Readathon!

[shanaqui]

So, very soon -- at noon GMT -- it will be time for the twenty-four hour readathon, and I thought it'd be nice if people in this community could cheer each other on, chat about how it's going, etc. I assume it's not just me taking part from this comm!

If you're taking part, how about you drop a comment with a link to your blog if you're discussing the 'thon there? Or a comment about your to read pile, or -- when we've got started -- a complaint about how tired you are already... Anything!

And whether you're participating or not, it might be nice to drop in and see how those who are participating are getting on.

Comments

[shanaqui]

I'll be discussing my progress at wilderthan. I've already posted my pile and so on there, so I won't repeat that again. I'm really looking forward to it -- last time was very fun.

My main stumbling block is going to be tiredness -- I sleep a lot, lately -- and anxiety -- since I sleep more to help control that. Still, I should be having too much fun to notice, I think, judging on last time. My other stumbling block will be going to a concert during the evening!

[terabient]

I will be using Twitter to post updates. I've never tried this before so it should be an interesting experience.

My first order of business is to plow through the last 100 pages of 2666. After that...I'm not sure. XD I have a huge pile of books I'd like to dive into, but the order is up in the air at the moment.

I don't have anything planned tomorrow or Sunday so it shouldn't be too difficult to stay awake, but then again I haven't stayed up for 24 hours straight for years now. ^^

[shanaqui]

I might add you on twitter, then! At least for the duration of the 'thon. I'm shanaqui on there, too.

My pile doesn't look impressive this time round because so much of it is in ebook form. Siiigh. I do like having a big pile.

Yeah, I had the same problem last time! I found it'd been much easier to do when I was a teenager. I'm only twenty-one now, I should be able to do this with ease, but apparently not...

[sweet_sparrow]

*waves pompoms*

I hope the Read-a-thon is going well for you!

(I tried reading the whole 24 hours last time. I will never, ever, as long as I live, try to stay up 24 hours in one go again if I can help it. I hope your experience in staying awake will be better than mine was!)

[scifisentai]

I'm not participating - I have work this afternoon, so really, I can't - but good luck to everyone who is. :)

[shanaqui]

Thanks! And hey, you could always join in for a couple of hours if you get the time... *wink*

[scifisentai]

This is true. :D

[trialia]

I'm doing it in six-hour chunks - disability-adapted - but you already knew that. ;) Six hours today, tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday (couldn't be yesterday - I found myself swept up unexpectedly to do everything but read!).

I'm planning to get six hours in today, and I've already got an hour and a half of that done. This is a brief updating-GoodReads-and-my-Twitter-and-journal break.

[shanaqui]

I was wondering how that was going, I didn't see you tweeting much about it. Good luck!

[trialia]

Yeah, I had planned to start yesterday, but the weather kicked me in the teeth, then Adam, Lydia and Laura wanted me to come out, so I went and had dinner and watched Blake's 7 and Sanctuary with them, I was too tired to really think after the abortive visit to the Jobcentre I tweeted about.

So today is my beginning. :) I've already finished one book, and am in the middle of my second. See latest journal post (made public).

[shanaqui]

Yeah, I thought that might've been a spanner in the works.

Yay!