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HOB - December 2023 Read-a-thon1/12: 647
The Kind Leader: A Practical Guide to Eliminating Fear, Creating Trust, and Leading with Kindness - 206 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Single On Purpose: Redefine Everything. Find Yourself First. - 225 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide - 216
2/12: 699
The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide - 216 - ⭐️⭐️
The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self - 304 - ⭐️⭐️
Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet - 72 - ⭐️
The Go-Getter - 51 - ⭐️
Asking Smarter Questions: How To Be an Agent of Insight - 38
Aesop’s Animals: The Science Behind the Fables - 18
3/12: 171
Aesop’s Animals: The Science Behind the Fables - 144
Anti-Time Management: Reclaim Your Time and Revolutionize Your Results with the Power of Time Tipping - 27
4/12: 573
Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet - 336 - ⭐️⭐️
Aesop’s Animals: The Science Behind the Fables - 213 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Triumph of a Time Lord: Regenerating Doctor Who in the Twenty-first Century - 24
5/12: 1,020
Anti-Time Management: Reclaim Your Time and Revolutionize Your Results with the Power of Time Tipping - 120 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mindfulness of Breathing - 209 - ⭐️⭐️
The 100% Brain Course - 278 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Triumph of a Time Lord: Regenerating Doctor Who in the Twenty-first Century - 231 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Perfect Day to Boss Up - 39
Asking Smarter Questions: How To Be an Agent of Insight - 113
Holidays, Festivals and Celebrations of the World Dictionary: Detailing More Than 3,000 Observances from All 50 States and More Than 100 Nations, A ... Holy Days, Feasts, and Fasts, Includi - 30
6/12: 209
The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca - 28
Beyond Genius: A Journey Through the Characteristics and Legacies of Transformative Minds - 14
My Story: Schapelle Corby: Fully Revised and Updated Since Her Release and Return Home - 64
Make Lasting Changes: The Science of Sustainable Behavior Change and Reaching Your Goals - 18
Mindful Learning: Reduce stress and improve brain performance for effective learning - 15
The Movie Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained - 70
7/12: 1,450
The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca - 421 - ⭐️⭐️
Holidays, Festivals and Celebrations of the World Dictionary: Detailing More Than 3,000 Observances from All 50 States and More Than 100 Nations, A ... Holy Days, Feasts, and Fasts, Includi - 613
My Story: Schapelle Corby: Fully Revised and Updated Since Her Release and Return Home - 16
Make Lasting Changes: The Science of Sustainable Behavior Change and Reaching Your Goals - 184 - ⭐️⭐️
The Perfect Day to Boss Up - 216 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
8/12: 132
My Story: Schapelle Corby: Fully Revised and Updated Since Her Release and Return Home - 118
Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives - 14
9/12: 899
Holidays, Festivals and Celebrations of the World Dictionary: Detailing More Than 3,000 Observances from All 50 States and More Than 100 Nations, A ... Holy Days, Feasts, and Fasts, Includi - 678 - ⭐️⭐️
My Story: Schapelle Corby: Fully Revised and Updated Since Her Release and Return Home - 207 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Napoleon Hill's Master Course: The Original Science of Success - 14
10/12: 70
1984 and Philosophy: Is Resistance Futile? - 43
Beyond Genius: A Journey Through the Characteristics and Legacies of Transformative Minds - 10
Napoleon Hill's Master Course: The Original Science of Success - 17
11/12: 310
Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life Those You Love - 310 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
12/12: 438
1984 and Philosophy: Is Resistance Futile? - 291 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Generation Brave: The Gen Z Kids Who Are Changing the World - 128 - ⭐️⭐️
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius - 19
13/12: 232
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius - 7
Napoleon Hill's Master Course: The Original Science of Success - 62
Learn Like Einstein: Memorize More, Read Faster, Focus Better, and Master Anything With Ease… Become An Expert in Record Time (Accelerated Learning) - 162 - ⭐️⭐️
15/12: 1,104
Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World - 792 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Theatre of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today - 304 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Napoleon Hill's Master Course: The Original Science of Success - 8
16/12: 18
Napoleon Hill's Master Course: The Original Science of Success - 18
17/12: 47
Napoleon Hill's Master Course: The Original Science of Success - 12
