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July read-a-thon
7/1: no reading done7/2: Mothership- 38 pages
Lux Beginnings: Obsidian & Onyx- 35 pages
7/3: no reading done
7/4: Mothership- 36 pages
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour- 36 pages
7/5: no reading done
7/6: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland- 141 pages
Monster- 117 pages
7/7: Monster- 164 pages
Mothership- 45 pages
7/8: no reading done
7/9: no reading done
7/10: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close- 225 pages
7/11: no reading done
7/12: Mothership- 74 pages
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Books read: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Monster
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Mothership
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I'm bored with this book, it isn't essentially bad, but not my thing.7/10
-DNFed7/11
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- Done but skipped a lot7/28 no reading done
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- 5 Stars!!! -570 pages of awesomeness!
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- Done but skipped a lot
- Done but skipped a lot
July R-A-T7/1--7/3--- 172 p. The Perfect Girlfriend FINISHED
7/4--42 p. High Five
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7/6- 54 p. Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen
7/7- 55 p. High Five
7/8- 152 p. Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen FINISHED
7/9 - 40 p. High Five
7/10- 113 p. High Five FINISHED
7/11- 7/16- 294 p. Hot Six FINISHED
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7/22- 16 p. Seven Up
7/23- 33 p. The Couple Next Door
7/24-7/25- 275 p. The Couple Next Door FINISHED
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Dates books finished:7/2 Her Rocky Mountain Defender by Jennifer D. Bokal 288 pages
7/4 The Hot Headed Patriot by Jennifer Youngblood 199 pages
7/6 Keep Me Safe by Maya Banks 297 pages
7/7 Stepdad Surprise by Caroline Lee 106 pages
7/9 Smolder by Tracy Solheim147 pages
7/11 Off the Edge by Carolyn Crane285 pages
7/13 Cowboy Rebel by Carolyn Brown 400 pages
7/15 The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club by Ann Warner 298 pages
7/18 Lucas's Lady by Caroline Lee 146 pages
7/19 Explosive Forces by D.D. Ayres 320 pages
7/21 The Firefighter Daddy by Margaret Daley 224 pages
7/23 The Doctor's Little Secret: A Fake Fiancé Romance by Jacqueline Diamond 210 pages
7/25 Last Stand in Texas by Robin Perini 256 pages
7/27 Making Waves by Tawna Fenske 330 pages
Pages read: 3,506
Books read: 14
TBR:
Currently Reading:
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Pages Read: 1,781
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Pages Read: 1,781
Books Read:
Currently reading:
7/1 last 53 pages of Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future, finished
7/2: Jane Eyre, 80 pages
7/3: Jane Eyre, 85 pages
7/4: Jane Eyre, 50 pages
7/5: Jane Eyre, 105 pages
7/6: Heart of Barkness, 304 pages finished
7/7: The Professor, 190 pages, finished
7/8: Booking the Crook, 342 pages, finished
7/9: Syrian Brides, 121 pages, finished
7/10: Shirley, 145 pages and Homecoming, 108 pages
7/11: Homecoming, 295 pages, finished
7/12: Dicey's Song, 248 pages, finished
7/13: Shirley, 153 pages, and A Storm of Swords, 10 pages
7/14: Shirley, 42 pages and A Solitary Blue, 242 pages, finished
7/15: Shirley, 195 pages
7/16: Shirley, 45 pages, finished
7/17: Villette, 100 pages, An Unfettered Mind, 143 pages.
