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Mid (Ish) Month Readathon Check In

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Spooktober Readathon

Poll Pick: Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
Final Girl Trope: Final Girls by Riley Sager
Dystopian/Paramoral Elements: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead *Done*
Published Before 2010: Dreamcatcher by Stephen King *In Progress*
Haunted House Trope: White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
Multiple POVs: 1st To Die by James Patterson

Birthday Reading Challenge

Read A Spooky Book: Hollow Anthology
Read a book recommended to you: Escaping Demons by Killian Wolf
Read a book outside of your favorite Genre: Played by Rebecca Barber *Done*
Listen to an audiobook: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead *Done*
Read a book and watch its adaptation: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Read a book by an author with your initials: Plum Island by Nelson Demille
Read a Book based on your favorite Holiday: Forever Charmed by Rose Pressey
Read an Ebook: Gypsy by Roux Cantrell *Done*
Read a book that has been on your TBR since before your last birthday: Pretty Killer by Truant & King
Buddy Read a book with someone: Dreamcatcher by Stephen King *In Progress*

Hocus Pocus Readathon

Halloween night is full of spooky and eerie vibes! Read a book with an atmospheric setting! (15 points) Hocus Pocus & The All-New Sequel *Done*
Max started this whole mess when he lit the black flame candle! Read the first book in a series! (15 points) Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead *Done*
Trick-or-treating is all about the candy! Read a short and sweet book, less than 300 pages! (15 points) Marked by PC and Kristin Cast *Done*
Halloween is such a fun and colorful holiday! Read a book with Halloween colors on the cover (orange, black, purple, or green)! (15 points) Betrayed by PC and Kristin Cast *Done*
Max, Allison, and Dani have to stay up all night to defeat the witches! Read a book that is so scary that it would keep you up at night! (horror, mystery, thriller, etc.) (15 points) Dreamcatcher by Stephen King *In Progress*
Team trick-or-treaters need to come together to survive the night! Read a book with multiple POVs! (15 points) 1st To Die by James Patterson
Watch the movie! Watch Hocus Pocus or Hocus Pocus 2! (25 points)
Reading the group book will earn 25 points for your team! City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

Hocus Pocus Readathon TBR! Team Trick or Treaters!

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I’m participating in the Hocus Pocus Readathon for the second year in a row. Last year, I was Team Sanderson Sisters. This year, I’m Team Trick or Treaters. Next year, I may go Undead. We shall see! Either way, I want to share my TBR for this year! Especially since I can start tomorrow!

Info for readathon can be found here and here.

Team Trick or Treaters

  1. Halloween night is full of spooky and eerie vibes! Read a book with an atmospheric setting! (15 points) Hocus Pocus
  2. Max started this whole mess when he lit the black flame candle! Read the first book in a series! (15 points) Vampire Academy
  3. Trick-or-treating is all about the candy! Read a short and sweet book, less than 300 pages! (15 points) Marked
  4. Halloween is such a fun and colorful holiday! Read a book with Halloween colors on the cover (orange, black, purple, or green)! (15 points) Betrayed
  5. Max, Allison, and Dani have to stay up all night to defeat the witches! Read a book that is so scary that it would keep you up at night! (horror, mystery, thriller, etc.) (15 points) Scary Stories
  6. Team trick-or-treaters need to come together to survive the night! Read a book with multiple POVs! (15 points) Nature’s Strike
  7. Watch the movie! Watch Hocus Pocus or Hocus Pocus 2! (25 points)

Team Trick-or-Treaters

Strength: There are only so many hours of Halloween night! You can have a head start, and begin reading your Hocus Pocus Readathon TBR 4 days early (starting September 27th!)

Weakness: Team Trick-or-Treaters are young, so they must deal with parents and rules! You have to abide by the rules and read each book on your TBR in the order of the prompts. You can’t move on to the following prompt until you finish the last!

If you’re participating, I’d love to see your TBR! And what team you’re in!!!

Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon Results

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My favorite readathon was this weekend! Sadly, I missed out on about half of it. I’m still in training at work and couldn’t ask for it off. Next time I’ll be able to request off! Either way, I did a pretty great job! I read over 400 pages in about 9 hours. I also wound up finishing three books. They were books I had made great progress on before the readathon, but I’m still very happy.

