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The 24-Hour readathon will be on Saturday, June 15 at 10:00 am eastern time.

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Signed up! Now to figure out what I'm going to read! I just got but they're paperbacks and Bastien won't let me read physical books! 😫 So I have to peruse my Kindle/Audible and see what Hoopla/Libby have to offer.

Here's what I've come up with for options:
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Physical (some of these I will also be borrowing the e-book or audio version as well)

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Elyse wrote: "Signed up! Now to figure out what I'm going to read! I just got but they're paperbacks and Bastien won't let me read physical bo..."

Wow...wowzers! lol My lineup is much smaller. Wishing you luck. :)

Michelle wrote: "Wow...wowzers! lol My lineup is much smaller. Wishing you luck. :)..."

🤣 I just need visual choices because sci fi isn't my go-to right now. I'm not really sure what my go-to is these days but I've strayed from romance a lot since Bastien was born. More into mystery and thrillers right now, I think! So seeing what I have for sci fi is helpful!

Elyse wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Wow...wowzers! lol My lineup is much smaller. Wishing you luck. :)..."

🤣 I just need visual choices because sci fi isn't my go-to right now. I'm not really sure what my go-to is t..."

I totally get it. I'm not big on romance. I used to be really big into historical fiction. I still like it, but all I really want to read is horror. lol

I added the KU short stories as well. 🤣
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Elyse wrote: "I added the KU short stories as well. 🤣
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[bookcover:The Long Game..."

Nice!

I'm so excited to get started on sci-fi books! Saturday can't come soon enough!

Elyse wrote: "I'm so excited to get started on sci-fi books! Saturday can't come soon enough!"

I'm glad you're excited! You have some good ones lined up for sure.

The Sparrow is a strange combination of a sci-fi and space travel book. Weird.

I haven't tried one of these in a while, so why not! I can guarantee I won't read entirely one genre for a whole month lol but maybe this'll be a fun way to pick some books from my TBR pile. (I'm behind on my Mount TBR challenge, and my library stack is currently the smallest it's been in ages! So this is a good time for that!)

I don't know specifically which books I'll read, but according to my shelves I have 113 unread sci fi books. So, lots of options! Maybe I'll power through the last bit of the Animorphs series. Or finally get around to Dune Messiah!

Books previously started and finished this month:


Books started this month:

Brenda wrote: "The Sparrow is a strange combination of a sci-fi and space travel book. Weird."

I actually have The Sparrow on a stack for another reading challenge. Maybe I'll give it a read if I have time. I've been wanting to read it for ages!

Liander (The Towering Pile) wrote: "I haven't tried one of these in a while, so why not! I can guarantee I won't read entirely one genre for a whole month lol but maybe this'll be a fun way to pick some books from my TBR pile. (I'm b..."

Nice to have you joining us! Oh don't worry...I can also guarantee I'll be reading horror along with science fiction. lol I'm also starting a Dickens for a read-along I'm hosting.

Enjoy whatever you decide to read. :)

I will be reading this one all month, as it's the science fiction selection for June for my True Book Talk group.

Still deciding what else I'll pick up.

Starting book

I actually just finished this one. A short read so I read it within a day. It's classic horror, but it also has elements of science fiction. Not bad. I gave it four stars, but would have given it 3.5, if it were possible.

In my opinion, William Hope Hodgson rocks, and his early, untimely death in WWI was tragic.

