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I am participating in several reading challenges in the month of May. As a way of ensuring that I complete them, I will be doing a read-a-thon that spans the entire month of May.

If you would like to join me all are welcome!

5/1: 226pages 41pages
Total: 267pages

5/2: 160pages, 213pages, 21pages, 62pages
Total: 456pages

5/3: 151pages, 89pages 31pages
Total: 271pages

5/4: 234pages, 187pages, 47pages
Total: 468pages

5/5: 97pages, 34pages, 88pages, 44pages
Total:263pages

5/6: 33pages, 90pages, 12pages
Total:135pages

5/7: 110pages, 111pages
Total:221pages

5/8: 92pages, 39pages, 35pages
Total: 166pages

5/9: 223pages, 27pages
Total: 250pages

5/10: 235pages, 87pages, 52pages, 35pages, 103pages
Total:512pages

5/11: 123pages, 89pages
Total: 212pages

5/12: 102pages, 186pages, 22pages, 68pages
Total: 378pages

5/13: 124pages, 110pages, 159pages
Total:393pages

5/14: 247pages, 56pages
Total:303pages

5/15: 93pages, 92pages, 47pages
Total:232pages

5/16: 50pages, 186pages, 15pages
Total:251pages

5/17: 61pages, 251pages,
Total:315pages

5/18: 93pages, 13pages
Total:106pages

5/19: 187pages, 16pages, 20pages
Total:223pages

5/20: 390pages, 37pages, 24pages, 8pages
Total:459pages

5/21: 47pages, 124pages, 18pages
Total:189pages

5/22: 35pages
Total:35pages

5/23: 126pages, 32pages,
Total:158pages

5/24: 27pages, 18pages
Total:45pages

5/25: 82pages, 240pages
Total:322pages

5/26:
Total:258pages

5/27: 113pages, 30pages
Total:143pages

5/28: 132pages, 32pages
Total:164pages

5/29:
Total:60pages

5/30:
Total:25pages

5/31: 68pages, 47pages
Total:115pages

Total Pages:7853pages
Books Completed:

I'm in! I too have a bunch of reading to do this month. This is so needed.

5/1: 108 p. Meet Cute
23 p Love and Other Words
5/2: 92 p. Meet Cute
5/3: 170 p. Meet Cute Finished.
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5/7: 11 p. I'm Fine and Neither Are You
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5/11: 89 p. Love and Other Words
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5/14: 31 p Roomies -- 33 p. The Silent Patient
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5/16: 21 p. Roomies
5/17: 244 p. Love and Other Words FINISHED.
5/18: 28 p. Roomies
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5/21: 35 p. Roomies
5/22: 53 p.Roomies
5/23: 187 p. Roomies FINISHED
5/24: 92 p. Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger
5/25: 200 p. Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong FingerFINISHED
5/26: 114 p. The Silent Patient
5/27: 170 p. The Silent PatientFINISHED
5/28: 17 p. The Unhoneymooners
5/29: 68 p. The Unhoneymooners
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Books Completed:

I'm in. Might actually get my butt reading again. Longest reading slump ever.

5/1: 6:15 hrs
5/2: 5:20 hrs
5/3: 1:00 hrs
5/4: Nothing
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Total Hours: 12:35 hrs
Books Completed:

