Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon discussion

Have you finished our April readathon and you are so keyed into reading mode that you can't focus on normal life just yet? Is quitting 'cold-turkey' just not an option you can manage without feeling jittery, distracted, 'off'? Well, hereis a bit of a 'hair-of-the-dog' cure for you, a weeklong cooldown week in which to finish off those books you just didn't quite finish, trying out sprints when you feel you need them, and popping in to our social media to chat bookish stuff as needed. Not a 'readathon', but a slow, gradual tapering off from our readathon that makes it easier to transition back into normal, humdrum, readathon-less existance.

I always make a new monthly TBR for each month, but it's gonna bug me if I don't finish a few more of the books I started or read during this readathon. So, here's my target TBR for the rest of this week:
The Turkish Gambit, Boris Akunin
Doctor Who: Earthworld
I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories
Barkskins, Annie Proulx
The Burning Maze, Rick Riordan
Homegoing
Zorro, Isabel Allende
The Islanders
Silks
Watchman
The Book of Lost Things

Great idea. Read during the readathon and ongoing:

- Call of the Reed Warbler, audio, non-fiction, regenerative agriculture in Australia, ongoing, but struggling…
- The Last Astronaut, ebook, TBR pile — finished 3rd May.
- Fables Vol. 6: Homelands, binge reading the eComic series through KU — finished, also finished Vol. 7, currently reading Vol. 8.

Planned for May:
- BuddyRead Lords of Uncreation (Final Architecture #3), audio — started
- BuddyRead The Unsettling Stars, paper, ST:AOS, reading
- BuddyRead Planet of the Apes, free with audible subscription — finished

And then I will have a go at my Netgalley backlog.

I just want to finish

I've got a good chunk of my readathon TBR left to finish!

My friends here are reading/have read books I am interested in reading too. I cannot fit them into a readathon or one week. I will be reading off and on between readathons:

Zorro by Isabel Allende
A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home by Frances Mayes
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

Still working on my reading stats for April.
I’ve started They Both Die at the End (audio) and after the stats I’ll start The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter (physical).

Should have finished the two books I started and half finished during the Readathon before May ends .
1) THE LIBRARY by Stuart Kells and
2) THE TIME WRECCAS by Val Tyler
Starting CIRCE by Madeline Miller after these two .

Vanessa the novel Circe is very good at holding attention and showing nature of the gods. I hope you enjoy the novel as well.

I have started reading books my friends at Dewey's have read or will read. This challenge may take me months.

I have started The Godfather by Mario Puzo 11% in

Cynda Reads Again wrote: "Vanessa the novel Circe is very good at holding attention and showing nature of the gods. I hope you enjoy the novel as well."

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Cynda Reads Again wrote: "I have started reading books my friends at Dewey's have read or will read. This challenge may take me months."

Cool challenge though!

Susy wrote: "Cynda Reads Again wrote: "Vanessa the novel Circe is very good at holding attention and showing nature of the gods. I hope you enjoy the novel as well."

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Thank you Cynda . I'm a big Roman mythology fan . It got great book reviews on Kirkus on Goodreads . I will let you know what I think of it . 📖📚

I look forward to your comments, Vanessa :-)

I have finished the Godfather. I feel culturally educated. I know what these quotes mean:

"Go to the mattresses."
"It's not personal. It's business."
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At the end of May, I hope to start A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home by Frances Mayes

Cynda Reads Again wrote: "I have finished the Godfather. I feel culturally educated. I know what these quotes mean:

"Go to the mattresses."
"It's not personal. It's business."
😎

At the end of May, I hope to start [book:A ..."

Chuckles for your Godfather quotes Cynda .
My favorite from that book is " I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse ."