I've been on kind of a YouTube binge lately…
Who am I kidding? That's practically all I do anymore. Almost. I do read a lot. I tend to go through phases (mostly based on if I have fines at the library or not o_0). I'm not really sure what got me into this new obsession. Maybe it was a suggested video on YouTube, I don't really remember. Either way, I stumbled upon this amazing Booktuber, Little Book Owl, and my mind was blown. This woman's channel is dedicated solely to reading books, doing reviews, hauls, and TBR lists, and talking about books she's read. She throws in the occasional tag video as well. Actually, now I remember the video that got me started on all of this. It was a bookshelf tour she did at the end of 2013. Let me tell you, it was INSANE. Like, I've never seen so many books in one person's library. And that's saying a lot because my mom's an avid book collector and reader. Like, it's insane. And amazing. And inspired me to update my TBR (To Be Read) list. So yeah, I've started using goodreads.com again, and let's just say I've added an insane amount of books to my TBR list. Like, about 550. Yeah. I don't think that's going to be humanly possible to read in my lifetime, but I'm going to try.
Now, onto the main reason I'm posting: the Dewey Read-a-Thon. While perusing Little Book Owl's channel, among many, many others, I've discovered that there are these things called "read-a-thons", where you basically read books, nonstop, for the allotted amount of time. The most common ones seem to last for a week, but some last for 24 hours or have monthly themes. This newest one that I've seen is one of the 24-hour read-a-thons. So, naturally, I'm very interested in doing this. I'm planning on doing the week-long one in May, but I think I should start with this one to practice. I'm super excited about this because it gives me an excuse to be held up on my room all day doing nothing but reading.
As I've said, this is my first read-a-thon, so I'm not exactly sure what the requirements are for posting about what you've read. I'm probably going to be doing a YouTube video with my intentions for the read-a-thon as well as this post. I'm going to list down below the books that I'm putting on my TBR list for this one. I'm also planning on doing some big book hauls from the month of April as well as starting a TBR/Wrap Up videos which I'm super excited about. I've posted a few more videos since I updated last (which I know has been a long time, but I've been in kind of a blogging funk… blah), so I'll link those below.
Dewey Read-a-Thon TBR:
The Catcher in the Rye (finish it)- by J. D. Salinger
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland- by Lewis Carroll, introduced by Chris Riddell
A Deodorizer of Dead Dogs: Another Collection of Great Stuff That You Never Read in School- Satires & Tall Tales by Ambrose Bierce- by Ambrose Bierce, Edited by Carl Japikse
We'll see how it goes! Also, I guess you can link your GoodReads account, so I'll link that below as well.
GoodReads
YouTube Videos:
Cats on Cats on Cats
Rob For was Here?! Toronto Day 1!
AGHHH! (Filming frustrations, new puppy, partial book haul)
Vlog: Moody Hiking Trail (Rushville, NY)
My Bed!
My First Birchbox! (April 2014)
I guess it might help if I share the link to the website where you can
sign up, wouldn't it?
The reading
starts at the same time all over the world, so depending on your time zone, it might be early in the morning (like for me, it starts at 8:00 a.m.) or late at night. But everyone will start reading at the same time, no matter what the hour technically is in your time zone. I hope that makes sense.
