As soon as I’m finished writing the draft of this novel, I want to bury myself in books and just read non-stop until the end of the year.
Realistically, I know that I’m not actually going to be done after I finish this draft, but I think I can manage to carve out at least one week to celebrate Lightfall (aka participate in another Orilium Magical Readathon). It sounds like EXACTLY what I need.
So, even though I should be writing right now. I’m taking a moment to consider my Lightfall TBR.
The reading prompts are given by store you may want to visit in Old Favour Pass. You can visit as many or few of them as you like.
Here’s what I’ve added so far…
I am probably not going to have time to visit every store during this eleven day readathon, but I sure am going to try!
The Old Tails Bookstore — Book you wanted to read this year but had not had the chance yet.
For this one, I’m picking something that is a genuine WANT to read and not something I feel like I NEED to read. (Let’s just put aside the million reasons I feel like I need to read something. Getting into that would require an entire post. Maybe I should dive into that at some point, but not today.)
You probably would not be surprised to hear that this task was harder than it should have been for me. Ultimately, I picked Manslaughter Park, which is a Jane Austen murder mystery retelling. This is one I have had my eye on since it was very first announced. It was released in June (!), and I still haven’t gotten around to reading it, yet.
Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods & Such — Last book you added to your want to read list (not counting books not published yet).
Phew. An easy one. Or so I thought until I looked at the number of pages.
As I’m writing this, the currently available book that I most recently added to my TBR is the most recent FairyLoot special edition hardcover, Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare.
Would you believe I’ve never read a Cassandra Claire book? I’ve added several to my TBR over the years. I think I may have even purchased one or two. But I’ve not ready any of them. So, this would be my first Cassandra Clare book. But, folks, it’s over 600 pages! That might really make it hard to read anything else during this readathon.
Wallice’s Wonderful Winter Wanimals — Snow or ice on the cover.
This one is easy. Definitely going to have to be A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone. I will be stopping to see the winged winter stoats at WWWW for sure!
Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer — Steal a book from someone else’s TBR.
Bring on your TBRs, people! I haven’t seen many Lightfall TBRs posted, yet. So, I may skip this store unless I find something good to borrow from someone else’s list. Alternatively… I may use this as a way to sneak in my buddy read book for December (once we figure out what that’s going to be). Now there’s an idea…
Owlcat Craft Cafe — Listen to audiobook whilst crafting (or craft in the title)
So many options! I may change my mind later, but I’ve been trying to get to Bloodmarked for a while now. So much so that I considered it for The Old Tails Bookstore prompt. But, then I saw this prompt, and it’s a much better fit here. I listened to the first book on audio and that worked well for me. So, I think I’m going to grab Bloodmarked on audio from the library and listen to it while I (finally) finish my Star Wars cross stitch bookmarks.
Occult Premonitions — Prompt based on a random tarot card.
Judgement is the card I got from the random card generator. This card felt eerily familiar until I remembered it was Justice not Judgement that I got for the Autumn Equinox TBR.
It took me a minute to get past the giant angel and the naked dead rising from their graves to notice that there’s a sea and some mountains there. Scrolling through the book covers on my the top of my TBR, Shanghai Immortal jumped out at me. Something about that cover felt right for the vibe of this card. So I’m going with that one.
And bonus points if you noticed that several of these books are NOT on my end of the year TBR. I will have an update on how that’s going at the end of next week. I am hoping to finish a few more books before the month is over. But if I want to do that, I need to get back to writing the novel and not this blog post.
While I finish this draft, let me know in the comments if you’re participating in this readathon and, if so, where to find your TBR!
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