Titles Read: 🏳️‍�� 🌈= Pride 🛸 = SF 🏴‍☠�� = Horror 🦸‍♀�� = Feminist


1. CARNIVAL OF TERROR VOL. 1. Scarestreet.com ARC. Release June 4. 🏴‍☠��
2. The Night Singers. NG ARC. Release May 28. 🏴‍☠️�� 🦸‍♀��
3. Falling Down 🛸
4. Pedal Faster: Prehistoric Action and Adventure 🛸KU Virtual
5. The Female Man . KU. 🛸🌈 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀��
6. Draw You In Vol.1: Collector's Item 🏴‍☠️�� 🏳️‍��
7. The Traitors🏴‍☠�� 🦸‍♀��.
8. Colony One Mars KU Virtual SF 🛸🦸‍♀��
9. Starrigger . Hoopla Virtual. 🛸🏴‍☠��
10. Warmth of the Sun 🛸🏴‍☠��
11. Scarestreet.com ARC: Haunted Secrets: Tales of Leo Moreland Volume 2. Release June 12. 🏴‍☠�� Ghosts
12. Sultana's Dream 🛸🦸‍♀️🦸�č♀️🦸�č♀��
13. The Shore of Women: The Classic Work of Feminist Science Fiction 🛸🦸‍♀️🛸🦸�č♀️🦸�č♀️🌈��
14. Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835-1905: Five Stories of Speculation, Resistance and Rebellion 🛸🛸🛸 🦸‍♀�� 🏴‍☠��
15. When She Was Me 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️�� Hoopla Virtual
16. Eruption Seriously Scary!! 🛸🛸🛸🏴‍☠��
17. Haunted Secrets: Tales of Eloise volume 3. ARC Scarestreet.com. 🏴‍☠��
18. Middle of the Night Libby Virtual New Release. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️Seriously Scary!!!
19. Draw You In Vol.2: Secret Origins KU Virtual (CLP)🛸🛸🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀��
20. The Midnight Feast 🛸 (Speculative: Folk Horror, Mythology) 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️Libby Virtual.
21. Mothman's Happy Cryptid Halloween. NG ARC Current . Children. 🛸💚
22. Sightseeing with Aliens: A Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural. NG ARC. Current. Children. 🛸🛸🛸
23. Red Thunder. SF. 🛸🛸🛸
24. PsychoActive: Transformative Horror Novellas. Release June 28. KU Virtual. 🛸🛸🛸
25. I'm a Gay Wizard In the City of the Nightmare King 🛸🛸🛸+🌈🌈🌈Fantasy PRIDE month
26. HAUNTED SECRETS: TALES OF FRANK BENEDICT. ARC, Scarestreet.com, Release July 1. 🏴‍☠��
27. Butterball Goes to the Beach. Mount TBR. Children. For Beach Prompt.
28. Camp Lanier NG ARC. 🛸🏴‍☠️��

Likely this will be it for me, but continuing a month of SF in July for Devour Your TBR. ��

I've also started

Ghost Station was superb! I adore her novels!!

Cobwebby Reading Reindeer wrote: "Ghost Station was superb! I adore her novels!!"

Nice! This is my first.

Cobwebby Reading Reindeer wrote: "In my opinion, William Hope Hodgson rocks, and his early, untimely death in WWI was tragic.

Titles Read: 🏳️‍�� 🌈= Pride 🛸 = SF 🏴‍☠�� = Horror 🦸‍♀�� = Feminist


1. CARNIVAL OF TERROR VOL. 1. Scares..."

He was definitely a talent. I had no idea he was killed in WWI. That is very tragic.

Nice lineup for the readathon!

Worse was that WHH was only 40. Killed in action at Ypres, April 1918.

Cobwebby Reading Reindeer wrote: "Worse was that WHH was only 40. Killed in action at Ypres, April 1918."

Too young! Imagine what else he could have written. :(

So far I read and I'm reading
I listened to and I'm listening to .

You may be getting your Reading Mojo back!😁

Elyse wrote: "So far I read and I'm reading [bookcover:Lord of the Flies|4..."

I agree with Mallory!

24-hour- Readathon tomorrow! (And US Olympic Trials!) 🏀

Cobwebby Reading Reindeer wrote: "24-hour- Readathon tomorrow! (And US Olympic Trials!) 🏀"

Yay! I forgot about the trials.

