Readathons!

[hollow acorn]

sorry for misunderstanding

[potent obsidian]

nothing to be sorry about my love bug

[silent latch]

Sorry to bug you @potent obsidian , but did we ever get an answer on whether we can use a book we started before the readathon started? I’ve seen it asked a few times but afaik it never got answered

[potent obsidian]

oh don’t worry about bugging me! (you’re not!)

I think it should be fine!

[silent latch]

Ok thank you!

[inner trench]

i’ve started little eyes

[potent obsidian]

I’m almost done with my first read, but it’s a bit disappointing. I think after two disappointing-slash-tiring books (the botm and now this) I need a small break from reading

[inner trench]

what are you reading?

slowly making my way over to your goodreads

oh it sounds interesting

[potent obsidian]

HAHAHA

it’s very interesting, the story too. but the writing is putting me to sleep

I finished it though. powered through

[inner trench]

good job !

[modest lake]

And not spam the reading sprint channel in a day like me

[potent obsidian]

awww no spam all you want!!

[gray compass]

yes! that's what the reading sprint channel is for ❤️

[tender citrus]

I’m taking a lunch break right now 🤧

[hollow acorn]

Still working on the 3.14h challenge and finally started to read One Hundred Flowers as well for the second prompt (it has 'flowers' on the cover, literally )

[potent obsidian]

I finished spring is sprung! I‘ll send in my checklist when I‘m done with all the prompts. I‘m going to watch a show for a bit and take a shower and I think I‘ll continue on with tropic of cancer.

⋆˙⟡ — spring break readathon tbr

⟡ children of dune | frank herbert
⟡ beyond the door of no return | david diop
⟡ tropic of cancer | henry miller
⟡ home | leila chudori
⟡ lolita | vladimir nabokov
⟡ little eyes | samantha schweblin
⟡ disability visibility | alice wong

[distant dew]

Go Jana !!

Everytime I see you finish a book it motivates me to finish mine

[potent obsidian]

slay, I love that!

[distant dew]

hopefully I can tonight when I’m home gonna go ham on it might do some sprints too!

[potent obsidian]

I‘ll join the sprints if I‘m free! for some reason I‘ve noticed that I read a lot faster & more focused while sprinting

[distant dew]

Ooo love that for you! I used to be the same honestly when I did the sprints I’ve kinda neglected that channel for a while

[potent obsidian]

also, this was an oversight on my end, but would we appreciate a template for the books read at the end? which‘ll correspond with the prompts where we have to read a book for?

[tender citrus]

I’ve been reading much much slower than normal

[distant dew]

Omg yessss!! I was just about to make one myself but if you can match it with the checklist !!!

[potent obsidian]

okay, on it!

[distant dew]

You’re the best!!

[potent obsidian]

@everyone hi everyone, sorry for the ping complete oversight on my end but I‘ve made a template for the books completed during this readathon just in case anyone wants it.

for the pi day prompt, if you‘re not doing a bookish prompt (e.g. you‘re eating pie) you can just put a photo of the pie you ate. if you‘re doing the 3h14min challenge you can make a small collage of books you read or a random (sfw) picture.

[inner trench]

fabulous

[potent obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/pillow-laying-in-bed-gif-11442568316444398621

[distant dew]

im loving these colour schemes im obsessed

[elfin barn]

yay for graphics

[distant dew]

so glad work is ending for me in 4 hours i can fully focus on this readathon this weekend

[modest lake]

This might be how it looks for me at the end of the week

[potent obsidian]

AWESOMEE

all reading is good reading!! (also we have the same edition of the vegetarian!!)

[haughty spindle]

I changed my mind and went shopping today instead and picked up a children’s book for my physical book square

I also have 0 understanding how thick paper is apparently because all books looked SO THICK and I wanted a short book and this one is only 160p

[potent obsidian]

oh that looks so cosy :3

[haughty spindle]

it does! It's apparently the most sold children book in the country currently

[potent obsidian]

starting my 2nd book of the readathon with mahmoud darwish :3 (my hamster)

[inner trench]

OH MY GOODNESS

[potent obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/balthazar-balancoir-hamster-gif-5086350111865782297

[tender citrus]

That cover is GORG

[potent obsidian]

IKRRR

[tender citrus]

Ugh I’d love that framed

[potent obsidian]

I dnf‘ed this book before, so I‘m hellbent on not doing so again this time around

[tender citrus]

Yesss you can do ittt

[steady delta]

I have been informed that I am not allowed to eat a whole pie???

I will now do the 3.14 hour reading to finish Pale Fire

Because my previous plan was not allowed???

https://tenor.com/view/prison-fucking-prison-this-house-is-a-prison-this-house-is-a-fucking-prison-planet-bullshit-gif-4786637

[potent obsidian]

what the who said that

[steady delta]

Both my mother and brother said "wtf we want pie too" and it's very hard to justify "I need to consume this whole pie because Jana asked me to for Pi day"

[bold wagon]

Is that a cactus shaped water system?!

[modest lake]

That's actually an edition I have from my library, my own is way less pretty

[potent obsidian]

awww you can eat a slice and it‘ll still count! :3

[potent obsidian]

yes!! 🌵

[steady delta]

THEY WANNA EAT IT TOMORROW

THEY DON'T GET IT

So I'm gonna read Pale Fire for 3.14 hours

[potent obsidian]

OHH you can take the entirety of the readathon duration to finish up the pi prompts! :3

[potent obsidian]

good luck

[steady delta]

OH ... I will still do both because I wanna finish Pale Fire tonight

[gray compass]

disasterous can you at least eat π of pie? /hj

I'm planning on reading a lot over the weekend and such to get back on my buddy reading grind, but im not sure if I'll finish any books actually

I'll try my bestest

[quiet cipher]

update: 15% through Catch-22! trying to balance my desire to readathon with needing to do school work

[potent obsidian]

don’t worry about it!! any reading is 💯

[potent obsidian]

I wish you luck with your school work britt

[steady delta]

Are you liking Catch-22?

It's in like my top 50 favourite books

[quiet cipher]

tbh I'm kind of conflicted! on the one hand, I'm like "plot?" but on the other hand, I think he has some really interesting things to say about the military

and the Catch-22s themselves are very clever

[tender citrus]

Does a mince pie count as a pie???

[steady delta]

Now you're thinking with pies

I forgot all about mince pies

[tender citrus]

Pork pie…oughhh

[steady delta]

I totally get it, I might lurk for thoughts in the thread

[tender citrus]

I’m almost done with humble pi

After about 3 hours on and off reading

[faint gust]

YAAAYYY template

[tender citrus]

Humble Pi finished!

[distant dew]

I’m done for the weekend I can fully commit to this now

[potent obsidian]

yayy!!

[lunar gale]

Hoping to finish The Priory of the Orange Tree this readathon

[trail skiff]

Hoping to finish
The Priory of the Orange
Tree this readathon

- tayjahk

[lunar gale]

Omgg that’s a first

[potent obsidian]

first haiku!

[potent obsidian]

I’m ending the first day of the readathon with one book down and very close to finishing another :3 very happy with this but I’m now going to rot in bed and finish up wordsearch puzzles

[honest pewter]

🧹 tbr list tidied!

🚗 my ideal vacatiion: a cruise around northern europe! 🛳️ i'd go either by myself or with a family member, and just soak in the sights

🌲 touching grass while reading #1344353124743123037

[potent obsidian]

omg looks so cosy!! thanks for sharing windflower

[steady delta]

Oh Jana! Idk if you're here but I'm gonna use my phone timer for the 3.14 sprint if that's ok?

[potent obsidian]

yes of coursies!! the reading sprint channel thing was just a rec :3

[raven nacelle]

Finished Our Share of Night!

[steady delta]

Finished Bridget Jones's Diary while taking a break from Pale Fire

[trail skiff]

Finished Bridget Jones's
Diary while taking a break
from Pale Fire

- Vaude🖤

[potent obsidian]

⋆˙⟡ — spring break readathon tbr

⟡ children of dune | frank herbert
⟡ beyond the door of no return | david diop
⟡ tropic of cancer | henry miller
⟡ home | leila chudori
⟡ lolita | vladimir nabokov
⟡ little eyes | samantha schweblin
⟡ disability visibility | alice wong

gonna start home now

[distant dew]

https://tenor.com/view/love-actually-christmas-christmas-movie-workingtitlefilms-hugh-grant-gif-15362644

me with my CR

[void cedar]

finished one book, now I’m on to my next read

[molten vigil]

Not partaking in the readathon so I can finish the Winter Bingo, but I wanted to drop my Touch Grass picture in

[haughty spindle]

Such a nice view!

[distant dew]

im 60% in rewitched i have 2 hours left in th ebook its 10:24pm here and im still awake and vibing

[tender citrus]

I wanna read but the cat is sat on me

[gray compass]

I finished Death Note Vol. 3 on Pi day which is a book in a sequence and it has circles (cause the eyes are perfect circles)

[wicked crane]

WTF

SO BALLER

[steady delta]

And some change to finish #1303273732848095275

[silent latch]

I humbly submit a square pie lol. Pics in #health-fitness-food

[trail skiff]

I humbly submit
a square pie lol. Pics
in health-fitness-food

- tink

[silent latch]

Thank you haikubot

[bold wagon]

It also has a number in the title for the volume. AND it's the first digit of pi.

[gray compass]

and i also ate pie while reading it

[bold wagon]

Multi-tasking maniac!

[lunar gale]

Finished the prompt “book in a series” with She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat Vol 4

[potent obsidian]

you’re all doing so well, I’m so glad

[potent obsidian]

OK I’M GONNA RESEND THIS BECAUSE I DID NOT READ AHEAD LOL AND LOL

I’ll blur it out when I get home & resend my touching grass photo

[trail skiff]

I’ll blur it out when
I get home & resend my
touching grass photo

- janeyjana

[potent obsidian]

okay my touching grass photo but with my hamster on it

I’m gonna rot on my couch for a bit doing wordsearch puzzles before I continue reading

[distant dew]

Such slay !Enjoy bestie!

