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Andrew65

Joined January 2017

A Readaholic, & regular host of Readathons on Litsy. ‘A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone‘ Tyrion Lannister
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RushAThon | Readathon
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I‘m posting details of Readathons I am involved with in October for those taking part in #Scarathlon next month.

#Rushathon continues throught the month and two #20in4 Readathons take in dates in October.

The good news is the 9 day readathons will restart in October after a short hiatus during the Summer with #OutstandingOctober.

Please share these dates.

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Librarybelle Hooray!! 2d
AllDebooks Yay 🙌 2d
Bookwormjillk Yay! I‘ve missed these/you @Andrew65 Can‘t wait for October! 2d
Andrew65 @Bookwormjillk Good to hear 😍 Not been posting much recently and need to pick up the pace. 2d
Eggs Thank you for the update🥰🥰 2d
LiseWorks I'm in I missed these 2d
julieclair Yay! So glad these are starting up again! Thank you, Andrew. 🎃 2d
DieAReader @Andrew65 ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 2d
Emilymdxn So excited! 2d
Yuki_Onna Exciting! 1d
GHABI4ROSES perf xxoo 1d
AnnR Thanks for the post @Andrew65 . I was starting to lose track of all the readathons in October. Everytime I see a post, I try to take a screenshot. Also, could you update my tag name to @AnnR (preciously Ann_Reads). Thank you! 🎃👻🖤 1d
Andrew65 @AnnR Thanks Ann, I have amended the tag. It does become very complex keeping track of them all and can make it very stressful! 1d
TheSpineView Thanks for the tag!👍❤️📖😘 1d
OriginalCyn620 Thank you, Andrew! This is very helpful! 😊 1d
Traci1 Thanks, Andrew! Can't wait. 👻 1d
Monica5 Thanks for the dates!! 1d
Airykah13 Thanks, Andrew! (edited) 1d
bthegood thank you - 18h
Mollyanna Thank you Andrew! Looking forward to it. 16h
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Old Fashioned | J. A. Konrath
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An interesting passage from Old Fashioned, book 19 in the Jack Daniels Series. #SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView

#Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

TheSpineView Good one! 5d
DieAReader ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 5d
Andrew65 @TheSpineView @DieAReader So true for many during the pandemic! 3d
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An interesting new series set in Lancashire England about a detective returning from serious illness who has been called back early to try and solve a case which has echoing similarities to his sister‘s murder many years earlier. Took a while to get going, which you can understand with it being the first boook. In the end I really enjoyed this book, the plotting, characters, interaction etc. I look forward to continuing with the series.

Andrew65 This is published on 30th September. Thanks to Book Sirens for providing me with a review copy of this book, and I am leaving this honest review voluntarily.

14th book finished for #SummerEndReadathon #SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView
#Rushathon @DieaReader @Ghabi4Roses
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TheSpineView Another series!!!❤️📚❤️ 2w
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Because of the reviews I‘m writing I‘m starting far too many 🙈 2w
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AnnR @Andrew65 - Just sayin' hi to a #Scarathlon teammate. I hope you're doing okay. (Btw, this is Ann_Reads. I updated my user name in a moment of impetuousness. Plus, it's shorter now.) (edited) 1w
Andrew65 @AnnR Hi Ann, nice to hear from you. All good here, blood test tomorrow for my medication. Hope you are well. I‘m looking forward to Scarathlon, be interesting to see how it goes with smaller teams. We‘ve got it 👊🤣 1w
AnnR @Andrew65 - Hi Andrew. I'm so glad you are okay and hope the labwork looks fine. I'm alright and looking forward to Scarathlon with the fun October distractions. Sometimes that entails more list/post planning, and therefore less reading going on 😬 😄, but that's fine. Cheers to all us #MagicalMonsters.🎃🎃🎃 1w
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The Cypress Maze | Fiona Valpy
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A very good Historical dial timeline novel that takes in a lot of action in Italy during the Second World War. Very well written with an interesting story. A very good narrator for the audiobook. I look forward to reading more from this author.

Book 13 finished for #SummerEndReadathon @TheSpineView
#Rushathon @dieareader @Ghabi4Roses

TheSpineView Excellent! 2w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w
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Book 23 in the series, and I have to say after some disappointing books in the series I really enjoyed this one. It felt like some of the earlier books in the series. I hope they can continue to keep up this standard. The series is now up to date for me.

Book 12 finished for #SummerEndReadathon #SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView
#Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

TheSpineView Well done! 2w
Andrew65 Thanks, still behind on posting. Got another 3 finished books to post. 2w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w
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The Stonehenge Murders: A Dino Roselli Novel | Herb Hemenway, LindaSue Johnson
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An excellent first book in a new series set in Minnesota, but does take in a small section at Stonehenge in England. An interesting murder mystery with good working between local police and a detective from England. Fast moving with some interesting characters & interplay between them. Love the insight from the detectives and our killer.

