Last year, one of my friends alerted me to the
48-Hour Book Challenge (then hosted by
MotherReader, this year hosted by
Ms. Yingling with help from
Abby the Librarian). Unfortunately, she alerted me to it after it was finished. Since then, however, I started following some of the blogs who participated in the challenge, and waited to see when the 2013 challenge would be, thinking I'd give it a shot. Well, that time is now! So, this is my first time ever participating in any sort of blogging challenge (I'm in the midst of the Hub Reading Challenge right now, but haven't been blogging along), and I figured this was a good one to try out! Unfortunately, it doesn't fall on a particularly good weekend for me - I have to work all day Friday and Saturday and we have theater tickets for Sunday night - but I will participate as much as I can! I've already warned my boyfriend that I plan on doing nothing but reading when I'm not working, so hopefully he knows I mean business.
As I mentioned, I'm trying desperately to finish the
Hub Reading Challenge, so my TBR is mainly made of those books, with a couple of ARCs thrown in for good measure (of course, if none of these strike my fancy, I've got about 200 other books in my house to choose from). My goal will be 12 hours of reading - I'm setting it low so hopefully I can blow it out of the water!
I'm starting at 6pm CST Friday, so I'll be finishing up at 6pm CST Sunday, right before we head to the theater. Have fun everyone!
Remember, it's about giving yourself a reason to read if you need it. Sometimes it's a good weekend, sometimes it's not. Hope that you enjoy yourself-- it sounds like you won't run out of things to read!
ReplyDeleteI'm trying not to stress about it too much and just enjoy the opportunity to focus on reading when I can and visit some other bloggers. I definitely won't run out of things to read!
Delete12 hours is a great goal, and that's what I reached my first year. I also had a full day of stuff on Saturday my first year including my car breaking down in 95 degree heat and then getting dehydrated, but it'll still feel like you accomplished a lot, I think. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI'll be happy if I reach 12 hours. I've seen other people mentioning that they have a lot of stuff going on this weekend, too, and that's made me feel better about not being as free as I'd like to be. Thanks for the encouragement!
DeleteI hope you meet your goal. This is my first year, too, and I'm loving the fact that I have an excuse to read without guilt I should be doing something else!
ReplyDeleteCindy
I completely agree about the guilt-free reading! Might be the best thing about this readathon!
DeleteDropping by to see what you are reading. I hope that you meet your goal. And enjoy the theater!
ReplyDeleteGood luck and happy reading!
Tallulah A. @ MAD Hoydenish
http://madhoydenish.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-8th-annual-motherreader-48-hour.html
Thanks for the encouragement! We had a great time at the theater, though it cut close to the end of my reading time!
Delete