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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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Not able to get my 4 hours in from 12 to 4, but I'll try and spend 4 hours finishing up Michael Bunker's The WICK Omnibus Edition.
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Kimberlyn wrote: "Question is there someplace to go to when doing the read-a-thon???? This will be my first and I have already pledged to read Kim Harrison's Dead Witch Walking!!!"Check out this link. :) Find your state&there will be different locations that are hosting this readathon in each state. Hope this helps!
http://global.penguinrandomhouse.com/...
M Lynn --- yes that lovely auto correct gets me all the time. I end up with some odd things all the time as well because I'm almost always posting from a device that thinks it is smarter and knows what I meant to say. Sometime I get a complete kick-out of what it changes things to, but usually it just annoys the heck out of me. I'm constantly having to edit post for weirdness posted.
Kimberlyn wrote: "Question is there someplace to go to when doing the read-a-thon???? This will be my first and I have already pledged to read Kim Harrison's Dead Witch Walking!!!"Welcome to The Hollows! I love Kim's books.
I'm heading to the Roosevelt Branch of the Chicago Public Library system where I'm going to try to get back into Lemony Snicket's All The Wrong Questions series!
on the kindle and the book about Luna based on the movie "The Whale"
Kimberlyn wrote: "Suzilicious wrote: "Kimberlyn wrote: "Question is there someplace to go to when doing the read-a-thon???? This will be my first and I have already pledged to read Kim Harrison's Dead Witch Walking!..."If you have twitter you can post using the hashtag ( #timetoread), other will be posting during the event likely.
No specifc site required, your own personal oasis of reading bliss. You will find book bloggers having events and things, so check social media for online hangouts.
I have finshed The Duke's Shotgun Wedding and am intoo my second.
Finished the book I chose for this. I know I won't get my other one finished, but I got the one I pledged to read and that's what's important.
Hope everyone had fun. Finished a classic, a graphic novel, two short stories, and started a new book. Also ate ordered in calzone from Hungry Howies and sipped on cherry coke in between water with lemon. Sat outside most of the time, the weather was gorgeous.
I don't live in the US, but can't miss a chance to read for four hours straight. Finished the book I pledged to read, Persuasion
I just finished Two out of three for today is not bad but coudl have been better. Unexpected company has a way of interferring with my reading time. I am off to now begin book 3 for today.
Kimberlyn wrote: "Suzilicious wrote: "Kimberlyn wrote: "Question is there someplace to go to when doing the read-a-thon???? This will be my first and I have already pledged to read Kim Harrison's Dead Witch Walking!..."Oh! Haha My bad!
Well, I didn't finish my book but I read more than half. I'm in page 340 on Heir of Fire
I finished the book I pledged to read "The Revenant A Novel of Revenge" by Michael Punke.
Heather wrote: "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 c..."
Heather, my point was more about describing something as 'national' on an international site. 'National' only means 'American' in a group of Americans - not an international group (it means 'British' to me, for instance!). To begin with, this readathon wasn't specified as 'U.S.', and the post was simply talking about 'nationwide' rather than 'across America' - but since several of us commented on this, it has been edited to clarify this, and I appreciate that. Thanks, Goodreads staff! :-)
I finally finished the book I pledged, The Goldfinch. It was a long one, therefore I needed more than the 4 hours to finish. It was fun participating!
I finished The Silmarillion yey! it took more than four hours and i didn't get to start last Saturday but hey, I did it! :)
I wasn't able to read the entire book. But, I started Cinder, by Marissa Meyer and so far I am enjoying it! I convinced two of my siblings to come with me and we went a local library that was hosting it. I think we were the only ones that showed up but it was still wonderful! They had hot cider, hot chocolate, and a pumpkin spice drink for us as well as cookies and finger foods. It was all delicious! Plus, we each were able to pick out a free book from a box of little gifts they had as door prizes. And they gave us each a little notebook. It was amazingly fun. Thank you so much GoodReads for posting about National Readathon day or else I wouldn't have known that it existed! #timetoread
What a wonderful way to spend the time. I didn't find any goodies at my library on that day.
A Bookworm Reading wrote: "What a wonderful way to spend the time. I didn't find any goodies at my library on that day."Aw, that's sad. :( Yes, it was quite wonderful! :)
