2024 Middle Earth Readathon Announcement and TBR ⚔️📚

[@purejoy7006]

Looks like some great reads! I'm going to be combining prompts too. Looking forward to the Tuesday night sprints

[@Celestria]

Me tooooo!

[@sarahstangledtales]

Yep, Mardan’s Mark will work for the Unlikely Friends prompt! 👍 Love your shirt, it’s so cute! Soooo excited for this readathon! I’ll do my best to hop on the lives for at least a little bit! 🫡

[@Celestria]

Awesome! Thank you 😊 Yayyy!!!!!

[@CaffeinatedBookwoorm]

7:45 screwtape is amazing! It does get deep, but it’s so funny

[@megancooley9085]

Great tbr!

[@Celestria]

Thanks!!

[@MorganBland-vi5ow]

Yay, so excited 😄🎉❤

[@Celestria]

Me tooooo!!!!

[@eMsBooksAreEverywhere]

Great TBR! I have read several of the books on your list. I read Michael Vey #1 and have book 2 to read soon. My niece and nephews loved the series and blew through it. I love The Screwtape Letters and the Tolkien books. You picked a great Agatha Christie to start with. I think And Then There Were None is her best one!

[@Celestria]

Thanks!! Okay awesome. I am almost done with book 1 and really liked it and ordered the next few lol

[@thewritingsongbird5108]

Loved your tbr and I hope you enjoy all of them!

[@Celestria]

Thank youu!!

[@MicahCooley_authenticstory]

Screwtape is such a great twist on the mentor prompt! I hope you are able to get to it. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. I just bought A Tale of Two Cities also, and hadn't considered it for one of the prompts. Now I think I'll give it a go! If you do get to that one, perhaps a buddy read?? 👀 Looks like a great reading month ahead! 🎉

[@Celestria]

I hope I am too, cuz I think it's one of my my 2024 reading goals.. also yes a buddy read!!

[@BookLoverAmanda]

How fun!!🎉

[@ArtBookshelfOdyssey]

A Tale of Two Cities is so good, and contains some of the most beautiful and powerful writing by Dickens. It’s an amazing story of redemption too.

[@Celestria]

Awesome, I'm really excited to read it!

[@LexiBetweenTheLines]

Middle Earth is my favorite fantasy world of all time and HOW FUN does this sound??? Can’t wait to check it out!

[@Celestria]

Yayy!!

[@thewritingsongbird5108]

Your shirt!! 😍

[@Writing4Jesus247]

Awesome tbr! "This is about a woman...named Demaris."😂I think yoir tbr sounds awesome. Very diverse. I especially like that Eye of the Storm book...that sounds pretty interesting😂Reading sprints every Tuesday????😝I'm so excited!!!!!

[@Celestria]

Thanks girl! Ikr? It sounds pretty good 😉 and me toooo!

[@Jaichbinhier]

I was planning to ask if you'd remind me to watch the video That you release later talking about how reading Charles Dickens goes, But then you mentioned about Colossians and my heart just sank Because that's a letter you could read in one sitting... and to thank God more for providing that letter, I read it before finishing this remark It took me (casually reading aloud) about 14 minutes to end from start. Just budget a half-hour or so so you have some time to reflect and pray And I am confident this letter Paul wrote will minister to you in a big way!

[@Celestria]

I didn't realize it was so short! Lol I will definitely make time for prayer and reflection when I decide to read it. Thanks so much!!!

[@talesandtreatswithtay]

You always have the best shirts!

[@Celestria]

Thank you!!

[@talesandtreatswithtay]

I felt the same way about the epic love story prompt lol!

[@Celestria]

Yeah i still haven't filled that one lol

[@Kats_stories]

I’ve read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. I remember liking it but it was a slow read. So a Tale of Two Cities may be a slow read but idk. I am curious what you think of it though!

[@Celestria]

Oh okay, thanks for that heads up. Hopefully not too slow lol

[@littlepagesforlittlelearne4336]

I don’t think you can find a more epic love story than The Princess Bride!👰 👑

[@Celestria]

Ooh that would be an interesting one to read, thanks!

[@littlepagesforlittlelearne4336]

@@Celestria It's long, but it's epic! Haha!!

[@Mercyandgracereads]

Epic love story could be combined with Book of the Bible. Any Gospel💕! Song of Solomon. Ruth. Or any biblical fiction based on those. When I think epic romance - I think old school CF writers like Oke or Wick.

[@Celestria]

That'd a good idea, thanks!!

[@thewritingsongbird5108]

Yeah I plan on rereading Reckless for the most prized book because it’s the exclusive version But you can change it to fit what you want 😂

[@Celestria]

Oooh exciting!! Okay thank you 😂

[@MorgansEndlessBookshelf]

Screwtape!❤❤

[@MorgansEndlessBookshelf]

I haven't actually read Fall of Numenor, but I'm pretty sure it's one of those that takes Tolkien's various drafts (the parts about Numenor) and compiles them all with commentary in between. So you'll be reading iterations of the same story, like, four or five times. Just so you know. 😂😂

[@Celestria]

Well that sounds horrible, I don't want to read that 😂

[@MorgansEndlessBookshelf]

@@Celestria Looking at Goodreads, it may not be. I'm not confident. It just came out right as I finished reading a bunch of drafts of Tolkien's stuff, so I was a little burnt out. 😂😂😂

[@Celestria]

@MorgansEndlessBookshelf oh no 😂

[@Kats_stories]

I liked the Screwtape letters.

[@talesandtreatswithtay]

Let me know what Reese says about the Precious prompt because I was not planning on re-reading anything either lol

[@Celestria]

She said I can do what I want with it!

[@talesandtreatswithtay]

@Celestria good news lol!

[@talesandtreatswithtay]

"This is about a woman named... Damaris" 😂😂

[@Celestria]

😂

[@_Andale]

Does the "epic romance" have to be about a romantic relationship? There's so many different types of love.

[@Celestria]

Yeah it has to be romantic love

[@thewritingsongbird5108]

Tolkien is a lot lol I’ll be so surprised if I finish the hobbit 😂

[@Celestria]

You can do it!!!

[@MadameM.]

Heyyy Heyyyy Hey! Hey, you put the fall goodie beautiful things out and no vlog ...harsh. Hey. Man. Come on. LOL LOL LOL....hope u r well!!

[@Celestria]

🤣 I've been wanting to vlog but I have not been keeping up with videos very well. But I haven't put up all my decor yet and I will be vlogging in October! I'm going good. How are things with you??

[@MadameM.]

@@Celestria I'm glad you are doing well! Me too! I was just kidding...I'm sure videos are very hard to keep up with when other things in life are going on. But your fall vlogs (or any vlogs) are always so much fun! And your bookshelves always look so good! I have a question for you - when you moved, did you pack your books in any special way? Have a great day!!

[@thewritingsongbird5108]

Daeson and Raviel are epic but…you know 😅

[@Celestria]

Okay they are kind of epic, you're right, but book 5 isn't about them 😭

[@zubaerchaudhari8267]

Hi there Hi there Hi there there there there there Hi

[@Celestria]

Helloo

[@thepaperbackqueen]

Yah epic is such a strong word 🤔 to get an EPIC ROMANCE sounds like it could potentially be found in a fantasy or historical book with some tense political conflict Hope you find it 🫶🏾

[@Celestria]

Yeah 🤔 Thanks girl!! ❤️