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message 1: by Kelley (new)

Kelley (shewolf0316) | 505 comments Mod
This reading sprint starts at 8:00 AM Eastern Time.

Let's kick off the readathon with a Sprint! Set everything aside and R E A D! Then come back here at the end of the hour and let us know how you did.


message 2: by Lamilla (new)

Lamilla | 818 comments Made myself a cup of green tea and started the first hour with Аномалия (translation from French)


Avid Reader and Geek Girl (avidreaderandgeekgirl) | 727 comments Mod
Starting at 31% of Burn Down, Rise Up and some Pepsi Zero Sugar Mango


message 4: by Beth (last edited Apr 30, 2022 05:09AM) (new)

Beth | 190 comments Starting late, see you at the end of the hour. reading Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table at 38%


message 5: by Jamie (new)

Jamie Barringer (Ravenmount) (ravenmount) | 950 comments Mod
Finishing up the first hour of the audiobook of Borderliners, by Peter Hoeg. I was going to go with a print book, but the kittens made such a mess of their kennel that they needed their kennel completely re-cleaned.


message 6: by Beth (new)

Beth | 190 comments read to 45%! starting a new book now


message 8: by Susy (new)

Susy (susysstories) | 2288 comments Read 53 pages of The Murder on the Links


message 9: by Nona (new)

Nona | 138 comments I read 30-something pages of Project Hail Mary


message 10: by Elsi (new)

Elsi (elsielsi) | 110 comments Susy wrote: "Read 53 pages of The Murder on the Links"

I read 53 pages too! My current read is Kesän korkea taivas


message 11: by Angie (new)

Angie | 169 comments Susy wrote: "Read 53 pages of The Murder on the Links"

Ah, Christie is perfect for a readathon...


message 12: by Becky (new)

Becky Quigley (bmqmom) | 46 comments Read 18% of Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians. I have a puppy asleep on me so I had trouble staying awake! 😂


message 13: by Angie (new)

Angie | 169 comments read 30 pages of The Woodlanders


message 14: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (thelittlebookishnerd) | 265 comments Finished The Promised Neverland, Vol. 1...I was still trying to wake up so I started with a graphic novel.


message 15: by Canadian Dragon (last edited Apr 30, 2022 08:35AM) (new)

Canadian Dragon | 17 comments The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 88 pages of The Invisible Life of Addie Larue


message 16: by SadieReadsAgain (new)

SadieReadsAgain (sadiestartsagain) | 157 comments 59mins and finished the last 5% of The Museum of Abandoned Secrets!


message 17: by Lupe (new)

Lupe Dominguez (lupedominguez) | 43 comments Woo! Finished a book that I was avoiding so now it’s done!


message 18: by Cathy (new)

Cathy  (cathepsut) | 567 comments Read Under Fortunate Stars for 25 minutes and then listened to the audio of Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry for another 27 minutes, while hanging up the laundry and fixing myself a sandwich…


message 19: by Kate (new)

Kate | 643 comments I read 31 pages of The Pillars of the Earth
My Dad read 15 pages of his Trafalgar book and Mum managed 7 pages of Genesis (Joseph chapter)


message 20: by Rachida (new)

Rachida | 152 comments Listened and finished Dear Ijeawele: A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions while setting up my reading nook!


message 21: by Lamilla (new)

Lamilla | 818 comments I didn't manage to read the whole hour, had breaks for tea with pancakes and to play with my dog. Read about 15% of Аномалия, looking forward to continuing with it and other books I prepared


message 22: by Lamilla (new)

Lamilla | 818 comments @Nona I have Project Hail Mary on my TBR! Not at the top of the list for this readathon though


message 23: by Nikita (new)

Nikita Blomstedt (papercrafter) | 6 comments I read Dracula by Bram Stoker this first hour,
a vampiric count from Transsylvania; but what will really stick with me are Van Helsing, the garlic flowers, and the patient with the flies and spiders and birds encounters...


message 24: by Diane (new)

Diane (dianegia) | 47 comments In between hosting the discussions in hours 1 and 2 (great convos and recommendations!), I've read 34p of Beth O'Leary's new book, The No-Show. Buckling down, starting....now! ;)


message 25: by Nona (new)

Nona | 138 comments Lamilla wrote: "@Nona I have Project Hail Mary on my TBR! Not at the top of the list for this readathon though"

I'm definitely enjoying it so far. It's working really well as a readathon book!


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