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Readathon: who is playing?
Apr. 19th, 2017 09:52 am It's almost tradition for me: Dewey's Readathon - and the accompanying scheduling issues.
A Readathon? What's that?
The rules: read as much as you can in 24 hours. Can be audiobooks, graphic novels, fan fic, regular novels in both ebook or regular format. Check in on a social medium of your choice: there is a group on Fb, GR, and a lively convo on Twitter to squee. That's it.
Scheduling Issues
Every year I try to keep my calender clear for that day, and ususally it's a struggle. This year, the People's Climate March in on Saturday afternoon. And every year, I try to come up with solutions.
Tentative Plan
I will of course join the Climate March in Amsterdam. I will bring an audiobook to listen to on the train back home. I will likely try to read the rest of the night at home. I put out a call on Fb to see if anyone is interested in joining me to Read in Public Sunday from noon onwards.
Tentative Reading List
Anyone else participating?
A Readathon? What's that?
The rules: read as much as you can in 24 hours. Can be audiobooks, graphic novels, fan fic, regular novels in both ebook or regular format. Check in on a social medium of your choice: there is a group on Fb, GR, and a lively convo on Twitter to squee. That's it.
Scheduling Issues
Every year I try to keep my calender clear for that day, and ususally it's a struggle. This year, the People's Climate March in on Saturday afternoon. And every year, I try to come up with solutions.
Tentative Plan
I will of course join the Climate March in Amsterdam. I will bring an audiobook to listen to on the train back home. I will likely try to read the rest of the night at home. I put out a call on Fb to see if anyone is interested in joining me to Read in Public Sunday from noon onwards.
Tentative Reading List
- I have my eye on Het Derde Huwelijk (The Third Marriage) by Tom Lanoye as the audiobook.
- DH got me De Tas van de Leraar (I think it's translated as The Briefcase?) by Hiromi Kawakami, which I really look forward to reading.
- I just started The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami. I might have finished that by April 29th though.
Anyone else participating?
Popsugar Reading Challenge 2017 update
Apr. 14th, 2017 09:52 pmIn an attempt to widen my reading habits, I printed out the Popsugar Reading Challenge 2017. (printable) I figured I should probably report on how I'm doing.
- A book recommended by a librarian:
- A book that's been on your TBF for too long:
- A book of letters
- An audiobook
- A book by a person of colour: Octavia Butler, Earthseed
- A book with one of the seasons in the title:
- A book that is a story within a story:
- A book with multiple authors
- An espionage thriller: Charles Stross, Empire Games
- A book with a cat on the cover
- A book by an author who uses a pseudonym
- A bestseller in a genre you don't normally read, Eloise James, De ondeugende hertogin/Duchess by night
- A book by or about a person who has a disability:
- A book involving travel:
- A book that's published in 2017: Charles Stross, Empire Games
- A book involving a mythical creature: Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson
- A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile
- A book about food
- A book with career advice
- A book from a non-human perspective
- A steampunk novel
- A book with a red spine
- A book set in the wilderness
- A book you loved as a child
- A book by an author from a country you've never visited: Jeff Vandermeer, Vernietiging
- A book with a title that's a character's name:
- A novel set during wartime:
- A book with an unreliable narrator:
- A book with pictures: Posey Simmons, Tamara Drewe,
- A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you: Octavia Butler, Earthseed
- A book about an interesting woman: Mary McCarthy, De Groep/The Group
- A book set in two different time periods:
- A book with a month or a day of the week in the title
- A book set in a hotel
- A book written by someone you admire: Femke Halsema, Pluche
- A book that's becoming a movie in 2017
- A book set around another holiday than Christmas
- The first book in a series you haven't read before
- A book you bought on a trip
