Book Readathon! August bank holiday weekend.

[Katykatykaty]

Hello my name is Katykatykaty

I plan to read Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel during the readathon.

The last book I read was The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird

My favourite book as a child was Dogger by Shirley Hughes.

My favourite book as a teenager was Harry Potter.

My favourite book now is Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton or The Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift. Or maybe The End of Men!

 

[smellsofbiscuits]

Hello, hello and welcome to the Bank Holiday Readathon! It's a surprisingly sunny day here at Biscuit Towers so hoping to get some reading time in the garden.

@mindlessness Sorry to hear you're in lockdown. Hope the books and this thread can keep you company over the weekend.

@HoGi 56 Days sounds interesting. Dublin is one of my favourite cities so might pop this on my TBR list.

@Katykatykaty I read Three Hours thanks to Tattle and have been recommending it to everyone. Really hope it's made into a television series.

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Hello my name is: Biscuits. Smells of biscuits

I plan to read...... during the readathon:

I like having a wee list to flick between. Hoping to finish Firefly Lane as I only have a couple of chapters to go. I also have My Year of Rest and Relaxation on my Kindle app which I've been reading when the kids are having a car nap.

My planned paper book reading list is as follows:

Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Rizzio by Denise Mina
Luster by Raven Leilani
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

The last book I read was:
Summerwater by Sarah Moss. Fabulous dark summer read set over 24 hours in a rainy Scottish holiday camp.

My favourite book as a child was:

Again cheating here but the first three books of the Chronicles of Narnia were on constant rotation in my house. So The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and The Horse and his boy.


My favourite book as a teenager was:
A coin toss between Junk by Melvin Burgess or In A Land of Plenty by Tim Pears.

My favourite book now is:
This was really hard to answer! I have been revisiting books I read in my 20s and one that stands the test of time is The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

Happy reading everyone

 

[Oohthedrama]

Happy banksy to anyone who gets to celebrate


even if you don’t want to take part in a full readathon due to time commitment and the fact it’s to be a beautiful weekend

why not take a while to read and relax and come have a chat amongst the dumpster fire that is our world right now

 

[mindlessness]

Hello! Happy Bank Holiday to the Brits, I hope there's some sunshine for you all and a chance to read outside. I'm in lockdown at the moment (no fun!) but it's a sunny weekend and I have plenty to read.

Hello my name is: Mindlessness

I plan to read...... during the readathon:
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Just the one - I'm aiming low

The last book I read was:
Beach Read by Emily Henry (loved it!)

My favourite books as a child was:
Milly-Molly-Mandy by Joyce Lankester Brisley

My favourite book as a teenager was:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

My favourite book now is:
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

 

[HoGi]

Hello my name is: HoGi

I plan to read...... during the readathon:
The Hollows by Mark Edwards and career if Evil by Robet Galbraith

The last book I read was:
56 days by Cathryn Ryan Howard (set in Dublin in lockdown absolutely bloody brilliant)

My favourite books as a child was:
The phantom tollbooth by Norton Juster

My favourite book as a teenager was:
Harry Potter or the Angus Thongs and Full frontal snogging series

My favourite book now is:
I can't narrow down to one soooo

I am pilgrim by Terry Hayes
The nothing man by Cathryn Ryan Howard
The Martian by Andy Weir
Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

 

[smellsofbiscuits]

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of the Readathon! Here are today's prompts, with my responses, for those who wish to participate

Three books that sum up me....

Prep - Curtis Sittenfield
Quiet: The Power of the Introvert in a World that can't stop talking - Susan Cain
Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding

Turn to page 42 in your current read. Share the first line with us. Can anyone guess where it's from?

"I looked inside the cool shell of myself for guilt, and found nothing." very Deep and Meaningful there.

Which book would you like to live in and why?

A cop out here but I'd like to live for a day in Harry Potter world, if only to go and watch a game of Quidditch

I have some family events to attend today (boo! hiss!) but will try and fit in as much reading time as I can. Blue Ticket has really drawn me in so I'll keep chipping away at that. Hoping to finish that today and then move on to another book in the pile.

 

[DietGossip]

Hello! I'm DietGossip

I plan to read (or at least make a good dent in!)

