So I’ll be taking part in the Fall Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon one week from today (there’s still time to sign up, by the way). I LOVE the Readathon, and I think this will by my 4th time participating. We’ll see exactly how it goes with the baby, but I’m planning on him spending a good deal of time with his grandma and grandpa. We’re actually doing a trial run today with my husband and I going to a movie to see if he’ll take his bottle from them. If he will, I’ll probably go to my parents’ condo where nobody’s around and there is internet for most of the Readathon. If not, I’ll sit upstairs in one of their bedrooms to read while Daniel plays with them downstairs and comes up to eat.
Of course, that won’t be all day. I’m not going to have him there right at 7am when the Readathon starts here in the Central timezone. Plus, my husband gets to go to a conference in downtown Chicago on Sunday and Monday and they are putting him up in a nice hotel, so Daniel and I are going down early with him to walk around the city, then staying overnight before heading up to work and the babysitter Monday. I’m not really going to have a good couple of days if I ACTUALLY stay up all night, so I’ll have to get a little sleep now and then.
Between HAVING to sleep and having a baby, I’m pretty confident that my piles VASTLY overestimate how much reading I could possibly do, even if the Readathon was a week long. And yet, I’m still planning on adding more books that are waiting for me at the library to these piles.
Here are the two piles:
That left pile is comprised of TBR books, including one review copy that I thew in because it is YA. The right pile is all library books.
TBR covers:
Left to right, top to bottom those books are:
Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble
Swimming with Strangers by Kristen Sundberg Lundstrum
Broad Street by Christine Weiser
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Liar by Justine Larbalestier
The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson
The King’s Rose by Alisa Libby
Coming Unglued by Rebeca Seitz
And the library covers:
Again left/right, top/bottom:
House of Dance by Beth Kephart
The Department of Lost and Found by Allison Winn Scotch
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
The Only True Genius in the Family by Jennie Nash
The Secret Bride by Diane Haeger
Ah, yes. As if I could possibly read 14 books in 24 (less than 24, really) hours.
Oh, and that’s not even all! Next week’s Library Loot that is going to worm its way into the Readathon pile:
And the titles and authors, in case you can’t read them:
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
Confessions of a Slacker Mom by Muffy Mead-Ferro
Savvy by Ingrid Law
In A Perfect World by Kasischke
The Good Good Pig by Sy Montgomery
Once Was Lost by Sarah Zarr
So, you know, 21 books. Including driving the baby to his grandparents’ and possibly then driving to my parents’. Right. At least I’ll have plenty of choices.
WOW…for sure you will not be running out of books to read. Nice variety. I am hooked on Louise Penny after loving The Brutal Telling. I got several others of her from the library. Have fun…this will be my first read-a-thon.
My pile is huge too! My fiance is almost done with Persepolis and loves it, so it may worm its way into my already-to-big Read-a-thon pile too. Enjoy!
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Wow, great piles! Good luck!
I’m so happy that to see your huge pile of books, because I too listed more than I’ll read all month.
I hope Daniel takes a bottle and you have maximum reading time. I’m going to read until I can’t stand it and then I’m turning into a cheerleader. We’ll see if I make it all 24 hours.
I just realized this IS as many as I read in a good month! Oh well.
Still on the fence about doing the readathon but I’ve already learned two things from reading everyone’s posts: 1. do get together a big pile of books to choose from and 2. choose shorter books. Good luck with the read-a-thon!
Great pile! Love it … 21 books in 24 hours! My kind of readathon.
House of Dance was wonderful (review on my blog from Feb. 2009 if you’re interested).
I think you are just so amazing – I don’t think I could have ever done something like this when Dylan was a baby! I hope you’ll be reading Savvy during the Read-a-Thon – such a lovely book and it would be a nice quick read!
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You need to make sure you have a book for every mood! Hats off to you, doing this with a baby!
I SO want to read The Good Good Pig.
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Having a lot of choices is a good idea. My read-a-thon pile is still pretty slight but I plan on adding to it over the next week.
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I always have a ton of books in my pile as well. Last time I finished two.
Life As We Knew It would be perfect.
Just sayin!
Look at all those shiny covers!
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I love your piles. You’re going to do just great on the readathon, I can feel it!
[Although, you know I hope you get all the YA read so we can talk about it...just saying! ;D]
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YA will probably dominate, it gives a bigger sense of accomplishment since it usually goes faster – I’ll make sure to let you know
The read-a-thon is going to be so much fun. I’m glad you’re going to participate again. You sure have a lot of choices. I posted my list today with only 10 books and I know I won’t read them all but at least there’s a good mix. Now to get the goodie stash ready – lol.
I’m the same way – we can go away for 2 or 3 days and I’ll take 6 or 7 books with me. I can’t read in the car and we often have plans while we’re gone, so I usually get very little reading done, but I want to be totally prepared.
This is a fabulous pile to work through! Loads of variety to choose from so you don’t have to lose time during the actual event. I’ve got to get on the ball and get me a stack put together so I can cruise through as well.
Good luck!
That is quite the pile! Good luck with that.
Jen, you find the best library loot!! I love your pile. I’ll have my kids this weekend as The Hub is going away on business. My kids are older (6 and 11) but man, do they keep me hopping. Hope you accomplish alot while Daniel is with the g-parents.
Best of luck. I know that my 2 boys will keep me on my toes but I’m planning to read to them part of the time too. Enjoy your day!
Very nice pile! I also have more books than I will ever manage to read, but it’s nice to have choices!
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wow that is a big pile of books; good luck!
I have Persepolis on my list! And yep, just finished it. Somethings are too good to wait…
Enjoy!
I’m beginning to feel like such a wimp with my little pile of 6 books for the read-a-thon!
You’ll have fun regardless! My daughter and I will be participating, and I know I’ll be lucky to finish one book. I don’t have a baby anymore, but I still need my sleep. LOL
I hope you like the Karen White book. I thought it was pretty good.
Have fun! Looks like a good assortment of books. This is my first read-a-thon and I’m hoping it goes well.
Good luck, Jen! I’ll be interested to hear how things go this weekend. I’m not going to be around much online this weekend, but know that I’m cheering you and everyone else along. My parents are here until Sunday and, as of 1:30 am, Allison is sick. Never a dull moment.
Whatever you read, enjoy yourself!