read-a-thon
Jan. 5th, 2012 03:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rushthatspeaksMy dear friend rachelmanija is having a read-a-thon to raise money so she can go to Japan on an academic trip which sounds, frankly, awesome. Since I don't have any money, I'm offering to read and review books if you donate to her trip fund.
The rules:
1) If you want to sign up for Rachel to read a book, sign up on her journal. If you want to sign up for me to read a book, sign up on my journal in the comments of this entry (either LJ or DW). SIGNUPS FOR ME AND FOR RACHEL ARE SEPARATE.
2) I will read up to four books for this-- the first two signups on LJ and the first two signups on DW. This is my maximum due to current life circumstances. This means-- note that this is different from Rachel's rules-- one book per person, first-come first-served. I will then review the book in question here on my blog after I read it. You can either request a specific book, or do a more general request such as 'I want you to read a silly YA AU of Shakespeare' or 'review a good book about flower-arranging'. If you request a book and it turns out to be impossible for me to find, I reserve the right to ask you to pick something else-- I don't have an e-reader and I'm working with a good but by no means omnipotent library system. (If you have something you want to mail to me, either on a permanent or a temporary basis, we can talk about that.) If I've already read something and reviewed it, I'll point you to the review and you can pick something else; if I've already read it but not reviewed, I'm fine with writing up a reread.
3) Sign up by commenting with the amount of money you're donating and your book suggestion, e.g. '$25, and read a Heinlein juvenile'. Please note that all money goes to Rachel and you will be paying her via Paypal.
4) Timeframe-- Rachel will be doing a two-day or so actual read-a-thon; I will be doing this a little differently, in that I will read my books immediately upon obtaining them and hearing from Rachel that the donation's gone through. I'll write them up immediately after reading them. This means you could get a review tomorrow, if you want-- or in six weeks if you're mailing me something from Uzbekistan. Since I am not doing this in a two-day marathon, I do not have a restriction as to the length or density of the books involved, although seriously, if you want me to read War and Peace or Prolegomena To Any Future Metaphysics or something like that please consider having your donation reflect the difficulty/annoyance value.
Thank you, and I think this should be a lot of fun for everybody.
rachelmanija is having a read-a-thon to raise money so she can go to Japan on an academic trip which sounds, frankly, awesome. Since I don't have any money, I'm offering to read and review books if you donate to her trip fund.The rules:
1) If you want to sign up for Rachel to read a book, sign up on her journal. If you want to sign up for me to read a book, sign up on my journal in the comments of this entry (either LJ or DW). SIGNUPS FOR ME AND FOR RACHEL ARE SEPARATE.
2) I will read up to four books for this-- the first two signups on LJ and the first two signups on DW. This is my maximum due to current life circumstances. This means-- note that this is different from Rachel's rules-- one book per person, first-come first-served. I will then review the book in question here on my blog after I read it. You can either request a specific book, or do a more general request such as 'I want you to read a silly YA AU of Shakespeare' or 'review a good book about flower-arranging'. If you request a book and it turns out to be impossible for me to find, I reserve the right to ask you to pick something else-- I don't have an e-reader and I'm working with a good but by no means omnipotent library system. (If you have something you want to mail to me, either on a permanent or a temporary basis, we can talk about that.) If I've already read something and reviewed it, I'll point you to the review and you can pick something else; if I've already read it but not reviewed, I'm fine with writing up a reread.
3) Sign up by commenting with the amount of money you're donating and your book suggestion, e.g. '$25, and read a Heinlein juvenile'. Please note that all money goes to Rachel and you will be paying her via Paypal.
4) Timeframe-- Rachel will be doing a two-day or so actual read-a-thon; I will be doing this a little differently, in that I will read my books immediately upon obtaining them and hearing from Rachel that the donation's gone through. I'll write them up immediately after reading them. This means you could get a review tomorrow, if you want-- or in six weeks if you're mailing me something from Uzbekistan. Since I am not doing this in a two-day marathon, I do not have a restriction as to the length or density of the books involved, although seriously, if you want me to read War and Peace or Prolegomena To Any Future Metaphysics or something like that please consider having your donation reflect the difficulty/annoyance value.
Thank you, and I think this should be a lot of fun for everybody.
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Date: 2012-01-05 11:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-06 01:47 am (UTC)I have read Goodbye to All That uh I have forgotten how many times. I love the bit where -mi verbs destroy his life-- it's so true, that does happen to people. Would be willing to write it up if I can't find the Jan Morris, or you could pick a different book.
At any rate, either way you have a slot, so donate when ready, and I'll do you a review.
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Date: 2012-01-06 02:45 pm (UTC)Also, have you read Journey to the West? and would asking for it be too cruel?
---L.
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Date: 2012-01-06 07:08 pm (UTC)I have not read the original actual Journey to the West, and I keep meaning to, so yes, you could ask for that.
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Date: 2012-01-06 07:40 pm (UTC)I think I have your email -- or you can use the contact in my profile.
---L.
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Date: 2012-01-07 05:50 am (UTC)no subject
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