Since I got back from my vacation, I realized just how quickly August is approaching. That also means for me, my Dusting off the Shelf Read-A-Thon will be in full swing in just about 5 days! Ah! As you can probably tell from this post title, I’m announcing (a little later than I was planning to) the challenges that some of you lovely people helped me come up with in the Goodreads Group that I’ve created for the Read-A-Thon. Feel free to join it, I’ll be adding discussions for the challenges, etc. in the near future! I’ll also be including my TBR that I hope to read during those two weeks, and I plan to make this my “master post” of sorts for my daily progress. Those of you that have joined: feel free to do something similar to track your progress and see how you do on challenges! If you don’t feel like it, it doesn’t make a difference to me, though! I want this to be a really laid back and fun read-a-thon! 😉
Those of you that have no idea what I’m talking about: here is my post in which I announced the Read-A-Thon, give the rules, sign-up info, etc.
Challenges
With a little help from my blog friends I’ve got a few challenges that you can participate in if you want to! A little incentive to pick up something that’s been sitting around that you haven’t thought about lately.
- Read a book set in the past.
- Read a classic.
- Read a book written before 2010.
- Read at least 100 pages a day.
- And of course…the books must be neglected by you! One that’s been sitting unread for quite a while!
My TBR
- Read a book set in the past: The Diviners by Libba Bray
- Read a classic: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen // The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (School summer reading book, but if I can make it count, I’ll do it!)
- Read a book written before 2010: The Maze Runner by James Dashner
- Others:
- Fear by Michael Grant
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- Pandemonium & Requiem by Lauren Oliver
Progress
Check back to this post to keep track of my progress throughout the Read-A-Thon! Link me to your progress posts in the comments so I can see how you’re doing, too!
On Twitter use the hashtag #DustingofftheShelf so we can all chat and keep each other motivated!
August 1st:
Pages read: 58
Books completed: None
I started The Maze Runner by James Dashner today, but didn’t have much time to read, as you could probably tell from my page read count. What I did read though I am really enjoying so far!
August 2nd:
Pages read: 234
Books completed: None
August 3rd:
Pages read: 14
Books completed: None
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August 4th:
Pages read: 68
Books completed: The Maze Runner by James Dashner
August 5th:
Pages read: 0
Books completed: None
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Books & Cleverness 
This sounds like so much fun! Just looking at the challenges I can already come up with a bunch of books I want to read. Ahh!!!
Yay! I can’t wait for it to start!!
Best of luck Emily and thanks for the hashtag. I will try to remember to use it when I tackle my own #dustingofftheshelf reads. I’ll be diving into a classic, 1984. with my son in August after I finish my current classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, which is so good but hard to read.
Thanks! And 1984 is such a great one – one of my favorite classics ever!
I need to create my TBR soon…oops haha
It’s never too late 😉
I have to do this! Great idea and I’m definitely getting involved! I will have to think of a good TBR soon!
I am loving some of the selections on your list, and was considering doing similar things!
Pride and Prejudice is really good! I need to read the Delirium series, and The Maze Runner … my brother keeps bugging me to do so.
Thank you! I can’t wait to see what you plan to read, too! 🙂
FINALLY completed my TBR… with about 3 hours to spare before tomorrow, and the read-a-thon begins! Thanks for hosting 😀
http://someteenagereviews.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/dusting-off-shelf-read-thon.html
Awesome! And thank YOU for joining! 😉
August came so fast! I still plan to participate. I have too many books that have been just sitting on my shelf! I hope Lord of the Rings counts as a classic. 😉
Oh gosh I know it. I’m freaking out about my review book pile, but now I have to read non review books for the read-a-thon! AHHH dilemma!!
I finally finished my post 🙂 Here’s my TBR for the Read-A-Thon:
http://brilliantlynovel.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/dusting-off-the-shelf-read-a-thon/
p.s. I really enjoyed Pride and Prejudice and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 🙂
I’m glad to hear you enjoyed both of those! I hope I will too! And great TBR you have lined up. 😉
Best of luck on the read-a-thon! If you don’t mind my joining a little late, I’d like to join!
http://opinionatedbookster.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/dusting-off-the-shelf-read-a-thon/
Thank you! And no problem! Glad to have you join! 😀