7/18: An Unfettered Mind, 135, finished
7/19: Villette, 90 pages
7/20: Villette, 192 pages
7/21: Villette, 191 pages, finished
7/22: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, 298 pages
7/23: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, 111 pages, finished
7/24: Bright, 191 pages
7/25: Dragons of Winter Night, 95 pages
7/26: Dragons of Winter Night, 101 pages
7/27: Dragons of Winter Night, 118 pages
7/28: Dragons of Winter Night, 85 pages, finished
7/29: The Professor and the Siren, 96 pages, finished
7/30: Dragons of Spring Dawning, 186 pages
7/31: Dragons of Spring Dawning, 93 pages
Pages read:4,942
Books read:
Goal--Finish 5 books on my physical TBR shelf. (So far 3 of 5)Options:
01: If We Were Villains 79 pages
Total 79
02: If We Were Villains 205 pages
Total 205
03: If We Were Villains 65 pages
Total 65
04: If We Were Villains 19 pages Beautiful Day 49 pages
Total 68
05: Beautiful Day 39 pages
Total 39
06: Beautiful Day 98 pages
Total 98
07: Beautiful Day 141 pages A Charmed Life 31 pages
Total 172
08: The Glass Sentence 209 pages A Charmed Life 26 pages
Total 235
09: The Glass Sentence 51 pages
Total 51
10: The Glass Sentence 96 pages A Charmed Life 38 pages
Total 134
11: The Matchmaker 188 pages
Total 188
12: The Matchmaker 151 pages
Total 151
13: The Matchmaker 30 pages The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen 32 pages Warm Up 15 pages
Total 79
14: The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen 9 pages
Total 9
15: Winter Stroll 122 pages
Total 122
16: Winter Stroll 134 pages The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen 19 pages
Total 153
17: Love Letters 57 pages
Total 57
18: Love Letters 138 pages
Total 138
19: Love Letters 93 pages The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen 40 pages
Total 134
20: The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen 125 pages
Total 125
21: The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen 12 pages
Total 12
22: Here's to Us 80 pages
Total 80
23: Here's to Us 266 pages
Total 266
24: Here's to Us 57 pages Warlight 94 pages
Total 151
25: Warlight 155 pages
Total 155
26: Warlight 55 pages The Identicals 86 pages
Total 141
27: The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen 99 pages
Total 99
28: The Identicals 78 pages
Total 78
29: The Identicals 152 pages
Total 152
30: The Identicals 117 pages A Stranger in the House 59 pages
Total 176
31: A Stranger in the House 138 pages
Total 138
Pages read: 3750
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Ok, I'm in if only because I'm about to start Gone with the Wind and need to see that I'm making progress!Currently reading:
1st: The Norfolk Mystery 50 pages
2nd: The Norfolk Mystery 32 pages
3rd: The Norfolk Mystery 97 pages
4th: The Norfolk Mystery 14 pages
5th: The Norfolk Mystery 52 pages
Sat 6th: The Norfolk Mystery 24 pages - FINISHED, Gone with the Wind 19 pages, The Pyrates 8 pages
Sun 7th: Gone with the Wind 26 pages
8th: Gone with the Wind 47 pages
9th: Gone with the Wind 58 pages
10th: Gone with the Wind 21 pages
11th: Gone with the Wind 41 pages
12th: Gone with the Wind 38 pages
Sat 13th: Gone with the Wind 54 pages
Sun 14th: Gone with the Wind 31 pages
15th: Gone with the Wind 48 pages
16th: Gone with the Wind 29 pages
17th: Gone with the Wind 13 pages
18th: Gone with the Wind 27 pages
19th: Gone with the Wind 33 pages
Sat 20th: Gone with the Wind 15 pages
Sun 21st: Gone with the Wind 34 pages
22nd: Gone with the Wind 16 pages
23rd: Gone with the Wind 32 pages
24th: Gone with the Wind 19 pages
25th: Gone with the Wind 15 pages
26th: Gone with the Wind 30 pages
Sat 27th: Gone with the Wind 24 pages
Sun 28th: Gone with the Wind 16 pages
29th: Gone with the Wind 18 pages
30th: Gone with the Wind 18 pages
31st: Gone with the Wind 24 pages
Books read:
Total Pages read: 1022
New month, new challenge-214 pgs per day. lets see if I can actually do it this time.Currently Reading:
7/1
26 pgs
4:00 hrs (155 pgs)7/2--36 pgs short from yesterday
43 pgs
4:51 hrs (167 pgs)7/3--37 pgs short from yesterday
90 pgs
3:18 hrs (107 pgs)7/4
22 pgs 7/5
45 pgs 7/6
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119 pgs 7/8--Challenge for last week was a failure. Trying again this week.--So nothing read today. :(
7/9--
7:12 hrs (208 pgs)7/10--Amusement park day. Nothing read.
7/11--
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2:40 hrs
7/14--Nothing.
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4 pgs7/16--
2:55 hrs
53 pgs
0:49 hrs7/17--Nothing.