The Secret World of Weather - 35
18/12: 139
Batman: The Court of Owls: An Original Prose Novel - 139
19/12: 973
Asking Smarter Questions: How To Be an Agent of Insight - 127 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles" - 336 - ⭐️
Beyond Genius: A Journey Through the Characteristics and Legacies of Transformative Minds - 466 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Napoleon Hill's Master Course: The Original Science of Success - 44
20/12: 559
Batman: The Court of Owls: An Original Prose Novel - 207 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Secret World of Weather - 338 - ⭐️⭐️
The Tetris Effect: The Game that Hypnotized the World - 10
Napoleon Hill's Master Course: The Original Science of Success - 4
21/12: 86
Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power - 80
Napoleon Hill's Master Course: The Original Science of Success - 6
22/12: 561
A Tree in a Forest. A Collection of Ajahn Chah's Similes - 118 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power - 284 - ⭐️⭐️
Napoleon Hill's Master Course: The Original Science of Success - 159 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
23/12: 935
The Movie Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained - 701 - ⭐️⭐️
The Revised Vault of Walt: Unofficial, Unauthorized, Uncensored Disney Stories Never Told - 234 - ⭐️⭐️
24/12: 82
The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History - 64
Level Up: How to Get Focused, Stop Procrastinating, and Upgrade Your Life - 18
25/12: 243
The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before - 152 - ⭐️⭐️
The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History - 91
26/12: 352
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius - 352 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
27/12: 307
The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History - 131 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mindful Learning: Reduce stress and improve brain performance for effective learning - 15
Level Up: How to Get Focused, Stop Procrastinating, and Upgrade Your Life - 2
The Tetris Effect: The Game that Hypnotized the World - 159
28/12: 561
The Tetris Effect: The Game that Hypnotized the World - 110 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beautifully Organized at Work: Bring Order and Joy to Your Work Life So You Can Stay Calm, Relieve Stress, and Get More Done Each Day - 213 - ⭐️⭐️
Mindful Learning: Reduce stress and improve brain performance for effective learning - 238 - ⭐️⭐️
29/12: 498
It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office - 290 - ⭐️⭐️
50 Genetics Ideas You Really Need to Know - 208 - ⭐️⭐️
30/12: 237
Level Up: How to Get Focused, Stop Procrastinating, and Upgrade Your Life - 237 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
31/12: 508
Are You Really OK?: Getting Real About Who You Are, How You’re Doing, and Why It Matters - 252 - ⭐️
Getting a Grip: On My Body, My Mind, My Self - 256 - ⭐️⭐️
Tasks:
Read a Book With A Red Cover
A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles" - Dec 19 - ⭐️
Read a Book With A Green Cover
Beyond Genius: A Journey Through the Characteristics and Legacies of Transformative Minds - Dec 19 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a Book With A Silver Cover
The Perfect Day to Boss Up - Dec 7 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read a Book With A White Cover
Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power - Dec 22 - ⭐️⭐️
Total pages: 14,060
Total books completed: 42
TBR: Women Authors in SF [Personal Challenge]Goals: December Women in SF #7
NetGalley Mount TBR: Goal =5, #5
Group Readathon Tasks:
Read a Holiday Book✅
Read a Book with your favorite song playing in the background( Even more fun if it's a Christmas song)✅
Read a Christmas Romance
Read a Book With A Red Cover✅
Read a Book With A Green Cover
Read a Book With A Silver Cover✅
Read a Book With A White Cover✅
Decorate Christmas Cookies with someone or by yourself✅ (Blueberry Muffins with Granddaughter, 12.✅
Listen to Christmas Music while reading for this readathon✅
Read As Many Books for the Month As You Can✅
12/1: Yuletide Invasion: A Holiday Horror Novella KU Virtual
Christmas Title & Setting And What Can We Offer You Tonight AUDIO Virtual NG
Women SF Authors Book of Death: Supernatural Suspense with Monsters and Demons Scare Street ARC
12/2: Book of Death: Supernatural Suspense with Monsters and Demons
12/3:
12/4: Mister Lullaby Hoopla Virtual
12/5:
Where the Dead Wait NG ARC Release December 5
Dead Silence Everand Audio Virtual
12/6:✅Reading to Christmas Music
Where the Dead Wait to 8%
Dead Silence Audio
They Walked Like Men Everand Ebook Virtual Classic SF
12/7:
Dead Silence NG ARC MOUNT TBR
Linesman Everand Audio Virtual to Ch. 5
12/8: Dead Silence KU to p. 150
Linesman Audio to Ch. 18
12/9: Dr. Who Marathon viewing + 60th Anniversary Special #3!
