The Cause: I am holding a two-day read-a-thon to raise $2700 to attend "Japanese Approaches to Mindfulness," a 10-day study abroad in March staying at Shunkoin, a Zen temple in Kyoto, to study Zen, mindfulness, and Japanese concepts of psychology and mental illness. The abbott is active in the local LGBTQ community, and we will be meeting with LGBTQ activists as well as with practicing psychologists. I think this will benefit me professionally, and will also be helpful to my future clients. (I am studying to become a psychotherapist with a focus on survivors of trauma.) I will blog and take photos, for your enjoyment.

How to Participate: Please comment with an offer of an amount of money per book read and reviewed. You may put a cap on the amount. ("I offer $15/book, with a cap of $150.") In two days, I can read 6-10 books. If you sponsor me, you may propose a book for me to read and review. I will do re-reads, but not of books already blogged. (Check tags by author.) You may also make a general proposal, like, "Something by Robert Heinlein/an Old West memoir/one of your childhood favorites."

If a book is too hard to obtain, I will ask for an alternate. Please don't propose anything extremely long or dense.

FYI: I happen to have obtained a copy of the sequel to Sexteen, which I have been saving for a special occasion.

Please consider linking this post, to pull in more participants. If I have more sponsors than books I can read, I will give special consideration to larger donors and/or and/or prior participants whose books didn't get read and/or especially interesting nominations and/or hold a poll.

For possible inspiration, here are photos of my to-read shelves.

ETA: Day One of the read-a-thon will be held on SUNDAY, January 8. Day Two is TBA until I find out more of my schedule, but will be on Wed, Thur, Fri, or Sat of that week.
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From: [personal profile] oyceter


Could I do something like sponsoring books by poc or lgbtq authors?
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From: [personal profile] kore


I really want to sponsor but can't think of a book right now, am sick....or ohh, would Grounding of Group Six work?
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From: [personal profile] kore


Also bleah, how does this work? Can I do $20 per book, cap 10 books? Or does that not work?

HI, FLU MAKES ME HAVE THE DUMB.
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From: [personal profile] kore


Can I have a mixed bag, i.e. pick 5 books and you choose 5?
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From: [personal profile] kore


OH NOW I GET IT. Yeah, because I'm sure someone else is going to pick Group 6, too.

OR I COULD MAKE YOU DO THE UHURA BOOK
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From: [personal profile] lab


I, uh, am probably too tired to really understand the sponsoring-with-cap thingie, but can I just give you 20 USD and suggest a book?
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From: [personal profile] oyceter


Ooh, good point re: LGBTQ authors.

Hrm. How about the following categories?
- POC main character
- QUILTBAG main character
- female character past menopause who actually looks it (i.e. Morgaine or Ari Emory don't count, I am kind of looking for stuff that thinks about aging)
- POC author
- QUILTBAG author
- author who identifies as disabled
- main character who identifies as disabled

And $5 per category. So Malinda Lo's Huntress would be $20 iirc, Tamora Pierce's Will of Empress would be $10, etc.

Uh, also, if this is too confusing, feel free to not go with it!! I don't really have any suggestions because most of this is me being selfish and wanting to find book recs via you.
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From: [personal profile] lab


Thank you, yay! (I meant to message you to say not to stress yourself about it and then got carried away by holiday-related stress, sorry!) I'd love if you read some random and unwillingly hilarious ya dystopia and/or Unwind by Neal Shusterman or Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
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From: [personal profile] oyceter


Also! I have an extra copy of Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire that I got at a library sale if you want? I can mail it to you.
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From: [personal profile] oyceter


Yeah, that one I am not sure about... I was going to say "hooks for hands" guy doesn't count, but I would put Ed Elric in just because FMA deals with things like upkeep and chronic pain and whatnot. And both physical disability as well as non-neurotypicality. I think it will just be a kind of open category? Like, anything in which you think the character's disability(ies) is treated well and thoughtfully. Doesn't have to be problem novel, but something more than just "He lost an eye! And now we will never mention that again..."

Ahahaha. Sorry! This is totally "stuff I want to find and read for myself."
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From: [personal profile] oyceter


In that case, he counts too! But yeah, attempts at serious or thoughtful treatment (no matter the execution) sounds good!
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From: [personal profile] kate_nepveu


Hmm. Amazon says that Opal Whiteley's book is 384 pages; is that too long or too brainbreaking?
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