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We‘re 6 weeks out from the next Eclectic Readathon! We always have so much fun with the check-in questions, scavenger hunt challenges, and of course reading! Read up on how it works, the rules, and prizes at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/eclecticreadathon and help spread the news by sharing this image on your page, using the hashtag #EclecticReadathon and tagging us. It‘s going to be so much fun!!

🚨BEEE-OOP! BEE-OOP! BEE-OOP! BEE-OP!! 🚨

Alert! Alert! #24B4Monday and #MayMadness has teamed together to create a special edition Readathon! Next weekend we‘re challenging you to read a Banned book or two during the Readathon! Check your shelf, and break those rules! 🙌🏻

#24B4MONDAY come one come call and join us in a wonderful readathon that is a real page turner!!

Just one week from today is the beginning of another #24b4Monday challenge! It‘s going to be a great chance to finish the month strong. 🤗 Join in if you can!
@TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65 @Clwojick @RadicalReader

#24B4Monday @Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid
#MayMadness @Clwojick @RadicalReader

I am reposting this to spead the word about next weekend's readathon. There is a twist this time, try to read a banned book. I will make it a priority to go through my TBR pile to see what fits. It will be a good time to read from my own shelves!

It's almost here!!!!! And this month we have a special edition! @Andrew65 and I are combining forces with the #MayMadness team to bring you #24B4Monday #BannedBooks edition!!! 🚫📖🚫
So be naughty and break out those banned books with us!
😁🤭😁
@Clwojick @RadicalReader

Hey everybody, amazing news! Our #24B4Monday #Readathon is now on Goodreads!!!

Check it out:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/957268-24b4monday-readathon

@Andrew65

I‘m a little behind schedule with my reviews for the #NetGalleyReadathon But oh well! 🤷🏻‍♀️ I was hoping review 10 a day, but I only got in 8 today! I know Saturday and Sunday will be busy for me, so here‘s to hoping I can still get in 30 before the weekend is up!

Just a few of the books I want to make my way through for this #NetGalleyReadathon!

Tell us your #NetGalleyReadathon goal! What will you be reading during this read-a-thon? Anything #NewToYou ?

#MayMadness #MiniChallenge
@Clwojick @TheReadingMermaid @RadicalReader
@Jen_Reads @Samplergal

Are you a member of #Netgalley? Well if you are, then this one is for you! Let us know what you got going on.
📚🤓💻📚

And don't forget our #NetgalleyReadathon is this Friday!

@Jen_Reads @Samplergal @Clwojick @TheReadingMermaid @RadicalReader

I saw this on #NetGalleys instagram story, just in time for the #NetGalleyReadathon!

Repost for @Samplergal :
Let‘s do this! Repost and share.

And for @HufflepuffGirl90 :
I‘m so excited about this #NetGalleyReadathon !! I‘m a good bit behind, so this is perfect. 💜😬💙📚💛

#MayMadness #readathon #NetGalley

I sure am 😭😭 come along faster!
#24B4Monday #25in5

I‘m so excited about this #NetGalleyReadathon !! I‘m a good bit behind, so this is perfect. 💜😬💙📚💛

#MayMadness #readathon #NetGalley

The #NetGalleyReadathon is coming up this weekend!! Join @Clwojick , @Samplergal , @TheReadingMermaid , @RadicalReader , and I as we try to catch up on all those #arcs!!

Let‘s do this! Repost and share.

Okay guys, #Readathon number 1 starts this weekend!!! So get those digital stacks ready for #NetGalleyReadathon part of #MayMadness Week 2 #NewToYou

With your hosts,
@Jen_Reads @Samplergal @Clwojick @TheReadingMermaid @RadicalReader
#LitsyReadathon #LitsyHappenings

Do you have a #NetGalley account?

If so, then I‘m safe to assume you‘re behind on a few (dozen, hundred) reads and reviews!

And if not, I suggest you go join! Free ebooks in exchange for reviews! What could be better!?

