From top to bottom:
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Every Breath by Ellie Marney
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
- Legend by Marie Lu
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- Wonderstruck: A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick
That is the stack of books, which I will attempt to read, or at least as many from it as I can, for this coming Saturday’s Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon. I initially had 12 young adult books and then realized they were all written by male authors. So I went back to the drawing table and selected six each by male and female authors. I then decided that probably would be too much for the time I was, and am, planning to read, 12 hours, so I narrowed it to four each by male and female authors.
Why these eight? Some like The Book Thief I have been wanting to read for a while. Others are parts of series I’ve wanted to try. One, The Graveyard Book, is a reread, that I have tried to read near Halloween over the last few years after a patron at the library where I work says he reread every year near Halloween. Two others I came across while shelf-reading at the library: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, and Every Breath, which just looked like they might be good so I thought, “Why not?”
My wife Kim is working a 12-hour shift the night before (until noon Saturday) so I’ll be reading mostly while she isn’t home (note: start time is 8 a.m., your time zone) or when she is asleep when she gets home. I don’t know yet what I’ll be eating and drinking, but I have decided no alcohol…until near the end. Maybe I’ll have some wine, cheese, and crackers to celebrate when I am near the end. I don’t want to fall asleep midway through.
I’ll be tracking my progress on my Instagram account so feel free to follow along there.
How about you? Are you participating in this Saturday’s readathon? If so, what are you planning to read? If not, what have you been reading lately that we should add to our own TBR (to-be-read) stacks?
Still an unfinished person... 
I signed up to participate in full early on but since then found out that my BFF has her bridal shower that day, and my husband’s BIL is going to be in town this weekend. I don’t begrudge the bridal shower. A little irked at the BIL and my husband for saying yes because this is a day he knows I purposely leave free. I have no idea how much I will be able to read, if at all. There is a (rather large) part of me that wants to be rude and leave my husband to entertain his BIL. It has been a long time since I have been able to participate in the fall readathon, so we shall see how much I actually can.
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I saw again about your husband’s BIL, but at least the shower should be good hopefully.
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That’s quite a stack. I participated in the event three times. Two times for real, and one time sort of not because I was at a track meet, but the two times I did it for real I only finished 1.5 books each time. I spent a lot of time choosing my stack but really I should have just chosen two books. That’s me, though. I can’t hop between stuff during a read a thon.
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I hope to get a few hours in this weekend. You’ve got some really great books on the stack.
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I loved Little Brother, Book Thief, and Wonderstruck. Great choices!
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Nice stack! Nice gender balance, too. 🙂 I’ll be participating and can’t wait. I’m still playing with my stack of possibilities, but two that are on it for sure are Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula and The Pink Marine. Some horror, some humor.
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Here it is Sunday & I’m just replying about a Saturday event. I did read yesterday but not as dedicated for a readathon. Since I hooked up with a British Mystery book club I focused on the two books selected there.
On my TBR list I have Waych Me Disappear by Janelle Brown and A Test of Wills by Charles Todd.
Enjoy the wine and cheese when you are finished!
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The event is next Saturday.
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