Here is my March ReadAThon guide! I am going to start splitting my Guides up into 1-2 day ReadAThons, week long ReadAThons, 2-3 week long ReadAThons and then Monthly ReadAThons. That will make it easier for those trying to look for a specifc type of ReadAThon
Four Seasons 24 Hour ReadAThon
This is a 24 hour readathon focusing on each season of the year. This one will happen 4 times a year, one during each season.
*Just to clarify, all of these 24 hour ReadAThons (excluding Dewey’s 24 Hour ReadAThon), happens from midnight on the date, till 11:59pm on the date in YOUR time zone.*
UPCOMING DATES:
Spring: Friday 23rd March 2018
Summer: Saturday 30th June 2018
Autumn: Thursday 27th September 2018
Winter: Saturday 22nd December 2018
For each ReadAThon you are encouraged to read books that relate to the certain season. You can do that in many ways including:
Read a book set in that season
Read a book about an event that takes place in that season
Read a book with the season name in the title
Read a book that depicts the season on the cover
Read a book with a character named after the season
Read a book by an author named after the season
You can find the announcement post HERE, the hosts Twitter HERE & the hosts YouTube HERE
ReadAThon by Zoe
This is Round 5 of ReadAThon by Zoe and this is a 24 Hour ReadAThon held by ReadbyZoe on YouTube. The only rule is to read SOMETHING during the 24 hours, you don’t have to attempt to stay up for the full 24 hours if you don’t wish, but just read something, join in and have fun. There is no theme for this round, so just read whatever you want to for this round. However, Zoe is choosing to attempt to catch on series she has already started and she has invited people to join her if they wish.
*Just to clarify, all of these 24 hour ReadAThons (excluding Dewey’s 24 Hour ReadAThon), happens from midnight on the date, till 11:59pm on the date in YOUR time zone.*
You can find Zoe’s announcement HERE on her channel
#AYearAThon
This ReadAThon occurs every month and each month there is a different focus on what to read.
So this ReadAThon has 2 parts, first, there is the theme. So the idea is to try and read books related to that theme and then there are the challenges, they are an extra challenge and not necessary but add some extra fun.
HERE is a link to their Goodreads page & HERE is the link to their Twitter.
This ReadAThon happens every month so here are all the future challenges in case you wanted to plan!
Mar 5th – 11th
Theme: Retellings (of any kind)
Challenge: Marathon a series
Apr 2nd – 8th
Theme: Benchwarmers (books that have been sitting on your shelf for a while)
Challenge: One Word Titles
May 7th – 13th
Theme: Rereads
Challenge: Graphic Novels
Jun 4th – 10th
Theme: Catch Up/Finish Series
Challenge: Read a duology
Jul 2nd – 8th
Theme: TBR Catch Up (Let’s meet those halfway marks on our goals!)
Challenge: Read A Trilogy
Aug 6th – 12th
Theme: Family Favourites (Read your mums/brothers/cousins/etc favourite book)
Challenge: Read the longest book on your TBR
Sept 3rd – 9th
Theme: #OwnVoice Novel
Challenge: Short Stories
Oct 1st – 7th
Theme: Thrillers
Challenge: Big Books (400+ pages)
Nov 5th – 11th
Theme: NaNoWriMo Winners (Books that begun as a NaNoWriMo project and were eventually published)
Challenge: Read the shortest book on your TBR
Dec 3rd – 9th
Theme: Books under 300 pages
Challenge: Read books recommended to you by others
Duodecathon
This ReadAThon also is every month. This one has 12 options for challenges that you can pick from and the idea of this is that you participate every month and by the end of the year you will have done them all.
You can find info and join the Goodreads group HERE.