1/05: Do Bats Have Bollocks?- Jon Butler
Poem For The Day - Nicholas Albery
2/05: Poem For The Day - Nicholas Albery (Finished)
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4/05: Nicholas II The Last Tsar - Michael Paterson
5/05: Nicholas II The Last Tsar - Michael Paterson (Finished)
Murder Casebook Investigations Vol 3 Manson
Murder Casebook Investigations Vol 12 Son of Sam
Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
6/05: Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf (Finshed)
Dark Matter - Michelle Paver (Finished)
7/05: A Possible Life - Sebastian Faulks (DNF at 117)
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9/05: The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin (Finished)
10/05: Monsters: Hisotry's Most Evil Men and Women - Simon Sebag Montefiore
11/05: Monsters: Hisotry's Most Evil Men and Women - Simon Sebag Montefiore (Finished)
12/05: The Silent Companions - Laura Purcell (Finished)
The Labyrinth of Spirits - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
13/05: The Labyrinth of Spirits - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
14/05: The Labyrinth of Spirits - Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Finished)
Forgotten Voice of the Holocoust - Lyn Smith (Finished)
15/05: Private Life in Britain's Stately Homes - Michael Paterson (Finished)
16/05: The Romanov Conspiracies - Michael Occleshaw (Finished)
17/05: Elizabeth's London - Liza Picard (Finished)
18/05: The Cheerleaders - Kara Thomas (Finished)
19/05: Daisy Jones and The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid (Finished)
Catherine The Great - Henri Troyat
20/05: Catherine The Great - Henri Troyat
21/05: Catherine The Great - Henri Troyat (Finished)
The Private Life of Elizabeth II - Michael Paterson (Finished)
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24/05: The Women in the Walls - Amy Lukavics (Finished)
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26/05: Saint Death - Marcus Sedgewick
27/05: Saint Death - Marcus Sedgewick (Finished)
28/05: Dracula - Bram Stoker
29/05: Dracula - Bram Stoker
30/05: Dracula - Bram Stoker
31/05: Dracula - Bram Stoker (Finished)

Pages Finished: 6,786
Books Finished: 20 (and 2 Casebook volumes and 1 DNF)

Thanks Erin for setting this up!

Currently reading:
5/1: Rain Song, 256 pages, finished
5/2: Winter, 322 pages, finished
5/3: Mansfield Park, 32 pages
5/4: Mansfield Park, 53 pages A Game of Thrones, 44 pages
5/5: Mansfield Park, 257 pages, finished
5/6:A Game of Thrones, 81 pages
5/7:The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, 249 pages
5/8: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, 71 pages, finished
5/9: A Game of Thrones, 135 pages
5/10:A Game of Thrones, 40 pages
5/11:The Tragic Fate of Moritz Toth, 95 pages, finished, Confessions of a Shopaholic, 257 pages, finished.
5/12: A Game of Thrones, 47 pages
5/13: Emma, 35 pages
5/14: Emma, 22 pages
5/15: Shout of Honor, 86 pages, finished
5/16:Emma, 156 pages, finished
5/17: A Game of Thrones, 32 pages and Lady Susan, 95 pages
5/18: Lady Susan, 85 pages, finished
5/19: A Game of Thrones, 63 pages
5/20: A Game of Thrones, 88 pages
5/21:The Sorrows of Young Werther, 149 pages, finished
5/22: A Game of Thrones, 164 pages, finished
5/23: Vilnius Diary by Ruta Sevo, 135 pages, finished
5/24: The Aleppo Codex: The True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the International Pursuit of an Ancient Bible, 62 pages
5/25: The Knight of Death: The Assassin Chronicles, 225 pages
5/26: The Knight of Death: The Assassin Chronicles, 161 pages, finished
5/27:Heather Farm, 10 pages, finished, Damascus Trance , 19 pages, finished
The Broken Cup, 26 pages, finished
5/28:A Clash of Kings, 43 pages
5/29: A Clash of Kings, 58 pages
5/30: First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal, 52 pages, finished
5/31:Murder in the Locked Library by Ellery Adams 99 pages

Total Pages: 3,804
Books Finished: ]

Yes! I want to impress myself with all the books I can read this month! My goal is 10 but I secretly (or not so secretly now) want to blow that number out of the water.