11th book finished for #SummerEndReadathon #SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView
#Rushatnon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 how are you?! 2w
Bklover This sounds pretty good! 2w
TheSpineView Sounds good! Stacked! 2w
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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w
Andrew65 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks Misty ❤️, hope you are well. In the main okay, but past month or two just felt a tad out of sorts, and just focused on my reading. Found it difficult to find the time, inclination or energy to focus on my posting etc. Can‘t explain why which is strange. Hopefully starting to come out of that now but a lot to catch up on! Sending love and best wishes to you. ❤️‍🔥 2w
Andrew65 @TheSpineView @Bklover I did really enjoy this one and hope you do too. 2w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Andrew65 I‘ve felt that way too! Glad to see you back 🫶🏻 I hope you have a wonderful fall 🍁 2w
Andrew65 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks ❤️ Hope you do too. Sure it‘s some sort of malaise following the past 3 1/2 years and never getting away from COvID. 2w
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The Monument Murders | Rachel McLean
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Back to Dorset with DCI Lesley Clarke involving a body which was discovered secured to the Great Globe at Swanage in Dorset. Why was it attached to the globe? What symbolism? Was it linked to racism or was something else going on? Another good read in the series, which is proving to be very enjoyable. . @Kspenmoll @Tove_Reads @EadieB

10th book finished for #SummerEndReadathon #SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView
#Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

TheSpineView Awesome! 2w
EadieB @Andrew65 These books do look good!! 2w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w
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Andrew65 @EadieB They are well worth a read and quite fast paced. 2w
EadieB @Andrew65 My Amazon deal ends September 25 and I have NetGalley books that are due to read too. 2w
Andrew65 @EadieB I know the feeling, I‘m the same. Have up until 18th October and so many books to get to 🙈 Not to mention so many books from NetGalley to read. Also behind on writing some reviews for net galley. 2w
EadieB @Andrew65 Just not enough hours in the day to read all we have to read and write reviews. 2w
Andrew65 @EadieB Definitely not. I‘m sure there are less hours in a day than there used to be. 2w
EadieB @Andrew65 Now that‘s funny! 2w
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The Yellow Dog | Georges Simenon
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Book 6 in the Maigret Series. Written almost 100 years ago and they were much shorter books, but I really do enjoy these books. #Classics

9th book finished for #SummerEndReadathon #SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView
#Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

TheSpineView Excellent!🤩📖📚 2w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w
kwmg40 I'm enjoying the Maigret books too. I've been trying to read them in French. It's a bit challenging for me, especially when Simenon uses slang that was commonplace 90 years ago. 😅 2w
Andrew65 @kwmg40 Impressive! That would add an extra challenge 😳 2w
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Chaser | J. A. Konrath
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Book 18 in the excellent Jack Daniels Series. These are always great stories, plenty of action and relationship angst from Jack as she struggles to cope with her disabilities and being targeted by some of the most ruthless characters out there. Great to see some great reappearances of characters from other books. Also always great to spent some time with Harry and his ‘great‘ humour.

8th book finished for #SummerEndResathon #SeriesLove2023

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Read three novellas in the Group Fifteen Files, which are also published as Group Fifteen Files Volume 1. Only counting this as one book. Like the other books by Mark Dawson these are good reads in the spying and assassins genre.
These are available as free audiobooks if you are subscribers to Audible.

7th book finished for #SummerEndReadathon #AeeiesLove2023 @TheSpineView
#Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

TheSpineView Making great progress! 2w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w
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This series has grown on me more and more as it has progressed. Unfortunately this is the last one in the series. This was a very good read as Lucy sought to rescue her best friend, and find out who was hounding her. Could they want Lucy dead? Another series finished #SeriesLove2023

6th book finished for #SummerEndReadathon @TheSpineView

#Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

TheSpineView Fantastic!🤩📖📚 2w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w
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This is the third book in the Lucy Kendall Series. I wasn‘t overly impressed with Lucy in the first two books but this one showed some changes in her actions and her personality. I really enjoyed this book as she seeks to find her friend who has been kidnapped by his serial killer mother. Good interactions between Lucy and the FBI agent.

5th book finished for #SummerEndReadathon #SeriesLove2023
#Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

TheSpineView Well done! 2w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w
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The Brewery Murders | J. R. Ellis
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Book 9 in the Yorkshire Murder mystery Series, which is published at the end of the month. This was another excellent book in the series involving a murder at a brewery overnight, with the body found floating in the Vat. Involves amongst other things family rivalry and a recipe for a well known and award winning beer. Great characters and plotting. These are always a pleasure.

Book 4 for #SummerEndReadathon #SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView

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Another excellent book in the wonderful DCI Logan series. As always a great detective story, very pacy action and some great personal timelines and humour thrown in too. Tyler has a very near death experience in this one which has a profound effect on him. Hoon also plays a key part in this one.

3rd book finished for #SummerEndReadathon #SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView

#Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

TheSpineView Glad to see you are still enjoying this series. ❤️📚 2w
Andrew65 @TheSpineView It‘s such an enjoyable series and has a bit of everything. 2w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w
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The Seventh Victim | Michael Wood
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An excellent standalone crime book by Michael Wood. This book tells the story of a mother‘s crusade to try to find the body of her son, who was allegedly the victim of a serial killer, but he refuses to talk about it.

As usual with Michael Wood these are very well-written with great characters, as fast moving plot and a few twists and surprises at the end.

