I managed only 8 hours and 35 minutes for the #24B4Monday #readathon this time around, but I succeeded in getting through more of my Hugo Voter Packet.

The Hugo Best Graphic Work category had excellent entries, including the latest volume of Paper Girls. This terrific series is like Stranger Things with time travel! #hugo2019

Thanks to @Andrew65, @TheReadingMermaid and @jb72 for hosting the readathon!

I've only been able to read 4 hours and 40 minutes so far for the #24B4Monday readathon, but I did finish my last book from the 2019 Hugo Best Novel shortlist. This one is a lot of fun, in the style of Douglas Adams.

#hugo2019
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It's been a very busy July so far, so it will be good to have a relaxing weekend devoted to reading! It'll be my last chance to read from the #hugo2019 shortlist before the Hugo Awards voting deadline on July 31.

The shortlist: http://www.thehugoawards.org/2019/04/2019-hugo-award-1944-retro-hugo-award-final...

#24B4Monday
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My final tally for the #24B4Monday #readathon was 13 hours and 10 minutes. I finished by reading Monstress #3, one of the Hugo Best Graphic Story nominees this year. #hugo2019. This is such a terrific series, with hauntingly beautiful artwork.

Thanks to @Andrew65 @jb72 @TheReadingMermaid for running this event and for the encouragement!

I'm at 5 hours and 40 minutes so far for the #24B4Monday #readathon.

I really enjoyed this supernatural noir story set in 1970's Detroit. It has great characters, nice artwork and an atmospheric setting. It deserves its place on the Hugo Best Graphic Story shortlist this year. #hugo2019

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I‘m going to try to work through some of the #hugo2019 nominees in the Best Graphic Novel category this weekend.

This Readathon is always good motivation at the end of the month. Even better, I can read late into the night on Sunday since Monday is a holiday for us Canadians! 🇨🇦

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Finished another book for the #24B4Monday #readathon and I'm now at 12 hours and 15 minutes.

Trail of Lightning, nominated for the 2019 Hugo Best Novel award, was such a fun book to read -- great characters and interesting interweaving of Native American folklore and mythology into a post-apocalyptic world. #hugo2019 #hugoawards

My current total for the #24B4Monday #readathon is 7 hours and 30 minutes, and I finished The Favourite Game, Leonard Cohen's first novel.

Being a lifelong fan of Cohen's music, I found this book interesting for its semi-autobiographical aspects. It's a coming-of-age story about a young writer/musician from Montreal.

I'll do another attempt at #24B4Monday! Hope to get more Hugo Voter Packing done, with Best Novel nominee Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse. #hugoawards #hugo2019

Unfortunately, I don't have any banned books for the theme, but I am reading a book by Leonard Cohen who had another of his books (Beautiful Losers) banned.

Good luck to everyone participating!

Margaret Visser quotes from an 1885 etiquette book, describing the dangers of talking down to a woman. 😁

I managed only 12 hours and 10 minutes in the #24B4Monday #readathon, but I made good progress in my Hugo Awards reading this year. I finished this very fun time-travel story by Kelly Robson (Best Novella nominee). I also finished a couple of stories from the Charlie Stross‘s Laundry Files (Best Series nominee). #hugo2019 #hugoawards

Thanks to @TheReadingMermaid and @Andrew65 for hosting!

I‘m going to make another attempt at #24B4Monday, and I‘m going to devote the entire time to reading from the Hugo/Campbell/Lodestar shortlist!

http://www.thehugoawards.org/2019/04/2019-hugo-award-1944-retro-hugo-award-final...

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#hugoawards #hugo2019

Despite a late start to Dewey‘s #readathon, I‘ve managed to do 7 hours and 20 minutes of reading or listening to an audiobook so far.

I finished Craig Davidson‘s new book, which I highly recommend. It‘s a wonderful coming-of-age story, with elements of horror and some really beautiful passages.

