Hello friends! I’m planning a 24 hour readathon for Memorial Day weekend (5/23-5/24) and looking for advice from those who have completed one: 1. How do you pick the books you read? Whatever is up next in your TBR or specific types of books to keep your interest? 2. How do you time your readathon? Straight 24 hours (such as 10am-10am) or setting a 24 hour timer and only letting it count down when you’re actually reading (so it may encompass more like 36-48 hours)? 3. General advice on how to stay focused! How did you prepare??

I'm currently placing holds for a couple of Book 2s. After my last post, I realized I've read a lot of Book 1s, lol. Are there any series where you didn't like Book 1 but ended up loving the following book(s)? I have a bunch of Book 1s I rated 3 stars or less, and I'm debating whether I should give their Book 2s a shot.

Already I think I like Legendary more than Caraval :) I love reading the story from Tella's perspective. I've seen people say that they find her annoying, and while I did think she was VERY annoying at the end of Caraval, I find her perspective more fun than Scarlett's because she is more open to taking risks. Her interactions with Dante are quite fun, but her focus on making Dante jealous can get annoying at times. If there continues to be romance between the two, I hope it's more slow-burn because they're both into each other wayyyy too early on for my liking. Also, apparently Tella is like 16, but I always imagined Dante to be in his early 20s?? So, unless he's also a teenager, their relationship is a bit yikes D: I wish Tella was written as a bit older, especially considering her drinking habits and experiences with men. I'm so far enjoying reading about Jacks, he seems so fun and is the reason why I started the Caraval series in the first place, because I wanted some background before reading Once Upon a Broken Heart. Legendary also seems to be slightly slower than Caraval so far, which I hope stays that way because I felt like Caraval at some point had a lot of events without too much depth to them - it's too early to comment on the pacing of Legendary though.