I am so, so excited for the Readathon on Saturday! I hope everyone is having fun coming up with their TBR stacks; I know I’ve been agonizing over it for awhile, even though I am notorious for abandoning TBR plans. My main issue in coming up with this one is that I keep getting impatient and reading books that sound too good to wait for (first it was Nimona, then Every Heart a Doorway; now I’m officially cutting myself off). But I finally got a good stack together, and I’m really excited to jump in this weekend. Ranked in the order of most to least likely to read, here is my official readathon TBR:

 

 

Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell – this is a very short book (novella? short story? I’m not sure what you’d technically call it) that bookstagrammer @thewayfaringbookworm was nice enough to send me an extra copy of after she was sent extras by the publisher (thank you sooo much!!!). I’ve tried not to read too much about it because it’s so short and I don’t want to spoil the reading experience, but I know it’s about Star Wars and that there’s a romance element. It sounds very cute and I’m looking forward to kicking off the Readathon with this one.

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll – reading a graphic novel worked out well for me in last year’s Readathon, and this one consists of five horror short stories. I was going to read Nimona for my graphic novel, but, um, I finished it already (oops) (no regrets, it was awesome).

Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson – this is my audiobook of choice for the Readathon. I was listening to Jackaby, but it got boring (sadface) and I decided to DNF. Then I tried to get the audiobook of Notorious RBG from my library, but there’s a waiting list (sadface again), so Yes, Chef it is! I don’t know if I’ve talked about this on this blog before, but I’m a big fan of Top Chef and the Food Network (I love having the Food Network on low volume in the background while I read; I find it relaxing) and Marcus Samuelsson is one of my favorite celebrity chefs. He always comes across as very intelligent and well-spoken, and I’m glad that he narrates his own book because he has a fantastic voice. Also, this will count as my “food memoir” for the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge.

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (reread) – I read this and really enjoyed it last year, particularly the last section of the book when Feyre is at the evil queen’s court. I was thinking that I’d like to reread some parts of it before the sequel, A Court of Mist and Fury, comes out in early May. I am definitely not going to reread the entire book.

A History of Glitter and Blood by Hannah Moskowitz – this is the book I know the least about, and I’m trying to keep it that way. I’ve read several incredibly glowing reviews that all seem to touch on how weird it is, and saw a bunch of one-star reviews on Goodreads given for the same reason. Well, I like weird. And I like stories about the Fae. So I’m crossing my fingers that this will be one that I’ll like and not DNF after a few chapters, like I do with a lot of YA.

Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt – I’ve still barely started this book, and I still think I’m really going to enjoy it; I just haven’t yet been in the mood to delve deep into it. That might happen this week; in an ideal world, I could get absorbed in this book before the Readathon starts and use it as a book to finish up or read a bit of to add some more serious reading in with all of my YA and graphic novels.

Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham – I decided I should have a backup graphic novel in case I get into a graphic novelish mood, since they are short and I could easily breeze through two in a couple of hours. I love anything fairytale retelling-related, and I’ve heard really great things about this series. And hey, if I like it, I could continue with the series during Bout of Books in May!

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri – I wanted a book of short stories as an option for the Readathon, but was hesitant to start yet another book because I seem to have caught some sort of book-starting disease and have about five going already right now. I actually started reading this book three or four years ago, and got so emotionally invested in one of the stories that I had to stop reading halfway through and put in on pause. I wasn’t expecting that pause to last years, but it has, and this book has been on my bedside table that entire time. I think short stories are a good way to add some variety to the Readathon, and I am ready to actually finish this book.

 

Also, if I hit a slump and nothing is working for me, I could always try one of these (although I doubt it! I feel like my list is pretty darn good) (plus I think I’m going to be saving these for Bout of Books):

 

 

So who will be participating in the Readathon on Saturday? What are you all reading? I can’t wait to find out!

Feel free to post a link to your Readathon TBR posts in the comments, I’d love to check them out!!