This weekend we‘re hosting a #NetGalleyReadathon to help you get back on track with those reviews, and make those publishers happy! Please join in, even if you only have a few hours. Anything‘s better than nothing 😉

This is such a fun idea! I really missed doing #24b4Monday last weekend, so this will make up for it. 🤗 I have no idea how many hours I can manage, so I‘ll shoot for 15 and see what happens! #maymakeup @Jess_Franzino

Organize your ARCs for a weekend of reading and reviewing! If you‘re like us, you‘re behind and feeling blue. Repost this with your personal goals for the weekend, whether it‘s hours, books, or reviews. #NetGalley will be so thrilled May 13!

Tag us and use the hashtag #NetGalleyReadathon.

I did it! Im@super proud of myself. This is the first time I‘ve finished a whole readathon.

Here‘s a list of everything I read. I finished 4 books and started 3 more. I had a great time and I can‘t wait to do it again.
#25inFive

#24B4Monday It‘s official, I can‘t clear the decks for reading...but enjoyed every minute I squeezed in! Thanks to the hosts!

Thanks @TheReadingMermaid and @Andrew65 for the readathon this weekend! I got my 24 hours, finishing five books and making progress in two others. #24b4monday

#24B4Monday @Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid

I was too tired last night to post my final total for this weekend's readathon. Anyway, this is the final tally. I read Ink and Bone, The Heart's Necessities and started both A Conjuring of Light and Innocent Bystander. Of the last two, I made it about one-third of the way into each. I am calling this one a valiant effort. 😊📚

I need to dedicate more time to the #24B4Monday event next time 😓 but I was so unmotivated this time around! Next time.

Books finished: 13 Reasons Why & Unf*ck your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess.

@TheReadingMermaid
@Andrew65

End of #24B4Monday I read and hear 9 hours and I'm glad about it. I finished one book. *yeah*

Total stats for our #24B4Monday readathon.
Considering this is the first actual read-a-thon that I've taken part in since the hospital, I would have to say I'm pretty impressed with myself! ❤️🤗❤️ I did such a good job and I met both of my goals, which were to make double digits and to finish Baby Teeth and To Tame a Highland Warrior.
I did it!!!!! 👏👏🥳🎉🎉
@Andrew65

I still wasn‘t feeling too great today, so aside from working on my bullet journal and listening to a bit of my audiobook, I didn‘t get too much reading in. I also didn‘t track my exact times... but I read roughly 3-3.5 hours today. So that would be 19.5 hrs for 24B4monday and 23.5 hrs for 25inFive.

#24B4Monday #25inFive #Readathon @TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65 #readallthebooks #challengeyourself

Finishing the #24B4Monday #readathon with 17 hrs 24 min. I'm happy with that considering my goal was 15 hrs. Thanks for hosting @TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65 As usual it was a blast and it went by too fast. ❤🙌

#24B4Monday 13:03:49 Not 24 but pretty good having worked all weekend.
#25inFive 15:06:56 I won't get in 10 hours of reading Monday (stupid work!!) but I hope to make it to 20hrs

@Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick

Wrapping things up, although I‘m continuing to read while I do laundry. I managed 28 hours and 36 minutes. Finished David Copperfield and started and finished The Stone Circle, The Long Call, A Bitter Feast, The Song Never Dies, A Bad Lie and A Death in the Family, since my younger son‘s soccer tournament was canceled halfway through. Not a bad weekend!😁 #24B4Monday

My finished hours for #24b4Monday are complete with less than 3 minutes to spare.
I followed through on my impromptu goal to finish my current read, and I‘m about to set up reminders for the readathon on my phone so I can be better prepared going in for the rest of the year!!
As of the end of this one I‘ve read 13 of 19 books in my Goodreads reading challenge for the year.
Until next month! 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

I‘m calling it a night for #24b4monday. Adding up all the times I forgot to start the timer, I‘m probably at about and hour more than this, which at least matches my best total ever. Finished 5 books... Halfway through The Overstory and Started The War on Normal People.

Game of Thrones is starting soon, so I won‘t be reading much more tonight. I didn‘t quite get in all the hours, but I‘m happy with my time. I finished two books and I‘m halfway through two more. Thanks for the fun time @TheReadingMermaid and @Andrew65
#24B4Monday

One more day of #25inFive and I only need about an hour and a half. Wish I could get it done tonight but my eyes say they are too sleepy. Are you on track to hit 24 hours?

