I’ve decided to participate in my first readathon!
As a regular viewer of BooksandLala on Youtube, I found out about the Read-eh-thon that’s happening between the 1st July (tomorrow) and the 8th July (a week tomorrow) and decided its about time I do one of these things.
The Read-eh-thon is all about celebrating Canadian authors and literature with these five challenges:
• Read a book with red on the cover
• Read a book by a Canadian woman
• Read a book with “E” and “H” in the title
• Read a book by an indigenous author
• Read a book set in a province you’ve never visited
I will be honest – I just could not find a book by an indigenous Canadian author that I wanted to read and would have arrived in time, but I do still have five books to read this week!
And so, my TBR…
The Lonely Hearts Hotel
Heather O’Neill
• Read a book by a Canadian woman
• Read a book with “E” and “H” in the title
• Read a book set in a province you’ve never visited
I bought this back when it first came out in paperback just because I thought the cover was so nice – I’m glad I finally have an excuse to read it!
Murder on the Canadian
Eric Wilson
• Read a book with red on the cover
• Read a book set in a province you’ve never visited
Love a bit of cosy crime! So glad this one is only 94 pages though because reading five books in 8 days might be a bit unrealistic otherwise, haha. It’s also a children’s book and has illustrations, we might do it!
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mantel
• Read a book by a Canadian woman
• Read a book set in a province you’ve never visited
Haven’t even looked into what this is about, it just keeps catching my eye in the bookshop so I had to squeeze it into the read-eh-thon didn’t I, once I found out the author’s Canadian.
Girlfriend in a Coma
Douglas Coupland
• Read a book set in a province you’ve never visited
Another one I’ve been meaning to read because it keeps catching my eye in the bookshop – it also got recommended to me by another bookseller once so now’s its chance!
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
This one’s been sitting on my shelf for a while waiting to be read so since finding out Martel is Canadian, I’ve decided to add it into this week’s TBR – yay! Even though it doesn’t seem to fit any of the challenges – we’re doing this thing our way!
So that’s it! That’s what I’m reading this week (hopefully) – let me know if you’re participating in the Read-eh-thon and/or what you’re reading this week!
Amy x