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9:48 hrs
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120 pgs7/30--Nothing
7/31--
24 pgsPages read: 952
Hours listened: 77:02
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I really need a goal, otherwise I'll end up barely reading again!Pages Goals: 100 pages per day / 3,000 pages total
Books Goals: 10 books
TBR:
-July 2nd
-July 2nd
-July 16th
-July 19th
7/1 The Best Lies -7 pages P.S. I Still Love You -17 pages This Side of Paradise -44 pages
7/2 The Best Lies -17 pages
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7/4 The Best Lies -14 pages
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Pages read: 68
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This month I am putting in by book instead of date. I have a few previous DNFs I want to finish along with a few other randoms. Goal of 4 from my home shelves (hb)for the month. 11/22/63 hb � 7-2-19
Into the Water � 7-10-19
The River Rolls On � 7-18-19
How to Save a Life � 7-11-19
Troublemaker 2 hb � 7-11-19
Fahrenheit 451 hb � 7-24-19
Fang hb � 7-25-19
The Big Kahuna � 7-23-19
Once Upon a River 78 pgs
Rise of the Elgen 302 pgs
Steel Scars � 7-28-19
Pages: 180+153+341+109+282+301+134+307+77+302+78=2264
Books Finished:
Currently Reading:7/1:
65pgs7/2:
73pgs7/3:
31pgs +
0-24%7/4:
24-45%7/5: no reading
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45-100% +
72pgs7/7:
36pgs7/8:
35pgs7/9:
78pgs7/10:
103pgs7/11:
28pgs7/12:
124pgs7/13:
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17pgs7/16: no reading
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35pgs7/18:
64pgs7/19:
68pgs7/20:
135pgs7/21:
27pgs7/22:
125pgs +
78pgs7/23:
142pgs7/24:
110pgs7/25:
87pgs +
198pgs +
0:59:41 listened (audiobook)7/26:
35pgs7/27:
25pgs7/28:
79pgs7/29: no reading
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61pgsPages Read: approx. 2,443
Hours Listened: 2:17:06 (
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7/1:
149 Pages Read,
69 Pages Read Books Finished:
Goals: 6 books, 6 audiobooks, 2500 pagesCurrently Reading:
Daily reading: (view spoiler)
Pages read: 2700
Audiobooks/Graphic Novels Finished:
Books Finished:
Thanks for joining everyone, and I like your goals!
7/1:
149 Pages Read, and
69 Pages ReadBooks Finished:
7/2:
142 Pages Read7/4:
126 Pages Read,
47 Pages Read Books Finished
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7/5:
7/1:
Total: 36pages
7/2:
44pages,
110pagesTotal:154pages
7/3:
259pages,
15pages,
11pagesTotal: 285pages
7/4:
242pages,
41pages,
41pagesTotal:324pages
7/5:
119pages,
97pages,
50pages,
16pagesTotal:282pages
7/6:
255pages,
45pages,
18pages,
109pagesTotal:427pages
7/7:
154pages,
320pagesTotal:474pages
7/8:
122pages,
53pages,
37pages,
224pagesTotal:436pages
7/9:
Total:22pages
7/10:
217pages,
15pagesTotal:232pages
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Karen wrote: "How is everyone doing on their goals?"I need to step it up. At least 100 pages a day.
How about you?
Karen wrote: "How is everyone doing on their goals?"I'm only 20 pages into Gone with the Wind. Only another 991 pages to go! lol
I read one book that took long enough, 5 days, because it was so full of details and I'm reading a second but not really enjoying it, but I'll try and finish it. I still want to read at least other 3 books this month but I'm not hurrying up or getting stressed with it.
I am doing well so far, better than last month. Yesterday, I picked a book that I knew I could read quickly. Today, I am reading a classic, so it will slow down my reading.I have made progress, although I would like to get more done, I am pleased with what I have done: I have started on my project to read all of the Bronte novels, I had only read Jane Eyre to date, I am now reading The Professor by Charlotte Brontë.
Leane: you are doing great, enjoy what you are reading.
Kate: I am impressed, I have never been able to read more that a couple of pages of Gone With the Wind.
Leticia: I know what you mean, sometimes reading something we don't enjoy, slows us a down. It takes me forever to read a non-fiction book, even if I am enjoying the experience and learning a great deal.
Kate wrote: "Karen wrote: "How is everyone doing on their goals?"I'm only 20 pages into Gone with the Wind. Only another 991 pages to go! lol"
I really had to push through to finish Gone with the Wind. (Not because it's bad, but because it's long!)
I did partial reading and partial audio, which I think helped me a lot.
Karen wrote: "I am doing well so far, better than last month. Yesterday, I picked a book that I knew I could read quickly. Today, I am reading a classic, so it will slow down my reading.I have made progress, a..."
