Today’s the Readathon! Normally I’d have put up a post with my books and plans earlier in the week, but work was such a beast that I never got around to it. C’est la vie.
One of the other casualties of a busy work week is that I’ve struggled a bit more than usual with my book stack. My head says pick short books so I can read quickly (that’s usually very satisfying for me during the Readathon), but my heart is pulling me towards some longer titles. My stack is kind of a weird mix of both, so hopefully I’ll be able to find exactly what I want to read.
I’l probably start with one of the nonfiction books — I’m learning towards Love and Death in the Sunshine State by Cutter Wood, a memoir/true crime book about a woman who goes missing in Florida, or The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson, true crime about the theft of many rare birds. That one is a bit of a cheat, since I’m partially finished, but at least I know that it’s good!
One big change this year is that I won’t be posting here on the blog much. Storify, the service I’ve used in the past to collect my social media posts here, is shutting down, so it’s not available to use and I didn’t come up with a better option. I’m a little bummed, but I think that’ll just mean I’ll be on Twitter and Instagram exclusively after this opening event post.
Opening Event Meme, 6:40 a.m.
1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? St. Paul, Minnesota with my mom and my sister.
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? I’m not sure! If I’m feeling brave, I’m excited about I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara. I’m also excited to finish The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Gummi bears! And donuts, my mom brought some great donuts for us to eat.
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! I work as a social media specialist for a public library system in Minnesota. It’s such a great job!
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? I’ll be doing my updates different, not gathering them on Storify like I have in the past. I’ll probably do a lot more sharing on Instagram stories too!
Happy Readathon, everyone!!
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I think non-fiction is a great choice for the readathon – maybe because I’ve been in a non-fiction mood lately. Have fun!
I am happy to see you here today. I’m sad to hear Storify is shutting down. I hope you still get a lot of reading and posting done.
https://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-24-hour-read-thon-leggiamo-alcuni.html
I used Storify too and am sad to see it go too. I’ll follow your journey on Instagram.
I didn’t get to check in yet on Instagram on how you did with the readathon. So I’ll just ask here: How did you do? How many books and what was your favorite book? 🙂
Pretty good! I finished four books and liked most of them. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark was my favorite — such good true crime.