Wanting to finish my book off today! Going out for breakfast so will see how well I do with my reading

[raven nacelle]

Finished books so far:
Our Share of Night (read most of it before the readathon though)
#1345300729702645781

To Go:
#1347476989375938571
Maaaaybe #1337271955895750789

[distant dew]

Now I’m officially home can finish of this dang boring read lmao been putting it off 🥲

[inner trench]

i’m going to just dance until my legs feel like jelly so then i have to force myself to read

[steady delta]

Well the upside that my garden is so gross from the Winter that I might have to go to the park for touching grass

BUT

Spring be sprung

[potent obsidian]

omg let me know what you think of this book, it‘s been on my tbr on and off

[potent obsidian]

I finished my 3rd book of the readathon but it was a really sad one so now I kinda just don‘t want to read anymore

⋆˙⟡ — spring break readathon tbr

⟡ children of dune | frank herbert
⟡ beyond the door of no return | david diop
⟡ tropic of cancer | henry miller
⟡~~ home | leila chudori~~
⟡ lolita | vladimir nabokov
⟡ little eyes | samantha schweblin
⟡ disability visibility | alice wong

gonna pick up little eyes next!

[faint gust]

finished to the lighthouse!!

[distant dew]

I finished the damn book finally

Slowest book known to mand

𓂃˖ ࣪⊹° ⊹ ♡:springbreak__:Nights spring tbr readathon𓂃˖ ࣪⊹° ⊹ ♡ __
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Master of Salt & Bone 552 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ The unhooneymooners 432 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ a british girls guide to hurricane 320 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Emily wild Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales 368 pages
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ ~~ Rewitched~~ 400 pgs
total books read readathon edition 1/4

idk why it sent. twice

[potent obsidian]

I deleted it, no worries!

[distant dew]

thank u jana!!

[modest lake]

First case of my readathon checked ! It's currently 5°c with a 30km/h wind where I live BUT it was lovely ! My book takes places in Alaska so the cold set me in the accurate circumstances :')

[potent obsidian]

lovely picture inie!!!

[steady delta]

Definitely will, I'm gonna be reading it tonight because I shotgunned Pale Fire yesterday and burnt myself out

[faint gust]

finished Death Note vol 9 and 10! its for the pi challenge: book in a series

[faint gust]

finished volume 11 and 12 as well! I'm gonna take a lil nap break and start A Woman is No Man

[potent obsidian]

you‘re killing it scarlettsens :3

[steady delta]

I am alternating #1330090227112611870 and #1314139822008434810 , should finish both today!

[inner trench]

re-reading this to help my lil brain
(sent a picture in because i adore this cover)

[potent obsidian]

all your pics look so cosy

I started little eyes yesterday!

but I only got like one sentence in before stopping, I’m going to read more soon :3

[distant dew]

𓂃˖ ࣪⊹° ⊹ ♡Nights spring tbr readathon𓂃˖ ࣪⊹° ⊹ ♡
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Master of Salt & Bone 552 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ The unhooneymooners 432 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ a british girls guide to hurricane 320 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Emily wild Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales 368 pages
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Rewitched 399 pgs

Books finished 2/4

[potent obsidian]

okay I fell asleep after sending this in and didn’t do any reading lol gonna walk my dogs and then pick it up again

[potent obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/sparkles-sparkle-cute-pretty-slaaay-gif-503559985142758047

[wicked crane]

I read a lot of the BOTM last night! But I forgot to time myself so I don't know when I'll make it to the 3hr 14m mark

If I just read a lot each day, surely I'll pass that mark....... I think

[potent obsidian]

yes you will!!
I hope everyone’s having a restful sunday ^.^

I didn’t read at all today, only like two chapters of little eyes.

[quiet cipher]

just hit the 50% mark of Catch-22, gonna read until pg. 300

putting a dent in it!

[potent obsidian]

you’re killing it, britt!

[distant dew]

Naww Sunday is always good to chill out I read 100pgs of my book but that’s about it just been watching my shows today watching the fosters don’t feel forced to read if you don’t want to read love plenty time during readathon to finish your books !!

[modest lake]

My late pie 🥲

[potent obsidian]

beautiful!! no pie is late

[modest lake]

Late pie because it's been eaten.

[modest lake]

Half way !

[high girder]

I finally came back from a brief cabin vacation with no wifi

[noble mural]

How was it?

[high girder]

Half complete!

Here’s a pic of the pie I ate before I took it out of the package

Reading outside for a little bit because it was so windy outside

And reading for 3 hours 14 minutes
(tho I took the picture about 4 hours and 20 minutes 🍃$

[steady delta]

I slept through dinner but they saved the pie

Also finished #1330090227112611870
Aiming to finish #1334072443270205491 and #1314139822008434810 tomorrow

[quiet cipher]

I am 75% through Catch-22 and think I will try to just finish it here tonight

wish me luuuuck

[ivory swan]

Luck!!!

[potent obsidian]

good luck britt!! and so happy seeing everyone’s pies and touching grass pics and progress!

[quiet cipher]

Finished Catch-22! Will update all the various cards tomorrow

[potent obsidian]

no idea if pizza is a pie (I don’t think so) but ey, it’s round food and I had it after reading ^.^

[faint gust]

i havent touch any grass yet

[potent obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/rolling-thomas-mcgregor-domhnall-gleeson-peter-rabbit2-the-runaway-gif-20962823

[vernal plover]

Oh no this is not going great for me

I have been only able to read a couple of pages this weekend

[potent obsidian]

no worries andy, any reading is good

[vernal plover]

absolutely! just gotta give up on the hopes for the role, but having fun is more important in the end!

I was so deprived of my reading time this weekend I literaly screamed and then hid on the couch underneath some blankets right before bedtime, just to read a lil

[potent obsidian]

I‘d hide under blankets and read with you andy 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

but I‘m really sorry that you were deprived of reading time 💗

[potent obsidian]

and don‘t fret!! there is always hope still

[vernal plover]

yes lets build a fort!

[vernal plover]

It was okay, I had 2 fun birthdays and I got to reorganize my new kitchen ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[potent obsidian]

aww omg that sounds like so much fun

[steady delta]

Not very Springy unfortunately

[potent obsidian]

omg, I can‘t wait to read your thoughts on this

[potent obsidian]

⋆˙⟡ — spring break readathon tbr

⟡ children of dune | frank herbert
⟡ beyond the door of no return | david diop
⟡ tropic of cancer | henry miller
⟡~~ home | leila chudori~~
⟡ lolita | vladimir nabokov
⟡ little eyes | samantha schweblin
⟡ disability visibility | alice wong

finished little eyes, going to start lolita next so i can finally wrap up the banned book event bingo

[hollow acorn]

i dnf‘ed my flowers book 🥲

[quiet cipher]

updating my card so far: Catch-22 for my Pi Day read, since it has a number in the title, and then I added a photo of my balcony reading for the "Touch Grass" prompt

I will do some spring cleaning of my SG tbr now

Before spring cleaning:

After spring cleaning:

it's not a huge difference but I took off some books for school that I don't really count as part of my tbr

oooh got it down to 127 haha, we take those

oh and I guess, here is my "touching grass" photo if anyone wants to see the view from my balcony haha

[bold wagon]

Readathon books update:
📚 Finished ⁠https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1146026297068376064
📚 Started and finished Sold by Patricia McCormick (wasn't a part of my original readathon plan but 🤷‍♀️ )
📖 Made progress on Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (12% -> 27%)
📗 Start and make progress on ⁠Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
📗 Start and finish Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe (My copy has flowers on the cover)
📗 Start and finish The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (physical book)

Road trip prompt: My ideal vacation is exploring new areas, discovering new cultures, enjoying food, and experiencing new situations. I like to try all sorts of different places so I don't have a particular destination in mind but a typical vacation for me includes:

• some outdoor activity like hiking, beach time, SCUBA, or biking
• a new experience; for example snow-shoeing or horseback riding
• lots of local food, breweries, wineries, social scenes

Oh, and I prefer to go with my husband and maybe friends/family depending on what we want to experience.

[potent obsidian]

what a lovely view :3

[modest lake]

I made some cleaning...but to be honest, I started this TBR on the 1st january so there wasn't too much too clean

And I'm outing myself as a french speaker

[rocky canyon]

/j

[bold wagon]

I removed two books from my TBR list that I just am not that interested in anymore. I've cleared two off during this readathon by reading them and I intend to finish reading two more from my TBR by the end of the readathon.

So here's my checklist so far.

[void cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/ladies-and-gentleman-we-got-him-gif-3452946278282274403

[bold wagon]

Oh, I marked off the pi day because I've already read over 3 hours and 14 minutes.

[haughty spindle]

I still haven't tackled my romance shelf. It's going to be my biggest TBR work. I'd have to look up all the books and read their blurbs because there is no way I'd remember any of them or why I added them

(it is also almost 400 books big..)

[void cedar]

yeah sometimes i just add books that i think look interesting and then when i go back to my tbr im like why did i add this

[bold wagon]

Wow. My whole TBR was 35 books at the beginning of this readathon.

[haughty spindle]

I'm just such a big mood reader and when I get a mood I go on a research spree looking for my next read and find like 20 books that fits that specific mood and it just kind of grew out of control

NEW books are always shinier than the ones on my TBR

[ivory swan]

I’m scared to look into my TBR

But maybe I’ll find the courage to clean it up some time this week

[haughty spindle]

you can do it! I believe in you!

[quiet cipher]

oh boy that is a chonker

can only go down from there though ... right?

[quiet cipher]

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar for flowers on the cover!

[haughty spindle]

pretty flowers!

This is me. Enjoying the greenery ( ) of my urban jungle while doing an walk+audiobook. Look! There is even a tree!

I never answered the road trip question: One day, I'd like to take one of those (tiny) cruise ship tours that Norway has. Going up the entire coast, while teasing of possible seal or even whale sightings. I'd love to see ALL the fjords of Norway and not just the ones I grew up with. I'd love the boat up one way, then a hotel visit a few days in the hope for some pretty lights and then a train ride home. In my ideal scenario, my husband would not be a creature that get violently travel sick so I wouldn't need to choose between human suffering or having company.

[quiet cipher]

this sounds like a really great holiday

[haughty spindle]

My card! I've only finished Blood and Buttercup (I was disappointed that the flowers on the cover wasn't actual buttercups until they appeared in the book and the heroine gently informed me they're also known as Persian Buttercups). I'll finish the physical book in a few days I think.

[high girder]

Roadtrip:
My ideal vacation is anywhere, as long as I get to sightsee with friends or family and enjoy the food there and their culture and go shopping.
I would really love to go to Japan and visit the pokemon center or a themed café.

Spring is Sprung: I did not read the book I was planning to read for this prompt.
But Daisy has daisies in her hair and name so I’m counting that as well.

[faint gust]

finished a woman is no man!

[bold wagon]

This is such a cool card format.

[honest pewter]

readathon progress
#1074967824478511104 100%
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas 100%
#1344353124743123037 36%
#1136611521405915156 63%

[potent obsidian]

same!! this is exactly why i came up with the spring cleaning prompt 🧹

[potent obsidian]

omg wait so did you finish all the prompts on the checklist?

[ivory swan]

Alright instead of reading I’ve been cleaning up my TBR it’s now at 1510… feeling strangely accomplished

[inner trench]

i haven’t left the house in a long time, due to my anxiety & autism but i’m determined to get a picture reading outside for janas prompt!!
here are my emotional support dungarees

they also have flowers on

[steady delta]

We're with you Kauli!!!

[inner trench]

i have had my jam toast i am ready

i will take plenty of pictures

[steady delta]

[potent obsidian]

oh they’re so cute! i’m with you in spirit

[inner trench]

45 (ish, i didn’t time it!) minutes of reading outside

[potent obsidian]

so beautiful kauli omg

⋆˙⟡ — spring break readathon tbr

⟡ children of dune | frank herbert
⟡ beyond the door of no return | david diop
⟡ tropic of cancer | henry miller
⟡~~ home | leila chudori~~
⟡ lolita | vladimir nabokov
⟡ little eyes | samantha schweblin
⟡ disability visibility | alice wong

finished lolita!! i‘m going to pick up disability visibility next so i can just rot with dune

[haughty spindle]

Not yet! I need to read the physical book still!

[haughty spindle]

Ooh this is lovely! alredy blooming!

[potent obsidian]

okay!!

[steady delta]

Okay for my Spring Cleaning, I'm going to go through all my BRs and start leaving ones that I am not going to be able to get the book from a Library

Most of them should be fine but this habit I have of joining them because the summary sounds cool is not sparking joy for the long term

[potent obsidian]

i totally get you vaude

i support this

i support healthy buddy reading habits

[quiet cipher]

kauli you crushed it! And this looks so lovely, you picked a great spot

[quiet cipher]

This is so real of you, I hope it feels good to clean that up a bit!

[trail skiff]

This is so real of
you, I hope it feels good to
clean that up a bit!

- thelastpage🕯

[bold wagon]

Nice picture of the blooming tree!

[elfin barn]

I have been so bad at updating this I need to have a look at it today

[haughty spindle]

wish me luck, I'm going to tackle my romance shelf! (lh)

[distant dew]

So close to finishing my book started Sunday

[potent obsidian]

⋆˙⟡ — spring break readathon tbr

⟡ children of dune | frank herbert
⟡ beyond the door of no return | david diop
⟡ tropic of cancer | henry miller
⟡~~ home | leila chudori~~
⟡ lolita | vladimir nabokov
⟡ little eyes | samantha schweblin
⟡ disability visibility | alice wong

finished my 6th book of the readathon, i‘m going to rot with children of dune tomorrow and then i‘ll probably just read other books from my personal tbr

[inner trench]

go jana go!!

[tender citrus]

I’m gonna try finish the Ebony Tower tonight I’m not…that fond of it? Which is sad I loved The Magus by John Fowles

[wicked crane]

I've been reading

I read for another 1 hour today!
I have 2 hours down, just need to do 1hr 14mins sometime during the week!

I might host some sprinting events later in the week -- if that interests anyone, keep your eyes peeled 👁 👁

[haughty spindle]

I went from 354 romance books to 166

[potent obsidian]

omg that‘s really good

[inner trench]

go peri go

[haughty spindle]

thanks!
I'm enjoying it tbh, I feel like my future reading will be better quality because of this

[distant dew]

𓂃˖ ࣪⊹° ⊹ ♡Nights spring tbr readathon𓂃˖ ࣪⊹° ⊹ ♡
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Master of Salt & Bone 552 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ The unhooneymooners 432 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ ~~ a british girls guide to hurricane~~ 320 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Emily wild Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales 368 pages
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Rewitched 399 pgs

my 3rd book done forr tthis readathon!!! lets gooo

[inner trench]

woah lots of symbols

[tender citrus]

I’ve only finished one book haha

Been too busy 🤧

[ivory swan]

Alright spring cleaning is done!! Purged hundreds of books lmaooo

[wicked crane]

omgggg this makes me not want to spring clean my TBR HAHA

i got a nice 100

ok i did it hehe

[faint gust]

i went out on a walk while listening to an audiobook today hehe..

[inner trench]

yay, pretty

[faint gust]

it was hot tho so after 15minutes of walking i went straight back home

and i reached 16% for the god of the woods

[potent obsidian]

LOL SO REAL OF U

i only go on a walk after 7 pm unless it’s cool outside (rare)

[faint gust]

i dont go outside after 5pm bc i go insta blind and would need flashlight

also i like to think i photosynthesis

[fathom drum]

Not really doing all the prompt things really, but have a pic of my book outside anyway 🥳

[distant dew]

This looks so cosy wan a read with you there

[fathom drum]

You'd be so welcome 😊

[distant dew]

[bold wagon]

Readathon books update:
📚 Finished ⁠⁠https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1146026297068376064
📚 Started and finished Sold by Patricia McCormick (wasn't a part of my original readathon plan but 🤷‍♀️ )
📚 Started and finished Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (also wasn't a part of my original readathon plan)
📖 Made progress on Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (12% -> 27%)
📖 Started ⁠https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1136611521405915156 (11%)
📖 Started Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe (My copy has flowers on the cover) (41%)
📖 Started https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1331536499216224339 (yet another I wasn't planning for this week) (9%)
📗 Start and finish The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (may not get to this one based on the additional books I started)

[honest pewter]

checklist complete!

spring break readathon
#1074967824478511104 100%
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas 100%
#1344353124743123037 100%

bonus books
#1136611521405915156 100%
#1085900246334308443 100%
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern 100%

[potent obsidian]

YAYYYY

[faint gust]

spring cleaning done!

also i’m rushing to finish my flowers on the cover book

[faint glen]

I'm not going to completely shame myself by revealing the number still left but just managed to delete 200+ books from my TBR and there are still too many

[modest lake]

My ideal vacation...

I'm currently obssessed with the project of visiting rural China ! In any way, I think my ideal vacation has to be a trip...sometimes the rush of a trip displease me so it would be a longgg vacation so I can take my time to roar around. I'm not sure about who I would want to take on such a trip...I may not know the person yet ;)

Alternatively I would love to go back to Norway with my mother because I really cherish my memories of my previous visits and want to share that with her !

[faint gust]

my physical book has flowers on the cover!

[steady delta]

I really need to get a move on

[inner trench]

that’s such a pretty cover

[vernal plover]

oh my han kang The Vegetarian audiobook edition has a flower on the cover!

I will definetely finish that before the end of the readathon

Im kinda confused so sorry for asking dumb question. Were the Pie day questions mandatory to complete the readathon, and can I still answer them?

[modest lake]

I have heard you can complete them during the whole week !

[raven nacelle]

Cleanup in aisle "tbr"!

[distant dew]

To say I actually not done most of the prompts but still so lovely seeing everyone else’s checklists ! You’re all amazing!!

[potent obsidian]

omg i’ve been wanting to read a book by her for so long, is she any good?

[faint gust]

i do think so! i've been liking her books since her fantasteen era. this one doesn't hit the same bc its anthology tho

[potent obsidian]

omg yipee thank you, will check them out next time i’m in a bookstore 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

[faint gust]

flowers on the cover finished! one of my tbr this year bc my 2025 reading goal is to read more books from poc authors

i always love travelling because i like discovering new places and admiring beautiful sceneries, so every vacation feels fun for me...

BUT my ideal vacation is to have 1 week of perfect solitude, with unlimited iced matcha latte and thai tea, unlimited credit card from someone hella rich so i could online shop, my laptop and internet, and a bunch of books to read also staying within walking distance to the beach, but without much car/motorcycles so i can walk comfortably. (bonus point if it's not very hot temperature-wise )

so ehe spring break readathon checklist done

[potent obsidian]

your vacation sounds so fun i hope it can happen to you soon 💗 thanks so much for joining omg

[faint gust]

im gonna go back to my non flower non spring very much gloomy book now

(the god of the woods)

[faint gust]

yay i hope so too!!

[distant dew]

𓂃˖ ࣪⊹° ⊹ ♡Nights spring tbr readathon𓂃˖ ࣪⊹° ⊹ ♡
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Master of Salt & Bone 552 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ The unhooneymooners 432 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Bookshops & Bonedust 336 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ ~~a british girls guide to hurricane ~~ 320 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Emily wild Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales 368 pages
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Rewitched 399 pgs

4th book done! prettyy impressed actually of myself!!

[high girder]

thats a cute book what is is baout

[modest lake]

I finished my two last books today !! It was a really pleasant conclusion to my readathon ~

Wait, that may be more pertinent

It' so pretty

[wicked crane]

Can I read a book on my balcony? It's raining so I don't want to go outside outside

For the Touch Grass prompt

[haughty spindle]

I finished my physical book! So I am officially done

[potent obsidian]

yes!

[potent obsidian]

omg yay!! @modest lake @haughty spindle thanks for joining!

[bold wagon]

I listened to https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1331536499216224339 on audiobook while pruning today.

[quiet cipher]

All of the books I read for the Readathon were physical, but for "Tech Break" I'm using Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

now, to finish all the Readathon prompts, my dream vacation: This is maybe kind of basic but I'd really like to see Rome. I'd like to go with my partner, walk the city, see the Ancient Roman ruins and artefacts, the museums, the piazza, the Sistine Chapel, the Basilica, and alll the eating and drinking that is on offer.

and, that's everything! I had so much fun with this, thank you jana for hosting!

[faint gust]

so ummm... i dont really get it either because it is a collection of whimsical surrealist short stories, but i believe its about complexity of life and children

the illustrations are pretty tho but my braincells were r/whoosh-ing

[potent obsidian]

no worries, i’m glad you had fun!!

[distant dew]

I’m aiming to get my last book done for this readathon I’m so glad proud of myself this time round managed to read 5 books

[potent obsidian]

okay, i’m like speeding up my read of children of dune because i want the role

the readathon ends in like 1h30mins for me yipee

[silent latch]

I still need to finish mine, but I still have 12 hours

[bold wagon]

Ahhhhhh, I thought I had all weekend! Ok, I'm going to try to speed read the rest of Catch-22 after work. I have 14 hours left.

[potent obsidian]

me too lol! i didn’t even realise today was friday

[bold wagon]

Good luck! You can do it!

[potent obsidian]

i’m 86% in and locking in so i hope so too!

