Twice a year the book blog world stops its reading for, well…reading. But not just reading, nothing but READING for 24 hours. It’s Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon, a time when chores go undone, family is ignored, and bad TV goes unwatched. Instead book lovers find different spaces to curl up in and read as many books as are physically possible. In theory, I am thrilled for the opportunity to do nothing but read for 24 hours but given that we are in a house hunting crunch I may have over-committed. I’m really hoping my realtor won’t think it’s rude if I read in the car in-between houses.
Here are my reading candidates:
- All the Rage by A.L. Kennedy (loved her previous novel The Blue Book)
- Wonderland by Stacey D’Erasmo
- The Plover by Brian Doyle (his previous novel, Mink River is one of my all-time favorites)
- The Confabulist by Steven Galloway
- The Pearl that Broke its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
- Troika by Adam Pelzmam
You’ve got some good books in your pile! I just started hearing about The Pearl… and I’m interested to see what you have to say! Does reading this much in one weekend mean you’ll have a ton of reviews to write next week? Good Luck!
Yes, Tanya- this is the easy part! Keeping it all straight in my mind and being able to write about it will be the struggle.
Woohoo! What a fabulous stack you’ve got there. I hope you have a simply fabulous Readathon, even it if is punctuated by pesky house hunting!
Thanks, Katie, but I must have been out of my mind to think I’d get through even half of it. At this point just finishing two books will feel like a lot.
I think my comment disappeared, or it will eventually pop up as a duplicate…? I’ve had a lot of technology trouble this morning.
I have a copy of The Plover, but I’ve found it slow going so far. I’ve pushed it to the back burner, but I’m a bit more hopeful after seeing that his previous novel is one of your all time favorites.
Oh dear! I haven’t started it but may have set my hopes too high. Mink River was so unusual and powerful. Full on magic realism and I loved every minute.