Tackle your TBR Read-a-thon

If there ever was a read-a-thon I should do, it is this one. Can the timing be any worse though? I have a gazillion tests to finish setting for this term, and only 5 weeks before the kids start writing their final exams for the year, so I have all those exams to set too - and all the assessment tasks for that term!

But, I need to take some time out for myself and I have promised myself that I am going to do just that. And that is why I am going to sign up for this read-a-thon. It will encourage me to take breaks from working and spend some time reading instead.

I have a few books on my TBR pile that I am strongly considering reading for this.



Come hell or high water, I am going to finish The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter! The pace has definitely picked up, but the boredom I felt during the first half is still very vivid in my memory. And even though the pace has picked up, I still can't say that the story is exactly thrilling. I don't see myself continuing with this series. One was enough.


Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout is the book for the month of September for The Little Book Club. I feel that I should read it, but some soul on the internet (I can't remember who it was) said that if you enjoyed Twilight, you will love this. I DETESTED Twilight. So, I suddenly find myself not very keen to read this at all.


A really good friend bought The God's Trilogy, a collection of three Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett, for me. I have loved the Discworld, and am looking forward to diving into this as soon as I can! I have not read any of the gods books before, my favourite are the City Watch books. I am confident that this will not disappoint!

I have read all the Cherub books by Robert Muchamore in the series up until this one. I read them so that I could give the boys I teach a few very gripping reviews that would encourage them to try out the series. I have two left to read that I have purchased, but I have been putting them off, because, well, let's face it, I am not a 14-year-old boy. Brigand is the next for me to read, and at least, they go very quickly. I can kill two a day. Maybe this would be a good option for a read-a-thon after all.


Look familiar? Yes, Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo was on my TBR for Bout of Books. Maybe I will get past this one in this read-a-thon? I am not racing to read this. The first book was ok, but I am missing where all the hype is. Perhaps the series improves? There is only one way to find out.


Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi was an impulse feel good buy - not because romance is my genre, but because I like books. I had heard of the book before, saw it on special and bought it. I have also been trying to read outside my favourite genres, and at the time I had bought this, I think I could only notch two or three Sci-fi books to my reading post. Maybe I will enjoy it, maybe I won't. Won't know until I read it.

Cassandra Clare... I read the Mortal Instruments series and thought it was ok. I thought that some of the girls I teach would enjoy it, and lets face it, at least the female lead has more important things to do in that series than just get a boyfriend. One of the ladies at my favourite bookshop assured me that The Infernal Devices series is even better, and hence I bought this one so that I could give it a try. (The kids I teach HATE reading, and I try everything to get them to change their minds.) As a result, Clockwork Angel is on my TBR again. Maybe this month I will feel inspired to read it. Actually, considering the amount of work I have to do, maybe some light reading would be better.


My actual TBR pile is quite a bit larger than this. I have some books set aside for the holiday (coming up in a few weeks) because I don't want anything to get in the way of the reading experience. I also have more books that are to my taste and not selected for reluctant readers.