Prepping for the Readathon

I am really excited about participating in Dewey’s Read-a-Thon! It’s this Saturday starting at 8am EST. I’ve been jealous for a long time of those who did participate. I’ve always avoided it because I couldn’t read for the entire time. My kids are just too young. After reading everyone’s comments on Twitter last night, I was easily convinced to sign up at least for the night hours. If you would like to form a Read-a-Thon relay team with me (Softdrink?), let me know. I’ve already signed up for the wee hours. LOL! When I’m not reading, I’ll be checking in off and on to be a cheerleader to all of my hard core reaidng friends.

I’ve been thinking about which books I’m going to consider all day. Books have been addded and subtracted so often that you’ll be thankful that I haven’t posted this earlier. You’d be sick of all my revisions. Here is my list of potential Read-a-Thon reads:

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
The Blue Notebook by Andre Juillard
The Lost Hours by Karen White
The Laws of Harmony by Judith R. Hendricks

I don’t believe that I will finish more than one or two, but they all seem like great choices for a fun all-nighter. Please stop back Saturday night/Sunday morning and see how many I check off along the way. I’ll be looking forward to other people’s progress, too!

At 2009.04.16 05:09, Sandy said:

I don’t know about you, but my weekends are out of control, so I will jealously watch everyone from afar!

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At 2009.04.16 05:48, Meghan said:

Sounds like a great plan to me! I haven’t read any of the books on your list, but I hope they help keep you going.

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At 2009.04.16 06:35, Violet said:

I’ve joined read-a-thon too. I am sooo excited. I just singed up a couple of days back. I had so many things to do on weekend but I was caught up in the excitement too

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At 2009.04.16 08:26, Kathy said:

Good luck, Jennifer!

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At 2009.04.16 10:18, Jen - Devourer of Books said:

I may also be reading The Blue Notebook and (listening to) The Uncommon Reader, we’ll have to cheer each other one.

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At 2009.04.16 11:41, Darlene said:

You’ve got some awesome choices there. The Lost Hours is a fast read. I think it’s going to be a lot of fun!

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At 2009.04.16 12:01, Ti said:

Hey.. I am still trying to decide if I should try this. Maybe I can do the wee hours too. That seems more doable and it’s through Sunday so I could do some Saturday and then Sunday too right?

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At 2009.04.16 14:09, Bibliomom said:

Well you’ve convinced me. I was reluctant to sign up because I have plans that afternoon but it’s the perfect weekend for me to do it since my girls are at their Dad’s house this weekend. Reading your post convinced me that I can do this and not be hardcore. I will definitely read the morning and night and I’ll take an audio book to listen to on my way to my “date”. Thanks!

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At 2009.04.16 14:24, Amy @ Passages to the Past said:

Good luck to you! I will be passing on this as I have had absolutely no attention span lately and would never make it through! I’ll be checking in and supporting =)

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At 2009.04.16 15:59, Ruth @ Bookish Ruth said:

Good luck with the readathon! I would love to participate in this one, but I’m going to be away for most of the weekend. I’m hoping to squeeze a bit of reading time in and will definitely be thinking about and cheering on all the readathon participants!

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At 2009.04.16 19:43, DianeG said:

I’ll be checking in and cheering on you and Bethany this weekend. BTW & totally unrelated…our library copy of Foreign Tongue finally came it–I’m starting it tonight!!!

Have fun with the readathon!

At 2009.04.17 01:20, Becky said:

I just posted about The Uncommon Reader this last month. Such a fun little book! I had so many things about reading that I loved about that book…quotes or insights that I wanted to write down. Also, I LOVED A Northern Light. Really looks like you have a great list there!

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At 2009.04.17 13:00, Melissa - Shhh I'm Reading said:

Uncommon Reader is great and I think The Blue Notebook looks wonderful.

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At 2009.04.17 19:07, Literate Housewife said:

Thanks for all of your support, everyone! Dar, I’m glad that The Lost Hours is a fast read. I’m looking forward to it. It might have to wait until after Uncommon Reader and The Blue Notebook. Then again, A Northern Light is also getting rave reviews… LOL!

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At 2009.04.17 19:33, Care said: