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message 1: by Zakiya (last edited Jun 24, 2012 08:59PM) (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Come jumpstart your July reading with the rest of us! The readathon will be from July 1st-7th, midnight to midnight in your time zone.

Comment below with your goals, progress, and summaries.

Have fun, and happy reading! :)


message 2: by Zakiya (last edited Jun 30, 2012 08:53PM) (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) I'm aiming to finish 3 books.

Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #1) by Heather Brewer Lost Voices by Sarah Porter The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1) by Michael Scott


message 3: by Stacie (new)

Stacie (shorty_320) | 18 comments Unlike the last readathon where I literally worked the entire time, this one I'll only be working one day!! Don't know what I'm aiming for yet, but I'm sure I'll get a ton read!


message 4: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) I'm sure you will as well! You read so fast!


message 5: by Hollie (new)

Hollie | 7 comments Count me in! I haven't a clue what I'll be reading, but I'm definitely going to be taking part!


message 6: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) That's great to hear, Hollie! Whatever your goals turn out to be, I hope you reach them!


message 7: by ★Meghan★ (new)

★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 23 comments I am not sure if I will get anything done this week. But I think I will aim for 2 books.


message 8: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Good luck, Meg :)


message 9: by [deleted user] (new)

I'm in, not sure what I'll be doing/reading but I'll say 4 books to read/finish and then just add what I finish as I go since I can never stick to set books.


message 10: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) I understand that completely. Good luck, Olivia (:


message 11: by Heather (new)

Heather (nickyblue7) Hoping to finish Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly , Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran , and Fire Baptized (Habitat, #1) by Kenya Wright


message 12: by Heather (new)

Heather (nickyblue7) Zakiya, I think Starcrossed is REALLY good! Let me know what you think when you finish it!


message 13: by Amanda (new)

Amanda K (thebookishbee) | 21 comments I'm going to hopefully finish the last 114 pages of Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1) by Kendare Blake . And then I will read Forgiven (The Demon Trappers, #3) by Jana Oliver for the challenge of choosing a book or author's name beginning with a J. And then if I'm lucky enough to finish that, I will move on to reading Looking for Alaska by John Green .

Hope everyone has fun and meets their goals!


message 14: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Heather wrote: "Hoping to finish Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly, Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran, and Fire Baptized (Habitat, #1) by Kenya Wright"

I will!!! Revolution is AHMAZING!!!! Let me know what you think of that one :)


message 15: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Amanda wrote: "I'm going to hopefully finish the last 114 pages of Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1) by Kendare Blake. And then I will read Forgiven by Morra Quatro for the challenge of choosing a book or author's name beginning with..."

LFA is SO good! It's not one of his best, but I loved it all the same :). Let me know what you think about it!


message 16: by Zakiya (last edited Jun 30, 2012 08:59PM) (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) I'm so ready to get this RAT started..!!!! Still have an hour and 15 min.

ETA- Just noticed that I planned to read The Alchemyst for the challenges, and forgot to put it on my goals list. How do these things happen?? LOL


message 17: by Hollie (new)

Hollie | 7 comments I'm aiming to read Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin Legend (Legend, #1) by Marie Lu and Intangible by J. Meyers for the J challenge. Good luck everyone!


message 18: by Anne (Booklady) (new)

Anne  (Booklady) Molinarolo (wwwgoodreadscomAnneMolinarolo) | 3 comments

I'm aiming to read Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Men without Women by Ernest Hemingway and hopefully It's Classified by Nicolle Wallace.



Good luck, everybody!


message 19: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Hollie wrote: "I'm aiming to read Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin Seabiscuit An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand and Intangible by J. Meyers for the J challenge. Good luck everyone!"

I have Intangible sitting on my Kindle. Let me know if you like it!

Good luck to you, too, Anne!


message 20: by Jennifer (last edited Jul 02, 2012 08:48PM) (new)

Jennifer (ace_librarian) Whoo hoo I am back in the Goodreads World after a week of friend's wedding madness! And what better way to come back thn to set myself a READATHON GOAL! This week, I need to finish at least 3 books. Huzzah!

Reading List:
In the Bag pages 183-303 (120 pages read)
I Am Not A Serial Killer
The Good Dream
Dark Places
Deadline


message 21: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) LOL! We're glad to have you back :D. Good luck to you!


message 22: by Meagan (new)

Meagan (mmbell) Amanda wrote: "I'm going to hopefully finish the last 114 pages of Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1) by Kendare Blake. And then I will read Forgiven by Morra Quatro for the challenge of choosing a book or author's name beginning with..."

I thought Anna Dresssed in Blood was great, and Looking For Alaska is beyond fantastic!


message 23: by Meagan (last edited Jul 01, 2012 01:08PM) (new)

Meagan (mmbell) I'd like to read the last 500ish pages of
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) by J.K. Rowling , The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin , and either The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy or La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón


message 24: by Heather (new)

Heather (nickyblue7) Finished Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly and Zakiya you were right it was amazing! I loved everything about it!


message 25: by Anne (Booklady) (new)

Anne  (Booklady) Molinarolo (wwwgoodreadscomAnneMolinarolo) | 3 comments It is about 10:45PM here and I have to get up very early tomorrow. So, here's a summary for:

Sunday, 1 July 2012

Book Started: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Pages Read: 142
Hours Reading: 4 1/2




message 26: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Good luck, Meagan!

Heather, I'm glad you enjoyed it as well! :D

Anne, a great start to the readathon :)


message 27: by Zakiya (last edited Jul 01, 2012 08:11PM) (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) I haven't finished The Shapeshifters The Kiesha'ra of the Den of Shadows by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes yet, but i went ahead and started Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #1) by Heather Brewer . Not sure how I feel about it right now, too early to tell.


message 28: by Amanda (last edited Jul 03, 2012 10:57PM) (new)

Amanda K (thebookishbee) | 21 comments I thought I only had 114 pages left of Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1) by Kendare Blake , but I actually had 144, ha! I was tired and counted wrong. I finished it today, but I haven't started on anything else yet.
Sunday, July 1st: Day One

My first WHOLE book is going to be Forgiven (The Demon Trappers, #3) by Jana Oliver . It is also for the J challenge. =D

SO:
Books finished: 1
Book Total: 0
Pages Read Today:144

Monday, July 2nd: Day Two
Books Started: 1
Books Total: 0
Pages Read Today:11
Pages Total: 155

Monday, July 3rd: Day Three

Books Started: 0
Books Total: 0
Pages Read Today:13
Pages Total: 168

I went to the beach today with my family. I really wanted to read and lay out and swim, but I mostly ran after my 15-month-old, ha! So I didn't get any reading done which makes me sad because I love this series and I just started the third book.


message 29: by Stacie (new)

Stacie (shorty_320) | 18 comments So far, I've finished one book and completely read two others. Not a bad start!

Finished last 70 pages of The Lost Continent Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson and read all of Storm Runners Book 2 The Surge by Roland Smith and Ex Machina, Vol. 3 Fact v. Fiction by Brian K. Vaughan

Books finished: 3
Pages read: 358


message 30: by Zakiya (last edited Jul 02, 2012 02:06PM) (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) The first day was pretty good for me. I didn't finish anything, but I read more pages than I thought I was going to. Hopefully I'll finish something today :)

Sunday, July 1st
Books Read: The Shapeshifters The Kiesha'ra of the Den of Shadows by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #1) by Heather Brewer
Pages Read: 118

So far today I've read more in Vlad Tod, and started City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #5) by Cassandra Clare and Fallen (Fallen, #1) by Lauren Kate for lack of anything to do while we were in the store. Not sure what the day's reading will bring...!


message 31: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Great start, everyone!


message 32: by Hollie (last edited Jul 04, 2012 08:35AM) (new)

Hollie | 7 comments I've finished Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin , it was okay, but not brilliant. Looking forward to starting Legend!

Sunday, July 1st
Pages Read: 60

Monday, July 2nd
Pages Read: 140

Tuesday, July 3rd
Pages Read: 84
Books Read: 1

Wednesday, July 4th
Pages Read: 255
Books Read: 2 (I finished Legend and it was awesome.)


message 33: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Good start, Hollie :)


Monday, July 2nd
Books Read: Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #1) by Heather Brewer City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #5) by Cassandra Clare Fallen (Fallen, #1) by Lauren Kate
Pages Read: 83

Not a lot read, sadly. My laptop is quite the distraction :). Hoping to be a lot more productive today.


message 34: by Zakiya (last edited Jul 04, 2012 10:20AM) (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Tuesday, July 3rd
Books Read: Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #1) by Heather Brewer Fallen (Fallen, #1) by Lauren Kate
Pages Read: 21
Total Pages Read: 228

Even worse than Monday.... I'm just gonna sit here and read for hours on end until I'm near-blind.


message 35: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Wednesday, July 4th
Books Read: Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #1) by Heather Brewer
Pages Read: 18
Total Pages Read: 246

This week just wasn't my week. Good thing I've got other readathons this month, because I'm really going to need them.


message 36: by Heather (new)

Heather (nickyblue7) Finished Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran and hoping to finish The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan today or tomorrow.


message 37: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) How was Cleopatra's Daughter?


message 38: by Zakiya (last edited Jul 05, 2012 10:28PM) (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Thursday, July 5th
Books Read: Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, #1) by Heather Brewer (finished)
Pages Read: 106
Total Pages Read: 352

Glad that I finally finished a book! :) Hoping to finish two more this week.


message 39: by Heather (new)

Heather (nickyblue7) It was really good actually! After reading Revolution I didn't expect it to be as good, but it was pretty close!


message 40: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Awesome! I'll have to try to find it so I can read it.


message 41: by Zakiya (last edited Jul 06, 2012 10:24PM) (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) I realized today that I didn't really want to finish The Shapeshifters anymore, so I'm not going to. Going to try to read some more of Fallen today :)

Total of 357 pages read


message 42: by Heather (new)

Heather (nickyblue7) Wasn't that shapeshifters book like a thousand pages?


message 43: by Zakiya (last edited Jul 07, 2012 06:21PM) (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Almost, 968. I've read it before, and it's really good, it's just that the story I was on wasn't grabbing my attention that much. I decided to go back and finish reading it later.


message 44: by Zakiya (last edited Jul 08, 2012 08:07AM) (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Summary

Finished:
~Eighth Grade Bites

Didn't Finish:
~The Shapeshifters

Started:
~Fallen
~City of Lost Souls

Total Pages Read: 450


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message 46: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Great reading, Olivia! :D


message 47: by Stacie (new)

Stacie (shorty_320) | 18 comments I feel like I did terribly this readathon and I completely blame it on the absolute disaster this week has been! (Washing machine overflowed while we were out of town for the 4th of July causing massive flooding and destruction in my house. Fun!!)

That being said, I finished 6 books and read parts of two others.

Books finished: 6
Books started by not finished: 2
Pages read: 1230 pages

Books finished:
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson - last 70 pages
Storm Runners Book 2: The Surge by Roland Smith - 144 pages
Ex Machina, Vol. 3: Fact v. Fiction by Brian K. Vaughan - 144 pages
Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie - last 102 pages
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry - 240 pages
Don't Stop Now by Julie Halpern - 240 pages

Books started but not finished:

Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty - first 93 pages
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - first 197 pages


message 48: by Heather (new)

Heather (nickyblue7) Summary:

Books finished:d 1
Books started but not finished: 1

Books Finished:
Cleopatra's Daughter

Books Started:
The Joy Luck Club


message 49: by Zakiya (new)

Zakiya LadyWings (zladywings) Stacie- I hope it didn't do too much damage!! But you still did some really good reading this week :).

Heather- How is the Joy Luck Club so far?


message 50: by Hollie (new)

Hollie | 7 comments I only managed to finish Low Red Moon and Legend, but I'm pretty happy with that as I think this readathon kicked me out of the little reading funk I was stuck in! :)


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