I wasn‘t going to participate in Dewey‘s #readathon because I have an out-of-town commitment that will take most of the day. However, I love this event so much and have done it for so many years that I just had to sign up. At least I can listen to an audiobook while driving, and hopefully I‘ll get to one of these books on my stack when I get home!

“You can‘t have many exclamation points left,” thought Anne, “but no doubt the supply of italics is inexhaustible.”

Anne Shirley does have a way with words. This describes perfectly some conversations I‘ve had with overly dramatic people.

I finished the #24B4Monday readathon with a total of 13 hours, 10 minutes.

I finished one book that fit the Black History Month theme, Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala, which I liked very much.

I also finally got through Ken Liu‘s epic-fantasy novel set in an alternate Ancient China. It was OK but I much prefer Guy Gavriel Kay‘s River of Stars, which has a similar setting.

Thanks to @Andrew65 and @TheReadingMermaid for hosting the readathon!

Almost at 9 hours for the #24B4Monday readathon. This #TournamentOfBooks #ToB2019 selection was a good fit for the #BlackHistoryMonth theme. It‘s a powerful coming-of-age and coming-out story.

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I‘m starting with this one for the #24B4Monday Readathon!

#ToB2019 #TournamentOfBooks

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I‘m neither young nor American but can certainly use some help in understanding pre-decimal British currency!
#OokBOokClub

My weekend #readathon totals were lower than I hoped for, just 8 hours 20 minutes for #24in48 and 12 hours 55 minutes for #24B4Monday. However, I did finish a couple of books, including this one, the best one yet of the 5 I‘ve read from the incredible Expanse series!

Many thanks to the readathon organizers! @24in48 @TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65

Current #readathon totals: 4 hours and 10 minutes for #24in48 and 8 hours and 45 minutes for #24B4Monday.

Just finished Tanya Talaga‘s nonfiction book about the deaths of 7 Indigenous teens in Northern Ontario. This is an incredibly powerful and disturbing story.

The book title is based on this beautiful painting by Ojibwa artist Christian Morrisseau, whose son was one of the seven who died.

These are some of the books on my #24in48 #readathon stack. More are on the e-reader.

Also started #24B4Monday yesterday and managed 4.5 hours so far. It‘s -14 Celsius outside, so staying in and reading is a good plan for the day!

I have not one but two readathons this weekend to motivate me to finish my stack of books for the month! #24B4Monday #24in48

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My final #25inFive total is 21 hours and 10 minutes. I didn‘t reach 25 hours but still managed to finish 3 books and got through a huge chunk of Lord of Chaos, so I‘ll call it a success! Thanks to @Andrew65 for hosting and providing encouragement!

I‘m at 14 hours and 30 minutes for the #25inFive #readathon and just finished another book. A short, unusual and powerful father-son road-trip story, this book is on the Tournament of Books shortlist. #tob2019

I spent 5 hours on the train today so that helped me get my #25inFive total up to 11 hours and 30 minutes. I finished King‘s collection of Native-themed short stories, as well as a reread of a favourite, Kazuo Ishiguro‘s Never Let Me Go, this time on audio.

The timing of this #25inFive readathon is great as I‘ll be spending a good number of hours on a train this weekend. Maybe I‘ll finally manage to finish Lord of Chaos!
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A planetary scientist working on the Voyager mission tells her daughters that their births were based on the alignment of the planets! 😄

I only managed to read 7 hours and listen to 4 hours of an audiobook for the #24B4Monday readathon. However, I finally finished this 900-page tome which I‘d been working on for the past couple of months, so I‘d say the weekend was a success! Thanks to @TheReadingMermaid and @Andrew65 for hosting.

My new e-reader arrived yesterday to replace my battered old one! I‘m thinking that the #24B4Monday readathon will be the perfect excuse for spending loads of time with it this weekend.

