Hey all, Sam here.
I’m posting this a few days later than I had originally planned, and that is mostly because my schedule got changed up a little bit. On any normal work week, I am off on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays, which is why I was so excited because it meant I would be completely free to bring this little reading event back to this blog and my life. And then my boss put up the schedule for Christmas thru New Year’s Day…and in order to give everyone either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day off work, my schedule got shifted around.
I completely understand the reason behind the schedule change, but it means that while #JolabokaflodReadathon is scheduled as normal to start at 6pm on December 24th and go until 6am on December 25th…I will actually be doing my readathon the next day. Because I will be at work from 6pm on the 24th until around 3am on the 25th.
But, I will still share my reading plans with all of you.
One last time (for this year anyway), here are the details for this little reading event:
What: #JolabokaflodReadathon
When: starts at 6:00 PM on Christmas Eve, 24th of December (in your local time zone) and ends at 6:00 AM on Christmas Day, 25th of December (again, in your local time zone)
How to participate: Get comfy, read some books, and indulge in some nice snacks and some delightful hot beverages…whatever you choose…coffee, tea, hot cocoa. Put on a crackling fireplace video (or actually light a fire if you have one), light a candle, play some nice music in the background…basically just have a cozy and enjoyable reading time. Oh, and if you post about it on social media (TikTok, Instagram, X, etc), use the tag #JolabokaflodReadathon to help me find your posts…you could also directly tag me (I’m @SamRushingBooks).
That’s it.
Okay, so now it’s time for my TBR…
First up, my physical TBR…
Obviously I’m doubling down on the vibes of the season and picking some books set in frozen wintery locales…so I have The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon, and The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan.
Then, there’s my NetGalley ARC options.
Most of these are January and February releases, so whether I get around to them for this readathon or not, I will be reading them pretty darn soon, and then hopefully getting reviews up for them. So, on the list are: A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen, The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden, A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft, Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White by Amelie Wen Zhao, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire, and A Flame in the North by Lilith Saintcrow.
Finally, I might toss in some manga because they are quick reads. I have Volumes 2-5 of The Dragon Knight’s Beloved, Volumes 4-6 of Magus of the Library, Volume 2 of My Repair Skill Became a Versatile Cheat, So I Think I’ll Open a Weapon Shop, and Volumes 4-8 of My Isekai Life. Again, these are all books that I’m hoping to read soon anyway, hopefully by the end of the year.
My original reading goal was 100 books and I surpassed that, but my current stretch goal is 150 books, which means reading another 18 books before the year is over…something I could do fairly easily if I read all 13 volumes of manga on this list….so we’ll see what happens.
All right, that is all from me for today. I have to head to work in just a little bit, so we’ll see how that goes. It’s predicted to be a busy week or so as we get all the holiday visitors and such. I’m not looking forward to being overwhelmingly busy. Honestly I hope there’s some dead slump periods so I can get a little bit of a de-stress break…which for me means a little bit of reading time.
Thank you so much for stopping by, and I hope you’ll consider joining me for #JolabokaflodReadathon 2023!
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