Dead Silence KU
The Folly Everand Ebook Virtual
12/10: Dead Silence KU
12/11:
Linesman NG Mount TBR/own
12/13:
Linesman to p. 106
Wormwood, Nevada Hoopla Virtual
12/14: book: [Linesman|23604332]
12/15: Doctor Who: The Drosten's Curse to 40%
12/16: Doctor Who: The Drosten's Curse to 58%
Doctor Who: Big Bang Generation to 8%
12/17: Doctor Who: Big Bang Generation to 29%
12/18:
Christmas 🎄 up + decorations ✅🎄
12/19: A Very Scalzi Christmas NetGalley Mount TBR to 42%
Collected Christmas Horror Shorts III NetGalley Current
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Libby Virtual
The Christmas Bell to p. 58
12/20:
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Libby Virtual to p. 65✅White Cover
12/21: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch to p. 137
NG Audio To Challenge Heaven to 13%
12/22: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch to p. 207
NG Audio To Challenge Heaven to 32%
12/23:
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch to 65%
NG Audio
12/24: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
12/25: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
12/26:
12/27: The Night Before Christmas to p.112
12/28: The Night Before Christmas to p. 195
12/29:
12/30:
Linesman from p.125 to p. 135
12/31: Tavern of Terror Vol. 11: Short Horror Stories Anthology
Titles Read:
And What Can We Offer You Tonight
Goals Accomplished:
And What Can We Offer You Tonight
Currently read:
Goal: To relax and read slowly to enjoy the book, rather than rushing to finish.
12/1: Skyward170 pages (430)
12/2: Skyward, 87 pages, finished and Atlas Alone, 45 pages
12/3: Atlas Alone, 275 pages, finished
12/4: A Christmas Carol, 73 pages, finished
12/5:A Wizard of Earthsea82 pages
12/6: A Wizard of Earthsea101 pages, finished
12/7: A Tale of Two Cities, 15 pages
12/8: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, 79 pages
12/9: The Tombs of Atuan, 180 pages, finished
12/10: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, 89 pages (168) and A Tale of Two Cities, 50 pages (65)
12/11: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, 97 (265) and The Farthest Shore, 132 pages
12/12: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, 135 pages, finished
12/13: The Farthest Shore, 69 pages (201)
12/14: The Farthest Shore, 58 pages, finished
12/15: 0 pages read
12/16:The Consolation of Philosophy, 45 pages
12/17:Bad Luck and Trouble, 378 pages, finished
12/18: The Just City, 85 pages and The Consolation of Philosophy, 110 pages, finished and Hidden Empire, 26 pages
12/19: The Just City, 36 pages
12/20: The Goodbye Cat, 160 pages
12/21: The Just City, 36 pages
12/22: The Goodbye Cat, 125 pages, finsished
12/23: The Just City, 247 pages, finished
12/24: book:Hidden Empire|898232], 95 pages (121)
12/25: 0 pages
12/26: If We Were Villains, 52 pages
12/27: Hidden Empire, 26 pages (147)
12/28: 0 pages read
12/29: If We Were Villains, 134 pages (186)
12/30: If We Were Villains, 130 pages, finished
12/31: Hidden Empire, 40 pages (187)
Pages read:
Books finished:
Tasks completed:
1. Read a holiday book
