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A BIT OF LIGHT READING
Duration: 1 July - 31 July 2018

Do you fancy a break from the big books on your TBR pile? Is there a book which is taking a long time to finish? Have you got a lot of short books to read?
For this challenge, read as many books with 200 pages or less as you can.
If you're looking for inspiration, check out this Listopia. Please note that you are not limited to this list; you are free to choose any book that has a maximum of 200 pages to count towards this challenge.
Post below if you want to take part and then enjoy your light reading!

Dlyn will be leading this challenge. Thank you for volunteering, Dlyn!

Novella and other short-form reads have become my favorite types of book in the past few years. I don't know if it's due to my having far less reading time than I used to, or if it's simply more difficult for me to maintain my focus than it was when I was younger - probably a bit of both. But I do love short books!

I'll aim to read 5 in July.

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1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Timothy Snyder
2. One Hundred Shadows - Hwang Jungeun
3. Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience - Rebecca Roanhorse
4. You Were Never Really Here - Jonathan Ames
5. Saga, Vol. 7

Read: 5/5 - COMPLETED!

I think I'll try for 6. Mostly graphic novels or Doctor Who books.

I would like to join in with 2 light books, please - 2/2 - COMPLETE ✔️

�� While the Light Lasts - 3⭐️ (Danish version 176 pages)
�� Black Coffee - 4⭐️ (Danish version 164 pages)

I would like to join for 3.

Dlyn wrote: "I would be happy to run this challenge :)

And my goal is to read 5 books for this :) They will all probably be middle grade novels lol

0/5"

Thanks, Dlyn! I'll update the first post now.

I actually have a lot of shorter books lined up for July already, so this is ideal.
I'll sign up for an optimistic 10 books and see if I can get to more.

TBR:
Whole-series reread of Lumberjanes (8 trade volumes)
The Vegetarian
All Systems Red

I'm in for 4.

4/4
COMPLETE

Breakfast at Tiffany's
R.U.R.
The Stepford Wives
The Spanish Armada: The History and Legacy of Spain's Notorious Naval Debacle

I would like to Join in as well

Neil Gaiman's Stardust is calling my name from my TBR pile

I'm gonna aim for 3

I'm in. This is right up my alley as my To Read pile is crazy!

Rock Crystal (finished 7/1/2018)
Ten Days in a Mad-House
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (finished 7/22/2018)
The Lodge-Lowell Debate on the Proposed League of Nations
Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes
Humanae Vitae: Of Human Life
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
Sebastian and the Troll (finished 7/1/2018)
Tithonus (finished 7/3/2018)
Poems from the Women's Movement (finished 7/22/2018)
Door Into the Dark: Poems (finished 7/26/2018)
George Washington: The Crossing (finished 7/26/2018)
Collected Poems (finished 7/27/2018)

As expected, I added a few after setting up my challenge and didn't get to a few I'd hoped to read.

Sign me up for 10 books
1. The Body
2. Blockade Billy
3. The Haunting of Rachel Harroway, Book 1
4. Freeze
5. Critical Mass
6. The Island
7. Deadly Dreams
8. Name and Number
9. Skinny Me
10.The Summer I Died

Dlyn wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I'm in. This is right up my alley as my To Read pile is crazy!

Rock Crystal
Ten Days in a Mad-House
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
[book..."

Yes

Update msg 5: 1/2
�� While the Light Lasts - 3⭐️ (Danish version 176 pages)

Great challenge! I’d like to join with 8 short stories/books.

1. The Green Mile, Part 4: The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix
2. The Pit and the Pendulum
3. Nyarlathotep
4. The Candle
5. The Mystery of the Blue Jar: A Short Story
6. Come Closer
7. The Blue Geranium: A Short Story
8. The Door in the Wall

8/8 FINISHED

I'll join for 5.

I will sign up for 3 books please.

COMPLETED: 4/3
1. The Shut-In (144 pages) read 4 July, ****
2. French Twist (160 pages) read 6 July, ****
3. Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons Of Ares (152 pages), read 12 July, **** with review
4. The Taming of the Shrew (122 pages), read 14 July, ** with review

I'm in for this! I'll try for 4.

Completed: 0/4

I'm in for 2 books.

1/2

1. The Dispatcher (128 pages)

Please count me in please, Rachael. A not very adventurous 3!

Running total 3/3 COMPLETED!

1. The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (07/07/18): 109 pages
2. Disbanded Kingdom - Polis Loizou (13/07/18): 191 pages
3. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (13/08/18): 114 pages

I'm in for 4 books.

Updated message #15

1/4

I do need a break from these 500 + page books I have been wading through this year. Sign me up for 4 short ones. I would do more, but I still have a bunch more 500+ pagers to go.

Update msg 5: 2/2 - COMPLETE ✔️
�� Black Coffee - 4⭐️ (Danish version 164 pages)

That was fast 😄 but I don’t have any more books under 200 pages planned for this month...

See message 20 for my progress.

Updated message 28: 1/3

I would like to participate with graphic novels! I have 7 sitting on my bookshelf, so I’ll aim to finish all 7 this month.

I'm in for 4! [You can mark me down as Nicole W.]

Another update: 2/3 completed

2/5 completed so far:

1. The Flipping Blueprint
2. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

It's a little late, but I will try 3.

1. The Chocolate War-- done 5 stars
2. Relic of the Damned!
3. All Our Wild Wonder

Done! Challenge completed.

5 please :)

Update: Completed 6/7 graphic novels

1.Elektra, Volume 1: Bloodlines
2. Captain Marvel (2014-2015) #1
3. Captain Marvel, Volume 2: Stay Fly
4. Saga, Vol. 1
5. The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
6. The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us

I'm in! Let's just go for two books this month though. Maybe I'll get in more than that!

Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft for the first book of the challenge.

1/4

The Body for my second book.

2/4

Updated message #15

2/4

I updated message #3.

Read: 1/5

I would like to join! Anybody have suggestions? Light reading is exactly what I need right now

jb wrote: "Great challenge! I’d like to join with 8 short stories/books.

1. The Green Mile, Part 4: The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix
2. The Pit and the Pendulum

2/8"

Updated message 26

Heathermwilliam131 wrote: "I would like to join! Anybody have suggestions? Light reading is exactly what I need right now"

One of things I do is pick a few of my favorite authors. I check to see if they have any novellas or short stories or graphic novels. SK has quite a few short stories. I also check some “classic�� authors. Recently I read Roman Fever by Edith Wharton, and it was very good and a bit scandalous. Neil Gaiman has quite a few short stories and children’s tales and even graphic novels.

I would love to join this challenge!
I want to read about 3 books that are short for this group.

Updated message 28: 3/3

Updated post 51-- Relic of the Damned!

1/5 :)

Hi! I was wondering if I could change my goal to 2 books instead of three? I just noticed I have a lot of books that are actually longer 😂

Update: Completed 7/7 graphic novels

1. Elektra, Volume 1: Bloodlines
2. Captain Marvel (2014-2015) #1
3. Captain Marvel, Volume 2: Stay Fly
4. Saga, Vol. 1
5. The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
6. The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
7. The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars

1/6 Completed

1. Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion by Malcolm Hulke. 141 pages

Hi! I finished �� The Adventures Of the Christmas Pudding�� by Agatha Christie

Managed to complete an additional short read so my total is now 4/3. Original post updated