5/1: The Castaways 151 pages
Total 151
5/2: The Castaways 76 pages An Anonymous Girl 37 pages
Total 113
5/3: An Anonymous Girl 56 pages
Total 56
5/4: An Anonymous Girl 279 pages
Total 279
5/5: Witch School Dropout 112 pages
Total 112
5/6: Winter in Paradise 54 pages
Total 54
5/7: Winter in Paradise 79 pages
Total 79
5/8: Winter in Paradise 139 pages Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game  25 pages
Total 164
5/9: Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game  130 pages
Total 130
5/10: Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game 133 pages
Total 133
5/11: Witch School Dropout 78 pages
Total 78
5/12: Witch School Dropout 58 pages
Total 58
5/13: Witch School Dropout 140 pages The Woman in the Window 103 pages
Total 243
5/14: The Woman in the Window 211 pages
Total 211
5/15: The Woman in the Window 135 pages The Witch Within: A Witch Squad Cozy Mystery #8 14 pages
Total 149
5/16: The Witch Within: A Witch Squad Cozy Mystery #8 29 pages Dying for Devil's Food 14 pages
Total 43
5/17: Not sure, lost track on this day.
Total 0
5/18: Dying for Devil's Food 69 pages
Total 69
5/19: Dying for Devil's Food 29 pages
Total 29
5/20: Dying for Devil's Food 176 pages
Total 176
5/21: The Neighbors 111 pages
Total 111
5/22: The Neighbors 207 pages
Total 207
5/23: no reading
Total 0
5/24: The Neighbors 66 pages The Witch Within: A Witch Squad Cozy Mystery #8 122 pages
Total 188
5/25: The Glass Sentence 64 pages
Total 64
5/26: The Witch Within: A Witch Squad Cozy Mystery #8 78 pages
Total 78
5/27: The Witch Within: A Witch Squad Cozy Mystery #8 19 pages The Neighbor 30 pages
Total 49
5/28: The Neighbor 251 pages
Total 251
5/29: The Neighbor 104 pages The Witch Within: A Witch Squad Cozy Mystery #8 92 pages Last One Home 57 pages
Total 253
5/30: The Witch Within: A Witch Squad Cozy Mystery #8 132 pages Last One Home 161 pages
Total 293
5/31: Last One Home 118 pages Her One Mistake 22 pages
Total 140

Total Pages: 3961

Books Finished:

Great idea, Erin! Thank you.

TBR:


5/1: The Pillars of the Earth, 210 pages
5/2: The Pillars of the Earth, 99 pages
5/3: The Pillars of the Earth, 133 pages
5/4: The Pillars of the Earth, 144 pages
5/5: The Pillars of the Earth, 199 pages
5/6: The Pillars of the Earth, 154 pages, finished
Loitering with Intent, 61 pages

5/7: Loitering with Intent, 108 pages, finished
The Trial, 150 pages, finished
Beneath a Burning Sky, 46 pages

5/8: To the Lighthouse, 53 pages
Beneath a Burning Sky, 245 pages

5/9: : To the Lighthouse, 157 pages, finished
Beneath a Burning Sky, 125 pages, finished

5/10: The African Queen, 192 pages, finished

5/11: Psmith in the City, 172 pages, finished

5/12: Salt to the Sea, 402 pages, finished
Double Trouble, 62 pages

5/13: Double Trouble, 91 pages, finished
His Dark Materials, 57 pages

5/14: His Dark Materials, 199 pages
5/15: His Dark Materials, 95 pages
5/16: His Dark Materials, 303 pages, finished

5/17: A Column of Fire, 60 pages
5/18: A Column of Fire, 145 pages
5/19: A Column of Fire, 82 pages
5/20: A Column of Fire, 137 pages

5/21: A Column of Fire, 111 pages
I’ll Keep You Safe, 309 pages

5/22: I’ll Keep You Safe, 139 pages, finished
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, 49 pages

5/23: A Column of Fire, 110 pages
5/24: A Column of Fire, 101 pages, finished
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, 97 pages, finished

5/26: Little Boy Blue, 72 pages

5/27: Little Boy Blue, 308 pages, finished
A Month in the Country, 75 pages

5/28: A Month in the Country, 41 pages, finished
What Katy Did, 60 pages

5/29: What Katy Did, 80 pages, finished
The Pickwick Papers, 80 pages
A River in Darkness, 45 pages

5/30: The Pickwick Papers, 65 pages
A River in Darkness, 129 pages, finished

5/31: The Pickwick Papers, 22 pages

Total Pages: 5774

Books Finished:
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5/5: (149 pages) (184 pages)

5/6: (44 pages) (165 pages)


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5/1: 14 pages of Everything I Never Told You
5/2: 0 pages
5/3: 10 pages of Everything I Never Told You
5/4: 99 pages of Everything I Never Told You
5/5: 167 pages of Everything I Never Told You finished it.
5/6: 5 pages of I'll be seeing you

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Total pages: 291 pages

Total books: 1 finished


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I'll Be Seeing You

Cool, I'll join.