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Dewey‘s #readathon final update: I spent about 7 hours reading and finished The Haunting of Hill House. I also got partway through Night Watch, a Russian urban fantasy story featuring vampires.

Thanks to the readathon organizers! It was so nice to finally have a day to devote to reading and other book-related activities!

Dewey‘s #readathon update: I‘ve managed about 5 hours of reading so far. I finished The Haunting of Hill House, which is wonderfully creepy, probably the best haunted house book I‘ve ever read!

I‘ve been away from Litsy for a while but thought I‘d try to get back into the swing of things with Dewey‘s #readathon tomorrow. I‘ve got my spooky Halloween themed books all ready to go!

I love these postcards that I picked up at the Penguin store in Toronto! I‘ll be including some of these in my #BookCrossing mailings. #PenguinClassics

Unfortunately, I couldn‘t start Dewey‘s #readathon until late in the day, but I did manage to get an hour of reading in, as well as an hour of audiobook time.

I finished the 6th book in this incredibly good space-opera series. I so love the gorgeous artwork of Fiona Staples!

I‘ve been a #LibraryThing member since 2009! I‘m thrilled to see new members here from LT and I also encourage my Litsy friends to try out LT. I hang out mostly in the 2018 Category Challenge group and I also host the BookCrossing Challenge group there.

I started the next volume of Saga during yesterday‘s #comicthon and finished it today. I love the artwork of Fiona Staples. Such great characters, especially Ghüs!

This is an interesting take on Agatha Christie‘s life story — a graphic novel in which she interacts with several of her famous characters. I expect Christie fans will enjoy this book and also appreciate the many references to specific works of hers.

#comicthon

This was an excellent YA novel featuring lots of interesting detail about space technology but also a heartwarming look at family relationships.

It was a nice coincidence that I finished it on the day of the Falcon Heavy launch. It made be appreciate this astounding and inspiring feat of engineering even more!

I thoroughly enjoyed this hard boiled mystery set in Glasgow. I especially liked the two main characters, Detective Superintendent Catherine Macleod and private investigator Jasmine Sharp. This was my first Brookmyre and I‘m eager to read more.

At this point, I‘m up to 6 hours of reading and 7 hours of audiobook time for the #24in48 readathon.

I managed 2 hours of reading plus 4 hours of listening to Red Rising on audiobook yesterday. Today I have great (or at least, greater) expectations for the #24in48 readathon!

I‘d read Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Cherry Ames and Tricia Belden when I was a kid but my favourite juvenile mystery series by far was the Three Investigators. I loved following the adventures of Jupiter, Pete and Bob!
#ThrowbackReadathon

It‘s strange to hear The Smiths playing in the background while reading a book that has Johnny Marr and Morrissey as characters.

Finished another on the #tob2018 list which also fits prompt #9 of the #readharder challenge.

I enjoyed this historical family saga that explores the lives of ethnic Koreans living in Japan. The characters are appealing, though some are not believable as they are so very good and unselfish!

Another great instalment in the Chew series! Tony‘s twin sister plays a larger role in this volume and Poyo makes another appearance.
#letsgetgraphicweeklongmarathon

I‘m late getting to the #letsgetgraphicweeklongmarathon, but I‘m hoping to squeeze in a few reads before the week is done.

This is another solid instalment in the excellent Saga series featuring great space opera and terrific artwork. This one ends with a real cliffhanger so I‘ll need to find Volume 5 soon.

My husband indulged my love of #PenguinClassics!

I wish my Litsy friends happy and peaceful times with family and friends during the holiday season!

What every book hoarder needs: a caravan of camels trained to walk in alphabetical order. 🐪🐪🐪

I‘m sending this book out on a #BookCrossing journey because I want to share it with other readers. It‘s a brilliant retelling of The Tempest!

I really enjoyed this fantasy novel set in a tiny rural village. As well as a large number of interesting characters and creatures, Czerneda gives us magic, dragons, romance and pies. 🥧