Dewey's Readathon!

Only 3 days until the Readathon, and I've got my stack all ready to go! It was tough paring it down, but I only allow myself 10 books (ok, I do have 11 this time because I included a picture book) - silly tradition, but hey, it's a tradition! I'm not likely to read more than a few of these, but I'm a mood reader and like to have several to choose from.  There are more graphic novels this time, however, so I might surprise myself.

The bottom 5 books are in honor of the "Most Challenged Books of 2016". I listened to an interview with the authors of "This One Summer" on NPR, and immediately planned to get as many of these books as possible for the Readathon. The Stack:

• The Sign of the Twisted Candles by Carolyn Keene - another tradition is that I have a Nancy Drew for the wee hours when my reading ability takes a dive. These books started me off on a life-long love of mysteries.
• Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale - I really enjoyed Austenland, and thought this would be fun and light for the RAT.
• Appointment with Death - yet another tradition to include an Agatha Christie mystery
• Something New - graphic novel by Lucy Knisley. I've read and liked a couple of others by her.
• March: Book Three by John Lewis - graphic novel on a serious subject. The first two were great.
• Y is for Yesterday - AND another tradition to save the latest Sue Grafton alphabet mystery for the RAT
• These last five are the "challenged" books and they all look great!
• George by Alex Gino
• Drama - graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier
• Looking for Alaska by John Green
• This One Summer - graphic novel by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
• I Am Jazz - picture book by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings