Readathon 2012

[bookgazing]

Can you believe it’s Dewey’s annual 24 hour readathon today? For some reason, I had no idea until justaddbooks mentioned it this week, but I have a free (and probably very rainy) weekend so I’m going to take the opportunity to join in.

My plans? Well, I never go all out hardcore for readathon, so I won’t be reading for the whole 24 hours. And I really want to make the most of my reading time this year, so I’ll be keeping myself offline for a good portion the time. I’m going for short books this year and among my pile of choices are Helen Dunmore’s latest novel ‘The Great Coat’, ‘The Sense of an Ending’ by Julian Barnes and ‘The Thief’ by Meghan Whalen Turner. I’d also like to read a bit more of ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’, which I’m discussing with litlove as we make our way through.

I’ll be cheering during hour 11, or 12 to keep up the spirits of anyone who’s around. For now, have fun and a successful readathon *salutes*.

Comments

[janesgravity]

Lol I'm one of your cheerleaders but I'm about to pass out so tired!!!!

Yay readathon! *\o/*

[bookgazing]

Readathon must start so early your way, impressed you cheered at the very start. Thanks for dropping by :)

[janesgravity]

It starts about 11pm/midnight my time, I think.

Oh! I'm going to email you this week with Iron Council thoughts - maybe tomorrow. I'm waiting till Patrick goes back to kindy so I can concentrate - lol

*\o/*

[bookgazing]

No rush, I saw he was off and thought you probably had your hands full in the best possible way :)

[(Anonymous)]

Peta (the bookling) here - hope you have a lovely time reading! I had missed that it was readathon time again but will take this news as a sign I should curl up with a book for a couple of hours :)

[bookgazing]

Hi, how are you?! I have had a lovely time reading, but think I'm done now. Time to catch some sleep and then I'll probably do something different tomorrow in the end.

[(Anonymous)]

I really enjoyed The Thief and I think it would be a good choice for this event, because it's not all froth by any means but moves along at quite a clip and is quite entertaining. Hope you enjoy it and all your other read-a-thon reading!

[bookgazing]

I'm going to be reading it with a blogging friend, so decided to save it, but good to know it's pacey.

[leafingthroughlife.blogspot.com]

It's too bad the only way to get some serious reading done on Readathon day is to avoid all the internet-y fun. I always spend way too much time on the computer and miss out more on the reading part. Ironic much? ;-) Anyhow, hope the reading is going great for you! =D

[bookgazing]

The reading has gone well thanks, but I've decided to call it a day and crack on with some stuff. I actually think I might just cheer in October as you get to see everything that's going on that way.

[(Anonymous)]

I hope you got some good reading time in. I agree about keeping off the internet, lol, it definitely helps. It is however, part of the fun! THanks for stopping by my blog.

[bookgazing]

I know, it's so much fun to be in on all the net stuff. Usually I find I get swallowed by the activities.