Dewey’s Read-A-Thon Sign-Up Post

I took forever to decide that I am going to participate in Dewey’s Read-a-Thon this Saturday, but here I am with my sign-up post!

Here are the questions I had to answer for myself.

Is it too late to sign up to be a cheerleader? I don’t have an answer to that, but I filled out the form anyway: Cheerleading Sign Ups.

How do you spell ~~readathon~~ ~~read-athon~~ ~~read a thon~~ read-a-thon? Two dashes, unless it’s for the hashtag on Twitter and then it’s no dashes, #readathon.

What are the start and finish times for Missouri (Central Daylight Time)? 7 AM Saturday morning to 7 AM Sunday morning. In practice, that means I’ll be reading all day Saturday since I don’t get up earlier than 7 and don’t stay up much past 1 AM even to read.

What books am I going to read?
I have two started so I’ll begin with those:

Brave Genius by Sean B. Carroll
The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro

I have two books I want to read for Book Clubs this month, so those go on the list:

Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America by Lerone Bennett Jr. (for our Diversity Book Club)
Apron Anxiety by Alyssa Shelasky (for The Kitchen Reader)

It’s always good to have a YA novel in the mix:

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Sometimes, an inspiring book works best for me:

The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk

A book about books would be appropriate:

The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life by Steve Leveen

Do you have books to suggest? Will you be doing Dewey’s Read-a-Thon?

Comments

Dewey’s Read-A-Thon Sign-Up Post — 8 Comments

Vasilly on October 10, 2013 at 4:25 pm said:

Yay! Glad to know you’re joining the read-a-thon! It’s not too late to become a cheerleader. For those who don’t sign up to become cheerleaders, feel free to cheer during the event. Your books look great! I suggest adding a really short one to keep you motivated during the read-a-thon. Happy reading! 🙂

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- Joy Weese Moll / @joyweesemoll on October 10, 2013 at 4:46 pm said:
  
  Good point. I pulled out the shortest book in my stacks right now: Oscar Wilde in St. Louis: Two Days in the Life of the First International Celebrity. I went to the lecture of the same name and we all told the lecturer that he should write a book about it, so here it is. 96 pages including end notes and lots of pictures.
  
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  - Vikk @ Down the Writers Path on October 11, 2013 at 8:20 am said:
    
    If you want a super short one try Edith Wharton’s Xingu. It’s available on Amazon as a free download. Maybe 47 pages….
    
    I’m pulling books now. Glad you’ll be participating.
    
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betti on October 10, 2013 at 8:05 pm said:

I am going to go through my Kindle and try to read through lots of the books I have loaded on it. Some have been on there a while 🙂

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Beth @ Too Fond on October 11, 2013 at 12:32 pm said:

You’re welcome to come and be a cheerleader with my team (Go Team Tiger!). Hope you have a great read-a-thon! 🙂

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Jennifer on October 11, 2013 at 9:09 pm said:

See you around tomorrow Joy! I can’t wait 😀 Hooray #readathon!

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Cy-V (@CyV) #TeamOwl on October 12, 2013 at 7:53 am said:

Yes, I will be joining! 😀
Haven’t read any of the books on your pile but I’ll be checking out “The Thank you economy” (oh dear, how do I always think that my TBR-pile will shrink during read-a-thons? I gain at least double the amount of what I read! 😛
Books I recommend: Axolotl Roadkill, The solitude of prime numbers, Hard Boiled Wonderland and The end of the World aaaand Rowing without oars.
Fun fact about the latter, I recently found out my girlfriend’s mom translated that book from Swedish to Dutch with the help of my girlfriend! She was surprised to find it on my goodreads!

The best of luck and enjoy the read-a-thon! 😀 *\o/*

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Buried In Print on October 12, 2013 at 10:26 pm said:

Now that you mention it, it seems like it should be required to have a bookish book in the stack for a readathon. I’m going to keep that in mind for next time. Kind of like having a personal cheerleading in your own TBR stack! (I’m on Team Panda, cheering you on!)

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