Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon is tomorrow and I am so excited that I am breaking my blog silence to share my reading piles with you. There is still time to sign up if you’d like to participate. I promise you, it is more fun than you would expect.
This year I took a very short-and-easy approach when picking out my books because even a regular YA novel will take me 6 hours and that gets a little frustrating when everyone else is finishing book after book and I’m still reading my first one.
The first pile (the books I think I will definitely read):
- I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder (her novels in verse are great for the Readathon)
- Good-Bye, Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson (graphic novel)
- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (I’ve never read it!)
- Triangles by Ellen Hopkins (so this one is long but it is also written in verse so I thought it would be nice once I get a few others read)
The second pile (the backup in case I feel like something else aka the library YA pile):
- Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver (would have made the first pile but I requested the audio yesterday and I think I’m going to wait for that)
- Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
- Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr (Wicked Lovely #3)
Are you participating in the Readathon? What are you planning to read?
my books. my life. 
I signed up as well and know I just won’t have as much time to read as I’d like so I’ve got a couple skinny books on my list!
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Graphic novels are perfect for readathons. Wish I would have planned ahead a little for that. I am not a fast reader, so my books have to be short, otherwise I feel like a loser!
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I am unofficially joining the readathon, and haven’t yet picked my books. I am not sure what I want to read, but have a few ideas. This will be my first time participating, and I am so excited! I have told my husband there will be no food cooked from my hands during this time period. He is still sort of pouting! Have a lovely readathon!
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The Phantom Tollbooth was one of my absolute favorite books growing up. Enjoy! I’m so excited about the read-a-thon and just posted about my stack too.
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fragile eternity!! stick it out through that book. it was probably my least favorite of the series. the next two are pretty badass.
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Oh totally–short and easy is definitely the way to go!
I’m bad and haven’t planned out my reading yet, but I have a blog tour book I need to finish by next week (eep!), so that’ll probably be it.
YAY Readathon!!
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I’m going to be cheerleading later at night. I’ll stop by to offer some encouragement. I wish I could read all day. Stupid work!
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The Phantom Tollbooth is great. It’s the 50th Anniversary so I think I might read it again (haven’t read it since childhood) and watch the film as well.
haven’t chosen my novels yet I think I might wing it this year…
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That looks like a great stack: very cozy and readable. I’ve definitely picked too many big books, but I had a plan in mind, and I’m sticking to it.
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I love Goodbye Chunky Rice! It’s a book that you either love or hate. Happy reading!
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There are soooo many good reads in your piles! Liesl & Po is fantastic, and graphic novels are a great way to give your readathon stats an ego boost (I have several in my pile). I haven’t read I Heart You, You Haunt Me, but it sounds great and I’ll be picking it up as soon as I can. Tomorrow I’m reading, cheering, hosting a mini-challenge and no doubt tweeting endlessly. Good luck to you and have fun!
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Great choices! I’m really excited, and we’ve only got half an hour to go!
My list is here if you’re interested:
http://theoncominghope.blogspot.com/2011/10/24-hour-readathon.html
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