Dewey's Read-a-thon is this Saturday, October 18th. For 24 consecutive hours, starting at 5 am pacific time, participants will read as much as they choose while cheerleaders and others cheer them on. There will be mini-challenges and great prizes to win. For the last Read-a-thon I read short stories, children's books, poetry, plays, and graphic novels. This time will be no different. By reading short works I keep the fun going and the pressure off though I will not be online this time. My reading picks are: Sinners Welcome - Mary Karr (poetry)
6 short stories from The Best American Short Stories of the Century
A Midsummer's Night Dream - Shakespeare
Repair - C.K. Williams (poetry)
2 short stories from Alice Munro's Runaway
6 short stories from The Better of McSweeney's
3 short stories from The Best American Mystery Stories 2007
This year's batch of Tin House magazine that I had not read though I subscribe faithfully to it
the rest of The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
The Shiniest Jewel - Marian Henley (graphic novel)
I predict that I'll get halfway through this list.
10 comments:
Good list! I need to get my list together too!
Wow! good list VASILLIS!
I am really glad you hve prepared :o)
Wish you the best of luck then!! I really do hope you get through more books than you hoped for :-)
So see you on Oct 18th!!
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Thanks guys!
Tomorrow's the day! The October 24-Hour Read-a-Thon begins in the morning at 5AM PDT. Follow the co-hosts' discussions here. Check out reader feeds throughout the day.
Above all, have fun! We're rooting for you!
Good luck getting through your list! I didn't even think about magazines - I bet those will be great for taking breaks between longer books. :)
Great list! Cant wait to hear how its going!!
Sunny
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That's a really good list! =D I bet you've read tons more than I could've by now! ;) Happy reading!
~Lucy D =)
Hope you're having fun reading away. I'm hosting a short story challenge on my blog at
http://www.readywhenyouarecb.blogspot.com/
I'm late getting started so I'm trying to visit all 118 participants before midnight Pacific Time. Wish me luck and have fun.
Hope you get through your list!
Thanks guys and I hope you had fun!
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