Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Welcome to the third read-a-thon of 2024. The read-a-thon starts from when you wake up on Saturday, September 14 until when you go to sleep on Sunday, September 22, and the goal is to read as much as you can and to have tons of fun. Feel free to participate in as few or as many games and challenges as you like.

So let’s kick off this read-a-thon with some questions, and don’t forget to keep coming back to the Read-a-Thon folder throughout the week.

1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
3. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
4. Are you participating in the team challenge?
5. Is anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
6. What are you most looking forward to with this read-a-thon?

1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?
Read as much as I can!

2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
I'm in the middle of a bunch of books, so I'd love to finish those and get started on The God of the Woods

3. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
Probably my bed lol

4. Are you participating in the team challenge?
No, I just don't have the time.

5. Is anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
I have a baby who much prefers I attend to his every whim. Also, I have a job that would very much like me to do some work during the week instead of reading at my desk all day.

6. What are you most looking forward to with this read-a-thon?
I love seeing what everybody's reading; I always get a bunch of great book recs!

1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?
Read books off my TBR that fit the Fall Reading Challenge and team read-a-thon prompts.

2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
I have started reading All the Light We Cannot See, and I'll be glad to finally knock it off my TBR, where it's been sitting for years.

3. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
I listen to audiobooks while driving, cleaning, and working out. I read my physical books before bed.

4. Are you participating in the team challenge?
Yes!

5. Is anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
I'm in grad school and am working on a research proposal (due in 2.5 weeks!)

6. What are you most looking forward to with this read-a-thon?
Meeting other fellow readers and working with them to get straight As on the Team challenge!

1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?
I'd like to finish 4 books this week for a raffle entry. Usually, that would be impossible for me, but I've got several books going that should be doable.

2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
Last week I started We Deserve Monuments and I'm really liking it so far.

3. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
My couch.

4. Are you participating in the team challenge?
No

5. Is anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
I actually have a busy week (for me). The worst is my monthly med infusion is later this week and it always turns me into a mush brain and I usually can't focus enough to read for at least a day afterwards. :/

6. What are you most looking forward to with this read-a-thon?
Hopefully enjoying and finishing some books!

1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?
Read and listen to as many books as I can.

2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
Finish The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West, and Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard R. Gribble

3. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
Audio while doing chores, books in my living room.

4. Are you participating in the team challenge?
Yes, Team Knights!

5. Is anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
Football on TV and visitors Monday through Wednesday.

6. What are you most looking forward to with this read-a-thon?
Reading with the Team.

1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?
To read as much as I can and support my team as team leader.

2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
Not really.

3. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
Mostly at home.

4. Are you participating in the team challenge?
Yes, wouldn't miss it!

5. Is anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
I was out and about day 1 and didn't get in much reading time but I'm good to go now.

6. What are you most looking forward to with this read-a-thon?
Reading with a team, team camaraderie, and having fun!

1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon?
🔹Read 10 books
🔹Finish one of the books I've started and stalled out on (probably Imogen, Obviously)
🔹Read at least 200 pages a day

2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish?
My holds on The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams, Somewhere Beyond the Sea, Paladin's Strength & What You Are Looking For Is in the Library all came in right before the start of this.

3. Where will you be doing most of your reading?
At home.

4. Are you participating in the team challenge?
Of course. Go Team Knights!

5. Is anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on!
Not that I know of.

6. What are you most looking forward to with this read-a-thon?
I've spent the last 2 weeks holding off on reading some of the short books I have to save them for this read-a-thon. So I'm lookign foreward to all the lovely books I'm going to read.

1. What are your goals for the read-a-thon? To complete 3-4 books
2. Are there any books you're dying to start or finish? No
3. Where will you be doing most of your reading? The living room sofa
4. Are you participating in the team challenge? Yes
5. Is anything that's going to stand in the way of your reading this week? Let us cheer you on! No
6. What are you most looking forward to with this read-a-thon? To completing books that I can also use in the challenge.