5/1: The Rose & the Dagger - 0 pages
5/2: The Rose & the Dagger - 16 pages
5/3: The Rose & the Dagger - 17 pages
5/4: The Rose & the Dagger - 40 pages
5/5: The Rose & the Dagger - 7 pages
5/6: The Rose & the Dagger -32 pages
5/7: The Rose & the Dagger -12 pages
5/8: The Rose & the Dagger -11 pages
5/9: The Rose & the Dagger -18 pages
5/10: The Rose & the Dagger -0 pages
5/11: The Rose & the Dagger -14 pages
5/12: The Rose & the Dagger -0 pages
5/13: The Rose & the Dagger -23 pages
5/14: The Rose & the Dagger- 28 pages The Boy in the Striped Pajamas -39 pages
5/15: All For One -22 pages
5/16: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas -30 pages All For One -18 pages
5/17: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas -50 pages
5/18: The Rose & the Dagger -6 pages
5/19: The Rose & the Dagger -40 pages The Boy in the Striped Pajamas -84 pages
5/20: The Rose & the Dagger -36 pages All For One -8 pages
5/21: All For One -33 pages
5/22: All For One -29 pages Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith -33 pages
5/23: All For One -17 pages
5/24: All For One -46 pages
5/25: All For One -32 pages Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith -15 pages
5/26: Heir of Fire -32 pages
5/27: Enchanted -49 pages The Falconer's Knot: A Story of Friars, Flirtation and Foul Play -32 pages The Anatomist's Wife -30 pages
5/28: Caraval -25 pages Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith -21 pages Enchanted -40 pages The Anatomist's Wife -6 pages
5/29: The Woman in White -30 pages The Anatomist's Wife -28 pages
5/30: All For One -39 pages Enchanted -46 pages Heir of Fire -16 pages The Anatomist's Wife -30 pages
5/31: Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith -15 pages

Total Pages: 1,365

Books Read:

I'm not in any challenges just super behind on my reading. I'm in!

TBR:

5/3: Crown of Midnight -76 pages
5/4: Crown of Midnight -63 pages
5/5: Crown of Midnight -79 pages (finished)
5/06: You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want-68 pages (23%)
5/07: Lovestruck -1% (3 pages -hey, progress is progress lol)
5/09: Warcross -69 pages Lovestruck -8% (28 pages)
5/10-19: Warcross -45 pages Lovestruck -5% (17 pages)
5/20: Lovestruck -11% (38 pages)
5/21: Warcross -198 pages
5/22: Warcross -41 pages (finished)
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Total Pages: 725

Books Read:

How is everyone liking a month-long read-a-thon?

Karen wrote: "How is everyone liking a month-long read-a-thon?"

I really like this one. It keeps me accountable every day.

I agree Leane, for the same reason.

Karen wrote: "I agree Leane, for the same reason."

How are you enjoying Game of Thrones? Did you watch the show?

Being in so many challenges I lost track of days but will put in by book and start/finish dates up to now and then by date. I love month long as it pushes me to read more!

5/1-5/4 Winter Loon 189 pages
5/4 One Perfect Honeymoon 100 pages
5/6-5/7 Vada Faith 280 pages
5/3-5-10 The 18th Abduction 368 pages
5/10-5/12 Max 320 pages
5/8-5/10 Cherry Cheesecake Murder 377 pages
5/15-5/19 Confessions of a Shopaholic 368 pages
5/13-5/20 Midnight Crossroad 94 pages
5/21: Midnight Crossroad 124 pages
The Wedding 24 pages
5/22: Midnight Crossroad 76 pages
5/23: The Wedding 10 pages
Jack & Jill 14 pages
5/24: The Wedding 15 pages
5/25: ~~~~~~~
5/26: Jack & Jill 117 pages
5/27: Jack & Jill 97 pages
5/28: Jack & Jill 107 pages
5/29: Jack & Jill 33 pages
5/30: At the Water's Edge 42 pages
5/31: At the Water's Edge 90 pages

Total pages: 2,845
Books finished:

Leane wrote: "Karen wrote: "I agree Leane, for the same reason."