UPCOMING DATES:
March: 22 – 28
April: 8 -14
May: 21 – 27
June: 22 – 28
July: 22 – 28
August: 8 – 14
September: 1 – 7
October: 8 – 14
November: 22 – 28
December: 22 – 28
CHALLENGES TO PICK FROM:
Read 1,200 pages
Read the second book in a series
A book about a villain/antihero
A book published the year you were born
A 2018 bestseller
An award winning book
A book with multiple points of view
A book with antonyms in the title
A banned book
A book with a great first line
A “high school” book you haven’t read
A book recommended by someone in the Duodecathon group
Read-O-Rama
Read-O-Rama is a week long ReadAThon. There are Reading Challenges for this ReadAThon and there is also a giveaway happening!
The ReadAThon goes from midnight on the 3rd till 11:59 pm on the 9th of March
Reading Challenges:
Read 7 books
A book with R A M A in the title/author name (leters do not have to be in order and you can use both title and author name, for example ‘to kill A kingdoM by alexAndra chRisto’)
Read a LGBT+ book
New to you author
Read a book that was released in the springtime (can be any year)
Read a borrowed book
Read a book that is recommended by a host
– Peter Pan by JM Barrie
– Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee
-Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
– Obsessed by Alison Britz
For information on the giveaway you can check out any of the host’s announcement posts, HERE is one of them. You can also find the ReadAThon Twitter page HERE.
#BecauseDragonsRAT
This is a week long ReadAThon & the main focus is reading Fantasy books! There are reading challenges for this ReadAThon and also a giveaway! To enter the giveaway you have to participate in the Instagram challenges, which are yet to be announced. If you want to stay updated then follow @callmesensei14 on Instagram.
The ReadAThon goes from midnight on the 5th till 11:59pm on the 11th of March.
This is the same dates as #AYearAThon.
Reading Challenges:
Read a blue fantasy book
Read a fantasy book that takes place on, in, or underwater
Read a debut fantasy novel
Read a fantasy book that features war
Read a fantasy book with dragons
You can find the Goodreads page HERE!
Cosmos ReadAThon
This is another week long ReadAThon thats main focus is having fun and connecting with other readers. There are reading challenges too if you wish to participate.
The ReadAThon goes from midnight on the 19th till 11:59pm on the 25th of March.
Reading Challenges:
*These were copy and pasted directly so don’t blame me for the grammar/spelling mistakes*
1. Buddy-read a book
2. Read a book from your wishlist/immediate TBR pile
3. Read a book with special effects (visually, special layout, plot wise=>examples: a shiny, metallic or hollographic looking book of your choice, something with a special layout like Illuminae, House of Leaves, S or Replica, a book with a experimental writing style, topic etc.) Basically it’s up to you what you consider a special effect, just something that makes your book stand out.
4. Re-read a book of your choice!
5. Read a book that suits a song lyric. (Example: The Proclaimers-I’m Gonna Be (500 miles): A roadtrip book, Sunrise Avenue-Fairytale Gone Bad: A fairytale retelling etc.)
You can find their Goodreads Page HERE
Magna Madness ReadAThon
This is a week long ReadAThon that concentrates on reading Manga. There is always Reading Challenges for this one, but there won’t be an announcement post until early March. So keep an eye on their Twitter page for the upcoming details.
The ReadAThon goes from midnight on the 24th till 11:59pm on the 30th of March.
Mangathon
The Mangathon is a week long ReadAThon that happens every second month. The only rule for this one is to read Mangas! This ReadAThon has reading challenges too!
The ReadAThon goes from midnight on the 12th till 11:59pm on the 18th of March.
Reading Challenges:
1. Buddy read a Manga
2. Read a Manga turned into an Anime
3. Read a Manga recommendation
4. Read a Manga with a lopsided triangle
5. Read a Manga outside of your comfort zone
You can find their Twitter page HERE and an announcement video HERE!
Re-Read-A-Thon
ReReadAThon is a week long ReadAThon concentrating on rereading! There are reading challenges, Instagram challenges and a tonne of GIVEAWAYS happening!
