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message 1: by Jamie (new)
Oct 22, 2022 08:37PM

Jamie Barringer (Ravenmount) (ravenmount) | 950 comments Mod
Are you joining in on the sprint for this hour? What are you reading? (I may do a pair of 30 minute sprints running into hour 17 myself since I had a bit of foster kitten business pop up at just the wrong time tonight.)


message 2: by Jamie (new)
Oct 22, 2022 08:40PM

Jamie Barringer (Ravenmount) (ravenmount) | 950 comments Mod
I was listening to Attack Surface, by Doctorow, when this hour began, but I am switching to Anacaona, by Edwidge Danticat, for the remainder of this hour.


message 3: by Elyse (new)
Oct 22, 2022 08:40PM

Elyse (winesaboutbooks) | 2454 comments I did start at 11pm on page 368 of The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky


message 4: by Elyse (last edited Oct 22, 2022 08:56PM) (new)
Oct 22, 2022 08:53PM

Elyse (winesaboutbooks) | 2454 comments Just finished The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky at page 468! Will not be trying to squeeze in a few pages of anything before Oct 23 starts. lol


message 5: by Cynda (new)
Oct 22, 2022 08:58PM

Cynda | 1654 comments Mod
I want to finish Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman during this readathon. So I will read for an hour or so.

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman


message 6: by Vicki Willis (new)
Oct 22, 2022 09:00PM

Vicki Willis | 510 comments I read The Maze for this sprint.


message 8: by Cynda (new)
Oct 22, 2022 09:15PM

Cynda | 1654 comments Mod
Beth my go-to hispanic man of letters Ilan Stavans has written book after book about Neruda. . . . .Are you familiar with Stavans? . . . . Which Neruda collection is most accessible? My appreciation of Stavans drives this question.


message 9: by Vanessa (last edited Oct 22, 2022 10:18PM) (new)
Oct 22, 2022 10:11PM

Vanessa Dargain | 503 comments Trying to finish the shortest book in my stack .
It is also my Halloween read : PIANO LESSONS CAN BE MURDER
The sprint helped me add 30 more pages to my page count and increased angst as I get closer and closer to the end .
Thanks


message 10: by Beth (last edited Oct 22, 2022 10:20PM) (new)
Oct 22, 2022 10:19PM

Beth | 190 comments Cynda wrote: "Beth my go-to hispanic man of letters Ilan Stavans has written book after book about Neruda. . . . .Are you familiar with Stavans? . . . . Which Neruda collection is most accessible?..."

Stavans edited I Explain a Few Things: Selected Poems which is the first Neruda collection I read. It's a selection of poems with different translators, which I thought was interesting.

The book I'm reading now is much shorter, a collection of poems about the sea.

Update: read 25 pages of my book, plus Galatea which was 20 pages

45 pages read


message 11: by Cynda (last edited Oct 22, 2022 10:57PM) (new)
Oct 22, 2022 10:55PM

Cynda | 1654 comments Mod
Thanks Beth. I am adding to my possibilities for next hispanic month.


message 12: by Lamilla (new)
Oct 22, 2022 11:38PM

Lamilla | 818 comments missed this spint (too early in the morning), will catch up in the next one!


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