The biannual Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon is coming up in just two days! I have every intention of participating and reading from 6 am to midnight at least! (However, there's lots of stuff happening in life at the moment so I will have to be flexible as usual!)
My daughter (now 16) has participated with me since she was, I don't know, probably 10 at least. And she can't wait to do it again! She's even inviting all her friends! If we end with a teenager readathon crowd at this house, you know I'll be taking pictures and sharing!
Anyway, here's the stack of my potentials. I forgot to include our current read along book, Dune, but yes, I will knock of some pages in that during the readathon too! Also, I may dab into some Kindle books, but I have no idea what at this point. So, they are not listed.
Mostly this is some fun fluffy library books that I grabbed the other day, plus a couple that have been kicking around here dying to be read. I'll probably jump into the Jenny Han books (those are the ones on the bottom that are hard to see), just because I know they'll be fun and easy. I wanted so bad to try Saga for the readathon, but when I went to get it from the library, it was already checked out. So it will have to wait.
It's fun to look at the stack and think about reading all of them! But I can pretty much guarantee that I'll make it through only one! Sigh.
As for snacks. All I know is that we need to make caramel popcorn. And I should probably do that today since tomorrow might be already booked. I have no idea what else we'll munch on. Maybe I should buy a frozen pizza. That'll probably do it. M and M's maybe and we'll be good! Keep it simple I say!
I wish I could participate, but it seems like I always have something else going on when these happen. Oh well. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteJenni: there's always something going on, but I do it anyway. I fit the reading in between the other things. It seems to work!
DeleteWahoo! I almost forgot it was this weekend. Definitely need to join. All I want to do is read lately.
ReplyDeleteJenny: YES! Do it! You can even walk down and join the party at my house for a couple hours of it if you want. Seriously!
DeleteI totally should. Especially if you make the yummy popcorn. We'd probably spend the time talking rather than reading but hey!
DeleteI totally should. Especially if you make the yummy popcorn. We'd probably spend the time talking rather than reading but hey!
DeleteThat is a great list! I'm glad your daughter is so excited. I wish I knew about this read-a-thon sooner. I have been participating since I was 18 and I'm 20 now.
ReplyDeleteRachael: Awesome! Yes, it's been around for a few years. You probably could have been reading since you were ten too! :) Glad you found it now though. Have fun!
DeleteThat's a good-looking list! I still don't have one. I think I am totally going to wing it tomorrow. As for snacks, I'm winging it on that one too.
ReplyDeleteMy kids have participated off and on over the years. I'm hoping I can get my daughter to read a bit with me tomorrow. We shall see how it goes!
Gosh I can't imagine reading with a house full of teenagers, I have a hard enough time with one toddler. It might be fun to read with one or two close friends as long as the chatting is kept to a minimum. I am locking myself in our guest room (cat room) which Munchkin knows is off limits to him so I am crossing my fingers I don't get interrupted every two minutes!
ReplyDeleteNice stack! I like how you're keeping your plans for the event simple.
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