Hello, I'm really exited to participate in my first Read-a-Thon this Saturday. I have read that it is a good idea to prepare some snacks and easy food, which mean that the time can be used for reading and not cooking during the 24 hours. As the Read-a-Thon starts at 2 pm her in Denmark I think I will use the start of the day finding snack and taking a little nap.
The most important preparing is however to chose the books to read. As I have never participated in a Read-a-Thon before I have no idea of how I like to read or how many pages I can read in 24 hours. I also don't know if I can stay awake for all the hours. My TBR pile is because of that a mix of different unread books from my shelves. I'm quite sure that I have to many books, but I like to have something to chose between according to my reading mood.
The books are:
- Vinterpiger (Winthergirls) by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
- Pectus sten by Lise Bidstrup (This is a danish author, and the book has not been translated)
- En Flænge i Himlen (The Fault in Our Stars) by John Green
- Silhuet by Nick Clausen (Again a danish author)
- Opfindelsen af Hugo Cabret (The Invention of Hugo Cabret) by Brian Selznick
In addition to the physical books I have two books ready on my Kindle. Those are:
- Angelbound by Christina Bauer
- Fordærv by Michael Kamp (A danish author, who was a teacher on my primary school, but I have never read any of his books. Maybe it will be this weekend)
Even though I think these book will be enough I have 6 short books about Antboy waiting for me at the library. I can pick them up tomorrow, and I think that the short book would be brilliant to a read-a-thon. The books are written by the danish author Kenneth Bøgh Andersen and last year it was turned into a movie. For a couple of weeks ago I heard Kenneth talk about the difference between the books and the movie and it made me curious to read the book and see what exactly a danish super hero is like.
That is all I have to say for now. On Saturday a will make a progress-post which I will update several time during the 24 hour Read-a-Thon. See you on Saturday and I'm looking forward to follow your progress too, so if you are participating, let me know.
Nice collection of books! I'm really looking forward to read a lot this weekend - it's such a great event!
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Yes, I'm looking forward to see what it all is about. :)
SletHvor ser det virkelig ud til at være et godt udvalg af bøger; hvis det var mig, ville jeg slet ikke vide, hvor jeg skulle starte. Men med den stak er jeg helt sikker på, du nok skal få et godt og underholdende readathon :)
SvarSletDet ved jeg heller ikke helt selv. Hvis ikke der er en af bøgerne der selv springer i armene på mig på lørdag som den første, så tror jeg alligevel at det bliver godt lige meget hvilken bog jeg vælger.
SletSkønne bøger. <3 Deltager også selv, og glæder mig helt vildt. :D
SvarSletDet bliver så hyggeligt :)
SletUhhh, tror Hugo Cabret er et godt valg. Den er hurtig at læse, så er sikkert god til de små timer, hvor tålmodigheden måske ikke er så stor :)
SvarSletJa der er mange billeder i Hugo Cabret, så den tager nok ikke så lang tid. Men du har nok ret i at den er god at gemme til de små timer.
SletFint udvalg af bøger :D Har læst 3 af dem og har Vinterpiger og Hugo stående på hylden. Overvejer også lidt Hugo til weekenden tror jeg :)
SvarSlet/Btw kan du ikke slå til sådan at man kan kommenterer blot med navn og url? Og ikke skal bruge google konto, det er ret irriterende :P
Jeg kigger lige på det med kommentarerne :)
SletVar ikke lige klar over at man ikke kunne det.
Så er det muligt at svare kun med navn og url :)
SletFantastiske valg. Hugo Cabaret er dejlig letlæselig og der kan man få slugt rigtig mange sider. Harry Potter sluger jo nærmest bare sig selv og En flænge i himlen er virkelig også en pageturner.
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