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message 1: by Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors (new)

Donna (dkflynn33) | 7467 comments Mod
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August 21st is National Senior Citizens Day. Let's face it, we all have an elderly person in our lives that we care about. Whether it is a mother, a father, an aunt, an uncle, etc. We love them dearly. National Senior Citizens Day is a special day to let them know how much you care and an opportunity to recognize their accomplishments. Let's celebrate these special people in our lives!

Runs: 8/17/25 - 8/23/25
Time: Follow your time zone

Readathon Rules:
📘Books must be finished within the dates listed above
📘No page limits
📘Re-reads, Fan fiction & Graphic Novels accepted
📘Set your personal goal (ideas: # of books, # of pages, Start or finish a series, work on challenge books, etc)
📘Set up a tracking post below


Optional Tasks
📘Read a book with a senior citizen character
📘Read a book from the Protagonists Over 60 list
📘Read a book from the Senior Sleuths list

description Collect this badge for participating
description Collect this badge for reading 500 or more pages
description Collect this badge for reading 5 or more books


message 2: by Jayme(theghostreader) (last edited Aug 23, 2025 05:57PM) (new)

Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 694 comments August 17-August 23
Optional Tasks
📘Read a book with a senior citizen character
📘Read a book from the Protagonists Over 60 list
📘Read a book from the Senior Sleuths list

257/500 pp
0/1000 pp
0/1500 pp

1 book-08/18/25
3 books
5 books

8/17-One Good Knight-45 pp from p270
8/18-One Good Knight-45 pp
finished
8/19-A Study in Sable-25 pp
8/20-A Study in Sable-5 pp
8/21-A Study in Sable-15 pp
8/22-A Study in Sable-52 pp
8/23-A Study in
Sable
-55 pp


message 3: by Bubbles (new)

Bubbles | 83 comments August 17-August 23
Optional Tasks
📘Read a book with a senior citizen character
📘Read a book from the Protagonists Over 60 list
📘Read a book from the Senior Sleuths list

0/500 pp
0/1000 pp
0/1500 pp

1 book
3 books
5 books

8/17
8/18
8/19
8/20
8/21
8/22
8/23


message 4: by Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space (last edited Aug 24, 2025 05:35PM) (new)

Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space  (readingreindeerproximacentauri) | 459 comments TBR: Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time Chapter/Day Read own
Miss Marple/Senior Sleuth Prompt; Protagonist Over 60 Prompt
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries Mount TBR
Mary Libby Virtual
Port Luck KU In Progress

08/17: Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time
Beast of Death Cavern: A Cryptid Thriller KU Virtual
The Idol House of Astarte: A Miss Marple Short Story Miss Marple
The Herb of Death: A Miss Marple Short Story Miss Marple


08/18: A Perfect Wife KU Virtual
NINE BURNED LIVES a gripping and witty cozy murder mystery. KU Virtual. SENIOR SLEUTH Cozy. To p. 106. Protagonist age 64, private investigator in training.
Rebecca.Classics. chapter/day read. To p. 17.

08/19: Rebecca.Classics to p. 45
NINE BURNED LIVES a gripping and witty cozy murder mystery
How to Survive a Horror Story. Hoopla Virtual to 11%

08/20:
Rebecca.Classics to p. 85
Mary to p. 20 Libby Virtual
How to Survive a Horror Story. Hoopla Virtual to 21%

08/21: Rebecca.Classics to p. 135
Mary to p. Libby Virtual

08/22: Rebecca.Classics to p. 189
Mary to p. 73 Libby Virtual /KU
Five Found Dead Hoopla Virtual

08/23: Rebecca Chapters 13-16 (my daily read)✅
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory ✅Mount TBR reread SF (Murderbot short story
It's Watching
NetGalley ARC Current

Prompts Read;
- -Senior Sleuths and Protagonists Over 60;
The Idol House of Astarte: A Miss Marple Short Story Miss Marple
The Herb of Death: A Miss Marple Short Story Miss Marple
NINE BURNED LIVES a gripping and witty cozy murder mystery 64yo Private Investigator

Titles Read:
Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time . Historical Nonfiction.

The Idol House of Astarte: A Miss Marple Short Story Miss Marple

The Herb of Death: A Miss Marple Short Story Miss Marple

Beast of Death Cavern: A Cryptid Thriller

NINE BURNED LIVES a gripping and witty cozy murder mystery

How to Survive a Horror Story .

Five Found Dead

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory

It's Watching


message 6: by jonidyan (last edited Aug 29, 2025 02:54PM) (new)

jonidyan | 178 comments Week RAT - August 17-23, 2025
finished: Say You'll Remember Me (Say You'll Remember Me, #1) by Abby Jimenez The Wedding People by Alison Espach

17 Say You'll Remember Me (Say You'll Remember Me, #1) by Abby Jimenez
18 Say You'll Remember Me (Say You'll Remember Me, #1) by Abby Jimenez finished The Wedding People by Alison Espach
19 The Wedding People by Alison Espach
20 The Wedding People by Alison Espach
21 The Wedding People by Alison Espach
22 The Wedding People by Alison Espach finished
23 Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams


message 7: by Lauri (last edited Aug 30, 2025 10:56PM) (new)

Lauri (otwlauri) | 222 comments Lauri’s Spot!
HoB Week-Long Readathon
August 17 - 23, 2025
Target: 800 pages

Sun 8/17: 108 pages

Mon 8/18: 90

Tues 8/19: 104

Wed 8/20: 160

Thurs 8/21: 96

Fri 8/22: 104

Sat 8/23: 150

Total pages read: 812

Books used:

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1) by Jonas Jonasson Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1) by Catherine Mack One Corpse Too Many (Cadfael, #2) by Ellis Peters Death by Bubble Tea (LA Night Market Mysteries, #1) by Jennifer J. Chow Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe The Book of Summer by Michelle Gable The Clue in the Diary (Nancy Drew, #7) by Carolyn Keene The Little Shop of Found Things (Found Things, #1) by Paula Brackston Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) by C.J. Box Bled Dry (Vegas Vampires, #3) by Erin McCarthy

Books finished:

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe


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