2nd book finished for #SummerEndReadathon @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Fantastic!🤩📖📚 3w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3w
TheSpineView JD Kirk has a new series out. First book is The One That Got Away. I couldn't resist purchasing even though it is on UK. 3w
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Andrew65 @TheSpineView Be well worth checking into! 3w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3w
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The Vault | Mark Dawson
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Book 1 finished for #SummerEndReadthon @TheSpineView

Set a few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Intrigue and spying at its best. A fast moving spy story with some great characters. Plenty of action and set against the period. An excellent Audible Production of this available for free if a member of Audible.

TheSpineView Great start!🤩📖📚 4w
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Thanks 😁 3w
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RushAThon | Readathon
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#Rushathon went well. 32 books finished int he 31 days, 10,924 pages read at an average of 352 pages per day.

Very difficult to even choose a favourite book as there were so many great reads. Thanks to everyone that joined in. Thanks to my co-hosts @DieAReader and @Ghabi4Roses. 🍾🥂❤️‍🔥🥰😍👏👏👏

Now for September‘s #SummerEndReadathon. @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Wow! Fantastic results! 4w
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Thanks, very pleased with the progress. Went into August about 6 books behind schedule on my target and virtually 4000 pages off target. Now 2 books ahead and 880 pages behind. Hopefully get fully back on track by the end of your Readathon. 4w
Enchanted_Bibliophile 😲 Amazing results! 👏🏻 4w
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DieAReader Absolutely…just WOW🤯🤓❤️‍🔥 Fantastic job mon ami! Ty for cohosting!😘 4w
Andrew65 @Enchanted_Bibliophile @DieaReader Thanks, has been a very reading focused month, trying to take this momentum into this month. 🥰 3w
DieAReader @Andrew65 Amen!🙏🏻🤞🏻❤️‍🔥📚🤓 3w
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The Jaguar Smile | Salman Rushdie
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Managed to fit a #AuthorAMonth book in before the end of the month, that also took me to #Nicaragua for #ReadingTheAmericas2023.

An interesting book that takes you on a voyage through Nicaragua and its people during the time of Reagan‘s Presidency.

@Soubhiville @Barbarabb @Librarybelle

Bookwormjillk I read this one too. It was like a time capsule. 4w
Andrew65 @Bookwormjillk Very much so, it also made me think where has the time gone! 4w
Amiable Great job with making it fit more than one challenge! 4w
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Librarybelle Hooray!! 4w
Soubhiville I love when you can dip into multiple challenges with one book! 4w
Andrew65 @Soubhiville It always feels good when you can do that. 4w
Andrew65 @Librarybelle Thanks ❤️ 4w
Andrew65 @Amiable Feels very satisfying when you can do that. 4w
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RushAThon | Readathon
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Thanks and well done to everyone who took part in the #Rushathon Readathon and the #20in4 Readathon this month.

I always like to respond to each post but this month due to internet issues (especially over the last couple of weeks) and other reasons I have not been able to do this. Hopefully I can catch up now.

However a big thank you to everyone who took part! I always love seeing the posts and how well everyone does.

@DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm I was only able to get to one out of the three books I originally planned then mood reading dragged me in different directions. 😅 I still read more this month than I did the past few! Thanks for hosting the rushathon. Glad your internet is back to normal! ❤️ 4w
Itchyfeetreader Thank you - I have had such a great month as. Even squeezed another one across the finish line this evening ! 4w
Andrew65 @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Readathons do that to you. You set off with the best of intentions, but often find yourself going off in different directions. That‘s why I quite often do page targets. Like you I read more this month, most probably helped by the internet issues 🤷‍♂️ Thanks for taking part. ❤️ 4w
Andrew65 @Itchyfeetreader Those books you finish on the last day of a month or a Readathon always feel the most satisfying. Good to hear you‘ve had a great month, I have too - most probably helped by the internet issues 🤣 Thanks for taking part. ❤️ 4w
Bookwormjillk Thanks for hosting Andrew! I was on a roll with my updates at the beginning of the month but then lost steam. I did get a fair amount of reading done though. 4w
Andrew65 @Bookwormjillk That was me in June and July, my reading went off in the second half of the months. Been much better this month, helped by the internet issues. Thanks for taking part and have a good September ❤️ 4w
CocoReads I‘m hoping this fall to get back into the swing of things. Summer has been a blur, what with the never ending move (hoping to be done finally this weekend) and the work staffing crisis—it‘s been a long 2 months of very little reading and it‘s making me cranky. 4w
DieAReader ❤️‍🔥🤓📚😏 4w
Eggs Thanks for hosting 🙏🏻🙏🏻 I had a great month: first waiting for my 5th grandchild to be born, then doing nothing but holding him and reading🩵🩵 4w
AllDebooks Thanks for hosting. Glad you're back online, although sometimes it's nice to be offline for a bit 😊 4w
Cinfhen You‘re such a mensch @Andrew65 and a great host 😁can‘t believe we‘re heading into fall! 4w
PaperbackPirate Thank YOU @Andrew65 ! 🙌 4w
julesG @Cinfhen Is that a Yiddish expression? 4w
Cinfhen Yes @julesG it‘s the equivalent of class act - all around great guy 🫶🏼 4w
julesG @Cinfhen very interesting. German has the saying "du bist so ein guter Mensch" (literally "you're such a good human/person") but that doesn't carry the kind of 'oomph' the Yiddish does. 4w
Cinfhen I‘m sure the Jews just shortened that expression to the one word - Mensch @julesG 😂because mensch does carry a certain amount of oomph 🙌🏻💜 4w
Andrew65 @5feet.of.fury Thanks ❤️ 4w
Andrew65 @CocoReads Sounds as if it had been a very intense and busy time. Sending best wishes and hope things calm down for you. ❤️ 4w
Andrew65 @DieAReader 🥰🥰🥰❤️‍🔥 4w
Andrew65 @Eggs Thanks, 5 that‘s a lot. We seem to be stalled on one! Enjoy every moment ❤️ 4w
Andrew65 @AllDebooks It seems strange being offline but sometimes does us good. Always glad to have everyone join us and enjoy it. ❤️ 4w
Andrew65 @Cinfhen Thank you and I‘m honoured by that comment ❤️ Where has the Spring and Summer gone? Feels like we have only just entered Spring, definitely flew by. 4w
Andrew65 @PaperbackPirate Thanks, always great to have you with us and to see your encouraging comments ❤️ 4w
Andrew65 @julesG Thanks, always great to see you with us ❤️ 4w
Clwojick Thanks for hosting! It was fun! 4w
TheSpineView Thanks for being a lovely host!😘💜📖📚🌞 4w
TheBookHippie It was the push I needed ! Great thing to do end of summer ! 4w
Eggs @Andrew65 Thank You?? i agrée ? with @Cinfhen 4w
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Sharpe's Havoc | Bernard Cornwell
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Another very good book in the Sharpe series, where we find our hero in Portugal where he is tasked finding a young woman whilst the French are taking Portugal by storm. This leads to a whole series of adventures for Sharpe that he is lucky to survive.