Go USA Women's Basketball 5-on-5 and 3-on-3!🥳🏀

24-hour: finishing The Shore of Women: The Classic Work of Feminist Science Fiction, 122 pp. To go. 🦸‍♀️🛸��
And hoping to finish before Hoopla returns it at 5 PM When She Was Me, very twisted psychological Thriller of Twins, at 33%. [Yay! Renewed for 21 days!🥳]

Titles Read: The Shore of Women: The Classic Work of Feminist Science Fiction. [Love it, but 6 days!]
Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835-1905: Five Stories of Speculation, Resistance and Rebellion Everand Virtual

Well, that did not at all go as planned. I had a bout of insomnia last night so I didn't go to sleep until 8:00 am. Yes, two hours before go time. So when the alarm went off, guess who didn't get up? Ugh. Just started reading at 2:00 pm.

Hopefully I can at least finish it before this 24 hours is up.

Cobwebby Reading Reindeer wrote: "Go USA Women's Basketball 5-on-5 and 3-on-3!🥳🏀

24-hour: finishing The Shore of Women: The Classic Work of Feminist Science Fiction, 122 pp. To go. 🦸‍♀️🛸��
And hoping to finish befor..."

Go USA!

Hope you can finish your Hoopla book in time. :)

Michelle wrote: "Well, that did not at all go as planned. I had a bout of insomnia last night so I didn't go to sleep until 8:00 am. Yes, two hours before go time. So when the alarm went off, guess who didn't get u..."
Extend yours until 24 hours after you started? I see ppl doing that often in other Readathons. Today I've been reading while simultaneously watching 2 hard-fought WNBA games....

Cobwebby Reading Reindeer wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Well, that did not at all go as planned. I had a bout of insomnia last night so I didn't go to sleep until 8:00 am. Yes, two hours before go time. So when the alarm went off, guess..."

Who am I kidding. Every day is a readathon for me. lol Though I don't read as much as others. I had to do a little work so I was listening to while I worked.

Thanks Mallory and Michelle! I've been reading Lord of the Flies since the first and I'm now on page 177 of 219. Almost done! It's the only physical book I'm reading. I wish I could fit in two more but I don't see it happening. lol. E-book and audio still for me!

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Elyse wrote: "Thanks Mallory and Michelle! I've been reading Lord of the Flies since the first and I'm now on page 177 of 219. Almost done! It's the only physical book I'm reading. I wish I could fit in two more..."

Impressive!

I don't think I could bear to reread that one, but I'm cheering you on. 🥳Go, Elyse! 🥳Go, Bastien! 🥳🥳🥳

Cobwebby Reading Reindeer wrote: "I don't think I could bear to reread that one, but I'm cheering you on. 🥳Go, Elyse! 🥳Go, Bastien! 🥳🥳🥳"

I don't think I could either, Mallory.

My progress:
Almost finished with which I consider science fiction because it's post apocalyptic (sort of) and since there is a whole other world inside the earth...so, yeah.
Also almost finished with . Quite good, and an interesting take on alien "invaders."

But why is the month already almost over?!

Elyse wrote: "But why is the month already almost over?!"

I know, right?

WRAP-UP
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But I'm really into my science fiction right now so I'm going to continue as #SciFiSummer!

Wrap-Up:

I finished All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay, which I'd been reading for months. I also finished Halloween Night by R.L. Stine, which I started in May.

I started and finished Gate of Ivrel by C.J. Cherryh, though that's just the first of three books in one volume that I'll be reading for a while yet! I also started and finished the audiobook of All Systems Red by Martha Wells.

I started, but have not yet finished, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum, which I am really enjoying.

Not bad for the busiest/most stressful month of the year! I ended up with a combo of fantasy, horror, sci fi, and realistic fiction.

Elyse wrote: "WRAP-UP
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Wowzers! Pretty awesome with a baby in your life. Glad you're continuing with the sci-fi reading. :)

Liander (The Towering Pile) wrote: "Wrap-Up:

I finished All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay, which I'd been reading for months. I also finished Halloween Night by R.L. Stine, which I started in..."

Great job! I'm glad you enjoyed your books. Hope you will join us for High Summer in August.

My wrap-up:


Enjoyed all of them.