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message 1: by GabsAboutBooks (last edited Oct 24, 2020 04:29AM) (new)

GabsAboutBooks We are halfway through the readathon! How are you doing? Are you happy with your progress so far?  Let's celebrate by having another 60 minute reading sprint!


message 2: by Kate (new)

Kate (kathrynlouwca) I will be reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) by J.K. Rowling for this reading sprint. Starting on page 1 so we will see how far I get


message 3: by Denice (new)

Denice (denicereads) | 12 comments I just started The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, only four pages in so far. So I'll be trying to read as much as I can of that one during this sprint.


message 4: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (thelittlebookishnerd) | 265 comments I'm in and hoping to finally make progress on my book!


message 5: by Teresa (new)

Teresa (teresatronic) | 3 comments In a groove with Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs


message 6: by Virginia (last edited Oct 24, 2020 05:00PM) (new)

Virginia (vlgrantham) | 48 comments Continuing with Yes No Maybe So for this sprint and making some delicious frozen pizza for dinner.

Update: Read about 60 pages. Out of frozen pizza, so I went with pancakes!


message 7: by Beth (new)

Beth | 190 comments got interrupted but I'll try to read for the rest of the hour


message 8: by Kristen (new)

Kristen I'm almost finished with The Plague. Not overall happy with my progress due to things getting in the way of reading, like sleeping in this morning, nap, hair appt.


message 9: by Rebecka (new)

Rebecka (hoppeduponbooks) | 178 comments Starting on page 1 for Grady Hendrix - My best friend's Exorcism


message 10: by Sulan (new)

Sulan | 51 comments Will soon be finished with Small Spaces


message 11: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 2 comments Been hopping between 4 longer books so haven’t finished anything yet but still having fun! Adding a 5th for this sprint —Space Invaders by Nona Fernandez— that I hope to do in one go (it’s only 70 pages).


message 12: by Lexi Rose Reads (new)

Lexi Rose Reads (alexisschroeder9) | 9 comments Got a good chunk of The Selection done about 70 pages this sprint. Have about another 70 to go.


message 13: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (thelittlebookishnerd) | 265 comments I was able to read 44 pages of Theodore The Neighbour's Cat: The Novel. I have about 50 pages left so now I'm planning on finishing it tonight.


Avid Reader and Geek Girl (avidreaderandgeekgirl) | 727 comments Mod
Read 8% or ~48 pgs of Queen of Volts (The Shadow Game, #3) by Amanda Foody


message 15: by Rebecka (new)

Rebecka (hoppeduponbooks) | 178 comments I was able to read 54 pages of My Best friend's Exorcism


message 16: by Beth (new)

Beth | 190 comments finished Season of Mists, listened to The house of pomegranates for 25 minutes


message 17: by Ann A (new)

Ann A (readerann) | 867 comments 45 pages in The Sellout


message 18: by Meg (new)

Meg (alittlebitlouder) I'll join in for awhile! I'm going to continue reading Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed, and I'm going to continue re-reading The Rule-Breaker's Guide To Social Media by Damian Keyes.


message 19: by Buffy (new)

Buffy | 37 comments page 23-116 in How to Get Away with Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 2) by Elizabeth C. Bunce

Second in a series, very fun!


message 20: by Kelley (new)

Kelley (shewolf0316) | 505 comments Mod
is it just me or did the hour 20 reading sprint thread disappear?


message 21: by Michelle (new)

Michelle (michelledane) | 6 comments Including an audiobook of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas I’ve been reading for twelve straight hours and still going. Currently reading Where the Crawdads Sing. Have finished August Wilson’s Fences and American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. Great reading day!


message 22: by Alexandra (new)

Alexandra (alexandraam) | 5 comments I wasn't paying attention to time! 😳 Only 84 pages in about 2 hours, so probably 42ish pages during the sprint.
Reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo".


message 23: by Denice (new)

Denice (denicereads) | 12 comments Oops I fell asleep. But I got 30 pages in to The Haunting of Hill House before going to bed.


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