Preparing for the read-a-thon

 

So I am getting ready here for my first Dewey's 24 Hr Read-a-thon.    Very excited to see how this all plays out but also a bit overwhelmed.  In addition to this read-a-thon my fiance is participating in a kite festival so I will be helping with that too.  So my reading (and posts) may be a bit sporadic.  

To push me to get some good reading over the 24 period, I am also volunteering for charity

So here is how I will add up the time to give.

• 1 hour for every 100 pages read (excluding graphic novels)
• 3 hours for each book (non graphic novel/novella) I complete.
•  2 hours for each graphic novel I complete 
• 2 hours for each novella (anything under 180 pages)
• 10 minutes for every comment others make on any  post  relating to this read-a-thon made this weekend.  Also comments on my facebook page will count the same way  (Spam comments do not count and user comments only count once per hour-so no thinking to throw a lot of comments just to rack up the time)

Now I need your help to choose where I volunteer:

How should I volunteer?
	Elderly home/center
	Youth Center
	Animal Shelter
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Here are some of the books I pulled aside as some possible reads (and no I don't think I can get through them all but this gives me a good variety)

 

And for food (exlcuding meals) I have watermelon, apples,baby carrots, tea, soda, plsu all these tasty possibilities (again I don't plan on eating these alone- I am sharing with my fiance):

 

Please pardon the bad shot.  Cell phone and hotel room don't mix.

If you are participating, be sure to let me know so I can stop by at some point hopefully!

Here is to a very fun, busy weekend!