Dewey's Read-a-thon: The Game Plan

There's just one more day until Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon begins. From past read-a-thons, I've found that it's important to have a plan especially with one day read-a-thons. I'm keeping the goals simple and I've selected a variety of books to choose from. Many of the books were impulse buys and a couple are books that I've wanted to reread. I do have a couple of things planned today - my Weight Watchers meeting and a book signing with The Unnaturalists author Tiffany Trent - but I made sure to fit that into my hour by hour schedule. I also plan to fit in a couple of 10-15 minute walks just so I don't get achy from sitting for hours at a time reading. I'm going to participate in a few challenges and provide status updates every few hours. I hope to stop by some blogs and cheer other readers along. If you're participating in the read-a-thon, let me know in the comments and I'll stop by your blog.

Goals
Read 800 pages
Devote at least 1 hour to Pride and Prejudice
(I'm trying to finish this one in 2012)

Books to choose from:

The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan (reread)
Burnout by Adrienne Maria Vrettos
Breakout by Paul Fleischman
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder (reread)
The abc's of Kissing Boys by Tina Ferraro
How I Changed My Life by Todd Strasser

Snacks
apples and peanut butter, oranges, popcorn

Drinks
Iced mocha, water, and tea

The Timeline

8:00 a.m. Pride and Prejudice
9:00 a.m. WW meeting and breakfast
10:00 a.m. breakfast break
11:00 a.m. Book 1
12:00 p.m. continue book 1
1:00 p.m. continue/finish book 1
2:00 p.m. Tiffany Trent book signing
3:00 p.m. Tiffany Trent book signing
4:00 p.m. Book 2
5:00 p.m. continue book 2
6:00 p.m. continue/finish book 2
7:00 p.m. Book 3
8:00 p.m. continue book 3
9:00 p.m. continue/finish book 3
10:00 p.m. Start Book 4
11:00 p.m. continue book 4
12:00 a.m. continue/finish book 4
1:00 a.m. Start Book 5
2:00 a.m.
3:00 a.m.
4:00 a.m.
5:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.