Book 2 finished for #20in4 and Book 26 for #Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

Cuilin Always wanted to read this series. Looking forward to the new Napoleon movie in November! 1mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1mo
Andrew65 @Cuilin They are enjoyable reads, I‘ve now finished up to book 7. Should be a good film. 4w
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The Island Murders | Rachel McLean
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Book 3 in the Dorset Crime Series. A murder takes place on a remote island that causes difficulties in the investigation of that murder where initially there appear no suspects. Another very good book in this fast paced series, with an interesting ending. @Tove_Reads

Book 1 finished for #20in4 and book 25 in #Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1mo
PaperbackPirate 👏 Keep it up! 1mo
Tove_Reads Ah, you‘ve read three already 😊 Good to hear they are worthy. 1mo
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Andrew65 @Tove_Reads They are good reads but would say I still prefer Simon McCleave. 4w
Andrew65 @PaperbackPirate Thanks 😁 4w
kspenmoll I am really enjoying book 1 & its characters! 3w
Andrew65 @kspenmoll They are very enjoyable. I‘m hoping to read book 4 soon. 3w
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Sharpe's Havoc | Bernard Cornwell
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Starting off the #20in4 Readathon by getting stuck into some historical fiction with Sharpe‘s Havoc #SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView

Hoping to get to 24 hours and read 1400 pages.

#Rushathon @DieaReader @Ghabi4Roses

TheSpineView Good luck! 👍 1mo
DieAReader 🥳❤️‍🔥📚🤓 1mo
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Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service
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Friday sees the start of the August #20in4 Readathon, give your reading a month end boost by coming and joining us.

You can aim to read for 20 hours over the 4 days, read 20 chapters or set your own goals, or if you want to go freestyle and not set any targets. We are a very fun and informal Readathon which welcomes experienced readathoners, or people new to readathons.

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LiseWorks I'll have to skip this one as I have our Fair to do this weekend Not much reading this weekend I'm afraid 🙃 1mo
Andrew65 @LiseWorks Hope you have a good fair and see you next month 😁 (edited) 1mo
Itchyfeetreader I am hosting this weekend so not a lot of reading for me BUT I have had a fabulous august for the month long radathon! 1mo
DieAReader @Andrew65 All set! No planned TBR this time around. Just wanna read & finish as many open books as I can. 1mo
Monica5 I am in! 1mo
Ruthiella Thank for the tag! I‘ve got three books on the go that I‘d love to finish up by Monday. 1mo
Bookwormjillk I‘m in! 1mo
Clwojick Thanks! I‘m in! 1mo
TheSpineView I'm in too! 1mo
OriginalCyn620 I‘m in! 1mo
julieclair Yay! I‘m in. 😀 1mo
AmyG Yay!!! 1mo
Allylu I have 5 books to read to finish my checkerboard this month, so I‘m definitely in! 1mo
Librarybelle Hooray! 1mo
julesG 🥳🥳 1mo
OutsmartYourShelf Had to miss last one so I'll give this weekend a try.
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Eggs I‘m in🤗 No specific goals, just going for a a nice finish to August reading 1mo
AnnR I'm in for (at least) 20 chapters mostly from 1mo
kspenmoll Thanks for hosting again! I am in.🩵💚💜 1mo
Rissa1 I'm in. 1mo
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Roll up for the #SummerEndReadathon hosted by the sensational @TheSpineView.