How are you enjoying Game of Thrones? Did you watch the show?"

To make a long story short, I have tried several times to finish this first book, I am determined to finish it now.

The good: Martin is a good writer, I will grant him that.
The bad: The violence, the perversion, the cruelty to women, and the overall bleakness is overwhelming. There is no chance to just relax and enjoy a good story. It would have been better, if Martin had toned down all the above negatives.

Fantasy is one of my favorite genres, so it pains me to not like this as much as I wish I could.

Sorry for going on this long.
If I may relate an encounter I had with Brandon Sanderson (one of my favorite contemporary Fantasy author). He spoke at a book signing, at a nearby bookstore. He said that when he was newly published, the editors encourage him to write more like Martin. When Sanderson signed my book, I had the opportunity to tell him that I was glad he wasn't like Martin, and to keep writing his way.

I did not watch the series.

Karen wrote: "Leane wrote: "Karen wrote: "I agree Leane, for the same reason."

How are you enjoying Game of Thrones? Did you watch the show?"

To make a long story short, I have tried several times to finish th..."

I agree Martin's books are not relaxing and enjoying a good story. Books 1-3 are more action packed (considered the favorites) while 4 and 5 "drag" more. I think they were interesting in you get a lot more lore and history and I guess some people don't want to read about that.
They are a feat so I can see why it's taking you multiple times to get through it. By book 5 I was pushing myself.

I'm glad the show is over and I can move on to something else in my limited tv viewing. (Planning to finish Peaky Blinders and Luther.)

I'm glad you brought up Sanderson. When I see one of his books come up as a suggestion I want to read it but I guess I feel they can be daunting.

Any suggestions for a good starting point with his books?

Excellent question.

Sanderson has several series going, and I have read most of them. Two of my favorite books are The Way of Kings and Skyward (which leans more toward YA). Skyward is only a little over 500 pages, as opposed to 1,000 for Way of Kings. I become so immersed in Sanderson's world that they do don't feel long at all.

Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set is also great, I started with these, There is actually 2nd series in the Mistborn world, which is very good, but not as good as the Stormlight Archive series (of which Way of Kings is the first book in the series).

Another one you can start with is Warbreaker.

I would start with Skyward or Warbreaker to get your feet wet.

Karen wrote: "How is everyone liking a month-long read-a-thon?"

Surprisingly well for me. I've recently finished The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (audiobook) and The Rose & the Dagger. I'm kinda hoping to finish All For One by the end of the month, but I kind of doubt it.

Leane wrote: "Karen wrote: "How is everyone liking a month-long read-a-thon?"

I really like this one. It keeps me accountable every day."

I agree, though I kept forgetting I was participating in this lol. But I set up an alarm to update so I think that'll help me.

I'd love to have a thread like this every month.

Janessa, I am glad the month-long read-a-thon is going well for you.

I agree Michelle, I would love to a monthly read-a-thon as well.

Karen wrote: "Excellent question.

Sanderson has several series going, and I have read most of them. Two of my favorite books are The Way of Kings and Skyward (which leans more tow..."

Wow, I did not realize how involved some of these series are!
After looking at some of these I think I'm going to follow in your footsteps and start with the Mistborn trilogy. They sound the most interesting and I can do three books and not feel overwhelmed.

Thank you for the recommendations!

Michelle wrote: "Leane wrote: "Karen wrote: "How is everyone liking a month-long read-a-thon?"

I really like this one. It keeps me accountable every day."

I agree, though I kept forgetting I was participating in ..."

I agree. I do wish we all talked about the books we read more too.

Leane wrote: "Karen wrote: "Excellent question.

Sanderson has several series going, and I have read most of them. Two of my favorite books are The Way of Kings and Skyward (which ..."

If you end up reading them let me know how you like them. I just love how his fantasy and science fiction are so different from the norm. They are not typical classic high fantasy. His magic systems are really different and interesting.

Leane,

Here's the link to Brandon Sanderson's Web site, and his where to start page

Karen wrote: "Leane,

Here's the link to Brandon Sanderson's Web site, and his where to start page
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This is a great resource! Thanks, Karen.

I may have change my mind where to start. I may have changed my mind multiple times already. lol