Dewey's 24 Readathon-Oct 2019

 

My all time favorite readathon is about to start. 20 hours to go!!

I am taking about Dewey's 24 Readathon. 

A world-wide readathon where we all read, talk about books and cheer each other on for a full 24 hours.  And don't forget the yummy snacks!  Many of us treat this much like a holiday.  A holiday for reading! 

Normally I try to to a better prep and tip post but this year-sorry.  Just a few quick last minute tips.
These are especially handy if you want to participate all or most of the 24 hours.  BUt remember, even an hour counts!!

1.Get good sleep before this starts.  I will be TRYING to get to bed early.  This starts at 5am for me and I am not a morning person so it is either a rough start or an early long nap that I will take once this starts.  Any extra sleep helps.
2.  Refresh and rest your eyes.  If you do a lot of audiobook this is less of an issue but if you are reading 12+ in a day this can be a strain.  Close them with a damp cloth, use eyedrops, reading glasses, etc. 
3.  Get the family involved.  Get your kids to read.  Buy them their favorite snack and drink and have them join you for a couple hours.  For the younger ones, read to them.  It all counts!  My friend asks her kids to read for 2 hours and then they have to behave the rest of the day (no interuptions!) and if they do she gives them a fun day the day after.
4. Food- Have a variety on hand.  Try to prep meal now to save time on the big day.  I will be making a pasta salad with ham, cheese, noodles and lots of veggies.  Plus a Orzo cucumber salad.  I have a veggie tray too plus grapes, trail mix (nuts and dried fruits) and jerky.  And for the junk food we will have cookies, brownies, sourdough pretzels, gummy worms, sour bears, chocolate covered raisins, frosted wheat bites, skittles, reeses, toffee peanuts, cheese and crackers and M&Ms.  A good mix for all of our likes in this house!
For drinks-hydrate!!  Water is your friend!! I go heavy on the tea (both iced and hot) as I don't drink coffee.  I also have some soda, lots of juice options and even Snapple and Sobe as a special treat!

Most important-have FUN- some people read the entire time, some don't.  Some have more fun on social media, cheering others and seeing what they read (thereby often adding to their own TBR).  YOu do you and just enjoy it!


So here are my physical TBR options.  I also have 2 audiobook options (although that I hope to do the least) and a few ebooks lined up.  Another tip:  Have book options.  You don't need this many.  I won't get through half these but I also have another challenge that requires certain letters and those letters change so my reading might too.  But I do advise shorter books.  Some middle grade/childrens or graphic novels.  These make great quick breaks and can give you that feeling of accomplishment for finishing a book.   Also, genre variety, especially if you are a mood reader like me.




Happy Reading!

Fall Into manga Love Readathon

 

Hosted by ShaeGeeksOut

 

Oct 13-14

48 Hour  Manga Readathon.

Objective: To read as much manga as you can during those 2 days. Shae does ask us to read one of her recommendations. Be sure to check out her video for this and her links.  It is a very flexible, low pressure readathon.  Read as much or as little as you want and join the fun.  #Fallintomangalove

Here are some of the series I think I might tackle:

 A Bride's Story by Kaoru Mori is what I am reading based my Shae's recommendations.  Tail of the Moon will be my priority focus.  And After those I will read others.  Most likely from this stack.  I might read just the first volume of something, or delve further into the series, depending how hooked I am.  

Mostly romance/shojo manga this time it seems.  Saving my few creepy/horror manga for another readathon (Hint: #mangafreakathon). And I am focusing on books that work for another challenge (on goodreads) also and I need title words to start with certain letters for that. 

And look what I got in just in time!  I think these will be perfect for this!  

 If you like manga or are doing this readathon, let me know?  Also, what is one of your favorites to recommend?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #3

 

Hosted by The Book Date.
Also kid lit version hosted by Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers.

Since I read both I join both :)

 

 

So I took a few weeks off to deal with some personal stuff. My dog had to step up his surgery by several weeks and dealing with that, his recovery (surgery was on his throat), and training a new puppy and work my free time was very limited.  So I will catch you up from my last post. 

I am currently reading:

 

 

 

"Let luck find you.

Alice doesn’t believe in luck—at least, not the good kind. But she does believe in love, and for some time now, she’s been pining for her best friend, Teddy. On his eighteenth birthday—just when it seems they might be on the brink of something—she buys him a lottery ticket on a lark. To their astonishment, he wins $140 million, and in an instant, everything changes.

At first, it seems like a dream come true, especially since the two of them are no strangers to misfortune. As a kid, Alice won the worst kind of lottery possible when her parents died just over a year apart from each other. And Teddy’s father abandoned his family not long after that, leaving them to grapple with his gambling debts. Through it all, Teddy and Alice have leaned on each other. But now, as they negotiate the ripple effects of Teddy’s newfound wealth, a gulf opens between them. And soon, the money starts to feel like more of a curse than a windfall.

As they try to find their way back to each other, Alice learns more about herself than she ever could have imagined…and about the unexpected ways in which luck and love sometimes intersect."

 

 

 

 

 

"Welcome to Derry, Maine ...

It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real ...

They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name."