[tender citrus]

I finished one book haha

[potent obsidian]

yipee!!

[inner trench]

i’m not going to try because i’m no where near getting the role

[potent obsidian]

awwies i‘m sorry my love

[potent obsidian]

yay, finished my book in time & with that all the spring readathon prompts!! i had loads of fun with this one, cannot wait for the next one

[steady delta]

Ooh I need to finish the actual post but I think I made it

[potent obsidian]

YIPEE

can‘t wait to give out the role

[wicked crane]

TODAY IS MY LAST DAY OF READATHON

I NEED TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING

[elfin barn]

Pi Day: I read The Dark Refrain by Jessica Khoury which is book 3 in the series
Spring Is Sprung: I read Where Shadows Bloom by Catherine Bakewell
Spring Cleaning: I only got rid of like 5 books but done
Tech Break: My physical book was The Tree That Sang To Me which was one of the winners in a #966380697717702667
Road Trip: I have so many ideal vacations but I think I want to go to either France for a few days and try to speak french as much as possible, or go to the states and see a play on Broadway and then probably go to LA and chill. I'm so bad at planning holidays
Touching Grass: I'm reading The Education of Harriet Hatfield for #1324021987407822959

[potent obsidian]

YIPEEE ABI

oh wait did I miss your touching grass photo

[elfin barn]

if I haven't posted one then I'll have to tomorrow because it's dark here now

[potent obsidian]

i don’t think you have! idk when the readathon ends for you as well but i’ll be waiting yipee, the photo has to be sent before it ends

wow i am saying yipee so much kill me

[inner trench]

my influence /lh

[distant dew]

𓂃˖ ࣪⊹° ⊹ ♡Nights spring tbr readathon𓂃˖ ࣪⊹° ⊹ ♡
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Master of Salt & Bone 552 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ The unhooneymooners 432 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Bookshops & Bonedust336 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ ~~a british girls guide to hurricane ~~ 320 pgs
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Emily wild Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales 368 pages
₊· ͟͟͞➳❥┊ ┊୨୧: :੭꒱ ⤍ ┊┊ Rewitched 399 pgs

I can’t update but I finished bookshop and bonedust!!

5th book completed

[wicked crane]

Ok readathon ends in 4 hours for me and I didn't touch grass HAHA

[silent latch]

Yeah all I did was eat a pie lmaoooo

[steady delta]

I reached too high for the stars, I had my book ready for Spring is Sprung but I just haven't had the time

[bold wagon]

YEEESSSS! I finished in time, just need to update my graphics!

[potent obsidian]

YIPEE

[bold wagon]

Today was finally warm enough to be comfortable reading outside so I got some more "touching grass" in.

Here's my checklist. I cleaned up my TBR from 35 books to 28 books.

[elfin barn]

okay if it has to be sent before it ends and I haven’t then count me out for that one

[bold wagon]

Here are my prompts. Catch-22 for pi day as it has a number in the title. I also read well over 3 hours and 14 minutes; stopped keeping accurate count, but around 35 hours.
For flowers on the cover I added Gender Queer for pictures of flowers and Flowers for Algernon for the word "Flowers" hehe.

[potent obsidian]

yipee thank you for joining, cat!

[bold wagon]

Thank you! I got that entered literally right when time was up for me 😅

[potent obsidian]

i’ll give out the roles and announce the people who sent in a completed checklist before the readathon ends for them in a bit, i know it’s still friday in some places

[steady delta]

I didn't manage this time but next time I joined a little late with poor planning but I still had a great time

[potent obsidian]

don‘t worry about it vaude! i already have some things planned for next time

[raven nacelle]

Even though I was only halfheartedly participating (never filled the checklist or looked for a book with flowers on the cover etc) it was fun to see all the pictures, and the pie! 💛

[potent obsidian]

CONGRATS TO OUR <@&1349438044331053206> (s) YIPEEEE thank you so much for joining this readathon, i hope you all enjoyed it as much as i did stay tuned for the next one the role will expire on <t:1743269400:f>

[haughty spindle]

Good job Jana!

[potent obsidian]

no no, good job to you!

[quiet cipher]

Oooh thank you Jana, this was fun and I appreciate your planning it!

[potent obsidian]

no worries, i genuinely had so much fun planning out this one, and i really appreciate you finishing up the checklist

[steady delta]

Omg the Springbreaker role is so pretty! Well done guys!!!

[modest lake]

I really enjoyed my very first event here, thank you Jana ~
It was the perfect entry intro my favorite season of the year

[quiet cipher]

it was great to have you join us Inie

[potent obsidian]

this makes me so happy inie

[high girder]

Yipeee!

[faint gust]

yaayyy thank u for hosting janaa!

[potent obsidian]

thanks for joining you guys!! 💗

[distant dew]

had so much fun !! thank you lovely jana!! cant. wait for next one!! <33

[tender citrus]

Thanks Jana for hosting!

[potent obsidian]

with love, mother earth

the earth day readathon will go on from the 18th to the 25th of april, all-day, in your own timezones ₊‧°𐐪♡𐑂°‧₊

for this readathon i‘ve prepared some bookish related prompts and two fun games for you to do ദ്ദി(ᵔᗜᵔ)

if you complete the checklist before the readathon ends, you‘ll earn the <@&1360683302096339015> role, which comes with sweet berta sitting next to your display name and a nice shade of green for one week!

only books started during the readathon period will count towards the prompts, but you can use one that you started before.
you can use one book for multiple prompts.

to complete the would you rather game, head over to the thread (which as of now is not made yet) and emoji react to which scenario you would prefer doing out in nature ⋆˚✿˖° ◝(ᵔᗜᵔ)◜

i will post the game and create the thread sometime on the 18th, jana time zone (gmt+7), and i will ping the readathon role too. please give yourself the role so you don‘t miss it!
find the readathon role here: #roles message

to complete the rainbow card game, you can do on the card:

• paste a nature-related photo (you can find these on pinterest, or for a harder challenge, from your own gallery!) that correlates to the colour, OR
• paste a book cover or anything bookish that correlates to the colour
• do both or a mix
  you do not need to read the books you choose for this card!

happy earth day everyone! ‧⁺◟꒰🕊️🌳꒱˚ ༘♡🍃
(feel free to ping me for any questions) (ㅅ´ ˘ `)

checklist and rainbow card game ᕙ( •̀ ᗜ •́ )ᕗ

[dreamy swift]

this slays so hard jana

[haughty spindle]

This is so cool! So the rainbow chart isn't reading those books but just sharing the covers?

[quiet cipher]

I love these little readathons, looking forward to this!

[potent obsidian]

you slay!!

[potent obsidian]

yes!! no reading, just sharing covers or anything nature related :))

[potent obsidian]

i always love to see you here britt

[honest pewter]

super excited for this!
(so excited that i may have gone looking for covers for the rainbow game already 🙈 )

[potent obsidian]

i‘m so glad 🤍
(and same, me too LOL)

[inner trench]

a readathon over my birthday, hell yeah thank you jana!

[potent obsidian]

omg, i really need to get better with dates as i completely missed it was going to be your sweet birthday too

[distant dew]

Ooo totally forgot about this haha!! I’m so excited for this one

[distant dew]

question about the prompts bingo with sunshine on window is that for book related or that going on natuure walks etc adding the photos in?

[potent obsidian]

book related! so all the four prompts on the second card are bookish

[distant dew]

Ahh thank you Jana !! I’m planning my reads for this one book I’m unsure of the colour would you say this is more purple than indigo? I think purple but need a second opinion on this one

[hollow acorn]

Omgg that‘s when i got time off of work so excited already

[potent obsidian]

erm it can be used for both, i think. i‘m not very strict with the rainbow card

[distant dew]

Slay! Thank you ! Wanted to double check anyway

[faint gust]

so...about the book that is mostly set outdoors... the terror is set on a ship, which basically outdoor right

I'm trying to finish it so hard so if I had to use only 1 book from before the readathon period, that must be it

[potent obsidian]

of course!! can’t wait to see what you come up with ◡̈

[potent obsidian]

not really (i’m so sorry) unless the story takes place where they’re outdoors and not inside the ship loads

[distant dew]

I might be tad annoying myself asking these questions these prompts I really want to stick with get the earth role

I’ve figured out my rainbow challenge already this is what I have planned so far for the colours

[inner trench]

'm glad you don't have to read the rainbow books my brain might've exploded

if i'm reading correctly LMAOO

[potent obsidian]

yeah, i get it i just wanted us to show appreciation for mother earth LOLs and i really love rainbows personally so i wanted to see how you’d all make your own 🌈

me personally i’m going to do a mix and match of both nature and books 🤍

[inner trench]

i'll try to find as many nature ones as i can

[potent obsidian]

so excited to see everyone’s rainbows :3

[steady delta]

This is the cutest thing I've ever seen

[haughty spindle]

someone needs to start recommending small poetry collections because I dont got a favorite

[wicked crane]

Come join #1356409890259734580 !

I think I have some others though, I'll take a look

[faint glen]

am happy to recommend a few in #1059881951542116462 in a bit 🙂

[potent obsidian]

some of my favourite poets are mahmoud darwish and rumi! for this prompt though i’ll be reading things you may find hidden in my ear

i desperately need it to be friday so i can start this omg

[ivory swan]

same!!! i'm very excited about the rainbow challenge!

[potent obsidian]

me too!! i know what i want to be mine of & i can’t wait to see all of yours 🤍

[steady delta]

This time I'm going to plan properly

[potent obsidian]

take her home

(home is next to your display name)

(unless you’re a mod)

[potent obsidian]

storygraph challenge for anyone who needs it
with love, mother earth

the poetry prompt is optional as you can either read or share.
i didn‘t include the cli-fi prompt as it‘s not necessary for you to read it but if anyone wants it added there, let me know! i‘ll add it as a bonus prompt.

[rocky canyon]

im pretty sure that SG counts book you have started before as long as you finish within the timeframe so you can set it to the date without it being a problem

[potent obsidian]

oh cool! thanks for letting me know amanda 🤍

okay, date is updated

[distant dew]

me toooo i have everything planned. ready to go i wanna start the tbr so badly lmaooo

[steady delta]

I am definitely not a poetry girly so I'm going to try to read some

[distant dew]

I’m going book shopping Thursday what would you recommend for a poet read I’ve not read any before .. I want to tick it off for the prompts

And a climate fiction

[steady delta]

I have a climate nonfiction

[inner trench]

@elfin barn do you think finding bear could count as climate fiction?

