Readathons are a fun way to plow through a pile of books. Plenty of bloggers participate in them – I see the tweets about them and the excitement in people’s tweets as they get ready to clear their schedules for a book or two or three. But I’ve never really been a big participant in them. Last year in the First Annual Holiday #Readathon, I sponsored a mini-challenge and giveaway, but I thought I was too busy to put much effort into reading myself. (Opps…did I just admit that?!?)
I wasn’t really sure if I’d get into the idea this year either, but when Liza Weimer from WhoRUBlog.com asked me if I wanted to do another mini-challenge this year, I was all for it. I came up with something that I’ve gotten interested in lately, male point-of-view books, and asked readers what was your favorite male narrator and what about him is so great. For those who took the time to think about and answer the question, I even offered a prize pack from Scholastic featuring iBoy, Underdogs, and The Eleventh Plague for one lucky reader in the US or Canada. (Guess what…I know who the winner is RIGHT now, but you have to wait a bit.)
But me, reading all weekend? I wasn’t too sure. I mean, I have blogging to get caught up, other writing to do, and the holidays are approaching…quickly. However, after a busy, busy week working on other projects, I found that I really did need some down time, and then of course, the book I was reading started to get really good. And it’s part of a trilogy by Jessica Verday, so I read the second book, and even started the third (have since even finished the third) before the #readathon was over.
“Yeah, so what,” you’re probably thinking, “I finished X number of books the last time I participated in a readathon.”
And you may very well have done so. Bravo, bravo. The thing is that the books I read this weekend were long. The shortest one was just shy of 400 pages and the longest was closing in on 600 pages. Yes. Long. But once I got into the story, I was hooked. Can’t wait to share my thoughts with you!
For now though, you’ll have to settle for finding out who won my giveaway of three “boy” books, or the boy narrated novel prize pack from Scholastic. So without further ado, the winner is:
- Mandee J. of Books and Bling
Congratulations, Mandee. Please send me your mailing address within 48 hours to claim your prize. And a big thanks to everyone who commented and entered this giveaway. Many of you have expanded my TBR list further than my boyfriend will like I’m sure. 
