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message 1: by Alannah (new)
Jul 28, 2024 11:43AM

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
What do you all plan to read in August?


message 3: by Greg (new)
Jul 29, 2024 11:49PM

Greg | 8315 comments Mod
This is what I'm planning. I doubt I'll finish all of it!:

Finish up from last month:
in progress 28% Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Definitely:
in progress 52% Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha
IQ84 by Haruki Murakami (start 3-month project)
Neuromancer by William Gibson (re-read)
The Painted Kiss by Elizabeth Hickey

Probably:
Seven Years of Darkness by You-Jeong Jeong
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

Possibly:
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis

Finish up eventually:
in progress 3% The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
in progress 36% The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart

Unplanned:


message 4: by LauraT (last edited Aug 05, 2024 12:18AM) (new)
Jul 30, 2024 02:40AM

LauraT (laurata) | 14356 comments Mod
To start with I'll finish lilstening Holly Jackson Five Survive
And then ...
Pierre Martin Madame le Commissaire e la morte del capo della polizia Reading now
Pierre Martin Madame le Commissaire e il quadro misterioso
Pierre Martin Madame le Commissaire e la morte in convento
Pierre Martin Madame le Commissaire e l'amante assassinato
Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove Reading now
Larry McMurtry Streets Of Laredo
Larry McMurtry Dead Man's Walk
Olivia Manning The Spoilt City
Olivia Manning Friends and Heroes
Olga Tokarczuk I libri di Jakub
Nino Haratischwili La luce che manca

We'll see!


message 5: by Alannah (last edited Aug 19, 2024 07:52AM) (new)
Jul 30, 2024 02:42AM

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Continuing:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K Rowling. I'm about a third of the way and will continue to read a chapter every Sunday.

Hope to Finish:
Flawed by Cecelia Ahern

Group Reads:
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
Neuromancer by William Gibson
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

Group Reads - catch up if I have time
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

AudioBooks
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

I do have a lot of books and audiobooks I would like to get to for the readathon but it will depend on my mood at the time.


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