My idea was to read some comics and books. You know, get some of the books I’m looking forward to out of the way. Yep, I thought the readathon was going to be an excellent chance for me to catch up on some original fiction!

Er, but it kind of hasn’t worked out that way. I haven’t touched a book, but instead have been combing delicious for fanfic I’ve been meaning to read. Here is what I’ve read so far:

• A Precise and Accurate History of Monday, Eleven Years Later. Seriously, I ship Aziraphale/Crowley so hard. (Good Omens)
• The Dionaea House (original fiction, or maybe like House of Leaves fanfic?)
• Switch, which is basically epic Kirk/McCoy that I’m not even sure I like yet, but it’s hard to find good Kirk/McCoy fic, anyway so I’ll take what I can get? Seriously, this is like two fantasy novels tied together, it’s so long. (Star Trek XI)
• Transfigurations! I totally love this story, I read it a long time ago and re-read it today, and love Draco. (Harry Potter)
• Written in the Stars I’m not sure how I feel about this one (which generally sums up all my feelings about fic that takes the totally ill-advised epilogue to Deathly Hallows and runs with it), but well! I kind of can’t resist father-bonding, fff. I have daddy issues. (Harry Potter)

Well. At least it’s only five in the afternoon, right? XD I could grab a book later…maybe.

Friends, there is a story to go along with this post, but I have spoiled the ending for you already! I apologize, but there it is: I will be taking part in the read-a-thon (cue groans and complaints of the coming tl;dr). Dewey always nagged me to do so, but I was always working and couldn’t afford the time off. However!

The boyfriend made plans to go visit his grandmother, who was visiting his parents. This is happy-fun-times and it rarely happens so I requested a Saturday and Sunday off so he could have my car, which I never do because on those days I get awesome hours. Well, of course things were going to go pear-shaped—it’s ME—and they immediately became not only a pear, but a piping hot pear cobbler, because Grandma decided not to come and H1N1 was cited and there went that trip! Yet I still retained my time off! I thought, “Well, maybe someone will want to trade with me.”

Then I found out the read-a-thon was the 24th, and boy, did I get excited! So excited that I will potentially throttle anyone who tries to take my days off away. >.>

I have read a bunch of resources about the best books to read and how to organize my time, and since it’s my first read-a-thon I decided to take it easy, since I will not be staying up the whole day—I am too cautious about my health since I’ve started working out, and that’ll likely be a workout day. I’ll still be around 10am – 12am, though, which is plenty of time for awesome amounts of reading and chatting and encouragement. :D

Here are the books I will be reading! Just covers for now, because some of them are at the library and I must go fetch them. :)

1. Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi
2. How They Met and Other Stories by David Levithan
3. Black Juice by Margo Lanagan

4. Y: The Last Man – Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
5. Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott
6. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

I have decided to focus on some short story collections I have had on my reading list for quite awhile. I always hesitate to read collections because I am a completist and must comment on every single story in the collection like some kind of freak. With the nature of the read-a-thon and the fact that it’ll be start and stop as I go about my day, eating and working out and other activities, I can use the short stories as fillers. The other books are all short titles from my to-read shelf, and I am reading them so I can stop feeling bad that they’re still sitting there! I’ve read Unmanned before, but it was a long time ago and I’ve forgotten huge chunks of it. Tons of people have been asking me to read The Last Unicorn, too! They’ll finally get their wish.

I’m not setting any high expectations, though, for that path only leads to disaster! I’m just going to try to have a relaxing Saturday full of reading instead of a hectic Saturday full of popcorn, screaming kids, angry mothers, personal pan pizzas, and the soda machine running out of ice during the lunch rush. :D