Yay! The Fall 24 Hour Read-a-thon has STARTED! It’s 2pm here in Utrecht, Holland (+1 GMT), and I’m totally in the mood since I’ve been preparing since last night…
I’ve been saving my books so I can start a new one RIGHT NOW, my carrot cake is cooling down to enjoy later on with some golden mandarin green tea, I’ve made salsa picante for a veggie nachos snack and hoarded up on other relatively healthy goodies like fruit salad, baby figs and cucumber to dip in a yoghurt-herb sauce. Ha!
My readathon pile was posted on Thursday: please check it out!
I’ll be starting off today with The Following Story in Dutch (Het volgende verhaal), by Cees Nooteboom, a buddy-read with tanabata. This publication was a gift handed out in the 1991 National Book Week (in promotion of Dutch literature). 
And I’ll be using an appropriate bookmark that was kindly given to me by Boekgrrl elm@. It’s a Still Life with Plaster Statuette by Vincent van Gogh, made in 1887.
I have no specific goals, I will go to sleep at some point when I get too tired, and I’ll check in every few hours for a status update and/or to visit fellow participants. Wishing you all loads of FUN!
Graasland 
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zaterdag 9 oktober 2010 bij 16:30
softdrink
(Non)traditional Buddhist readathon blessing:
Just as the books fill the shelves,
Pile together on the floor and stack up on the table
So may the joy of the readathon
Flow forth to brighten your day and lift your spirit.
Books already read, books in progress and books yet to be read.
By the power of every word on the page
May your book be delightful,
As scary as Lovecraft’s Cthulhu
Or as sweet as a box of See’s candy.
Let the power of the images evoked by words
Keep you stay awake long through the night
May no obstacle impede
Your day filled with books.
For all of those who are reading today
Who follow in the path of Dewey
May your day be filled with the four blessings
Of fabulous books, tasty snacks, comfy chairs and joy.