A great informal month long Readathon where you can set your own goals and boost your reading. There is even a prize at the end of the Readathon.

See @TheSpineView‘s original post for more details. https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2623163

LiseWorks Oh boy, who could resist another readathon lol 1mo
Andrew65 @LiseWorks 🤣🤣🤣 1mo
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Eden is running a safe house for women and children subject to domestic abuse (following her sisters death from domestic abuse) when a young girl turns up on spec, saying she is in danger. Before she can be helped she disappears and the story revolves around the search for her and bodies washing up in the local rivers. Eden gets drawn into the hunt for the serial killed in a very personal way.

Andrew65 This story took a few chapters to really get moving but once it did I was fully hooked into the story, which is fast moving and told from a few perspectives including Eden‘s, the detectives investigating the murders and the serial killer.

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Andrew65 I totally bought into this story and felt invested in the characters. Along the way there are a few surprises and twists and we find out more about Eden‘s sister‘s death. The book builds up to a strong fast-paced conclusion, which has a shock along the way as to who the killer is. 1mo
Andrew65 This was this author‘s debut book, although she has published many since, and this is the opening book in the Mercy Harbour Series. After this excellent book I will definitely be reading more in this series and by this author. If you enjoy good fast moving mystery series I strongly recommend this book but do be aware of the domestic abuse theme.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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TheSpineView Sounds good. Another for the TBR list!📚📚📚 1mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView You can never have too many. This is set in Florida. 1mo
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A Clockwork Orange | Anthony Burgess
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Eggs Perfect 😍 🤩 2mo
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Exit Music | Ian Rankin
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#SchoolSubjectInTitle
What could be better than heading to Edinburgh with another episode in Rebus‘s life.

#BookBinge

@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks @Eggs

Eggs Perfect 🤩 2mo
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What She Said | D S Butler
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This is book 6 in the Detective Karen Hart Series. A young child sees a woman being abducted but no one believes her, apart from Karen. From this develops another excellent book in this series set in Lincoln.

Book 9 finished for #Rushathon @DieaReader @Ghabi4Roses

#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2mo
Andrew65 @DieAReader Thanks 🥰 2mo
TheSpineView Sounds like another good one! Great job! 2mo
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Love Medicine: A Novel | Louise Erdrich
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Debut book by Louise Erdrich, who is a Native American Author, who I discovered through #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

#BookBinge #DebutByIndigenousAuthor

@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks @Eggs

Eggs ❤️ Love Erdrich 🧡 2mo
Suet624 I love Erdrich and I especially love this book. 2mo
Andrew65 @Suet624 @Eggs I am pleased to have found her earlier this year and want to read more of her books. 2mo
Eggs @Andrew65 Hope you enjoy! 2mo
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On Cold Ground | D. S. Butler
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This is book 5 in the excellent Detective Karen Hart Series set in Lincoln, England.

The series isn‘t that well-known but all books in the series are very well-written and very enjoyable. This one sees Karen in great trouble as she continues to look into corruption in the police force. An exciting ending to the book with a few twists.

Book 8 finished for #Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses
#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2mo
Andrew65 @DieAReader Thanks 🥰 2mo
TheSpineView I need to read this series. 👍📖 2mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView I‘m sure you‘d enjoy it. 2mo
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This was a good historical mystery where a woman whose husband has recently died, looks to find out about the lineage of her brother in law. It‘s a very good cosy mystery and I enjoyed the light mystery of the book. Good to see the main character slowly building a picture of the events from 50 years before.

7th book finished for #Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses
#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2mo
Andrew65 @DieAReader Thanks 🥰 2mo
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Venus in Copper | Lindsey Davis
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These books are really well-written and give you a great feel for life in Ancient Rome. Great for historical fans out there and alongside the history we have the mystery elements of the books.

I look forward to continuing the series, this is book 3 in the series.

Book 6 finished for #Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses
#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Well done! 2mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Thanks 😁 2mo
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Horror would be amongst my #LeastFaveGenre, enough to frighten you in life without purposely doing it by reading a book. Don‘t want the nightmares. Having said that I do enjoy Stephen King‘s non-horror books.

Also add on erotic fiction which I won‘t read.

#BookBinge
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks @Eggs

Eggs I‘m in agreement on both erotic and horror 🙌🏻 2mo
Andrew65 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs Glad to see I am not alone in these. 2mo
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Diary of a War Crime | Simon McCleave
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Started the first book in the D.C. Ruth Hunter Murder File Series, telling the story of Ruth Hunter‘s time (from Simon‘s DI Ruth Hunter Series) in London. This one links back to the War in Bosnia & the war crimes committed.

Quite a different book but still very enjoyable & I look forward to continuing these books. 4 books in the series. #SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView

5th book finished for #RushAThon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses @EadieB @Tove_Reads

EadieB @Andrew65 Nice! 2mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2mo
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Andrew65 @EadieB Shows a different side to Ruth, and we get to her as her marriage is breaking down. 2mo
EadieB @Andrew65 That sounds interesting! I‘ll have to read that in September! 2mo
TheSpineView Awesome! 2mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Thanks 🥰 2mo
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Update on #Rushathon 4 days in.

