29
Mar
2010
Read-A-Thon Thon Thon
Let me see that ‘thon ‘thon ‘thon ‘thon ‘thon….
Yup. The ‘Thon is coming back.
It starts at 5AM (Pacific Time, which is 1 PM GMT, and you can do the math from there) April 10th. My husband invited me to go camping that weekend.
I don’t even like camping.
So, I will stay home, with my cat, and read, for 24 hours, or until I give up and start listening to audio books.
Here are a few things I learned from the 24 hour Read-A-Thon last year: don’t read classics, unless they are highly engaging. Short books are good. Cheerleaders are the shit. Having a diversity of books is good. I read much more slowly than other people, and that is O.K.
With that in mind, I’m thinking of reading:
Graphic novels: Sandman, Fables
YA: Percy Jackson books
Non-fiction: Elaine Pagels
ARCs: ARCs! Need to catch up on that. Need to read books for Slog, as that will be coming up on my last week at the Stranger and the more I have on Slog, the better.
Audiobooks: Probably The Namesake, assuming I’m still listening to that.
Novels: Not sure.
Wish me luck. I hope to see you there!
Oooooh, I want to do this! …but that’s my Bunco night. I wonder if the ladies would mind me sitting there with a novel in one hand and my wine and dice in the other?
Thank you for posting about this! I am so excited!
Good Luck! I signed up to cheer this year…it will give me a break when I need one!
This will be my third Read-a-Thon and I’ve learned the hard way that short books are the best. Have a great time!
have a great time. i won’t be able to do it this time around, but will stop into check on you!
I hope you get to read as much as you can and want to. I am sending you happy reading vibes from Sunny South Florida!