Chuckles Chuntering

The penguin looks like I was last night! I got up during the night and it was so cold I couldn't believe it! Winter Is Coming! Makes me glad that I have a nice snug bed to go back to. I wonder if this is the end of the summer right here...

In a couple of weeks we'll be into the last third of the year, which seems unbelievable. I've been planning out my reading for these last few months so I'll tell you more about it. A couple of people liked the idea of August Authorfest but had no time to plan and join in. This post is about what I'm doing the rest of the year. That way if anyone wants to join in with what I'm doing, it gives you plenty time to plan! There won't be a linky or anything but you can do your own update posts and leave a comment on mine to say how you are getting on!

SEPTEMBER SPECIALS
The idea of September Specials is to catch up on something or several things you really want to do, whether it is series or stand alone or a specific genre.

I'm doing three challenges, each lasting ten days, so I can get through as many of each as I can. I'm starting with a ten day series catchup where I want to try and finish up a few series I've already started. Then I'm doing a ten day Shark! special where I'll be reading shark books and hoping to fit in a few shark films. The third challenge will be called Solo, where I'm reading ten days of stand-alone books. I might try to watch some stand-alone films too. I'll be posting the challenge on September 1st, then doing an update after each ten days has passed.

HALLOWEEN HORRORFEST
It's spooky booky month! Time to dust off those horrors, thrillers and mysteries!

I'm doing a month of all out horror books and films which I'm excited about! There will still be three sections of ten days. First is ten days of horror series catchup, followed by ten days of horror new-to-me writers, then ten days of horror favourite authors. The extra day will be slotted into whichever category needs it most! I'll also be watching a pile of horror films and posting horror reviews. I know a few of you are planning horror specials so I'll be excited to see your posts!

NOVEMBER NEW-TO-ME
This will be a month of reading new-to-me authors to try and clear the backlog.

I'm thinking about doing themes for each ten day spell for genres I've neglected a bit this year. One will be Apocalypse, one will be SF/Fantasy/UF and the other will be a free for all where I just read what I feel like. 

DECEMBER DELIGHTS
The idea of this month is basically things you really want to read before January arrives, maybe even some seasonal reads if you like that kind of thing. 

I'll be doing the three themes again but making them a bit more seasonal. As a salute to the colder weather, the first will be CHILLS where I read books that have a snow or ice  stranded/blizzard type theme to them. As a lot of people go away for the holidays, the second will be TRIPS where there is some kind of trip or journey involved. The third will be GET IT DONE. We like to finish stuff off by the end of the year, so it's a good excuse for more series catchup or books we just want to read before the year ends. I'll be posting right through the festive period. 

Got some exciting booky plans for the rest of the month?