After reading Bookmark Lit's sign-up post for the Make Me Read It Read-a-thon I decided I wanted to participate. It's different than many of the other read-a-thons that I've seen. The cool part is that anyone can vote for the books that you should read even if you're not participating in the reading part of the read-a-thon. It's hosted by Ely @ A Book So Fathomless and Val @ The Innocent Smiley. It starts 8 am on July 20th and runs until 12 am on July 27th.
Look at the books you own, either physical, e-book or ones you've borrowed from the library and pick out a few you really want to read, or feel like you should read. It’s up to you how many you pick, personally I'd pick a few more than you expect to be able to read in a week. Example: if you think you’ll only read two, pick out five books or if you think you can read seven, pick out ten.
Make a list of these books on your blog, or make a video, or a Goodreads shelf or post a picture on Instagram—whatever is easiest for you. Then get friends, other bloggers/booktubers etc. to vote on which books you HAVE to read.
When the read-a-thon comes along, you read the books in the order of most votes. For example, if one book gets 10 votes—you read that first, then the one that got 7 and so on. If there's a tie, then it's your preference. The goal is to read as many as possible.
The Books:
Results:
Top 5 Books
1) Looking For Alaska by John Green
2 | Tie) Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
4) I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
5) Winger by Andrew Smith
2 | Tie) Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
4) I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
5) Winger by Andrew Smith
I'm joining in on this readathon too! I love your blog by the way; I'm a new follower. :)
ReplyDeleteKrystianna @ Downright Dystopian
Thank you for following! I'm really excited for this readathon.
DeleteARISTOTLE AND DANTE definitely!!! That's the only book I've read...OH NO AND SABRIEL TOO. I totally missed that one!
ReplyDeleteAristotle and Dante seems to be a popular choice, and I've heard a lot of good things about Sabriel.
DeleteI voted Aristotle, I'll Give You the Sun and Falling Kingdoms. I haven't read any of the books on your lists, but these three are those I've been hearing good things about non-stop.
ReplyDeleteKim @ Divergent Gryffindor: BLOG || VLOG
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Thanks for voting!
DeleteI voted for Looking for Alaska. Not many people like this one but I really liked it :) Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteHere's my poll.
I've read TFIOS and Paper Towns by John Green. So far Paper Towns has been my favorite. I'm hoping I like Looking for Alaska as well.
DeleteHaven't read most, but I've heard good things about Dorothy Must Die. I've actually been meaning to read that for awhile now...
ReplyDeleteJen @ EbonyInkReviews
I've had that book for a little more than a year now. I need to read it soon.
DeleteDorothy must die is such a great book!!
ReplyDeleteHere is my poll if you have a chance to vote. http://thingslucyreads.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-make-me-read-it-read-thon.html
I keep hearing good things about it. Hopefully I get to it during the readathon.
DeleteWow that is a really great list of options!! I mean, Winger and I'll Give You the Sun and Looking for Alaska are easily 3 of my favorite books ever!! I also really liked Aristotle and Dante and Dorothy Must Die!! And want to read Looking for Alibrandi. You're in for an awesome week of reading no matter what you pick!! (But I hope you pick Winger or IGYTS!! hahaha)
ReplyDeleteThanks! They all seem to get great responses, so hopefully I have a successful readathon.
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