Happy Readathon Day!
It’s here it’s here it’s here!!!!! I don’t know about you, but I look forward to Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathons as much as (or more than) I look forward to other holidays now. This readathon is especially exciting because I’m going to be co-hosting on the @Readathon Blog and Twitter for Hours 5+6! But! Since you’re here for the updates and challenge entries, I’ll stop writing my intro now and let you see what you came here for!
Goldie Vance Vol. 2 by Hope Larson, Brittney Williams Series: Goldie Vance #2
Published on May 9, 2017 by BOOM! Box
Genres: Graphic Novels, Mystery, YA
Pages: 112
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Nancy who? Goldie Vance is on the case! The adventures of the teen sleuth continue in this second volume of the hit comic book series.
The adventures of Goldie Vance, teen super sleuth, continue in the second volume of this hit comic adventure. Collects issues #5-8 of the series.
Sixteen-year-old Marigold “Goldie” Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. Her mom, who divorced her dad years ago, works as a live mermaid at a club downtown. Goldie has an insatiable curiosity, which explains her dream to one day become the hotel’s in-house detective. When Charles, the current detective, encounters a case he can’t crack, he agrees to mentor Goldie in exchange for her help solving the mystery.
Eisner Award-winning writer Hope Larson (A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel) and artist Brittney Williams (Patsy Walker, A.K.A Hellcat!) present the newest gal sleuth on the block with Goldie Vance, an exciting, whodunnit adventure.
Goldie Vance, Vol. 3 by Hope Larson, Jackie Ball, Noah Hayes, Sarah Stern, Brittney Williams, Jim Cambell Series: Goldie Vance #3
Published on November 21, 2017 by BOOM! Box
Genres: Graphic Novels, Mystery, YA
Pages: 112
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Catch up with the coolest new girl detective on the block, Goldie Vance.
Sixteen-year-old Marigold “Goldie” Vance has an insatiable curiosity with dreams of one day becoming a detective. Luckily, she lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place, and with a rotating roster of guests and events, there’s bound to be some mystery afoot! With the Prescription One race in town, Goldie and her biggest rival, Sugar Maple, find themselves in an unlikely alliance to find who is sabotaging the drivers before the big event.
Eisner Award-winning writer Hope Larson (A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel) and artist Brittney Williams (Patsy Walker, A.K.A Hellcat!) are joined by writer Jackie Ball and introducing artist Noah Hayes in another exciting whodunnit adventure!
Goldie Vance Vol. 4 by Hope Larson, Jackie Ball, Elle Power, Sarah Stern Series: Goldie Vance #4
Published on May 1, 2018 by BOOM! Box
Genres: Graphic Novels, Mystery, YA
Pages: 112
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The adventures of precocious teen sleuth Goldie Vance continue!
Sixteen-year-old Marigold “Goldie” Vance has an insatiable curiosity and dreams of one day becoming a detective. Luckily for Goldie, with the St. Pascal Rockin’ the Beach Music Festival coming to town, there’s plenty of inexplicable shenanigans keeping her gumshoe brain busy, from mysterious power outages, to missing musicians, to Russian spies hiding in the shadows.
New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning writer Hope Larson (A Wrinkle in Time: the Graphic Novel) along with co-writer Jackie Ball, and artist Elle Power bring you a rockin’ new mystery!
Goldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope Larson, Brittney Williams
Series: Goldie Vance #1
Published on October 11, 2016 by BOOM! Box
Genres: Graphic Novels, Mystery, YA
Pages: 112
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GOLDIE VANCE IS ON THE CASE
Sixteen-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance has an insatiable curiosity. She lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place, and it's her dream to one day be the hotel's in-house detective. When Walter, the current detective, encounters a case he can't crack, together they utilize her smarts, skills, and connections to solve the mystery...even if it means getting into a drag race, solving puzzles, or chasing a helicopter to do it!
Update One:
9:59am: So yesterday I was going to get everything ready so that I could just read most of the day today, but I took some new medicine and ended up sleeping most of the day away! Which means that this morning when I woke up, I had to write my posts for the Readathon blog, plus this post, which means I’m not getting started with my reading until a little after 10. Oops. I figure I’ve got about an hour and a half to read, which will hopefully get me through the first volume or two of Goldie Vance, and then it’s time to co-host! More updates to come!
Update Two:
3:09pm: Hi! I’m back! I had so much fun running the readathon twitter! It reminded me of twitter right after #TBTBSanta when everyone’s posting all this happy new, which is, uh… not what my twitter usually looks like. I finished the first Goldie Vance before I took over @readathon, and I haven’t actually started the second one yet. I have been listening to/reading The Diviners though, which is SO GOOD even though I wasn’t going to read it today because it’s like 600 pages long! Oh well. I’m going to keep my laptop open so I can keep approving comments on Vague Recollections, but I’m going to listen to my audiobook while I do it. Happy reading!
Update Three:
4:46pm on Monday: Well, I finally completed all the mini-challenges! At least all the ones I could. I got really sucked into The Diviners on Saturday and ended up reading almost 300 pages of that, plus the first Goldie Vance graphic novel! So not bad.
As always, you can find my Vague Recollections mini challenge over here!
I’ll update this with other mini-challenges as the day goes on!
Opening Survey
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
Maine, USA!
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
I know I’m not focusing on it today, but I really am excited to finally read all the Diviners books!
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
you know, it’s funny because even though this question is here every time, I never plan my food for readathon.
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I love replying to things with gifs! text messages, twitter posts, basically everything!
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?
I co-hosted this year! It was lots of fun and I am definitely going to do it again!
Bookish This or That hosted by Brebearmckae
Returning Reader or Newbie
TBR or Mood Reader
Read and Snack or Snack Breaks
Spooky Books or Skip the Scare
Chat on Social or Solo Act
Short Books or Long Books
Physical or Digital
Blackout Bingo or Just a Few Rows
Book Spine Poetry Hosted by Ellie @ Curiosity Killed the Bookworm
Undead Girl Gang, Uncommon Criminals, The Radical Element
Take the Key and Lock Her Up
Once We Were, The Love That Split the World, Now Then and Everywhen
Now I Rise, Out of Sight, Out of Time
Bookish Best Friend Hosted by The Starlight System
Okay, I need one bookish best friend, and one bookish best friend group: Sadie Grace from Little White Lies and Deadly Little Scandals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, and Cammie, Liz, Bex and Macy from Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter. Oh! And Nazira and Fatima from The Conqueror’s Saga by Kiersten White. Lots of bookish best friends please!
Spooky Bad Books hosted by See Steph Run
- I have… no idea.
- The Haunting of Bly Manor? I don’t know if that’s even based on a book, but it’s the only thought I have…
- It???
- Not a clue…
- Carrie???
- Coraline???
- The Devil Wears Prada???
- ????
- Jekyll and Hyde???
- Something by Dickens???
Spell Your Name with Books hosted by Just Katherine
Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli
And I Darken by Kiersten White
I‘d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Closing Survey
1) How would you assess your reading overall?
I loved what I read, but I didn’t read much. Next time I’ll go back to reading a bunch in the morning when I wake up and do all the other stuff in the evening.
2) Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it?
Not really? So, not really!
3) What was your favorite snack?
I had egg rolls and mozzerella sticks for dinner, which was delicious!
4) Wanna volunteer for our next event? Stay tuned for the recap post!
Definitely! Just, later in the day. Before dinner is my best reading time and I don’t want distractions next time.
Readathon Bingo
I got bingo! No blackout bingo for me, but I’m happy I got as much read as I did!
And that’s it! I’ll keep updating this post until I go to sleep, so stay tuned for more info!
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