
I want to try to focus less an audio books, which I relied on a lot this year.

How about you?

I'm starting to think about the challenges for next year. I've been reading around the world for the past five years, so I know I will always be looking for the next book to read.

I am in the Around the World in 80 books group, and the moderator sets up many challenges which I enjoy being a part of, for example a Translation challenge: to read books originally written in another language from our own. I would like to do that again next year.

In another group, there is a chunky book challenge: to read books 500 pages or more, that I participate in each year.

I have to be careful to not overextend myself.

Those both sound like good ideas!

I'm doing mainly annual challenges this year,
instead of shorter ones. I'm doing "Global Voices" which means to read #ownvoice and diverse authors. I'm also doing Popsugar and Shorter Reads which is to read short stories and novellas and many others LOL.

Leticia wrote: "I'm doing mainly annual challenges this year,
instead of shorter ones. I'm doing "Global Voices" which means to read #ownvoice and diverse authors. I'm also doing Popsugar and Shorter Reads which ..."

This month (January), I will be focusing on women in translation. I'm in two translation challenges.