Reading Challenges:
1. Reread an old favourite
2. Reread a recent favourite
3. Reread a book to give it a second chance
4. Reread a book in preparation for a new release
There is a heap of hosts and each host is holding a giveaway! There are 3 hosts per day, a BookTuber, a Bookstagrammer & a Book Blogger. You can find an announcement video HERE by one of the hosts and check out her description box for a list of all the hosts to follow/subscribe to. You can also follow the ReadAThons Twitter page HERE
Also below is the Instagram challenges posted by one of the hosts that I already follow (Also how I discovered this ReadAThon)
Wonder Week ReadAThon
Wonder Week ReadAThon is an 8-day ReadAThon that is based on a bingo card of reading Challenges. All you have to do is attempt a bingo on the card. You can try for more than one if you wish.
The ReadAThon goes from midnight on the 18th till 11:59pm on the 25th of March.
Here is the bingo card.
You can find the announcement post HERE! You can also find the ReadAThon Twitter HERE.
Emojiathon
The Emojiathon is a month long ReadAThon that has reading challenges that are related to different emojis. However, with this ReadAThon you can choose however many challenges you wish to complete out of a list of 25 possible challenges. You can use one book for as many challenges as you wish as well, so it makes it pretty easy to complete a heap of challenges. There is also a bingo card which you can choose to participate in or not. Obviously with the bingo card you just try and make a bingo with the challenges completed!!
You can find all the challenges in THIS document!
You can also find the Emojiathon Twitter page HERE!
This challenge goes all month!
#TheIrishReadAThon
This is another month long ReadAThon and the main challenge of this ReadAThon is to read books from Irish Authors, based on Irish Stories and books published by Irish Publishers. It is a month long ReadAThon but you don’t have to read ONLY Irish books all month, you can read other books if you wish but only Irish related books will count for the ReadAThon. There are other more specific reading challenges that you can choose to participate in.
Reading Challenges:
Read a book written by an Irish author published within the last 10 years.
Read an Irish Classic/Modern Irish Classic
Read a book by an Irish Female author
Read a book that is based or focuses on a point in Irish History
Read a book with a green cover
You can find the announcement video HERE.
Munches in March
This is a month long ReadAThon is similar to the EmojiAThon, but instead of Emojis, this ones challenges link to foods! There is a bingo card, which I will leave below. To join this ReadAThon all you have to do is make a blog post with your intentions to join and your TBR. Make sure you use the tag #MunchesMarch on social media. You can challenge yourself as much as you want, attempt one challenge, a row or the whole bingo card.
You can find the announcement post HERE!
March Mystery Madness
This one is a month long ReadAThon focusing on mystery reads! There are reading challenges and Instagram challenges. For the Reading Challenges, the challenges are just a single word prompt. You can interpret the challenges as you wish!
Reading Challenges:
New
Borrowed
Foreign
Shelf
Opposite
Historical
You can find the Instagram challenges HERE!
You can find an announcement post HERE, but there are heaps out there as there are multiple cohosts. You can also find their Twitter HERE & Goodreads group HERE.
Middle Grade March
Middle Grade March is a month long ReadAThon that concentrates on reading Middle Grade books. However, you do not have to read strictly Middle Grade books for the whole month. You can read other books but they won’t count towards the ReadAThon. There are also some reading challenges that you can choose to participate in for the month. There is also a giveaway so make sure you check out the announcement link down below for details.
Reading Challenges:
1. Read a book that has won an award
2. Read a book that was adapted into a movie or a TV show
3. Read a book that was a childhood favourite
4. Read a book that is a classic
5. Read a book that has some diversity
You can find the announcement post HERE. They don’t have a dedicated Twitter or Instagram but you can follow the two hosts on Instagram @lifebetweenwords & @Krista_booksandjams
WELL, THAT IS ALL. IF YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER READATHONS HAPPENING IN FEBRUARY THEN PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN A COMMENT OR TAG ME ON TWITTER @DUSKANGELREADS.
Dusk Angel Reads 
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