Reading the Bricks: (On January 11) It Will Be That Time Again

30 December 2013

(On January 11) It Will Be That Time Again

It has been a YEAR since our first Minithon! Can you believe that? Obviously we're going to celebrate in accepted GIF Admiration Society style: with another Minithon.

Standard "rules" apply:

1) Books (and snacks) should have the theme of "mini." What does that mean to you? Be ready to tell us! The more of a stretch the better, especially since we're going to be reading all day and that's the only kind of stretching we're into.

2) Hashtag #minithon on Twitter, which none of us will be on because we will be reading, right? Right.

3) Plan for a starting, mid-thon, and wrap-up post. Unless we decide to bail on the mid-thon one because we were all ignoring "rule" #2 and napping because mini-snacks go down so easily.

So grab your mini-themed books, your threadbare excuses, and your mini-snacks; we're a go on Saturday January 11 at 8:00am*, Pacific time for eight WHOLE HOURS. Is there anything I've missed?
Sign up here!
*Megs and I are the only people in this glorious California time zone and most of you have been agitating for an earlier start time because you want us to be undercaffeinated, you selfish things. What time is good for you? [edit: starting at 8am since no one complained. Whew!]

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Meg · 587 weeks ago

YAY YAY YAY! I'm looking forward to this ESPECIALLY because I'm in a much better position to spend all day reading than I was this time last January. I think I'll start stockpiling comics from the library for this very special occasion.

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Tikabelle 87p · 587 weeks ago

YES. You should stockpile the comics and then drive up herrrrre and we can read in my living room!! ::cough::

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Rayna · 587 weeks ago

SO EXCITED! I will have to make a trip to the library because I don't think any of the books on my TBR would qualify as mini... Though I'm sure I could wrangle a reason for a few of them. One is a collection of novellas, so that's in. Although the book itself is MASSIVE.

Is it sad that I'm almost more excited for mini-muffins than the reading? Ehh.

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Tikabelle 87p · 587 weeks ago

It's not. Food is sustenance and Very Important. How are you supposed to read when you're hungry? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

Way to focus on what's important, Rayna. I salute you.

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Emily · 587 weeks ago

Wait, what? A mini-thon that I actually *might* be able to participate in because I'm not traveling, not working, not recuperating from some viral crud?

*Does mini-lap (see, i'm prepping already!) of victory around her desk at work, eyes customers and dares them to say something.*

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Tikabelle 87p · 587 weeks ago

YEESSSSSS I'm excited you might get to join us! I'm pinging you again about the GIF Admiration Society. There's not a ton of emails - just the occasional Secret Santa or Readalong-planning stuff. Join us!

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Kayleigh vW · 587 weeks ago

It's the most wonderful time of the half year! Ooo, so excited. So much. I'm now an hour ahead of you and Megs *weeps for the loss of Pacific Time*, because crazy Fort St. John doesn't participate in Daylight Savings. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, FORT SAINT JOHN. So, but still, any time works for me. There is always time for books.

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Tikabelle 87p · 587 weeks ago

WOOP WOOP! Silly Fort St. John. /shakes head

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What Red Read 121p · 587 weeks ago

YAY I am excited for this!! I will need to come up with lots of mini-books & foods (or more accurately, I need to start coming up with excuses for why my books and foods are "mini").

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Tikabelle 87p · 587 weeks ago

The second part. Definitely the second part. I'm already thinking up reasons for the series I'm currently reading: there are orphans in it, and they are small!

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Emily · 586 weeks ago

I've been having a ton of fun coming coming up with justifications for my books and snacks. I mean, a TON. When do we announce them? in the first post of the morning on the day of the minithon? ooh, I'm probably WAY more excited about this than one little lonely reader ought to be. I am SO there on 11 Jan 2014. Yay!

And what, precisely, is the GIF Admiration Society and how do I get pinged for it?

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Tikabelle 87p · 586 weeks ago

I'm glad you're enjoying yourself! We usually just drop it in as we go along, or on Twitter while we talk about how much we're not actually reading. The best-crafted justifications seem to be in the first posts since they're the ones we've been thinking about the longest. :D

I'm so thrilled you're going to be able to join us! We'll probably start at 8am PT, and (I forgot this part in the post - have to add it in a moment) go for 8 hours.

The GIF Admiration Society is the name of our Google Group that's really just an email list. If you shoot me the email address you want me to use, I'll add you!

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readingrambo 112p · 586 weeks ago

WHERE IS THE LINKY SIGNUP, TIKA?

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Tikabelle 87p · 586 weeks ago

I ADDED ONE! Thank you!

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Emily · 586 weeks ago

THIS IS GONNA BE THE BESTEST THING IN JANUARY.

My mom is visiting now and she leaves next week, so this will be the perfect distraction for my sadness when she leaves. :(

I will not be tweeting because I am still a hold out there, but I will be participating in all other possible ways.

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Kayleigh_M 92p · 585 weeks ago

I am currently dying of jet lag so I am pretty sure I am set up perfectly to rock this minithon! I stocked up on mini m&ms, mini-potato bites, mini pies - I am going to do so much eating this weekend.

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Meg · 585 weeks ago

I now NEED mini-potato bites.

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