[elfin barn]

I'd say so! It's mentioned multiple times how climate change is affecting the bears' natural habitat and it factors into the plot too

[inner trench]

thank youuu

[distant dew]

what would class as climate fiction i dont think i have any books on my kindle fo it

[inner trench]

fiction about the climate

[distant dew]

yeah i dont tthink i have anyting for that gonna have to searrch it tricky for me this one the rest is okay tofind tho lol

[inner trench]

you got this

you could probably find a poetry/climate fic mix

[distant dew]

hmm

[inner trench]

there’s a lot of climate middle grade

but i don’t know if you read that

[distant dew]

i can giveit a go middle grade but idk

[elfin barn]

https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1348050017092370494 has been nominated for a cli-fi award if that's on your tbr

[distant dew]

ooohhh i have seen this on tiktok actuually! thank you Abi

[elfin barn]

as is #1332985803210752063 which is shorter

[distant dew]

oooo probs the shorter verrsion will suit best for this readathon !! thank you for the suggestions appreciate eyouu!!!

[elfin barn]

https://climatefictionprize.co.uk/2025-prize/longlist/

[distant dew]

think im gonna go fo the orbital one

[elfin barn]

https://climate-fiction.org/middle-grade-fiction/

[elfin barn]

for you @inner trench

[elfin barn]

I think that's gonna be my pick too!

[inner trench]

[distant dew]

slayy!! i love its short too will hopefully be quick paste

@inner trench thank you tho forr trying to help out too bestiee

[trail skiff]

@kauliflower
thank you tho forr trying to
help out too bestiee

- ˚⊹౨ৎ 🍓 Night🍓 ౨ৎ ₊˚⊹

[distant dew]

thank you haiku

[empty light]

since when was climate fiction a thing woah

[inner trench]

[distant dew]

a special kiss bob from kauli!!

[haughty spindle]

You guys do realize we dont have to read the climate fiction right?

like we should, but the prompt is to recommend one or to add one to our tbr

[inner trench]

i just want to read one for the prompt too

i shall recommend my middle grade climate fics when the readathon begins

[distant dew]

I thought we did have to read it for the prompts

[haughty spindle]

The only read prompts is

• Read a book mostly set in outdoors
• Read a book with a bright cover
• Share poetry or read a poetry collection

It's nice, I mean you CAN read a book for each prompt, but this way people can get away with only reading a single book in the week the readathon lasts.

[distant dew]

ooohhhh ty dot makees more sense now tbh

[dreamy swift]

emily dickinson or edgar allan poe

for the love of poetry pls no one get rupi kaur

[distant dew]

OOOH ill have a look i got half an hour to kill so will look in the poetry section

[dreamy swift]

i love edgar allan poe and emily dickinson poems and i have both the collections

[potent obsidian]

yeah, and also i don’t know if you knew but you also don’t have to read the books for the rainbow card. telling you just in case

[distant dew]

Ohh I want too anyway

[potent obsidian]

alright

[distant dew]

I got the colours all planned anyways for the rainbow card

[potent obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/bunny-gif-bunny-banner-cute-bunny-rainbow-bunny-gif-21561058

[elfin barn]

I will just read for everything

[haughty spindle]

Also, idk if I've said it yet but Thank you for making another great challenge! It's going to be really fun

I really appreciate how accessible you make these shortish readathons as well.

I may belong to the group that has enough time to read multiple books a week but I know not everyone does, and having the ability to decide the difficulty yourself while still being part of the challenge is really nice!

[potent obsidian]

awww i really appreciate this dot! 🤍 genuinely thank you 🤍 i wanted the readathons to be on the chiller side and so i’m glad that it has the effects i wanted it to 🤍

speaking of which @elfin barn would you like for me to add the cli fi prompt to the sg challenge as a bonus prompt?

iirc you use storygraph challenges ahh i’m sorry if you don’t

[elfin barn]

ooh yes if you could ❤️

[potent obsidian]

yay! i’ll add it in after dinner 🤍

[elfin barn]

do people think this is appropriately bright/sunny enough for the sunshine on the window prompt?

[potent obsidian]

yes!!

i’ll be using https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1361365172744355911 for my bright cover

side note i hope inie joins i haven’t seen her around in a while

[distant dew]

Who’s that😭

[potent obsidian]

@modest lake

[distant dew]

Ooh

[potent obsidian]

updated the storygraph challenge to include cli-fi!

[modest lake]

I'm there ><

But I haven't planned my books yet...just pretty colors for the rainbow ~

[potent obsidian]

OMG HII

i hope the ping didn’t bother you! sorry! i had missed seeing you around

[modest lake]

Aw, no, not at all, all cute and good

But Hello !!

[potent obsidian]

i hope you’ve been doing well inie 🤍

[modest lake]

I hope you did too !!
I have to admit though, one of my books put me in a reading slump last week

[potent obsidian]

oh no, which one was it?

[modest lake]

A day of fallen night by samatha shannon...I read the first book years ago and can't believe this one doesn't work for me !!

[potent obsidian]

awww no i’m so sorry to hear that

[modest lake]

But I'm excited to read a book with an outside setting next week

Looks refreshing ~

[potent obsidian]

i hope you enjoy the books you pick up

[modest lake]

I hope so too :>

[distant dew]

readathon tomorrrwwwww im so excited

[potent obsidian]

ME TOO ARHRHRHRHRHRH

[inner trench]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-feral-zoomies-zoomie-sped-up-gif-26353164

jana

[potent obsidian]

live footage of me

it’ s starting in 6 hours for me

[inner trench]

12 for me

[fathom drum]

That gif reminds me I forgot to take my meds 😂

[inner trench]

LMAOO

[distant dew]

https://tenor.com/view/i-want-it-now-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory-now-at-this-moment-immediately-gif-21430283

meeeee

[steady delta]

I always forget, we can carry on with books we've started I hope?

[potent obsidian]

only one!

it wasn‘t clarified in the last readathon so i made sure to do it now

[steady delta]

Thank you lovely!

[faint gust]

I wonder if How to Solve Your Own Murder is considered a bright cover? Nothing in my TBR screams bright other than this or Bunny due to its hot pink cover

I'm thinking of starting either one for the Readathon which is just 45 minutes away

[modest lake]

What is bright

Is this bright ?

[faint gust]

Exactly I think all colors other than black is bright

[potent obsidian]

yes it is bright

and yes @faint gust how to solve your own murder is bright

[faint gust]

yayy! thank u jana

(I dont have to go back to Evelyn Hardcastle yet )

[potent obsidian]

(are you not enjoying evelyn hardcastle?)

[faint gust]

it's not calling for me

[potent obsidian]

totally valid i will lurk the thread for your thoughts

[faint gust]

so i'll start a new book

[potent obsidian]

HELL YEA

[faint gust]

IRS STARTING FOR ME

[potent obsidian]

ME TOO

https://tenor.com/view/happy-dance-gif-24685020

starting the readathon with sons, daughters!

[inner trench]

would i like to get through some of my physical tbr? yes
-# but did i also buy myself a second (smaller) kobo for my birthday n i want to use that all the time right now? yes :)

this readathon will hopefully be half ebooks half physical books

[potent obsidian]

i support whatever you do kauli

[inner trench]

thats because ur a cutie !!!

[potent obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/mochi-mochimons-mochimon-kawaii-cute-gif-10462924222323919853

[faint gust]

starting how to solve your own murder with a cup of coffee because tomorrow's a day off

[distant dew]

I’m trying to finish off my current read quick so I’m fresh for the readathon tomorrow 🥲

[inner trench]

# nature walk; bug boys, the salt path, anne of green gables
-# read a book that is mostly set outdoors

# sunshine on the window; bug boys, life hacks for a little alien
-# read a book with a bright cover

# pocket poetry; n/a

_ _
i have no clue what to do for pocket poetry

if anyone could recommend some nature-themed short poetry collections it'd be greatly appreciated i don't read poetry because it always makes me feel dumb

[hollow acorn]

Emily Dickinson has wonderful nature poems that are very easy to get into!! There are so many short poetry collections inspired by her, i'm sure you'd find one available to you :3

[inner trench]

thank you ms rabbit rin

,, there are so many this is overwhelming

[hollow acorn]

oh yeah, i'd love to recommend you a specific one but I only have her entire poetry collection (big chonker) and one collection in German :( <3

[inner trench]

thank you anyway :3

i will try to find one that's not too expensive

but i knew this would be the hardest prompt for me

[void cedar]

omg ok im actually gonna try and participate in this one finally!!! I should have loads of reading time

[hollow acorn]

me too!!

[light token]

I didn't even think about this one. I am on buddy read and haven't started this so I might as well do it for this readathon :). Thanks

[potent obsidian]

i’m going out to do a bit of shopping for a ballet i’m seeing tomorrow and will squeeze in reading every now & then

[dreamy swift]

jana what is the would you rather game?

[potent obsidian]

the thread isn’t up yet

i’ve set it up though so going to ping everyone in it soon, it’s a secret thread

@everyone sorry for this ping but i‘ve just pinged the readathon role in the would you rather thread! you can only see it if you have the readathon role though, so make sure to get it here #roles message if there are any issues feel free to ping me 🤍

thread: https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1362470027487346970

[potent obsidian]

here is my rainbow card 🌈 i really love tulips so i chose to base my card around that 🤍

[dreamy swift]

i have the role and it still don’t show up am i the only one? could u pls ping me in it?

[distant dew]

READATHON STARTED FOR ME LETS GOOO

couldn’t finish my current read on time aiming to finish today tho so I can start my rainbow theme for books

[steady delta]

Okay good start, I have my bright cover done but it's an ebook. (and also it's a book I started before the Readathon)

[potent obsidian]

YAYY

[potent obsidian]

i think it’s because you’re in zen mode!

[dreamy swift]

i left but it still shows up as unknown, thats alright

[ivory swan]

My rainbow card!!! I recently got into film photography and I’ve selected photos I took recently that fit the color themes!! Yay for spring 🌸 🌼

[distant dew]

@potent obsidian Sorry to ping I started this book yesterday for clarification does that still count to log for the readathon? That I finished today? wanted to double check before logging it

[inner trench]

@distant dew

[distant dew]

Aye thank you kauli somehow miss these messages

[inner trench]

i'll be carrying over 'anne of green gables' by l.m montgomery which is perfect for the 'nature walk' prompt !!
-# i read about 20% last night, i wanted to start it today instead but i was not having a good night so i let myself read

[grizzled crow]

My rainbow card 🌷 I added some good books I read in 2024

[potent obsidian]

i’m outside right now & will figure it out when i get home, although just now when i tried to ping you i think you were back in zen mode

[inner trench]

naya is too zen for her own good

[potent obsidian]

no worries for the ping, also you can find almost all the information in the pins if you check it out, and if it’s not there or if you’re unsure about something then yeah feel free to ping me!

