All the Books! discussion

So what do you guys think about starting read-a-thons in this group?

You can add all the books you've read in this topic in the time allotted. We can make it a 'one week a month' or 1 full day or something.

Let me know your thoughts.

I like read-a-thons, they are fun

I am doing the 2015 reading challenge at the moment so it may hurry me along lol xx

Sounds good to me! :)

Yay, I'd like that! ^^

Awesome! What do you guys think? A week long? A full 24 hours?

Also, what do you think about a monthly 'theme' in the readathon?

Next month is February. So we do a weeks worth of reading but the theme will be 'Love' so you must read 1 romantic book.

What week next month is good for all of you?

Good call! Duh *face palm*.

Yes, you can count graphic novels

The first one starts today, yay!

Do you guys have any suggestions for a romantic one? I don't typically read that genre so I don't have too many in mind..

Sophia Kinsella is funny romantic. White Hot Kiss is an urban romance/ya. Janet Evanovich has a bunch of stand alone short novels that are considered romance (not as good as Stephanie Plum but still ok) Burned is a bit of a naughty romance same with Seduction and Snacks. Neanderthal Seeks Human: A Smart Romance was great.

Thanks! I'll have to look into these :)

Happy Sunday everyone :) Our first read-a-thon is now officially over.

Do we still want to continue this for next month? Thoughts?

I wouldn't mind doing another one next month, I enjoyed this one! :)

Okay cool :)


Here are our choices:
Week 1: March 1-7
Week 2: March 8-14
Week 3: March 15-21 (St. Paddy's day week)
Week 4: March 22-28

What about doing it March 15-21 & having a theme of 'non-American' so you have to read at least one book with a non-American author? Just a thought.

Sounds like a good idea to me :)

What non-American author were you thinking?

I'm just thinking that the people on this thread are from all over so why not celebrate diversity of authors?

Some examples might be: J.R.R.Tolkien, C.S.Lewis, Douglas Adams, Yann Martel, L.M.Montgomery, Victor Hugo, Kerstin Gier, Anne Frank, Brothers Grimm, Cornelia Funke, Markus Zusak (these are just some I came up with off the top of my head as being non-American...where a lot of authors tend to be from).

Absolutely, I love the idea!

We need a theme for May!

That could be fun!

I agree, I haven't read much of that genre at all but have always wanted to!

That sounds like a good theme to me! I've always wanted to have a good look around in that genre too :)

I think July's theme should have something to do with independence day.. what do you think?

What do you guys think August theme should be?

I like both of those options!

Any thoughts on the theme for September?

Sept. is famous for back to school.

Oh yeah! That's a good idea... a school theme

Yeah

Maybe something like 'books you've read in school'?

Book you should have read in school but didn't? That would also qualify for the the 26 book challenge. Or books that take place in school. BOTM Luckiest Girl Alive would qualify. Sorry I am all about multitasking.

Brandy wrote: "Book you should have read in school but didn't? That would also qualify for the the 26 book challenge. Or books that take place in school. BOTM Luckiest Girl Alive would qualify...."

No, no that's perfect! I was wondering what book I was going to use for that one!

You guys think we should quit the RATs for a little while? They don't seem to be pulling in any many people as they used to.

Sara wrote: "You guys think we should quit the RATs for a little while? They don't seem to be pulling in any many people as they used to."

I noticed that I love them but I think its the challenge of finding a book to fit a theme and setting a goal of how many books I want to read lol

Well we can definitely quit the "theme" for awhile if that makes it easier on everyone. Or we can just take a pause on them in general and come back to them later. Let me know your thoughts!

I'm a big fan of the theme read-a-thon...
Maybe we can do something like the booktube-a-thon?
There are challenges you need to accomplish during the read-a-thon, for example something like 'read 300 pages a day' or 'read a whole series'.
It's easier than a theme and a lot of fun!