Preparing for Dewey's 24 Hour #Readathon

Reposted from my Sapphired Reads Blog

In a few hours time, I will starting to participate in what I think is my third Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon and this time, despite the really late I signed up post ;-P, I am prepared with a capital"P".

Due to a house inspection earlier today, all the housework for the weekend has been DONE!  My four year old is enjoying a sleepover at Nana's house so I will be child free.  This leaves the rest of my weekend wide open to do nothing but READ! :-)

Now one of the most important parts of the readathon comes before it even begins and that is putting together your Readathon TBR pile.  I started preparing mine about a week ago with a goodreads shelf

Nikk's Readathon TBR Shelf

                 

Then I started pulling the physical books out.  I may have gotten a just a little enthusiastic :-P

Finally narrowed it down to starting with these below and then can pick from my above image depending on my mood.

Again this is always subject to change.


The next thing to consider is The reading space.  I love my reading space.  It gets great sunlight during the day and I have a nice light in the evenings.  Its comfy.  I can spread out, and its right next to the book shelf for when I am ready to move on to my next book :-)

Next is reading materials.  I visited the library earlier today for a last minute browse for anything worthy of adding to the TBR pile.  3 of those books made it to the very top!

Even more exciting was the new purchase I made just a couple of hours ago.  My previous kindle paperwhite was stolen a few months back so I finally purchased a new one this afternoon.  It's charging and i have already loaded it up in preparation :-)

The last important thing to organise is snacks.  The right snacks make you read faster!  It's true, I promise! :-P

These are my pre-readathon preparations, I am ready to go as soon as we hit the start. Are you reading this readathon? What books are on your TBR pile? As do you have any pre-readathon rituals or things you like to do in preparation?

Comment below and let me know.

I will be updating on Sapphired Reads every few hours to update my progress as well as on instagram so keep popping back to see how I go.

Happy Readathon everyone!  May you have a great 24 hours of reading!

Deweys 24 hour Readathon: Opening meme #readathon

It's less than half an hour until the Readathon starts and I already have my first book and first snack ready. Its 10 pm here and i haven't had dinner yet so starting small with the snacks/drinks

Here also is the opening meme so you can find out a little more about me and my reading habits :-)

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

I am reading from Sydney Australia and as mentioned my start time is actually 10 pm on Saturday 23rd 

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

I have a few i am looking forward to but probably The Winners Kiss and The Glittering Court

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

Probably the meat pies i will have for lunch tomorrow which will be just past the midway mark

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

I am a reader/blogger in my mid 30s and this is my second readathon.  I tend to read a lot of paranormal romance and urban fantasy and also like YA again mostly in the genres of paranormal, urban fantasy and paranormal romance.  That being said though I am kind of an eclectic reader so will read a whole assortment of things if the mood takes me.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?

I am going to try and cheerlead more and be more social today as well as getting my read on.  


Well only 10 minutes till show time.  i guess I will see you at the other end :-)

Good luck and happy Reading!

Time To Readathon - Dewey's 24 hour Readathon : Sign up Post and TBRList #readathon

Well it is that time again aka Readathon time.  This is my 2nd time participating in Dewey's 24 hour readathon and this time despite the lateness of this sign up post, I have actually had some more time to prepare.  The readathon starts at 10 pm AEST

I have carefully chosen my TBR list for the event ( shown below) and plan to use this post to tick off books as i go and keep track of what I am reading.  My list is a mix of books I need to read for various challenges, ARCs I need to read for review and also just books I have acquired recently that I just haven't had a chance to read yet. I also reserve the right to change books on the list if I need to in case at some stage I decide i am not in the mood for any of the books on the list and go for something else. :-P

I have downloaded a heap of books on to my Kindle and Ipad for just this reason and also as my leg of the Sprint into earth day Challenge relay falls towards the end of the readathon so i will spending at least an hour of paperless reading :-)

Here is my Readathon TBR

Burning 

The Calhoun Women: Catherine & Amanda(Calhouns #1 & 2)

Lock and Key

Finished 1.21am (hour 4)

The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court, #1)

The Winner's Kiss (The Winner's Trilogy, #3)

Destined (House of Night, #9)

Hidden (House of Night, #10)

Revealed (House of Night, #11) Redeemed (House of Night, #12) Dreamology Paper Towns The Artisans (The Artisans, #1) Threader Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

I will be updating my progress on this post, on instagram at Sapphired Dragon Reads, on goodreads via my TBR shelf and completed shelf and also on Twitter using the hashtag #readathon.

I will also be cheering on my fellow readathoners as well as participating on in some challenges and sprints along the way :-)

If you are thinking about participating yourself, its not too late!  Head over to Deweys 24 Hour Readathon to sign up then head over to the goodreads group or facebook group to meet some fellow readathoners and post your TBR list and most important of all... Read!

Wish me luck!

*All readathon buttons and banners used can be found on the Deweys 24 hour readathon button page *