[distant dew]

Thank you lovely !

[potent obsidian]

no worries night!!

[next gyro]

my rainbow card! added covers of books im planning to read as well as some stuff from my gallery

[distant dew]

Having a cheeky reading session in coffee shop before shopping begins

[dreamy swift]

i don’t remember if this was asked already but i have climate nonfiction too. is it strictly fiction? im 90% sure but just wanna check before i look for another

[potent obsidian]

@dreamy swift @steady delta sorry for how late this reply is but yes climate non-fict is fine!

[potent obsidian]

LOOKS SO CUTEE i love it

[dreamy swift]

oh lol I just found one fiction

I added Neal Shusterman's Dry to my TBR since I love most of his work already and it is abt drought apocalypse.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38355098-dry

[potent obsidian]

i love it!!

[potent obsidian]

okay you’re so talented and the violet photo is to die for

[dreamy swift]

for the rainbow prompt I used crystals and minerals cos sparkly earth things

[potent obsidian]

so pretty and shiny and sparkly ✨

[dreamy swift]

and for the poetry prompt i will be rereading these two and my favourite poems of Poe are Dream-Land and Lenore (becos of SOTR). Emily Dickinson’s poems dont have titles so I will just share a pic

[potent obsidian]

my progress so far

[distant dew]

I did this whilst was in stuck in traffic was fun to do!! Didn’t want to send incase it got sent twice ! But here’s my rainbow! 🌈

[potent obsidian]

okay that violet cover is BEAUTIFUL

[distant dew]

Thank you jana!! Took a while to find the voilet one

[potent obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/love-bunny-excited-hyper-gif-22880169

[distant dew]

I also checked off one for the checklist too

[steady delta]

For my Cli-Non-Fi I have Islands of Abandonment!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41830657-islands-of-abandonment

I read this a few years ago; it was beautiful and haunting

[inner trench]

this has been on my tbr for a little while.

[honest pewter]

my rainbow! i chose to use the covers of books i've read in the past month 😊

[faint gust]

continuing my read after good friday service! still on the first book, but i'll tackle the rainbow challenge today

[honest pewter]

if anyone would like a recommendation for a nature poetry collection:

i'm currently reading National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry edited by J. Patrick Lewis. it was in the children's section of my library, likely because it has big, beautiful pictures! but it's full of lovely poems all about nature

[distant dew]

Question: my new current book Harry Potter for climate prompt can that be added in? as its middle grade for genre? 😭

[distant dew]

Thank you for this!!! Been looking for poetry that vibes with spring too 😭

progress so far during the readathon!

adding in my tbr i have planned too

✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊Sinful 530 pgs

✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊Collide 430 pgs
✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊ babymoon or bust 382 pgs
✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊Cash 366 pgs
Total books read 1 / 4

[inner trench]

i don’t think so, it being middle grade doesn’t make it climate fic harry potter is pretty much everything but climate fic

[distant dew]

dang it will have. to think of something else would read the books. u and abi suggested but dont wanna buy a new book on kindle. to read

[faint gust]

i think you can add a cli-fi to your tbr to complete the prompt

[inner trench]

library?

[distant dew]

which book would fit i mainly rread romance

[honest pewter]

abi linked a list here: #1317460623767900291 message

[distant dew]

iknu just finding it hard to pick espcially coming out myy comfort zone to rread

[honest pewter]

The Mars House by Natasha Pulley is on the list abi linked and is also classified as a romance!

[distant dew]

ooooohhhh ill look. that up thank you love!! <33

[potent obsidian]

beautiful spread & beautiful choice 🤍

[potent obsidian]

no because harry potter is not climate fiction! and you don’t have to read the climate fiction book to checklist the prompt!

[faint gust]

I'm adding several cli-fi to my TBR, but I'd like to share 1 book that piqued my interest based on the blurb:

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

In 2024, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.

Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.

When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.

This has been the winner of 2 literary awards too, so I'm very curious about it

[potent obsidian]

oh that book was a br and i forget how i felt about it

[faint gust]

THERE WAS A BR?

[potent obsidian]

yes babe!! one sec i’ll link it

@faint gust https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1281155066518175776 it was hosted by the lovely amanda

[faint gust]

I have Kindred from the same author on my loooong TBR, but when I found this blurb- I just know I had to add this one

[distant dew]

oooh id still love to read something for climate fiction to even com out my comfort zone doing these prompts is fun keeps my brain going fo suree tho lmaoo thank u janaaa sorry fo beeing a pain with these questions i like to be double. checking with stuff lool

[potent obsidian]

absolutely not being a pain, no worries!

[potent obsidian]

i’d actually like to see your thoughts on it 👀

it as in parable of the sower

[distant dew]

appreciate youu!!! <33

@honest pewter i downloaded that book was only 99p on kindle lool gonna give it a go !!

[honest pewter]

i hope you enjoy! i've added it to my TBR as well 😄

[distant dew]

[faint gust]

Hopefully it can climb up to the top of my never ending TBR pile Somehow because I'm a mood reader, I feel more excited if I'm joining BRs hence my TBR is never shortened

But I saw a lot of people wanting to read the second book! So that gives me hope

[distant dew]

being a mood rreader i totally get it honestly has it pros and cons why i love joining theese readathons can still somehow get books off my tbr list

[potent obsidian]

had a busy day today and didnt do much reading
but now i have a red velvet cake baking in the oven so im gonna read while munching on that

[void cedar]

I AM GOING TO START A NEW BOOK /pos

[next gyro]

this is my progress at the end of day 1

books finished:

1. an ember in the ashes by sabaa tahir

[distant dew]

mmmmm red velvet is my fav enjoy love

[ivory swan]

Planned reading for this Readathon:
Speedboat - Renata Adler
Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
Helen of Troy, 1993 - Maria Zoccola (poetry)
Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh (I started the audiobook but I cannot get past the Scottish? Accent so imma just read with my eyes )

[hollow acorn]

I‘m putting a hold on The End We Start From by Megan Hunter for adding a Cli-Fi to my TBR
I just discovered it while looking through Cli-Fi my library has in its availability and I‘m excited to read about this family trying to survive an environmental crisis in London

[modest lake]

I can't believe I found enough pictures to fill this
My old phone drowned recently so I didn't have many choices

It's so pretty

[hollow acorn]

i did my rainbow challenge according to the sailor scouts because i wanna read the mangas this readathon for #sailor-moon

the square format doesn‘t do the colours enough justice

[hollow acorn]

sorry if that pinged you jana, i wanted to use berta as a little checkmark

[wicked crane]

THIS IS SO SMART

[hollow acorn]

omg it actually just became available

[hollow acorn]

unfortunately cannot recommend because discord makes it incredibly frustating to use (at least that was my experience)
can recommend just downloading berta and using canva tho

[potent obsidian]

dont worry about pings rin!!
(especially from you) 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

[potent obsidian]

omg did you take all of these?!! GORGEOUS

[potent obsidian]

I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO DO THIS /POS
very pretty

[inner trench]

-# studio ghibli rainbow

[potent obsidian]

LOVEEEEE

my studio ghibli bun bun

[inner trench]

blaah wait it says nature related photos

i can technically

argue that these are all nature related

[potent obsidian]

lets hear it /lh

[inner trench]

photo one; ponyos mother, literal sea goddess woman thing, protects the sea
photo two; a fire !! fire is pretty natural right yes most fire doesn't have eyes, but still!
photo three; little soot sprites around the shoes !! they are little creatures. little creatures = nature related (they are literally dust/soot, very natural indeed)
photo four; grass
photo five; in the uncropped version of the picture she is collecting spores from weird little fungi* in the woods
photo six; the sea !!! ponyo !! little creature. remember, little creature = nature related
photo seven; ...cat?

i'm definitely not

coping

because i want my studio ghibli rainbow

[potent obsidian]

lovely arguments if i ever get in trouble i‘d want you to be my lawyer

and cats are part of nature!!

[inner trench]

obc would visit u in prison

<3

[potent obsidian]

im so glad you did a studio ghibli card, very you in the bestest way possible

[inner trench]

[rocky canyon]

Red - Scarlet macaw
Orange - Orangutan
Yellow -bumblebee
Green - green tree python
Blue - blue Jay
Indigo - hyacinth macaw
Violet - Lavender hognose

[void cedar]

would a book set in a ship under the sea count as “outdoors” it’s into the drowning deep, they’ve spent lots of time outdoors so far

[potent obsidian]

#1317460623767900291 message this is what i said to another ship related question! (im sending this because sometimes my brain is willy wonka and has two different answers)

[void cedar]

thank you sweet jana!

[potent obsidian]

the macaws are so cute

[rocky canyon]

i love Macaws i made sure when i was in jyttland to see some and they were some of the birds species i travelled to germany to see

[modest lake]

I did !! Thanks hehe ~~

I love looking at our rainbows

So pretty

[potent obsidian]

me too! i love seeing what we chose to create it around 🤍 🌈

and how we interpret nature (or books) & what it means

i dnf‘ed sons, daughters because the writing was tedious and im starting https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1344573789488414772

i dont think ill have a set readathon tbr this time, minus the 3 books for the readathon prompts

[inner trench]

might read quite a few graphic novels for this readathon, hope thats okay it runs over my birthday weekend/ bday times so i'll be a little too busy to read like normal

[potent obsidian]

its okay kauli! all reading is good reading

i also just added water baby to my tbr so thats my cli-fi, im planning on starting next month and maybe requesting a br.