Did anybody else attend? I’d love to see your results!

April TBR Jar Readathon Reading Plans

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I host a readathon in my group (The Introverted Readathoner) every month. Normally, I let a tbr pick my reading. This weekend, I’m a bit behind on some deadlines. So I’m just treating it like a normal readathon instead. I’m a bit intense with 24 hour and weekend readathons. Here’s my game plan:

I know it seems intense, but I constantly alter the schedule through the weekend to work for me. It works for me honestly. Especially when my goal is 20 pages an hour.

And now for my TBR for the weekend. I don’t plan to finish all of them, but I do plan on making progress in them at least!

If you’d like to join the group, just click here. You can also click the schedule graphic to get to the group as well.

AYearathon Go Green Readathon Results

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Last week was AYearathon. It took place from April 11th to April 17th. The theme was Go Green. Read ebooks and audiobooks. I actually did well with that. I didn’t pick up a single physical copy for the entire week. I had ebook and audiobook options for every book I read.

My Progress:

Books Finished:

Books Read:

  1. The Ash Moon by Michelle Dare (Audiobook)- 156 Pages
  2. The Somber Call by Michelle Dare (Audiobook)- 266 Pages
  3. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (Audiobook)- 220 Pages
  4. The Frequency by Terry Kitto (E-Book)- 145 Pages
  5. Gathering of the Four by A.E. Bennett (E-Book)- 99 Pages
  6. Royal Decoy by Heather Frost (E-Book)- 25 Pages
  7. The Crucial Shift by Michelle Dare (Audiobook)- 260 Pages
  8. Wake’s Claim by Michelle Dare (Audiobook)- 288 Pages
  9. Zelia by Zora Marie (Audiobook)- 14 Chapters (Pages Unknown)

Total Pages: 1,459 +

I look forward to participating in their readathon next month!

Readathon Updates!

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So this weekend was great! I participated in a Shadow Lounge Readathon! I read a total of 1,039 pages in the span of 32 hours! I call it a major sucess. I also finished four books!

This week I will be participating in the AYearathon readathon. I love week-long ones. Gives you more time to get your goals in. This month’s theam is “Go Green”. It’s basically meant to read ebooks and audiobooks. I’m very excited to do this! I’ve even made plans that will help me with the process.

I’ll have recaps for both readathons when I have more time (for the one already passed) and when the event is over! Anybody else done or doing these???

April Readathons

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It’s the last day of March. How is this even possible? What happened to February? January?

I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t bring up readathons I’m attending in April. It’s definitely going to be action packed. I’m very excited!

April Readathons:

Seasons of Reading Readathon- April 1st-30th (Spring into Horror)
Shadow Lounge Readathon- April 8th-10th
AYearathon- April 11th-17th (Go Green- Ebooks/Audiobooks)
TBR Jar Readathon- April 22-24
Dewey’s Readathon- April 30th

Let me know if you’re attending any of these!

Weekly Reading Plans: March 28th

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One of the biggest goals I have this year is to finally tackle the huge list of books I’ve accumulated over the past year. Especially the books were given to me in exchange for review. I haven’t intended to go so long without reading them. I am just really bad with time management. Hopefully, this year will help me get better with that.

Note: I realize I plan to read a lot of books every week. I’m a mood reader and I account for that by adding extras so if I’m stuck I can move on to another book. I do not think that I will get all of these during the week. There are some that will be prioritized over others for obvious reasons.

Readathons I’m participating in this week:

Seasons of Reading Readathon- April 1st-30th (Spring into Horror)

Books I plan to read this week:

  1. A Royal Christmas Fairy Tale by Karen Schaler
  2. Gathering of the Four by A.E. Bennett
  3. Ascenders by C.L. Gaber
  4. Pretty Killer by Truant & King
  5. Royal Decoy by Heather Frost
  6. The Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse
  7. The Frequency by Terry Kitto
  8. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
  9. The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker
  10. Hunt by Sadie Moss
  11. Clash by Sadie Moss

What are some of the books you plan to read this week?