Madam by Phoebe Wynne
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
Vicious by V E Schwab
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Potentially a few novellas that I still have on my Kindle? I'm travelling and from somewhere today so I might be able to read some of these in the car. Will obviously report back if I do!

The last book I read was Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid and oh my god she is a genius at writing. I love her, I love her books. She's an auto-buy author for me.

My favourite book as a child was the Harry Potter series.

My favourite book as a teenager was the Percy Jackson series. I love mythology and fantasy!

My favourite book now is anything by Taylor Jenkins Reid, my top book of 2021 so far is Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

 

[francaispangol]

Hello my name is francaisespagnol!

I plan to read...... during the readathon: I'm aiming to finish Girl, Woman, Other (it's a slog!), and this cool architecture book that I've been reading for ages.

The last book I read was The Seven Day Switch (nice concept, if predictable).

My favourite book as a child was... BURGLAR BILL.

My favourite book as a teenager was..... Anna and the French Kiss (yes, I loved it because it was a girl with my name literally living my romantic sad-girl dreams).

My favourite book now is... Tough one! Possibly Sunshine Warm Sober

Looking forward to doing more reading!!! (I also graduate today though so no pressure on me lol)

 

[nbt]

45 mins, 38 pages, 8%, 1 rabbit

 

[nbt]

Hello my name is: nbt

I plan to read...... during the readathon:
Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter. We have plans this weekend but I’ll be reading as much as possible and hope to get through as much as this book as I can!

The last book I read was:
Every Mother’s Son by Alex Smith. I was a little disappointed after reading the six previous books in this series. My favourite parts were the interactions between the main characters and I wasn’t as bothered by this storyline.

My favourite books as a child were:
Jacqueline Wilson books. I’ve recently bought a box set of hers second hand so I can read them again!

My favourite books as a teenager were:
Anything by Jane Green. I’d just started reading older books and every time I went to visit my Dad and stepmum, I used to read one of her books whilst I was there.

My favourite book now is:
Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift. Read it this year and really loved it.

Happy reading everyone! Will catch up some more here tonight

 

[GoofyPrincess]

Hello!

My name is GoofyPrincess

I plan to read during the marathon…… Black Heart by Anna-Lou Weatherely.

The last book I read was…….The Secret by K.L Slater.

My favourite book as a child was…….The Mallory Towers series.

Mr favourite book as a teenager was…… early teenage (or maybe late child) years I loved When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr. Later teenage years I then got into detective/crime type books reading James Patterson, Michael Connelly, can’t remember favourite specific books.

Mr favourite book now (well this year) is……. The Guest List.

I might struggle to keep up to date as for a few things on this weekend and am working Monday but will try. Happy Reading

 

[Laurenia]

Hello my name is.... Laurenia

I plan to read...... during the readathon I have a few chapters of You Again by Nick Spalding to finish then I will be moving onto Billy Summers by Stephen King

The last book I read was... The House in the Cerulean Sea by T J Klune

My favourite book as a child was.... When I was teeny I loved Hairy McClairy from Donaldsons Dairy, and a bit older would have to be the Harry Potter series

My favourite book as a teenager was..... To Kill a Mockingbird

My favourite book now is..... Where The Crawdads Sing

 

[smellsofbiscuits]

Hey all, good to see some reading happening today. I'm afraid today has been rubbish for my reading stats But chores have been done and I'm picking up another book I got from the library - The Book of Two Ways. Heard a lot of mixed reviews about it so it might end up being a DNF. We will see.

Today's prompt was what books has this thread or the main book thread inspired you to read?

Mine are:

People Like Her
Last One At The Party (too scared to finish it though!)
Girl A
Three Hours

I think there's a couple of ones mentioned on this thread that I'll pick up too. Must read back through it and add to this comment.

