So why the seaside picture, you ask, for Dewey’s? Well… Let me just pull out this oldie, but goodie for you – a picture I made literally during my first week of blogging:
Do you like it?!!! I know you do. You’ve GOT TO like it. It’s just SUCH a pun.
*blushes over awkwardness of self*
And this is literally what my Dewey’s will be this year! Because, although I was planning on just sitting on my beanbag and reading all day, unexpectedly – I am at the seaside, and although the weather is cold – I am loving it, and I am SO hell bent on still doing the readathon tomorrow!
I know it won’t be easy, out and about! But I have my loveliest boyfriend to safeguard me while I walk and read, and he’s promised to take check-in photos or me! So we’ll see where this goes, and it might even be more fun than I thought it would be! Bring it on.
And meanwhile, I’ve laid out a little TBR for myself. It contains… Only 20 items! Hold your horses, I won’t be reading them all (or will I?) – I just wanted to have some choice in what I read. I also followed the rule of “pick short reads for a feeling of accomplishment” – so I did! While my books are all electronic, both because I’m traveling and because those are basically 90% of what I own, so I can’t give you a nice TBR bookstagram photo, I’ve arranged them in little groups based on the type of read they are!
~ The Sweet Reads ~
~ The Emotional Reads ~
~ The Fantasy Reads ~
~ The Scifi Reads ~
~ The Fairytale Reads ~
~ The Nonfiction or Historical Reads ~
19 of these books are backlist, so they will be able to count for my #BeatTheBacklist challenge, and 7 of them are ARCs, so they’ll also count for this month’s State of the ARC! Let’s see how many of these I can read tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Will you be participating in Dewey’s? And what will you be reading?
I’m Evelina and I blog about books that made an impression on me. I love middle grade, women’s, scifi and some literary too.
Of those I’ve only read 2once upon a time in the north” but I really enjoyed that one. Good luck with the bookcation!
I actually didn’t manage that one in the readathon! But will be reading it shortly, I guess 🙂
Aaah my TBR post isn’t up yet xD it’s going up tomorrow haha, but woooo for having so many backlist books – and your boyfriend sounds lovely offering to take check in photos for you 🙂 Hope you have fun tomorrow girl!
I faiiiled with that readathon xD how did you do? I think you also participated?
Good luck on your readathon, happy reading!! I won’t join tho because the idea of 24hrs readathon is kliiling me
Thank you! 🙂 did you end up joining? If not, maybe you can plan ahead and join up the next time it’s happening, it will be in October 🙂
Wait, this is how much you plan to read? OMG! I though I was ambitious with my four books. But I do understand the need for more choices. But I do like your approach of picking short books. Hmmm… now I feel like rethinking my Dewey’s TBR and I might even write a blog post (still in a blogging slump).
Enjoy your vacation! Looking forward to seeing your check-ins and more vacation pics maybe! I miss the sea.
Haha, yes, it would have been, had I actually had time to read 😀 but I only ended up reading like 4 books. They were really short though, most of them like 50 pages 🙂
Ahhhh I respect you for being able to participate in readathons! I always fail and then feel crummy about it after 😛 so I stopped trying hahaha
Thanks 🙂 I just enjoy myself so much, I can’t help it xD I actually failed at this one, but only due to the vacation. I did read, but not really as much as I had wanted to. It’s a great thing I did pre-readathons, huh 😀 lol
Aweeee it happens! And what are pre-readathons? Hahaha
Yeah, I actually did two pre-readathons and it’s what saved my month’s reading 😀
Your TBR is so.. ambitious? If I am not wrong, it’s only a 24 hrs readathon, right? And tou chose so many books and that too while being on a vaction? Well, you are really great! Seriously.. I can hardly finish a book in a day.. only if it’s a poetry
Well, all the best Evelina for the readathon I am sure you would be able to do it. Also, enjoy your vacation ❤️
Most of those books were very short xD and I just wanted to be able to have a good choice of books 🙂 I did finish four. But I barely got time to read. If I had had the time I would have probably finished at least a half of those 🙂 but vacation is vacation! I was pretty disappointed about the readathon, TBH xD but the vacation part was still good 😀
Sounds like such a great plan! Enjoy your bookvacation 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Ohhh I’m sure it will be super nice to read at the seaside, it’s a secret dream of mine to sometime read at the beach
I definitely hope you get to as many books as possible! I sadly cannot participate because I have a long seminar, but maybe another time 🙂
I actually messed up that readathon xD it was just too hard to read with all that entertainment around me 😀 hahaha. But it was too cold to read at the beach anyway. It was 12C x.x I did end up reading 4 small books though, so that’s still alright 🙂
Oh no 😮 But I totally get it, I have a hard time concentrating when there is a lot going on! It’s amazing that you still read a few smalls books, reading something is what counts! 🙂
That’s true, and thank you 🙂
Every year I say that I am going to participate next year. I need to take an extra day off work to do so. Next year I must plan ahead.