So far finished four books and read 1396 pages, with 21 hours of reading. As having eye problems have had to move more to audio and limit screen time over the past couple of days which is frustrating.

Books Finished:
A Whisper of Sorrows : 430 Pages
The Wrexham Killings : 322 Pages
The Raging Storm : 400 Pages 🎧
A Lesson in Dying : 202 Pages 🎧

If you are joining in #Rushathon, how are you going?

TheSpineView You're on fire! 2mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Over 2000 pages behind and 4 books behind on my yearly target after a poorish June and first half of July so trying to catch up. 2mo
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TheSpineView @Andrew65 I have do doubt ypu will caught up! 2mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView 🤞🤞🤞 I was over 4000 pages behind just over two weeks ago. 2mo
DieAReader @Andrew65 🥳❤️‍🔥🤓📚 2mo
Andrew65 @DieAReader Thanks 😁 2mo
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This was the first book that came to mind with #StripesOnCover 😢
#BookBinge

@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks @Eggs

Eggs Perfect choice 💔 2mo
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A Lesson in Dying | Ann Cleeves
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First book in an older series by Ann Cleeves, the Inspector Ramsay Series. This was written in 1990 and was much shorter than her more modern series.
You could certainly see the talent developing in these books and it was an enjoyable read.

#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView
4th book finished for #Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2mo
Andrew65 @DieAReader Thanks 🥰🥰🥰 2mo
TheSpineView Fantastic! 2mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Thanks 😍 2mo
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I think this was my last big impulse read. The story of the three women in Victor Frankenstein‘s life. Not my usual reading Fayre but totally fell in love with this book, and thoroughly recommend it.

#BookBinge #ImpulseRead

@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks @Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful cover ❤️ 2mo
Eggs Whenever I hear Frankenstein I think of the 1970s B & W film with Gene Wilder😆 2mo
Andrew65 @Eggs It is the one that does spring to mind. 2mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 💛📚 2mo
Eggs Excellent choice 👏🏻👏🏻 2mo
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The Raging Storm | Ann Cleeves
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Book 3 of the series which is published at the end of the month.

A typical Ann Cleeves book. A murder plot which is well thought out and where Ann keeps her cards close to her chest. Her plot lines are always of a cerebral nature, and slow burns. Then we get the reveal and you think oh yes, but had no chance of working out what was happening or who the murderer was!
A good series but still prefer the Shetland and Vera Stanhope books.

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I‘m not particularly into #CelebMemoir books but this was a very special book and even better as an audiobook read by Trevor Noah itself.

The book gets every emotion going!

This would make my best ever list of books.

#BookBinge @AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks @Eggs

DinoMom This was great and the audio version was fantastic 2mo
Eggs Perfect 👌🏼👌🏼 2mo
Vansa I don't classify this as celeb memoir, really, it's too astute politically for that! I think this book works beautifully as an account of life in apartheid South Africa and the immediate aftermath of democracy,from the perspective of the oppressed. You get so few of those accounts because of the denial of education to Black people in South Africa. 2mo
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DivineDiana It is a very special book! ❤️ 2mo
JuliaTheBookNerd Absolutely loved this book! 2mo
Tove_Reads I loooooove this book! 2mo
Tove_Reads Have you gotten around to read MA Hunter‘s The Missing Children Case File? Starts with Ransomed. I am in love with this series. The author is very responsive on ahem X. Also an author I feel like it‘s important to support. You definitely need to read the series if you haven‘t yet. 2mo
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads No not read any of those. I refuse to call it X, still using Twitter! Will be adding them to my list. Thanks 😁 2mo
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The Innocent Man | John Grisham
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I don‘t often read True Crime books but this one hit home!

#TrueCrime #BookBinge @AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks @Eggs

EadieB @Andrew65 I read this one 2 years ago. Loved it! 2mo
Eggs A Grisham I haven‘t read! Stacked 😍 2mo
Andrew65 @Eggs Hope you enjoy it 😁 2mo
Andrew65 @EadieB It was a good read. 2mo
EadieB @Andrew65 It is a great read! 2mo
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The Wrexham Murders | Simon McCleave
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Another great book in this series, which includes another car chase across North Wales (always great features when they appear in the books) and a secondary murder of a woman in her house at night.

As usual great pace and tension in these books, along with great characterisation and plotting.