[inner trench]

i'm now 32% through 'anne of green gables', will hopefully read another big chunk when i'm in bed (not too far away )

[distant dew]

50% of Harry Potter for the readathon ! I’m hoping maybe I can finish it before sleep since I’m nearly done

Even if it takes me till 10pm

[potent obsidian]

i need to be like you night and think that 10pm is late /gen /pos

10pm is when i go for a shower

[distant dew]

ooof oh no

[inner trench]

blaah i'm normally falling asleep at 10

[potent obsidian]

lucky you

GENUINELY

[distant dew]

for me 10pm is superr late way past my bed time

[potent obsidian]

i keep on wanting to fix my sleep schedule but i cant

[inner trench]

yes and no, it's usually because i couldn't sleep the night before :')

so ill miss an entire nights sleep

[distant dew]

i go to sleep at 8pm or 9

[inner trench]

n then get loads

LMAO

[inner trench]

i believe in you

[distant dew]

when its weekends tho sleep schedule doesnt count LOL

[potent obsidian]

thank you cookie

[inner trench]

sending sleepy dust ur way

||-# this sounds like im giving you drugs, i am not <3||

[potent obsidian]

my melatonin pills appreciate you

[modest lake]

I would like to read a book about trail for the outdoor prompt but I'm not sure which

Funny fact : the one and only ( yet ) draft I wrote IS about trail :>

[trail skiff]

Funny fact : the one
and only ( yet ) draft I wrote
IS about trail :>

- bouinie_21378

[modest lake]

Aww

[inner trench]

trail?

[modest lake]

Hiking ?

[inner trench]

aah the only walking/travel related book i have on my tbr is this nonfic
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38085814-the-salt-path?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13

[haughty spindle]

Maybe not what you were thinking, but I have a non-fiction book on my TBR that is called The Lost Art Of Reading Nature Signs
But it's 400 pages so it's a bit chunky for the readathon

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22580996-the-lost-art-of-reading-nature-s-signs
The cover is really cute!

[modest lake]

Thank you !!

[modest lake]

Maybe not for the readathon but that will be a super gift for a family member !!!

[distant dew]

nearly finished harry pottter IM TRYING to get itt done before bed

https://tenor.com/view/sleep-now-exhausted-dragging-gif-14886039

[haughty spindle]

Just imagine how nice it would be to peruse it over breakfast and tea in the morning?

[distant dew]

loool true im like 30 odd pgsbeefore finishing tho i wanna start a new book tomorrow morning

[honest pewter]

question: where should we share our favorite poem? here or in https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1059881951542116462 ? or elsewhere?

[haughty spindle]

https://tenor.com/view/the-road-to-el-dorado-both-both-is-good-gif-8304204

it would be cool to post it in poetry imo, together with where it came from. It might make people outside the event read it and want to read the collection/author it came from

[distant dew]

I FINISHED Harry pottter!!

[potent obsidian]

here is good, but you can also put it in #1059881951542116462

but ideally i'd like it here too so i can keep track that you've done the prompt

[honest pewter]

okay! in that case: my favorite nature-related poem is There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;

And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white,

Robins will wear their feathery fire
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;

And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.

Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly;

And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone.

[potent obsidian]

wow that is beautiful

also i dont know if this needs to be said but you're responsible for keeping track of your own checklist

[hollow acorn]

I also wanna share my fav poem of nature but for the prompt i actually wanna read Rainer Maria Rilke‘s Spring

How happy is the little Stone
That rambles in the Road alone,
And does'nt care about careers
And Exigencies never fears -
Whose Coat of elemental Brown
A passing Universe put on,
And independent as the Sun
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute Decree
In casual simplicity

Emily Dickinson

[silent latch]

https://tenor.com/view/rock-everythingeverywhereallatonce-gif-25516405

[hollow acorn]

i love poetry of nature, this inspired me to put some of my favs on empty pages in my journal

[potent obsidian]

beautiful 🤍

[hollow acorn]

Did you discover this in a collection? I‘d love to check it out if so

[honest pewter]

i did not! i had to memorize it waaay back in high school, and it's stuck with me ever since

however, the site i linked says it's in the collection "The Language of Spring: Poems for the Season of Renewal" edited by Robert Atwan 😄

[hollow acorn]

Thank you!! I did check the link but I missed that it literally says that on there omg so sorry

[honest pewter]

it's okay!! ❤️ it got me to look it up, and i'm going to try and find that collection as well

[bold wagon]

Here's my nature rainbow. It was fun to look back through my photos.

[potent obsidian]

okay these pics are stunning and the orange one blew my mind

[faint gust]

finished how to solve your own murder! i'll read bunny next while look for book set in outdoors

[distant dew]

try this again loool

✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊Sinful 530 pgs
✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊Harrry potter prisoner of azkaban 317 pgs
✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊
✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊

✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊Collide 430 pgs
✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊ babymoon or bust 382 pgs
✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊Cash 366 pgs
Total books read 2/ 4

am i safe

[potent obsidian]

yes

im going out for lunch and then seeing a ballet so i dont know if ill do loads of reading done

[distant dew]

Omg enjoy at the ballet!1!

[potent obsidian]

thanks!!

[potent obsidian]

i just dnf‘ed how to solve your own murder going to start https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1361365172744355911

[modest lake]

Oh why dnf how to solve your own murder ?

[potent obsidian]

mocktail and my current read

[potent obsidian]

oh, the mystery just wasnt holding my attention

and i didnt feel like buying the whole thing (i was reading a sample off of google play books)

[modest lake]

Absolutely valid !

[modest lake]

That looks so cosy

[potent obsidian]

im having a good time & my book is amazing

[inner trench]

got distracted making chocolate dinosaurs n haven’t read anything so far today

i am still making more chocolate dinosaurs

[fathom drum]

[distant dew]

I don’t wanna go to hairdressers wanna read my book I’m so into this one but plot is meh

[inner trench]

i have only just finished making my chocolate dinosaurs for tomorrow

[honest pewter]

finished my checklist!

readathon progress
My Hero Academia, Vol. 14 by Kōhei Horikoshi
My Hero Academia, Vol. 15 by Kōhei Horikoshi
My Hero Academia, Vol. 16 by Kōhei Horikoshi
My Hero Academia, Vol. 17 by Kōhei Horikoshi
My Hero Academia, Vol. 18 by Kōhei Horikoshi
My Hero Academia, Vol. 19 by Kōhei Horikoshi
Book of Nature Poetry edited by J. Patrick Lewis

[potent obsidian]

omg id like to see your choco dinos!

[small bloom]

Readathon TBR
Witchlings by Claribel Ortega
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
Cursebound by Saara El-Arifi

[void cedar]

how are you liking anne? it’s such a massive part of the culture where I grew up hahaha, my grandma took us on an Anne tour when we were kids

I started into the drowning deep yesterday

[inner trench]

i’m really liking it ms jnix i’m about 40% through but im going to slow down as i wouldn’t like to blow through it too quickly—i’ll pick something else up in the meantime. :3

it makes me feel very happy

but like i said, i want to slow down & read something else alongside it

to savour it i suppose :’)

[void cedar]

totally understand it’s a really comfy cozy book

[quiet cipher]

I made my rainbow card out of BRs - the last one I read, the one I'm reading currently, and a few more that I've signed up for but haven't read yet

I'm not a huge poetry person, not because I dislike it but just because I don't know that much about it. BUT I read The Glimpse by Walt Whitman last year and thought it really captured the quiet intimacy of a relationship that resonated more with me than sweeping or extravagant love poems. I also really love this depiction of queer love in the midst of performative masculinity. Here it is:

A glimpse through an interstice caught,

Of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar-room around the stove late of a winter night, and I unremark’d seated in a corner,

Of a youth who loves me and whom I love, silently approaching and seating himself near, that he may hold me by the hand,

A long while amid the noises of coming and going, of drinking and oath and smutty jest,

There we two, content, happy in being together, speaking little, perhaps not a word.

I also took a look at the Climate Fiction Prize and decided to add Water Baby by Chioma Okereke to my TBR https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6f9bf4d3-e602-4cf1-bd82-551366cfbcb3

sorry for all the messages

[inner trench]

i’m struggling to read anything so i’m probably going to have a bad readathon again

[quiet cipher]

I feel you kauli, I'm going to spend the whole readathon reading the same book, and that book doesn't fit any of the prompts or anything

[potent obsidian]

dont be sorry britt!
and honestly no such thing as a bad readathon the role is there sort of just to give people something to work towards but ultimately the end goal is to just read whatever 🤍 i might not be able to finish this readathon myself as i might not have a book for the outdoor prompt

but im pretty chill with the prompts and all that so no worries—like for the outdoor prompt for example, if your character has more than 2 scenes or so of them being outside it counts!

i just want everyone to read and have fun 🤍 absolutely no pressure 🤍

the next readathon prompts will be more relaxed

[fathom drum]

I have too many other type of books going on for the theme of the readathon, same as last time.. but I see it as a motivation really

[potent obsidian]

also i love that youve done it with buddy reads 🤍 really makes me happy seeing all the ways people are filling their cards up

[potent obsidian]

im glad you see it as motivation!!

[quiet cipher]

Me too! I thought it was cool that there were so many diverse BRs that I was able to fill out the whole rainbow

[potent obsidian]

cult of buddy reads

[haughty spindle]

I don't think the prompts this time was too harsh.

Technically, people just need to read a single book.
You could have potentially done "a book about nature or animals" instead of outdoor, that could be more free'ing.

I think you do such a good job of making these accessible already!

[potent obsidian]

i didnt do that because its already a prompt in the spring bingo and also really i didnt think it would be hard to find a book that has at least 2 scenes of the characters in the outdoors,, will remember this for next time and thank you dot

[modest lake]

I'm also not sure to finish this readathon because I have no inspiration for the outdoor prompt...but I like taking part

I don't think the prompt are hard at all, on the contrary, but my mood just doesn't match them this time !!

( well, just the outdoor one, poetry is exciting )

[potent obsidian]

no worries, im always glad still at any participation ♡

[void cedar]

ooooh my book has loads of scenes outdoors excellent

[potent obsidian]

egg-cellent

[inner trench]

the bandit queens by parini shroff

oh

fixed

[potent obsidian]

cutie!

[inner trench]

just silly*

[haughty spindle]

As a general, but short, recommendation for the outdoor prompt for the people who struggle I recommend the Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire
They're all one-shots, all novellas, and most of them take place with large parts outside.

The series is about children who slip through cracks into other worlds, think Alice in Wonderland. Some go, and it's wonderful. Others go, and it's a nightmare. So it can be a little dark at times (but they're not listed as horror)

I read Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear in January which feature a mostly underwater world with giant turtles (that speak!). But to get there, she also walks through a large forest. (and I think being under the ocean should count as outdoor anyways)

@potent obsidian Those it count if I share a tiny bit of poetry from Faust that I really liked?

[haughty spindle]

Here is my rainbow card! All featuring future Buddy Read & Event books!

