Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon discussion

Game #1: Started 3/10/2021

Roll #1: 1 - Read 50 pages & jump ahead - pages 222-272 of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper completed 3/11
Jump - Read your favorite genre - I have too many favorites so I went with YA/Mystery and read all of The Princess Game completed 3/11
Roll #2: 6 - Read a short story The Prince and the Troll completed 3/11
Roll #3: 5 - Roll again
Roll #4: 1 - Read for 2 hours - 1 hr 15 mins of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe and 45 mins of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper completed 3/12
Roll #5: 6 - Read a scifi/fantasy - the 61% I had left of Followers completed 3/21
Roll #6: 3 - Too bad! Go Back!
Went back to - Read a scifi/fantasy - read first half of Hummingbird Salamander completed 3/26
Roll #7: 6 - So close! Move back
Went back to - Read for 2 hours - The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna completed 3/28
Roll #8: 4 – Oh no! Go back
Went back to - Read for 2 hours - The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna completed 3/29
Roll #9: 6 – Read a scifi/fantasy – last half of Hummingbird Salamander completed 3/31
Roll #10: 1 – Read 150 pages – King of Scars completed 4/1
Roll #11: 5 – So close! Move back
Went back to – Read for 2 hrs – King of Scars completed 4/2
Roll #12: 4 – Oh no! Go back
Went back to – Read for 2 hrs – King of Scars completed 4/2
Roll #13: 4 – Oh no! Go back
Went back to – Read for 2 hrs – King of Scars completed 4/2
Roll #14: 3 – Listen to an audiobook - The Wickeds completed 4/3
Roll #15: 5 – Read for 3 hrs - 2.5 hrs of Rule of Wolves and .5 hr of The Man Who Played with Fire completed 4/6
Roll #16: 3 - Read 200 pages - The Man Who Played with Fire completed 4/12
Roll #17: 2 - Complete a square you didn't do
Moved to - Read a non-fiction book - the last 54% of The Man Who Played with Fire completed 4/19
END! - Read 500 pages - 385 pages of Rule of Wolves to finish it and all 132 pages of Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy completed 4/24

You're almost done! Oooh The Five! I've got it on my Hoopla list for April borrow and I'm so excited for it! How is Hummingbird Salamander? I really struggled with the Southern Reach trilogy and haven't read any of his others.

Elyse wrote: "You're almost done! Oooh The Five! I've got it on my Hoopla list for April borrow and I'm so excited for it! How is Hummingbird Salamander? I really struggled with the Southern Reach trilogy and ha..."

I hope you like The Five! I thought it was really good and I'm not normally a nonfiction fan.

Hummingbird Salamander is good! It has been hard for me to put it down. I haven't read any of his other books so I can't compare it. It has some scifi in it as in a climate issues and a worldwide pandemic (I know that doesn't seem so scifi now lol), but it's not the main plot. I actually feel it's more of a thriller, but it was classified as scifi on NetGalley so I'm using it for that.

Stephanie wrote: "Elyse wrote: "You're almost done! Oooh The Five! I've got it on my Hoopla list for April borrow and I'm so excited for it! How is Hummingbird Salamander? I really struggled with the Southern Reach ..."

Awesome!

I’m planning to pick up Rule of Wolves today!

Shelby wrote: "I’m planning to pick up Rule of Wolves today!"

I hope you enjoy it!! I'm a little over 100 pages in and I am hooked!

I bought King of Scars and Rule of Wolves this past weekend. First time stepping in a bookstore in over a year! I have not read any of Grishaverse books yet but I had to own these beautiful hardcovers! lol. And I bought them from my local indie. I do own S&B trilogy on e-book so I intend to start reading them soon!

Elyse wrote: "I bought King of Scars and Rule of Wolves this past weekend. First time stepping in a bookstore in over a year! I have not read any of Grishaverse books yet but I had to own these beautiful hardcov..."

You still have some time before the show starts!

Shelby wrote: "You still have some time before the show starts!..."

But not that much time, only 2 weeks! I never watch a Netflix show when it airs anyway. lol.

Elyse wrote: "I bought King of Scars and Rule of Wolves this past weekend. First time stepping in a bookstore in over a year! I have not read any of Grishaverse books yet but I had to own these beautiful hardcov..."

I'm finally going to a bookstore later this week! It's been over a year for me too, I feel like a kid going to Disneyland lol! Definitely start with the S&B trilogy. I also recommend the Six of Crows duology before King of Scars. I hope you enjoy the Grishaverse!

Stephanie wrote: "Elyse wrote: "I bought King of Scars and Rule of Wolves this past weekend. First time stepping in a bookstore in over a year! I have not read any of Grishaverse books yet but I had to own these bea..."

Yes, I plan on reading them in the suggested order! Haven't decided how I want to buy SoC duology, ebook or physical. I did try the audiobook before and could not get into the narrator.

Elyse wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Elyse wrote: "I bought King of Scars and Rule of Wolves this past weekend. First time stepping in a bookstore in over a year! I have not read any of Grishaverse books yet but I ha..."

I know the SoC books have multiple narrators, but I’ve never listened myself.

Elyse wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Elyse wrote: "I bought King of Scars and Rule of Wolves this past weekend. First time stepping in a bookstore in over a year! I have not read any of Grishaverse books yet but I ha..."

That's a tough decision! I ended up buying the collector's editions for the duology from Book Depository because I couldn't resist the gorgeous covers! They're more expensive than the paperbacks but a little cheaper than a new release hardcover. There aren't any full page illustrations other than the map, so you won't lose anything by reading the ebooks though.

Stephanie wrote: "Elyse wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Elyse wrote: "I bought King of Scars and Rule of Wolves this past weekend. First time stepping in a bookstore in over a year! I have not read any of Grishaverse book..."

Good to know, thanks! I have gotten some beautiful UK covers of Harry Potter and The Winternight Trilogy from Book Depository.