Weekly Reading Plans: March 21st

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One of the biggest goals I have this year is to finally tackle the huge list of books I’ve accumulated over the past year. Especially the books were given to me in exchange for review. I haven’t intended to go so long without reading them. I am just really bad with time management. Hopefully, this year will help me get better with that.

Note: I realize I plan to read a lot of books every week. I’m a mood reader and I account for that by adding extras so if I’m stuck I can move on to another book. I do not think that I will get all of these during the week. There are some that will be prioritized over others for obvious reasons.

Readathons I’m participating in this week:

Owlcrate Read-A-Thon- March 21st-27th
Vault-A-Thon- March 21st-27th
TBR Jar Readathon- March 25th-27th
Queer Lit Readathon- March 26th-27th

Books I plan to read this week:

  1. A Royal Christmas Fairy Tale by Karen Schaler
  2. Only A Monster by Vanessa Len
  3. The Last Roman by B.K. Greenwood
  4. Gathering of the Four by A.E. Bennett
  5. The Desolations of Devil’s Acre by Ransom Riggs
  6. Ascenders by C.L. Gaber
  7. Pretty Killer by Truant & King
  8. Royal Decoy by Heather Frost
  9. Royal Spy by Heather Frost
  10. The Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse
  11. Remember Me by Estelle Laure
  12. See, Solve, Scale by Danny Warshay
  13. The Next Thing You Know by Jessica Strawse

What are some of the books you plan to read this week?

Readathons On My Radar

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Did you know that part of ADHD is hyperfixating on something? That’s what I’ve been doing lately. I’ve been fixated on trying to build a readathon schedule for myself. I’d like to share with you what I have so far.

March

Owlcrate Read-A-Thon- March 21st-27th
TBR Jar Readathon- March 25th-27th
Queer Lit Readathon- March 26th-27th

April

Seasons of Reading Readathon- April 1st-30th (Spring into Horror)
Shadow Lounge Readathon- April 8th-10th
AYearathon- April 11th-17th (Go Green- Ebooks/Audiobooks)
TBR Jar Readathon- April 22-24
Dewey’s Readathon- April 30th

May

Minecraft Readathon- May 1st-31st
AYearathon- May 9th-15th (Nonfiction, Autobiographies, True Crime)
Bout of Books Readathon- May 9th-15th
Shadow Lounge Readathon- May 13th-15th
TBR Jar Readathon- May 27th-29th

June

Seasons of Reading Readathon- June 1st-30th (SciFi June)
Queer Lit Readathon- June 5th-11th
AYearathon- June 6th-12th (Adaptations)
Shadow Lounge Readathon- June 10th-12th
TBR Jar Readathon- June 24th-30th

July

Shadow Lounge Readathon- July 8th-10th
AYearathon- July 11th-17th (Set in another country)
TBR Jar Readathon- July 29th-31st

August

AYearathon- August 8th-14th (Series Catch Up/Sequels)
Shadow Lounge Readathon- August 12th-14th
Bout of Books Readathon- August 15th-21st
TBR Jar Readathon- August 26th-28th

September

AYearathon- September 5th-11th (Intimidating Reads)
Shadow Lounge Readathon- September 9th-11th
TBR Jar Readathon- September 23rd-25th
Queer Lit Readathon- September 24th-25th

October

Hocus Pocus Readathon- October 1st-31st
Seasons of Reading Readathon- October 1st-31st
AYearathon- October 10th-16th (LGBTQIA/Own Voices)
Shadow Lounge Readathon- October 14th-16th
TBR Jar Readathon- October 28th-30th

November

AYearathon- November 7th-13th (Recommended to you)
Shadow Lounge Readathon- November 11th-13th
TBR Jar Readathon- November 18th-20th

December

Queer Lit Readathon- December 4th-10th
AYearathon- December 5th-11th (Rereads)
Shadow Lounge Readathon- December 9th-11th
TBR Jar Readathon- December 16th-18th

If you know of any not listed here, please comment so I can get them added to my list and calendar. If you are participating in any of these, let me know as well! Please let me know if you want info for any of the ones listed.