My World...in words and pages: Novella Read-A-Thon

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Novella Read-A-Thon

I'm on a Novella kick lately. I've been acquiring them since I got the Nook for Christmas. And all are stories I very much want to read. So, I want to get through a few. Yes, I'm a slower reader than many of you, and these take me a little bit longer than an hour to get through....along with regular, normal, mundane life stuff going on.

So, I decided I want to do a:

Novella (Short Story)

Read-A-Thon!

If you want to join, please do. But this is pretty much just a plan for me to get through as many of these novella's as I can.

I'm only doing this over a weekend. I could probably do a week long, but I think a weekend will give me a good chunk of time to focus on Novella's then get back to my regularly scheduled reading.

Start Time:

Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 12:01 am. Okay, so I won't be up at that hour. When I wake up will be the starts of it for me.

Finish Time:

Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 11:59 pm. And again, I do work during the week, so I'll stop when I go to bed. ;)

What I plan to Read: (no need to share this if you are joining, I am so I have a line up ready for me.)

Magic by Gaslight by Philippa Ballantine (which I might read before hand as I don't know if I can wait!)
Gimme Shelter - this is a short anthology, and I think will be perfect for this fun read-a-thon
Dead Drop: A Lawson Vampire Bonus Story by Jon F. Merz
Retro Demonology (Demon Trappers Series) by Jana Oliver
The First Dragoneer by M.R. Mathias
Curran (POV #1) by Gordon Andrews (I have POV #2 & #3 & Magic Gifts, but can't read yet with where I am in series)
A Mere Formality by Ilona Andrews
Questing Beast by Ilona Andrews
Blindsight by Kait Nolan
Love, Death, and Loneliness by Douglas Brown

Doesn't seem like many, but I know life will get mixed in their too.

3 comments:

Melissa (Books and Things)March 14, 2012 at 6:23 PM
Oh I hope you have lots of fun with these!! Love some novellas. Others you just wish were so much longer. :D
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BexMarch 14, 2012 at 7:24 PM
Oh! That's definitely an awesome idea. If I had more novellas, I'd totally join! Sadly, I seem to have tons of huge books instead. Lol. I hope they're good at least. ;)

Hope you'll enjoy your novellas. :D
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Melissa (My World...in words and pages)March 14, 2012 at 8:01 PM
Melissa (Books&Things) - Yes, novellas can go eiter way. I have a few there that are beginnings of series, so I'm sure I'll be searching for the books soon after this. ;D Thank you!

Rebecca (Kindle Fever) - Thank you! Glad you liked the idea. I've been collecting these for a few months now and want to get to them. :) But I know the feeling of the novel collection too. :) Thank you!
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Novella Read-A-Thon

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