2. Baked Christmas cookies
I'm excited--there is no way to be a "Bah, Humbug" with this crowd. My only choice is to "Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Christmas" through the month.Goal: 20 books that fit tasks on various challenges for the month
20 actions that fit tasks on various challenges for the month
Friday 12/01/23:
Saturday 12/02/23:
Sunday 12/03/23:
Monday 12/04/23:
Tuesday 12/05/23:
Wednesday 12/06/23:
Currently reading:1/12- 10 pages
2/12 - 89 pages
3/12 - 89 pages
4/12 - 58 pages
5/12 - 212 pages
6/12 - 58 pages
7/12 - 112 pages
8/12 - 53 pages
9/12 - 100 pages
10/11 - 47 pages
11/12- 62 pages
12/12 - 55 pages
13/12 - 116 pages
14/12- 139 pages
15/12 - 70 pages
16/12 - 60 pages
17/12 - 37 pages
18/12 - 145 pages
19/12 - 21 pages
20/12 - 61 pages
21/12 - 51 pages
22/12 - 53 pages
23/12 - 65 pages
24/12 - 57 pages
25/12 - 87 pages
26/12 - 46 pages
27/12- 61 pages
28/12- 57 pages
29/12 - 121 pages
30/12- 72 pages
31/12 - 152 pages
Finished books:
Pages read:2397
Lauri’s Spot!HoB Month-Long Readathon
December 2023
Target: 4000 pages
Fri 12/1: 113 pages
Sat 12/2: 142
Sun 12/3: 311
Mon 12/4: 197
Tues 12/5: 157
Wed 12/6: 79
Thurs 12/7: 127
Fri 12/8: 128
Sat 12/9: 112
Sun 12/10: 179
Mon 12/11: 62
Tues 12/12: 111
Wed 12/13: 109
Thurs 12/14: 152
Fri 12/15: 125
Sat 12/16: 261
Sun 12/17: 286
Mon 12/18: 174
Tues 12/19: 153
Wed 12/20: 61
Thurs 12/21: 236
Fri 12/22: 156
Sat 12/23: 332
Sun 12/24: 204
Mon 12/25: 133
Merry Christmas!
Tues 12/26: 103
Wed 12/27: 122
Thurs 12/28: 157
Fri 12/29: 89
Sat 12/30: 287
Sun 12/31: 53
Total pages read: 4443
Books used:
Books completed:
Read a Holiday Book
Read a Book with your favorite song playing in the background( Even more fun if it's a Christmas song)
Read a Christmas Romance
Read a Book With A Red Cover
Read a Book With A Green Cover
Read a Book With A Silver Cover
Read a Book With A White Cover
Decorate Christmas Cookies with someone or by yourself
Listen to Christmas Music while reading for this readathon
Read As Many Books for the Month As You Can - 14
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Sweetshop of Dreams: A Novel with Recipes #1 (other topics)Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop (other topics)
A Christmas Return (other topics)
All Things Bright and Beautiful (other topics)
Bright Lights, Big Christmas (other topics)
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TBR Schedule ( List your TBR in your post)
Reading Schedule(Post your books you have completed by the days)
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Tasks ( Let's incorporate some fun tasks. List how your book fit the task)
Read a Holiday Book
Read a Book with your favorite song playing in the background( Even more fun if it's a Christmas song)
Read a Christmas Romance
Read a Book With A Red Cover
Read a Book With A Green Cover
Read a Book With A Silver Cover
Read a Book With A White Cover
Decorate Christmas Cookies with someone or by yourself
Listen to Christmas Music while reading for this readathon
Read As Many Books for the Month As You Can