[rocky canyon]

whats the green one

[haughty spindle]

The hypocrite, it's a BR that ends June 20th (and it's short)

The actual picture is a beach so I have no clue why they made it green tinted but it was the closest to green I had

[rocky canyon]

oh yeah i know about the br i just didnt regonize the cover

[modest lake]

Sooo...I finished a poetry collection I started this month ! I think it was the first real collection I read !
I mostly enjoyed it but the nature topic was pretty heavy for me. It helped that a friend annotated it for me <3

And the one poem I want to remember of this book is this one

| Chien de fusil

Corps en chien de fusil
Dans un rai de lumière
Tunnel incandescent
Où danse la poussière

Corps en chien de fusil
Ondulant immobiles
Le désir côté pile
Et les chairs à vif

Corps en chien de fusil
Deux nageurs siamois
Qui regagnent la rive
Baignant dans les étoiles

Corps en chien de fusil
Corps en chiens de faience

| Gun Dog

Body like a gun dog
In a beam of light
An incandescent tunnel
Where dust dances

Body like a gun dog
Swaying, motionless
Desire on one side
And flesh laid bare

Body like a gun dog
Two Siamese swimmers
Returning to shore
Bathed in the stars

Body like a gun dog
Body like porcelain dogs

Sorry for the spam

[ivory swan]

Ohh ya I also finished a poetry collection - Helen of Troy, 1993 by Maria Zoccola
I really dig it! It’s based on the Helen of Troy myth but set in contemporary America (Tennessee). Sharing one of the poems here:

[potent obsidian]

sure yeah, go ahead

[potent obsidian]

omg i did not catch that cover of the hypocrite.. beautiful!!

[potent obsidian]

dont be sorry for spamming inie and thats such a lovely poem

[potent obsidian]

I LOVE THIS

thank you for sharing!

[dreamy swift]

For the Bright cover prompt I read the Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu. It is a 5 star short story read imo and I hope if you get the chance you give it a try. It only took me about 20mins to read it and it touched me so much. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39803561-the-paper-menagerie

[potent obsidian]

okay i just finished my first book of the readathon, on the calculation of volume i by solvej balle & ill be using it for the nature walk prompt as there are more than 2 scenes of the characters being outside

im outside so dont have access to my paperback books so ill probably just start something else from my google books wishlist

[next gyro]

used 'a torch against the night' by sabaa tahir for the nature walk prompt and 'the seven year slip' by ashley poston for the sunshine on the window prompt

also i dont know a thing about poetry. does anybody have any recommendations for beginners?

[small bloom]

Readathon progress
Witchlings by Claribel Ortega
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
Cursebound by Saara El-Arifi
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

[potent obsidian]

also ooh, i dont. truth be told my introduction to poetry was through those rupi kaur type books.

when i was in grade 7

[dreamy swift]

https://medium.com/@EmEmbarty/31-of-the-best-and-most-famous-short-classic-poems-of-all-time-e445986e6df
theres some good ones on here

[grizzled crow]

I read

• "Emerald Green" for sunshine ob the window
• "Percy Jackson - The Chalice of the Gods" for nature walk

🌻 I added "Dune" to my TBR for a cli-fi 🌻

💮 And I can recommend "The Prophet" for poetry collection 💮

[inner trench]

really enjoying 'the bandit queens' so far.

[distant dew]

my progress so far in htis readdathon im so happy how im doing in this one !

✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊Sinful 530 pgs
✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊Harrry potter prisoner of azkaban 317 pgs
✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊ Collide 400 pgs

✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊ babymoon or bust 382 pgs
✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊Cash 366 pgs
✦ ⋆ ࣪. ┊ Phantasma 493 pgs
Total books read 3/ 4

errr

[hollow acorn]

Don‘t worry I deleted it for you!

[distant dew]

thank you rin!!! idk what it did to trigger that!

[hollow acorn]

Sometimes the bot just does that idk why

[distant dew]

thank you for deleting it! <33

[next gyro]

yeah same all the poetry i've read was for english class

[next gyro]

thank you!

[modest lake]

@potent obsidian I'm sorry, I'm really dumb about discord stuff but I have no idea how to find the ' would you rather ' thread

[potent obsidian]

dont worry about it love, ill ping you in it!

[modest lake]

Thank you Jana !! 🤍

[modest lake]

I'm reading " the long walk " by richard bachman for the outdoor prompt and it's difficultttt

I can't say for sure yet but I think I recommend that book

[potent obsidian]

why do you only think you recommend it?

[void cedar]

oh man that one is brutal

[modest lake]

Because I'm only one tird in !!

[wicked crane]

How goes the readathon for all of u

I haven't been reading much

[dreamy swift]

you've been reading botm w me
im really zooming thru it becos normally it takes me longer to read so many pages and im not even a mystery genre reader really so im happy w my progress and w reading the poetry books and short story

[wicked crane]

!!!

I'm not really feeling the pull to read it, usually I'm really into a book or I feel the weight of the deadline and want to finish in time. The book is good but I don't really feel pressed to read it

[potent obsidian]

for some reason the urge to read less is hitting me during the readathon but im close to finishing the prompts, and ive finished my second book with the file of h. by ismail kadare

im going to start a poetry collection by herman gorter next

[dreamy swift]

donesies
for the nature walk prompt - #1354875065564401829

[potent obsidian]

omg yay!! 🫶

[dreamy swift]

ty jana, I enjoyed pressuring myself to read

[next gyro]

for the pocket poetry prompt, i would like to share a poem by robert frost

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound’s the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

its a classic poem, like the rest of robert frost's poems

i dont know many poets, but out of all of them i would say robert frost is my favourite. i love the simplicity in his poetry, the way he describes simple, everyday events and uses them as metaphors and gives them meaning

in this poem, the woods are supposed to represent wildness and act a temptation drawing you away from life's responsibilities. i wouldn't have guessed that by reading the poem, but what drew me to it was the visuals. whatever the poem means, it still paints a very pretty picture, and thats something i look for a lot in poetry, something i can easily visualise and understand without jumping through any hoops

[potent obsidian]

HAHAHAA i hope you had fun with the pressure <333

[potent obsidian]

thats beautiful ♡

[next gyro]

added 'the fifth season' by n k jemisin for the climate-fiction prompt. and done with the checklist!

[potent obsidian]

HELL YEAA thank you for joining! 🫶

[faint gust]

i have been swamped wirh work and havent done any reading

[vernal plover]

I missed this readathon, but I'm excited to join the next one again!

[modest lake]

The readathon isn't finished yet

[vernal plover]

the upcoming days I'm happy to have a single hour to read

don't think I can read 2 books in that limited time 😂 😭

[dreamy swift]

may I suggest short stories

[vernal plover]

woah Big Brain moment

Now to find the proper short stories

[dreamy swift]

may I recommend this one !

[vernal plover]

thanks!!

[potent obsidian]

i finished the checklist too YIPEE
i switched the books around a little bit though.

[inner trench]

okay i accidentally read a book in one sitting

my readathon contribution

[potent obsidian]

i love that for you

[inner trench]

its a book that is specifically only set indoors and is not bright at all

so it does not fit any prompt LMAOO

[potent obsidian]

AHAHA thats ok! any reading is good reading 🫶

[inner trench]

might have to find some cute picture books

[haughty spindle]

I'm having issues finding an cli-fi book to add to my TBR so I asked an AI and they recommended The House in the Cerulean Sea and I would NOT call that cli-fi the ai overlords are letting me down

[haughty spindle]

I did read my first poetry collection!

Poems for the end of the world by Katie Wismer
It was very simple, (and short) but I liked it!

My favorite part was probably

I've lived inside of my head
for so long
sometimes I forget
there's an entire world
outside of it

[haughty spindle]

Ta-da! I'm done!
Poetry - poems for the end of the world
Nature Walk / Bright Cover - Cats of Tanglewood Forest
Cli-fi TBH - The Drowned World

[potent obsidian]

sorry, but why didn’t you just do a google search instead of asking ai?

ooh also, forgot to mention but i pinned a list sent in by abi! :)) you need to scroll a little though

[haughty spindle]

oh! i was desperate, I did a search and looked at some articles but like NOTHING looked interesting
Windows installs copilot automatically (which is an ai) so sometimes when I'm stuck I see if it'll help with my problem

the drowned world is a classic tho, and it's under 200 pages and it keeps getting recommended in these lists so I was just like

[potent obsidian]

also oo love this poem

[modest lake]

I'm 76% into my outdoor book and it's hard

My progress <3

[faint gust]

my rainbow is made of tbrs and flowes because my tbr is not varied enough to have some colors

also i'm not sure how to share my favorite poem because it's in Bahasa Indonesia

[modest lake]

I added 3 climate fictions to my tbr...just so I'm sure I end up reading one !!
The Mars Hous, the ministry of time and privates rites !

[modest lake]

I translated mine as best as I could

[faint gust]

My favorite poem is titled Aku Ingin, or I Wish, by Sapardi Djoko Damono
TMI I actually musicalized this poem for my high school's practical exam!

I wish to love you simply;
like the silence of the wood,
how it would never reach to whisper to the flame before it vanishes for good.

I wish to love you gently;
like the cloud's unspoken plea,
longing to speak to the rain before they meet and sets them free.

I wish to love you modestly;
like how the flame that loves the air,
happy to burn brighter in their grace just to vanish, unaware.

I wish to love you purely;
like a cloud that loves the sky,
surrendering without a word into its embrace, fading softly as it flies away.

I love how it captures love in such romantic and selfless yet passionate thing

[potent obsidian]

SO CUTEE

[potent obsidian]

omg this is beautiful wth

[faint gust]

i knooww he made such beautiful poems

[bold wagon]

I've been reading the poetry collection milk and honey by Rupi Kaur and just came across this one that I love (and also happens to not contain adult content or potential triggers which is rare for this collection)

[potent obsidian]

wow, thats really lovely. i think i read it too when i was younger, i feel like its a very familiar poem 🤍

oh, this is the last day of the readathon for me () and im just going to spend the day reading king leopolds ghost

[modest lake]

I finished my book !! I read ' the long walk ' by Richard Bachman for the outdoor prompt !

It broke my heart but I can only recommend it. I don't think I will reread that book one day but it may stay in my memories as one of my favourites

I also started the paper menagerie because 1. It did look good 2. I've come so far, it would be dumb not to finish that readathon

[modest lake]

Finished !! I'm didn't think I would

• The paper menagerie broke my heart || don't hurt mothers ||
• The long walk also broke me || ||
• The ' fenêtre sur terre' did not move me but I hope to engage more with poetry now that I read my first collection !!

[dreamy swift]

omg im so glad u read it it hurt me too!

[modest lake]

It was really good, thanks

[potent obsidian]

OMG YAYYY