Author-a-thon suggestions?

When I was last ill I spent 24 hours on the Lizz-Lundathon, reading her entire series of Kitchen mysteries. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and felt much better for it.

Now I face a few days of bed rest, thank you so very, very, much to the NHS, and was going to do it again. My prime candidate is Kathryn Meyer Griffith's Dinosaur series, which I planned to read anyway, bulked out with other titles.

I'll start tomorrow, so time ticks down. Do you have any competing candidates to put forward?

 

I'm guessing mainstream ones like Harry Potter or Game of Thrones is out then.

Whatever it is - will be fun to see.

 

I slept through yesterday so, if I can keep my eyes open, I will be doing it today instead.

 

Do you really think George RR Martin and JK Rowling either deserve a) more money or b) need a popularity boost? Besides, they both fail on one important criteria: neither of them have put a book on Bookangel.

Kathryn Meyer Griffiths would be a good choice, or perhaps Kimberley A. Bettes? I think she wrote the excellent 'Criers' Club'.

 

How about making it a Dinosaur-a-thon? Dinosaur Lake came out in 2012, but several big six have released their versions this year. Compare the 5-star original with the knock-offs, and I don't use that word lightly. Some are picking up universal 3-star ratings.

 

How are read-a-thons meant to work? Do you pick out a theme and everyone chooses an indie book that represents it? Do all participants read a different book but with the same theme, so it's comparable to a book club just a different way of doing it? I'm intrigued.

 

Ellie Jane, it sounds like a personal choice to pass the time and stick to something good. I've done my own read-a-thons, though they've been challenges I picked up from blogs. there was a week I opted to read seven books in seven days. I finished it, but it probably wasn't the best idea since I hardly remember those books!

 

Thanks for explaining it to me, Jordan. I admit I feel a bit foolish now. Talk about misunderstand the whole theme. A read-a-thon sounds like fun though and something I'll try once I have spare time. Like everyone else here, I can read quickly, but I prefer to dawdle over the lines and really soak it all in.

 

Reader has been doing them as review-a-thons rather than read-a-thons, so the challenge is to read and review all books in a series or linked by a subject type in one day. The choice is always limited by finding ones that people will chip in books or vouchers to buy the books because they want to see them reviewed.

 

A read-a-thon sounds like a wonderful idea! @Jordan, I have no idea how you read seven books in seven days. That's quite a feat! I don't think I would be able to retain all of that information either. Thanks for the tip about looking for challenges in blogs, too. I'll have to check those out.

 

I remember doing read-a-thons. However, I'm so tired these days I would probably fall asleep. When I was younger, I would stay up all night reading if the book was interesting. Now I just look forward to having a book that I look forward to when I pick it up.