Goodreads Presidents' Day Readathon

I am in a group on Goodreads (75 Books) that is having a readathon this weekend. Many members committed to reading books that they already own to work towards a clear spot on a shelf (like it will stay that way ;)

As most of you know, I adore a good readathon, so I jumped into this one with both feet. At 2:00 this morning, I finished The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald, and I am currently about 25% through Maus by Art Spiegelman.

I have finally seen the light regarding the motivational factor of short reads during a readathon. A finish on the first day is pretty exciting!


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24 in 48 Hour Forty-two Challenge

Here is the challenge:

That’s your next challenge: which five bookish people (or animals, I’m not picky) would be around your perfect literary dinner table? 

And here is my response:

Merlin
Gandalf
Hobie from The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Myrtle Clover (from the cozy mystery series by Elizabeth Craig) to keep these men in line
and
Oliver Twist (because no matter how bad my cooking is, he will ask for more)

24 in 48 Hour Thirty-six Challenge

Here is the challenge:

So this hour’s challenge is to post a comment with your favorite #ownvoices recommendations. If you’re not familiar with it, #ownvoices describes books written by authors that identify with the same marginalized group as the protagonists that they’re writing. This could include authors that identify as and are writing characters that are POCs, disabled, LGBTQ+, non-cisgender, etc.


And here is my response:

Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie (Native American)
Amy Tan and Lisa See (Chinese American)

24 in 48 Hour Thirty Challenge

(Sorry I missed a few; I'm battling a cold this weekend and just couldn't wake up.)

Here is the challenge:

For this hour’s challenge, you’re going to help me with a little bit of activism. Take a picture of your very best rainbow book stack, and comment below with a link to your photo. For every photo, I will personally donate $1 to the Human Rights Campaign, in support of its mission of advocating for LGBTQ equality. Just in case you need a reminder, a rainbow’s color order is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

And here is my response:

24 in 48 Hour Eighteen Challenge

Herre is the challenge:

I’ve seen lots of great readathon TBR stacks in my feeds, and now I want to see another kind of photo. We’ve already done shelfies, but this time I want to see your best spine poetry. Construct your best poem from book titles on your shelves, take a photo, and post a link to that photo and the resulting poem in a comment below. (Add punctuation as you see fit.)

And here  is my response:

What if

the people

that time forgot

wreck

this journal?

Take the monkey,

and run.

24 in 48 Hour Fifteen Challenge

Here is the question:

What’s your reading strategy for this weekend? Are you reading comics? Novellas? Short books? A series? Or one long doorstopper? I’m personally taking bites out of a few different books I’m in a middle of, plus an audiobook or two.  Are you reading on a theme? From a set TBR? Or just whatever strikes your fancy? 

And here is my response:

I'm planning to finish my current novel, LaRose by Louise Erdrich this evening and then see where my mood takes me. I was thinking about a quick, cozy mystery, but after the discussion from Hour Twelve, I may see if Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood is available from my library’s E-resources.

24 in 48 Hour Twelve Challenge

Here is the challenge:

Thousands and thousand of women are marching in Washington, DC and across the country in local marches to protest our new administration. Women from all over are banding together to promote intersectional feminist ideals and demonstrate that together, we are stronger, and we’ve got no time for their ish. I wish I could be out there marching with all the badass ladies, but instead, I’ll be celebrating my favorite activists and feminists with some patriarchy-smashing reads. Your Hour Twelve challenge is this: in the comments, tell me either who you’d like to be marching with today or what feminist books you’re reading in solidarity?

And here is my response:

First today, as every day, I send all the love and strength and power that I have in this universe to my beautiful daughter.  Next, in direct response,

I have a coworker and a student marching in D.C., and an aunt marching in Charlotte, N.C. My primary read this weekend is LaRose by Louise Erdrich. While not necessarily considered a “feminist” writer, I can’t think of another who creates stronger, more inspiring female characters. In my to-read pile, I have Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood and The Meaning of Michelle by Veronica Chambers.