I had been trying to decide about doing the readathon for a while, and was more inclined towards not doing it. Last time I did a readathon, I went into a major reading slump, and coming from another longer slump now, that's the last thing I wanted to risk. But then I realized that the slump happened because I wasn't doing the readathon right. I was trying to up my counts, just to see how much I can read in a day. Because of that, I wasn't enjoying my reading - and that really did me in. I think I have learned from that experience, so I'll just go with my whims on the d-day. No pressure, just pleasure! (Ha!)
Are you doing the readathon too?
Somehow I don't know how I will post regular updates on my blog - it's kind of hard checking for readathon updates every hour, so I may be posting only sporadically. I'll probably need the break. Also, I don't think I will sacrifice my sleep, because after 5 days of waking up early to go to work, it will take more than a readathon to make me want to skip sleep during the weekend too. (I so don't fancy sleeping my whole Sunday and then sitting up like a zombie on Sunday night.)
As for my reading choices, I'm not going to plan my pile - I'll just pick what suits my mind. I have two chunksters (The Passage and Cooking for Geeks) that I am reading right now, so I'll be alternating them with some "smaller" books (Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch, Room, etc).
Comments
Good luck and enjoy!
My advice - do a bit of reading, a bit of cheering, a couple of mini-challenges and have a great time!
Oh, and I don't stay up all night either. With the time zones the way they are I would be an absolute zombie when it was time for me to go back to work on Monday!
Marg, I have a feeling that I will end up cheering, LOL! If I do, at least I know what I will be doing during the next readathon. :)
Aleksandra, that's my plan too! Mostly I want to have fun!
Christine, well, good luck to you! Just make sure you take it easy because I didn't take it easy during my first readathon and I suffered for it.
Kathy, my thoughts are with you, Kathy. I hope you have a nice weekend.
Helen, so glad to have you in too! Yay for buddies!
Brenna, I missed a lot of blog events because of my schedule - that can suck, but I hope you can join in next year!
Juju, really? You're too funny!
Lisa, I really berated myself for reading to see how many pages I can make - at that point I was actually intensely fascinated with the fast-readers and wanted to see how much I could read too. What a sorry decision, but at least it was a valuable lesson, and I won't be curious about that anymore.
Roseann
One of these times I have to try a read-a-thon. To me, it seems like I am always doing a personal one;)
Molly, I definitely loved your approach to the readathon of dedicating it to nanowrimo!
Marieke, distractions still found me. :(
Gwen, you should do a readathon, even if you could read only for an hour! It's all in the community feel. :)
Katy, aww, I hope you can join in next time!