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message 1: by Kelley (new)

Kelley (shewolf0316) | 505 comments Mod
Tell us about your readathon reads right here!


message 2: by Diane (new)

Diane (dianegia) | 47 comments Hmmmm...probably going to catch up on my TBR with a mix of Fic, NF, poetry via audio, print & kindle. Malibu rising-Reid; How to love the world (poems)-Crews; House on the cerulean sea-Klune; Matrix-Groff; Sixth extinction-Kolbert.


message 3: by Lena (new)

Lena | 364 comments I'm still planning what I'm reading!!


message 4: by Reed (new)

Reed (reedster6) | 79 comments I might start out with a mix of mystery, romance historical fiction sci fi and everything else


message 5: by Trisha (new)

Trisha (trishaw) | 3 comments I'm going to see what is still on my currently reading list. I want that to be gone before I start new books for a readathon.


message 6: by Mari (new)

Mari | 2 comments I don't like to plan my reading list out ahead of time. I'll pick up whatever is calling me name that day and go with it.


message 7: by Reed (new)

Reed (reedster6) | 79 comments I'm reading National Velvet by Enid Bagnold


message 8: by Linda (new)

Linda (michigooose) | 12 comments I’m starting with A Glass of Blessings by Barbara Pym and Zen Seeing Zen Drawing interspersed with backlog magazines.


message 9: by LuLu (new)

LuLu | 5 comments I have a list that is longer than I will be awake for, starting with The Comfort Book by Matt Haig, and for warm &fuzzy topics How To Be a Good Creature.


message 10: by Canadian Dragon (new)

Canadian Dragon | 17 comments I am just going to go with the flow. I have Saga -volume 3 and 4. Plus the books on my tbr


message 11: by Emmy B (new)

Emmy B | 1 comments I'll continue with The Bread the Devil Knead (I've read about 100 pages and it's 245 pages long), and mix it up with the Dracula graphic novel. :)

The is the plan at the moment.

Let's have fun! Happy reading everyone! :)


message 12: by Canadian Dragon (new)

Canadian Dragon | 17 comments I think I a, going to continue reading Mythical Doorways- Portal Fantasy (Anthology)


message 13: by Janae (new)

Janae (The Modish Geek) (themodishgeek) | 31 comments I have a stack of possibilities but excited for Come Closer x Sara Grant


message 14: by Laura (new)

Laura H | 169 comments I've got a big pile too!


message 15: by Nona (new)

Nona | 138 comments I'm starting with Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, but I'll be jumping around a bunch!


message 16: by Dana (new)

Dana Cristiana (silvermoon1923) | 57 comments I started with the audiobook of When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne, while I get ready to leave to my sister's house and we'll read together.


message 17: by Gnoe (new)

Gnoe Graasland | 31 comments Book group read for tomorrow: Sequoia Nagamatsu's How High We Go in the Dark. Great so far (= about 6% in LOL).


message 18: by T. (new)

T. Hampton | 30 comments I'm just going to work on what I'm currently reading. Which is a big pile, to be sure! Library books, challenge books, ebooks and audiobooks, books I'm reading with my children...

Yeah, I won't run out of things to read today.

Happy reading!


message 19: by Dana (new)

Dana Cristiana (silvermoon1923) | 57 comments Now I'm listening to Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne.


message 20: by Lidya (last edited Apr 30, 2022 06:02AM) (new)

Lidya (schadenfreudes) | 21 comments Currently, I'm finishing this book The Ministry Of Special Cases by Nathan Englander.


message 21: by Laura (new)

Laura Russell (shortlikeme87) I've been in the middle of a Harry Potter reread, so I'm halfway through book three.


message 22: by Jessica (new)

Jessica Edwards | 1 comments Starting with Lost on a Mountain in Maine, then Lostboy, and a mystery short story collection!!


message 23: by Lamilla (new)

Lamilla | 818 comments @Heather you need to select "add book/author" link on top of the comment window


message 24: by Lena (new)

Lena | 364 comments I'm currently reading:

Wait, I'm Working With Who?!? The Essential Guide to Dealing with Difficult Coworkers, Annoying Managers, and Other Toxic Personalities by Peter Economy

She Persisted Oprah Winfrey by Renée Watson


Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads) I've already finished The Village. (I only had a chapter or so left when we started this morning.)

I'm switching books a lot as the mood strikes (or I need a different format) so I'm working on:

The Princess and the Goblin
The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture
I Married Adventure: The Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson

and will probably before long will also try to finish

Iron Hearted Violet


message 26: by Nona (new)

Nona | 138 comments Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads) wrote: "I've already finished The Village. (I only had a chapter or so left when we started this morning.)

I'm switching books a lot as the mood strikes (or I need a different format) so ..."


I'm switching between books a bunch too. So far I've read some of:

Project Hail Mary
David Copperfield
We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
and a poetry collection


message 27: by Lamilla (new)

Lamilla | 818 comments Nona wrote: "I'm switching between books a bunch too"
I'm thinking about doing "try a chapter" for one of the reading sprints!


message 28: by Nona (new)

Nona | 138 comments Oh, that's a great idea!


message 29: by Beth (new)

Beth | 190 comments Started by reading a little bit more of Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table. Now at 45% on my Kobo.

I also started rereading A Thousand Ships; I'll probably finish that next.


message 30: by Claire (new)

Claire (proud-mum) | 89 comments I’m about 19% through The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult.


message 32: by Josianne (new)

Josianne Woodhouse Scicluna | 2 comments Currently reading: House Of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland after might start the Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi


message 33: by Nikita (new)

Nikita Blomstedt (papercrafter) | 6 comments i'm reading start trek: the next generation, ancient blood by Diane Carey.
very gory and tragic beginning but also contains what i can expect from a star trek story.


message 34: by Mai (new)

Mai (mairaculi) (mairaculi) | 4 comments I'm currently on The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy. This was a readalong in April, so I'm trying to finish it soon.


message 35: by Tai (new)

Tai (tai_ross_reads) | 17 comments Unfortunately, I started about 4 hours late today. I'm finishing We Were Liars by E. Lockhart and reading Six Scary Stories selected and introduced by Stephen King


message 36: by Book Nerd (new)

Book Nerd Shenanigans (chilbobaggins) | 4 comments I have a stack of mangas and some back up graphic novels. I’m planning on knocking out a bunch of the smaller reads on my tbr.


message 37: by L Y N N (new)

L Y N N (book_music_lvr) | 30 comments Working to finish Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family which is well-written and so very interesting!


message 38: by Elyse (new)

Elyse (winesaboutbooks) | 2454 comments Finishing up Dissonance by Erica O'Rourke and then I will be reading Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher


J. Robinson-Readersgottoread (mysterymom40) | 7 comments The Accomplice by Lisa Lutz


message 40: by Dana (new)

Dana Cristiana (silvermoon1923) | 57 comments Finished Zen: The Art of Simple Living by Shunmyō Masuno.


message 41: by Lena (new)

Lena | 364 comments I'm currently reading:

Black Girls Rock! Celebrating the Power, Beauty, and Brilliance of Black Women by Beverly Bond - Beverly Bond


message 42: by Lamilla (new)

Lamilla | 818 comments You have still 40 minutes to read till the official end, although I would say it's important to follow the spirit rather than the letter ))


message 43: by Reed (new)

Reed (reedster6) | 79 comments I'm reading National Velvet by Enid Bagnold


message 44: by Julie (new)

Julie Wakefield | 46 comments I read Win by Harlan Coben and have about an hour left in the audio of The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn. I am also read 60 pages of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig with the buddy read group on FB.


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