Thank you, Karen. That's a nice goal: all the Bronte novels!
I think I have started each Bronte novel a few times (besides Jane Eyre), and just couldn't get past the first chapter. Now I am determined to push further. I just finished the Professor by Charlotte, and even though it wasn't as good as Jane Eyre, I am really glad I read it. Now on to Shirley.
Karen wrote: "How is everyone doing on their goals?"
I really haven't set a particular goal for myself. My overall goal for the year is to read 30 books, which I will probably hit before the end of summer.
I really haven't set a particular goal for myself. My overall goal for the year is to read 30 books, which I will probably hit before the end of summer.
With our yearly town festival and Independence day festivities I haven't been reading much at all. Now I have 2 library books I had on hold and one from Omni I started 2 weeks ago - I need to get all 3 read before they're due back...... so my home library goals are crushed already :/
How's everyone doing? What books have you enjoyed this month so far? Are there any that surprised you, for good or bad? I have been enjoying Shirley by Charlotte Brontë, I knew nothing about this book, before starting it, other than that the author of Jane Eyre wrote it.
Karen wrote: "How's everyone doing? What books have you enjoyed this month so far? Are there any that surprised you, for good or bad? I have been enjoying Shirley by [author:Charlotte Brontë|10366..."
I'm doing well. Finished up a book today and I have two more that became available through my library that I've been waiting on for a long time!
I have to work on my home TBR list! (Not stressing about it though!)
That's right Leane, don't stress. Pleasure reading should be just that, a pleasure, not stressful.
I'm about a third of the way through Gone With the Wind. Its taken me one week to get that far so I have high hopes of finishing the book by the end of the month - mainly thanks to this readathon! Its been a great incentive to keep logging the pages. :)
Kate, how do you like Gone With the Wind?
Thankfully, its fairly easy reading just excessively long!I've brushed up a bit on the American Civil War via Wikipedia (!) as I have found that a bit of background to events is a help. Its just rather unfortunate that she's quite a dislikeable character but I guess that's no different from Jane Austen's Emma or Shakespeare's Katherine in Taming of the Shrew so she's in good company!
Kate wrote: "Thankfully, its fairly easy reading just excessively long!I've brushed up a bit on the American Civil War via Wikipedia (!) as I have found that a bit of background to events is a help. Its just r..."
I really hated Scarlett. There were a few times during the book that I was thinking she was okay, but she always f*cked that up with her bratty attitude.
Leane wrote: "Kate wrote: "Thankfully, its fairly easy reading just excessively long!I've brushed up a bit on the American Civil War via Wikipedia (!) as I have found that a bit of background to events is a hel..."
I had a hard time with Scarlett's character as well, maybe that is why I never could move on with the book.
Good Morning everyone, we are coming down the stretch. How's everyone doing?
I'm loving the book
that I'm currently reading. It took me forever to pick up this book but I'm finding it really interesting.
Even though I cannot stand her, I think fans of Daenerys in Game of Thrones would probably love this character. Also people who love descriptive surroundings.
I'm not a fan of Daenerys either. The book sounds interesting!
Karen wrote: "I'm not a fan of Daenerys either. The book sounds interesting!"I put it aside to read Warlight, which I had on hold with my library forever. I'm kind of disappointed because the beginning part of this book was super interesting but now I feel I'm walking through weed waiting to get to the occasional flower.
Karen wrote: "I like how you described Warlight! I felt that way about The Goldfinch"Thank you. :o)
I'm glad I skipped Goldfinch. I find a lot more people were disappointed than loved it.
I have described Goldfinch as a beautiful several acre garden that can only be reached by walking through large garbage dump.
Karen wrote: "I have described Goldfinch as a beautiful several acre garden that can only be reached by walking through large garbage dump."Ha! That sounds like it fits perfectly.
Hi everyone, we are almost through another month. Would you like to have another read-a-thon for the month of August?
Karen wrote: "Hi everyone, we are almost through another month. Would you like to have another read-a-thon for the month of August?"I would. Tracking daily really pushes me and I like that.
Karen wrote: "Hi everyone, we are almost through another month. Would you like to have another read-a-thon for the month of August?"I'm with Leane. This has really pushed me to track and get things read.
I like it too. I will set up the one for August on Wednesday.
I'm happy about the amount of reading I did in July. In August I will participate the first two weeks only as I will be in vacations the last two.
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