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Make #timetoread on National Readathon Day! (U.S.)
Grab your latest book and charge your ereaders, bibliophiles. It's time for the first-ever National Readathon Day. On Saturday, January 24, join readers across America to make #timetoread for four hours in solidarity for literacy. (Of course, if you live outside the U.S. and want to make #timetoread, too, please join in!)
National Readathon Day, sponsored by Goodreads, the National Book Foundation, Penguin Random House, and Mashable, is a nationwide marathon reading session on Saturday, January 24th from noon-4 p.m. (in respective time zones) and a fundraiser for The National Book Foundation’s literacy programs.
Get involved on Goodreads by pledging to read any book you’d like. Visit our Readathon Challenge to share your selection with the rest of the Goodreads community. We‘ll add the book you choose to your “to-read” shelf (if it's not already there) and also add it to a special readathon-day-2015 shelf, where you can see everyone's Readathon picks site-wide!
Maybe you’re in the middle of something so good, you want four hours to finish it. Or perhaps there’s a novel that’s been on your to-read shelf for weeks that you’ve just been waiting for an excuse to start. If you need some suggestions, we’ve also shared our list of the best books of January.
If you’d like to get involved offline, check here for a list of “reading party” events. These events will be held at libraries, bookstores, and schools across the country and have been created so the community can come together to share their love of books!
Where will you be making #timetoread this Saturday? Share it with us in the comments below!
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I'll start Lily of the Nile, the first book in a trilogy about Cleopatra's daughter by Stephanie Dray. I'll also be reading Stop in the Name of Pants!, book #9 in the hilarious Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series by Louise Rennison. #timetoread
I will be reading the 3rd book in the Bregdan Chronicles series by Ginny Dye. I have enjoyed this series.
I'll be reading Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton #timetoread
I plan on taking part, just not quite sure what I'm going to read just yet, have a few books to choose from.
I'm going to read Loving Rose
by Stephanie Laurens
Going to to reading The Rebel Prince by Celine Kiernan, right after I finish Unhinged by A.G. Howard :)
Don't know what I'll be reading...yet!!! But, I have a plethora of choices!
I won't officially pledge because I'll be working during those hours, but unofficially I will read from 8-12 and I'll finish The Poisonwood Bible!
I'm in Ontario, Canada so it won't officially count, but I'll be starting Neil Gaiman's American Gods. I'm looking forward to it. Great idea.
I'll be reading The Dare by Rachel Van Dyken. Actually there's lot of list of books on my shelf but this one, I just want to read this one but never got any feels to start XD so here it is.
_lethe_ wrote: ""National" referring to the USA, I presume. Doesn't concern me."(Of course, if you live outside the U.S. and want to make #timetoread, too, please join in!)
I have to work noon to ten p.m. my time, but I can read some before I go in and on my lunch break. It won't be four hours, but I'll be working on "The Serpent of Venice" by Christopher Moore. I'm about 100 pages in and loving it right now. #timetoread
I won't be able to read from noon to 4 pm on Saturday, but I WILL be dedicating four hours to reading when I get home from work that evening. I'll start with finishing "1356" by Bernard Cornwell.
I'll be reading Sabriel , by Garth Nix in New Zealand. Been really trying to get into this book so four solid hours of reading is going to be awesome! :)
I wish we had bookstores and other locations joining in here in Germany! I love events like this!
since im asleep at that time then getting ready for work ill probably be reading 12am-4am like i have been. ill be reading Unmasked the last book in the vampire diaries series :)
I'm currently reading Moonraker, but I want to finish it and Diamonds are Forever by the end of the day tomorrow.Moonraker Diamonds Are Forever
Simone wrote: "I work during those hours, but I'll read a different four hours that day. I'll start The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan. #timetoread"Just say you're in a different time zone ;)
Just picked up The 9th Girl by Tami Hoag and am dying to start it! Perfect excuse to stay in and read. #timetoread
I'm in with satirical fantasy. I'll be finishing up The Outsorcerer's Apprentice and probably starting Feet of Clay. Plus I'm going to the library with my five year old in the morning, but we do that every Saturday.
I will continue reading Angels Fall by Nora Roberts from Sri Lanka. Not getting time nowadays due to University stuffs.. but I will do the Readathon 2015.
I'm going to finish Changeless by Gail Carriger. If I finish that, I'll go to Revival by Stephen King.
Diane wrote: "I'm going to finish Changeless by Gail Carriger. If I finish that, I'll go to Revival by Stephen King."Changless is pretty good you meet characters from her other series :)
Im going to continue reading
im about half way through :]
I will be continuing to read Spinward Fringe Broadcast 8: Renegades for #timetoread. It is already on my currently reading list. I was unable to add this book via the Pledge to Read page??? I found it in the search box but had no way to "pledge".
i'll be reading Norwegian Wood for the second time , along with differential equations for my upcoming exams in the university. Murakami anybody? #timetoread
The family will be out for most of the day, so I will be reading "The Revenant A Story of Revenge" by Michael Punke.
I've been trying to add a book to this, but it's not letting me search, add, click, etc on anything. All links are apparently broken for me. I've been looking forward to this for weeks, as I first saw it on instagram, and its not letting me add a book or even search through mine? Can anyone with Goodreads please help? Is it just me?
I'll be doing a different four hours since my mom is sick, but I'll probably be finishing The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and starting The Shadow of the Wind, because I feel like a book about books is the way to go.
Gail wrote: "Yes, why is it national and not international, since Goodreads is an international site? Seems a shame to exclude everyone not in the US."Because the association is American. Other countries can still participate or else it would say otherwise.
Besides, Penguin Publishing is British, I believe.
M. Lynn, I was having that problem and finally was able to get it to work. Are you using a device? I had tried from my kindle fire and my Windows phone.
Julie wrote: "I'm going to try to read for 4 hrs straight."i read for about 4 hours straight lol :) im trying to decide what to read next either:
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A Bookworm Reading wrote: "M. Lynn, I was having that problem and finally was able to get it to work. Are you using a device? I had tried from my kindle fire and my Windows phone."Hi Bookworm :) I was trying from my kindle and it didn't work so went too the iPad and it worked. Both devices are old with numerous issues so I have to constantly switch between them for different things. I did get it to work finally. Thank you so much for your reply.
My biggest issue now is having to go back to all my posts, comments, reviews, tweets etc to make sure t h e words "pecan pie" aren't ALL over t h e place because everytime I type T H E or N O pecan pie drops in from auto correct. It was funny pecan pie first few times.....now it's just aggravating. I can only imagine where it's at and to whom I was messaging. They must think I'm nuts. Pecan pie <-------again N O pun intended on pecan pie "nuts" part. Lol kind of.
Have an awesome time tomorrow for pecan pie #TimeToRead #Readathon day and thank you, again :)
I will finish
and start this one
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by: Suzanne Collins #timetoread