This is my kick off post for the start of the readathon tomorrow. I'm ready to get this thing going. Before the readathon started, I had already started my 2014 reading. But this coming week is when I kick everything into high gear. I plan on reading as much as I can and participate in some challenges. I know that Tuesday will be a wash with traveling back to California. Traveling with baby seriously impedes my ability to read while flying. But that's okay! I have six other days to read and enjoy myself.

Goals:

Read 5 books
Read 1000 pages
Review all books read
Participate in 2 challenges (hopefully more, but this is my minimum)

TBR Pile: My various selections. I won't get to all these, but this is my pile of options.

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 6th and runs through Sunday, January 12th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 9.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team