 

[qwikti]

Hello my name is - Qwikti

I plan to finish reading the following during the readathon (ambitious, i know!!)-

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov​

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas​

The Secrets of Us by Lucinda Berry​

The last book I read was The Last Mrs Parrish by Liv Constantine

My favourite book as a child was The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo, ANYTHING by Jacqueline Wilson, Chocolate Box Girls by Cathy Cassidy

My favourite book as a teenager was Harry Potter series, The Hunger Games series, Divergent series, The Maze Runner series (mainly book 1)

My favourite book now is Villette by Charlotte Bronte, The Idiot by Elif Batuman, 1984 by George Orwell

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Feeling very pumped up to get some books finally finished! I have a goal to read at least one classic (modern or otherwise) a month, and I've got quite a lot of M&M to get through. @smellsofbiscuits I'd love to do a reading sprint!

 

[Katykatykaty]

Just managed a 35 minute read of Station Eleven while sitting on the beach watching my son play in the sea with his Nana. Bliss!

 

[smellsofbiscuits]

Morning all, a late check in for Sunday stats here.

Yesterday was a bit unexpected as I ended up doing more childcare duties than planned But I managed to clock up some reading time once the kids were in bed.

Pages read: 101 pages. Finished Blue Ticket (80), read some of My Year of Rest and Relaxation in between dinner prep (10), started The Summer Book (11) as I needed something a bit lighter to read after my last two books.
Beverages: Far too much coffee and a large glass of red wine!
Snacks: seriously lacking on the snacks game but did have a slice of peach upside down cake.

Today isn't technically a bank holiday where I am but Mr B is off. We're taking Smallest to the park whilst his big brother is in nursery then I have a job interview (!) over Zoom. Hoping to squeeze in some reading time whilst Smallest naps.

Enjoy the bank holiday those who get it and those who don't, I hope Monday is kind to you.

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@nbt I'm so glad this has helped you find more time for reading! Definitely up for ad hoc reading sprint's in the future

 

[smellsofbiscuits]

MOD EDIT.
The book thread is doing a readathon, thank you for the idea and structure biscuits!!!
setting up a new thread to inform others incase they also want to join in.
as stated no pressure, it’s more for fun than anything else.

Details below;

Ok drumroll please!

I've gotten my thinking cap on and come up with a rough structure for Tattle's Inaugural Readathon. It's taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend and you can take part in as much or as little as you like. I've mixed in prompts and some games too. Happy to do a quiz if enough people are interested - I bloody love a book quiz!

Day 1

Introduce yourself!

Hello my name is....

I plan to read...... during the readathon

The last book I read was...

My favourite book as a child was....

My favourite book as a teenager was.....

My favourite book now is.....

2 x reading sprints with specific times (these can run each day - more on these below.).

End of day check in - pages read, coffee drunk, change of goals tomorrow? (can do this at the end of each day - no pressure!)

Day 2

Three books that sum up me....

Turn to page 42 in your current read. Share the first line with us. Can anyone guess where it's from?

Which book would you like to live in and why?

Day 3

Show us a photo of your bookmark/ebook reader cover/associated reading paraphernalia

Tell us about the book(s) this thread has inspired you to read.

READING SPRINTS

These are designed to get you reading within a set time frame. Everyone closes Tattle , picks up their reading material and just reads for 15 minutes, half an hour or whatever time frame we agree upon. You can report back with how much you've read, beverages/snacks consumed etc. They seem to be quite keen on stats in the readathon community and I quite like that myself

Happy to take feedback, suggestions and comments re the plans.

 

[DietGossip]

About to head off to bed, here are my stats

Pages read: 415
Books read: Vicious (finished), The Bromance Book Club
Beverages consumed: 1 coffee, 1 gin and tonic

 

[DietGossip]

Afternoon all! Not much reading done yesterday, but my hangover means I can sit and read for the rest of today.

About 73 pages read yesterday, aiming to finish The Bromance Book Club and make a good start on either Malibu Rising or Madam today.

 

[smellsofbiscuits]

I don't know about the rest of you but I've had a lot of fun today. We've had rabbits and cats shared on this thread, favourite books and snacks. Always about the snacks.

Feel free to share your stats if you wish

Pages read: 252
Books read: Firefly Lane, Blue Ticket
Beverages consumed: 4 (3 x coffees, 1 x ice cold beer)
Snacks: Nomo chocolate bar, popcorn.

Good to luck those reading through the night and we'll catch up soon.