My eyes are demanding sleep so here‘s my final total for #24B4Monday I do believe this is my highest time yet 🥳 I finished 3 books and started 3 more. I have some review to write on Tuesday.

Thanks to @Andrew65 and @TheReadingMermaid for hosting and encouragement.

Can‘t wait to try to beat my time next month.

ɪ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʜᴀs ᴍᴜᴄʜ ɪ ᴘʟᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴀᴍ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴇ ɪ ɢᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ. ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴍᴏᴍ ᴏғ 2 ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴏʟᴅ ᴏs ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪsᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪɴɢ. ɪ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ғɪɴɪsʜ ɪᴛ ᴀɴʏ ʙᴏᴏᴋs ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ 😐. ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴀɪɴ . ʜᴏᴘᴇғᴜʟʟʏ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢɪ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ. ʜᴏᴡ ᴅɪᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟsᴇ ᴅᴏ?

ᴀʟsᴏ, ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ᴛᴏ @Andrew65 ᴀɴᴅ @TheReadingMermaid ғᴏʀ ʜᴏsᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪs.
#24B4monday #readathon

#24B4Monday #25inFive

I‘m amazed at how much I was able to fit in with the RV work this weekend. I finished six books, three were audiobooks, and the other print books had already been started. Im about 15% into The Air You Breathe, which is amazing so far. ❤️. I may get a little more in later before bed, but maybe not. Thanks @TheReadingMermaid and @Andrew65 for hosting.

End of #24B4Monday #Readathon
Day 1 : 10 hrs 47 mins - 2 Books Finished - 680 Pages
Day 2 : 8 hrs 54 mins - 2 Books Finished - 508 Pages
Day 3 : 10 hrs 23 mins - 2 Books Finished - 551 Pages

Overall Totals
30 hrs 4 mins - 6 Books Finished - 1739 Pages
As well as 6 books, read 8% The Kill Call and 9% The Woman in the Water.

Thanks to everyone that took part, & cheered me & others on.
Thanks for co-hosting brilliantly @TheReadingMermaid

I did it!! #24B4Monday #readathon complete!! 4 books read, one half done. Thanks for hosting the fun
@TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65

#24B4Monday
@Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid Thanks for hosting and the encouragement.
Not a bad effort, I‘m happy with it seeing as I had an action packed weekend.

Day 3 - #24B4Monday #Readathon

Today‘s #PopJarGame pick was The Night Visitors

Finished audio of Eleanor Oliphant - 85 Pages
Finished audio of The Hunting Party - 400 Pages
Finished audio of The Night Visitors - 320 Pages
Total Today - 805 Pages

Total Day 1 - 400 Pages
Total Day 2 - 337 Pages
Total Day 3 - 805 Pages
Grand Total - 1542 Pages

Completed 3 books that were started B4 Readathon
Completed 3 books during Readathon

Just a heads up, @Clwojick , @Samplergal , and myself are hosting a #NetGalleyReadathon coming in May!! It‘ll be a great weekend to get caught up on any #arcs you may have! Feel free to spread the word!

Heads up! We‘re hosting a #NetGalleyReadathon on the second weekend of May! So if you have a ton of #ARC left to read and review, make sure to join in on the fun! And if you‘ve been interested in #NetGalley, but have yet to bite the bullet and join, now is the perfect time! I can‘t wait to spend a weekend reading all the newest books alongside my favourite bookish community ♥️

This looks like a good way to wrap up my birthday week. Can‘t wait! #NetGalleyReadathon

Spiderman says.....

#24B4Monday @Andrew65

#24B4Monday @Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid

Read Ink and Bone, and a book of poetry The Heart's Necessities and gotva good start on Innocent Bystander. It has been a productive bookish weekend so far. I might even make the 24.

Total reading time yesterday for the #24B4Monday #readathon 5 hrs 10 min, bringing me up to exactly 13 hours. So far Lillian Boxfish and The Raven Boys are good. I'm a little bored with The Night Tiger. @TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65

I start #24B4Monday today at 6:15 with cinnomon rolls and greentea.