Because I enjoyed my first Read-a-Thon last October, I decided to say farewell to summer by entering The High Summer Read-a-Thon this morning. Dewey’s, the only other one I have done ,was a 24 hour thing, but this one is a week long.
As contestant #57, I am leaving the starting gate late (I must have not heard the starting gun–not checked my e-mail) for it started yesterday. I have already begun this morning by starting to finish a lovely novel about WWI, The Summer Before the War, by Helen Simonsson. I am only on chapter 8, and already it is as engaging as the author’s debut novel, Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, one of my favorite novels. Simonsson is a true storyteller who makes one care about the characters and what happens to them.
I will keep you posted on my progress through the coming days and will post as I finish books here at PWR. I am not setting a goal except to make a dent in my TBR (to be read) reading list and put some good books into circulation by loaning them out when through.
KEEP reading and keep up with the HS Read-a-Thon here.
Rae
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Welcome, Rae! I’m honored that you chose my read-a-thon as your second ever read-a-thon! I hope you get some good reading in this week…and have fun while doing it. 🙂
Just to let you know, I now host six week long read-a-thons each year. Next up is FrightFall in October, then Christmas Spirit at end of November, Winter’s Respite in January, Spring into Horror in April, and SciFi Summer in June (I just started this one this year). So, plenty of opportunities to get your read-a-thon on. Yay!
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