But the ending 😱

Love this series, but now up to date again. #SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView @Tove_Reads @EadieB

EadieB @Andrew65 Great Review! Reading this during August. I will post my August books after she pulls the bingo numbers tomorrow. (edited) 2mo
TheSpineView Sounds good! Great progress!📚📚📚 2mo
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CoverToCoverGirl I‘ll have to check this series as soon as I‘m finished the Sean Duffy series. It sounds like it is quite similar. 2mo
Andrew65 @CoverToCoverGirl The books are very fast paced and have great characters in them. Quite quick reads too. 2mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Up to date having now read all 16 so far. Think at the moment this would make my top 3 along with JD Kirk and Michael Wood. 2mo
TheSpineView @Andrew65 I have this series on my #SeriesLove TBR list. 2mo
DieAReader @Andrew65 Fantastic🥳🥳🥳 Now you‘ll have to focus on another series until the next instalment comes🫣🤓📚 2mo
Tove_Reads Luckily we‘re not short of series. Problem is to weed out some, and find the best. 2mo
Tove_Reads Next one‘s out October 31. 2mo
Tove_Reads Hard to pick top 3, but yes, Wood be on it, and Marsons. 2mo
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Marsons would definitely be up there in my current top 5. 2mo
Andrew65 @DieAReader I‘m not short of those 🤣 2mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView You won‘t be disappointed, they are very quick reads. 2mo
DieAReader @Andrew65 🥳🥳🥳 2mo
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Another fabulous book in what is an excellent series. #SeriesLove2023

A serial killer escapes from a secure hospital and targets Jack and his team. This book moves along with great pace and tension, and love how the story resolved itself from a hopeless situation. Will be interesting to see how everyone recovers from this.

Book 1 finished for #Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses @TheSpineView

TheSpineView This one was peculiarly good. I loved how the ending just worked. Glad you are enjoying. 2mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView One of my top 3 series at the moment. 2mo
TheSpineView @Andrew65 On the top of my list too! 2mo
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CoverToCoverGirl I‘m adding this author too! I think you now have me hooked on these gritty crime novels. 🙂 2mo
DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl He‘s fantastic at helping to grow #MountTBR 🤣❤️‍🔥 Nothing bad about that either @Andrew65 😘 2mo
DieAReader @Andrew65 🥳❤️‍🔥🤓Fantastic!! 2mo
AnnCrystal Mister Whisper???? Funny, I wrote a about a child predator named, Mr. Whispers for a story published in the Wolf Warriors V anthology by Thurston Howl Publications. Except my short story featured a ghost and wolves.

https://www.litsy.com/web/book/837590

Gosh, I hope this doesn't mean there is a Mr. Whispers out there somewhere. Too horrifying to even wonder about.
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Andrew65 @AnnCrystal How strange a coincidence, must have brought back memories. 2mo
AnnCrystal @Andrew65 never read A Whisper of Sorrows by J. D. Kirk. You're review of the book caught my attention. It did make me realize that there are no reader posts for the Wolf Warriors V anthology...I should post some. Fun, fun. 2mo
Andrew65 @DieAReader My hidden talent 😂
Pleased to hear you are enjoying the gritty crime novels. I am totally hooked! @CoverToCoverGirl

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Andrew65 @AnnCrystal Look forward to seeing those. 2mo
AnnCrystal @Andrew65 👍😊. 2mo
DieAReader @Andrew65 One of ur many superpowers 🦸🏻‍♂️📚❤️‍🔥🤓 2mo
Andrew65 @DieAReader 🥰🥰🥰 2mo
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Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service
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Finished 4 books and less than 50 pages from my fifth book during #20in4

Altogether I read 1683 pages and read for 25 hrs and 44 mins. I was aiming to read at least 400 pages each day and managed this (403, 412, 455, 413) so I‘m happy with that.

Books Finished :

The Corfe Castle Murders - 356 Pages ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Below Ground - 448 Pages ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - 290 Pages ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
All That Remains - 416 Pages ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Andrew65 Thanks to everyone that played along with #20in4

I hope you all had a great time and see you next month. 😍
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All That Remains | Patricia Cornwell
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Mehso-so

Gave this series another go, but generally it doesn‘t wow me. Think other better series to focus on at the moment.

4th book finished for #20in4

#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView

TrishB I gave up this one a while ago. I think I got to about 12 or 13. 2mo
Andrew65 @TrishB I‘m starting to see why. 2mo
5feet.of.fury I‘m still going on them, but they are lacking in character development. 2mo
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TheSpineView Bummer. Now you can focus on series you love. 2mo
Andrew65 @5feet.of.fury Pleased to see I‘m not alone in the thinking about the series. 2mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Yes, it does help whittle them down. 2mo
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August is almost upon us and that means it‘s time for the #Rushathon Readathon that runs throughout August.

A very relaxed and informal Readathon where you can set your own goals or even go freestyle. Hopefully we can all use this to give our reading a boost throughout August.

What are your plans for the Readathon and August?

I‘m using it to catch up on my review books and #SeriesLove2023 books, as well as keep going with #AuthorAMonth.