I have read The Machine Stops. It seems a bit odd that E. M. Forster wrote a science fiction novel, but I thought it was very good. I also was impressed that Foster predicted something very similar to the internet in 1909.
Have fun with the Readathon!
I hope you manage to! But it’s actually not next year, it’s in October! This readathon happens twice a year 🙂 so you’re in luck 😀
I actually didn’t manage to read The Machine Stops though. Maybe next time 🙂
I love this TBR! Actually, 20 books looks pretty small when it’s all spread out like that… 😉 I won’t be participating in the Readathon (as it’s already happening…) but I will be cheering you on from the States! What books are you MOST excited to read? No, you cannot pick all of them. 😉
I like going to the beach when it’s cold, actually. I find I get the most reading done because I don’t want to get in the water! XD
Thank you! It’s a good TBR for the reason that they’re mostly old ARCs as well ;D the problem is… I only finished 4 of them xD but I will be slowly continuing with these… Or maybe I’ll find (time for) some other readathon to do this list. I am so disappointed that Dewey’s didn’t really work for me this time T_T I did read Beacon and Torch, which I was quite excited for 🙂 The beach was actually much too cold to even sit on it. 12C. That’s kind of late winter cold. Says 53F! So we put our… Read more »
My Readathon TBR contains a lot of shorter reads {100-250 pages} and some books that I’m already working on. And because I’m me and like to have a huge list, I added several alternates to the pile as well.
Yeah, this is the first readathon when I realized it’s worth it to make your TBR up from shorter reads 🙂
I hope you remember to look up and sea the ocean! And how awesome that your boyfriend will be taking pics. Can’t wait to see that post! Good luck and have fun.
Yeah, the ocean was awesome, and the beach was actually too cold to read on it 😀 (only about 50F). But it was a fun vacation nonetheless 🙂
Wohooo!! You’ve got your options ready, Evelina! I can’t wait to read so much in one day LOL. I’ll definitely be trying to finish off books like When Dimple Met Rishi and probably get some poetry done because it’s national poetry month and I’ve sucked in terms of reading in April so yeah. Also, have fun on your vacation <3
Thank you 🙂 it’s really too bad we both didn’t do that well on Dewey’s. We should do our own readathon or something xD
Looks like you’re all set. Have fun and don’t run into any trees!
Thank you 😀
If I were you, I’d probably get overwhelmed by the amount of books I’d be able to choose from and pick something entirely else, haha.
Never heard of Dewey’s readathon until today! Not really sad that it’s over, since I *wish* I had a whole day to allocate to reading books…. but seems fun!
And indeed I am overwhelmed, but then again, I have a huuuuuge TBR, so I am already used to the feeling 😀
Dewey’s is fun! Maybe you can manage to plan ahead and join Dewey’s in October? It’s easier if you plan ahead 🙂
Ooh, thank you for the tip! Thought it was once-a-year thing. I think I will manage to participate in October! o^o
I’m glad it’s a twice a year thing, I also get to “make up” for it in October 😀 at least, I hope I will.
Strangely never heard of this challenge before, but it sounds good fun. Your reading list is ambitious, I’m looking forward to seeing how you got on.
It’s amazing fun – the next one’s going to be in October 🙂 you should join, if life and schedule allows! And I didn’t do so well xD readathons and vacations? Don’t mesh so well 😀
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Omg Once Upon a Time in the North!! Did you read it? If so, did you love it?? I still haven’t read that and the other novella since they aren’t very common in bookstores
Actually, I didn’t read it! I was planning to read it with my boyfriend, cause he’s the one who basically FORCED ME to read His Dark Materials, cause it’s his fave series xD but my readathon wasn’t working out how I was expecting it to work out, and I wasn’t feeling too good, so I skipped reading Pullman, didn’t want to spoil the experience 🙂 so I’ll still be reading it! I think you could get the novellas as a kindle book? It’s how I have it 🙂
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I’ve been thinking of participating in this readathon but have yet to do so. I like the categories you set your books into. I hadn’t heard of many of them, I hope you enjoyed them!
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You should definitely try it, it’s loads of fun 🙂