TheSpineView I'm ready! 2mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳Almost #Readathon time!!! Let‘s read ALL of the books!!🤓📚😈 2mo
OriginalCyn620 I‘m in! Need to set my goals later today…still thinking. 🤔 2mo
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Andrew65 @DieAReader Got 800+ unread books in the house and that doesn‘t include this many and more unread on the Kindle. Not sure I can read them all 😳🫣😂 But I‘m willing to give it a try. 2mo
Andrew65 @OriginalCyn620 I‘m still thinking what books I want to read. 2mo
Bookwormjillk I really just want to get intentional about my reading again and cut back on social media (not Litsy.) 2mo
kspenmoll Joining in! 2mo
DieAReader @Bookwormjillk ❤️‍🔥📚🤓 2mo
DieAReader @Andrew65 Oh good grief! That‘s as bad as me🤣 I can‘t know I can‘t even read all my 700+ physical &/or the 3500 digital books either but doesn‘t mean I don‘t plan on making a dent! 😘❤️‍🔥🤓📚 2mo
CrystalE02 I'm ready!!! I am going to work on my physical books mainly!!!! 2mo
CatLass007 @Andrew65 @DieAReader That‘s all the physical books you have? I moved into my new house in 2020 and I haven‘t unpacked all my books yet. I‘m sure I have over a thousand. My goal as I unpack is to deaccession as many physical books as possible. I plan to take as many as I can to the local used book store to get cash or store credit. I‘m doing audiobooks almost exclusively now, so it doesn‘t make sense to keep so many physical copies. (cont)⬇️ 2mo
CatLass007 But there still will be a house full. How does this #Readathon work? 2mo
Andrew65 @CatLass007 We decided to stop buying books a few years ago, and as we have read them have passed them on otherwise there would have been a lot more. Now mostly get from libraries. We do have a lot of other books like you that we need to sell on. 2mo
Andrew65 @CatLass007 Basically the Readathon is very informal and easy going. Either set some goals for yourself to work towards in August (whatever you want the goals to be) or just tag us in as you read books in August if you don‘t want to set goals. Happy for people to use it in any way they want to. 2mo
CatLass007 @Andrew65 It‘s sad that some of us who love books so deeply are not buying physical copies anymore. I‘m glad it means our beleaguered libraries are getting more patrons because of it. Is there a banned book club on Litsy? I‘d be totally up for that. 2mo
CatLass007 @Andrew65 Thanks for the info on #RushAThon. I am participating in a couple of buddy reads, so I‘ll definitely include those. And for the very first time, I‘m working from a list, although it is somewhat fluid. So I don‘t think I‘ll set any other goal than to listen to as many as I can. That‘s worked pretty well this year because I‘ve finished 82 books so far. I set my Goodreads goal at 50. I‘m not changing my goal. So, I‘ll tag y‘all. 2mo
Andrew65 @CatLass007 That‘s excellent, well done! Great to have you with us and good luck.
The good thing about library books is that it supports those vital services staying open and the authors get their royalties.
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Andrew65 @DieAReader Two bookaholics together 😂🫣 2mo
CatLass007 I believe in the work that libraries do. I don‘t think this world would be much good without them. In Houston, which is where a friend of mine used to live, the school libraries are being turned into disciplinary centers. I read that 20+ school librarians will lose their jobs. It is not being done because of budget constraints. It‘s purely a political issue. 2mo
Allylu I plan to read my 10 - 12 books for the month and stay ahead of my yearly goal. I also want to start reading my picture books for #BBRC. I want to work on #SeriesLove2023 in September. 2mo
Andrew65 @Allylu Best of luck 😁 2mo
Andrew65 @CatLass007 Here it‘s very much about budget constraints, but not helped by the political situation. 2mo
CatLass007 @Andrew65 The Obamas are supporting a digital banned book club through the Digital Public Library of America. By going to TheBannedBookClub.info you can search for your location and it will show you what is or isn‘t being banned in your area. Shockingly enough, there is not a list of banned books at the libraries in my area. It‘s shocking because I live in Tennessee, an incredibly red state. 2mo
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Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service
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Day 3 #20in4, 455 pages read in 7 hrs 12 mins, with 1 book finished. 19 hrs and 12 mins of reading overall.

Books Finished :

The Corfe Castle Murders - 356 Pages ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Below Ground - 448 Pages ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

In total 1270 pages read.

EadieB @Andrew65 looks like you really liked The Vanishing Act! 2mo
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Loved this book, a heartbreaking story of what happened to many women during the last and precious centuries. 😢

Very readable and want to read more by this author.

Once again thanks to @Soubhiville for #AuthorAMonth. Wouldn‘t have read it but for this Litsy feature ❤️

3rd book finished for #20in4

TheBookHippie I‘ll add this next! 2mo
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie The things people did to get rid of ‘troublesome‘ daughters or wives they were bored of 😡 Hope you enjoy it. 2mo
TheBookHippie @Andrew65 I‘m sure!!! I found a copy at used bookstore so I‘ll start it next! I‘ve generally always enjoyed this author … 2mo
ChaoticMissAdventures This was my first Maggie O'Farrell a few years ago her stories are very thoughtful and well written. 2mo
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Below Ground | Michael Wood
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Good when you get a message from the author thanking you for your review of his latest book. He even follows me on Twitter 😍

Makes it a good day!

@EadieB @Tove_Reads @TheSpineView

Suet624 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2mo
EadieB @Andrew65 That‘s great! 2mo
Ruthiella Awesome! 👍😃 2mo
Roary47 How exciting! 2mo
Tove_Reads Yup, we discuss on, Andrew, it‘s X now 🤦🏼‍♂️🤷🏼😃. Pretty sure mine will be a great review as well, because this is truly one of the greatest series ever. Will get to it later this week. 2mo
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