I thought it might be helpful to do up a post of options of books that you could read for each of the challenges. These aren’t recommendations as I haven’t read all of them.
You are welcome to interpret these challenges as you please. As long as you can explain why the book you choose fits the challenge.
Also all of these options are YA books, of course you are welcome to read Adult & Middle Grade books but the lists would be never ending if I included all books. So YA narrows it down a bit for me. Also I’m more familiar with YA books, so it’s easy to know what fits the challenges.
I also won’t bother explaining every book in every subject unless I think it needs it.
New Beijing – Read a Sci-Fi Book
Sheol 1 – Read a Dystopian Book
Kalyazin – Read a book with Blood on the Cover OR Read a book with a Red Cover
Blood on the Cover
Book with a Red Cover
Medora – Read a book with the ‘Chosen One’ Trope
Emberfall – Read a Retelling/Reimagining
Dustwalk – Read a book about a Rebellion
New Reynes – Read a book that has a Card Suit on the cover
This is a challenge that has many ways to interpret it. You can choose a book with a ♥️ or a human heart. You can choose a book with a ♦️ or a 💎. Or a book with ‘Heart’, ‘Diamond’, ‘Spade’ or ‘Club’ in the title.
Ellingham Academy – Read a Mystery Book
The Shire – Read a book that is at least 10 years old
The Ice Court – Read a book following ‘Criminals’
Fennbirn – Read a book with Multiple POV
Cabeswater – Read a book that involves a King
Hogwarts – Read a book that is set in a Magical School
Well that is all the Challenges! If you have any recommendations, please put them in the comments so others can get some inspiration on what to read.
What are you most looking forward to reading during Fantasy JourneyAThon?!
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This ReadAThon is pretty simple. First, pick a goal. I will be aiming for 7 books, but you can choose as many or as little books as you wish. Next, grab a jar, or cup, or hat, it really doesn’t matter. Something you can put names into. For the next step, you can do this one a few ways. Option 1 is to put all the books on your TBR (physical, eBook, audiobook, whatever you wish) into a hat. Option 2, you can pick some of the books you are most looking forward to and put them in a hat. (Try and put at least double the amount that is your goal to make it interesting) Option 3, (this is what I will be doing), get a 2nd jar, in 1 jar put all the physical & eBooks books on your TBR into it and in the 2nd jar put all the audiobooks on your TBR. Lastly, pick a name out of the jar and read that book, then pick another name and read that book and continue until you either hit your goal or run out of time in the ReadAThon.
Extra Info
You can choose to pull the number of names you choose for your goal out of the jar prior to the ReadAThon or pull them out as you go.
Use the hashtag #TBRJarRAT so I can see what you’re up to (also if it is on Twitter or Instagram then you can tag the @TBRJarRAT page too.
So, some of you may have a few books from the same series still on your TBR. Join the club. So if this is the case, you can either choose to only put the 1st book (or the book you are up to) in the TBR jar OR you can put it in as the full series. So if you pick up that name, then you have to try and read all the books from that series that you have on your shelf. This ReadAThon is very customisable, so do whatever fits you.
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Okay, it’s been a long time but we are back with the ReadAThon Guides! Don’t forget you can follow The Ultimate ReadAThon Guide on Twitter & The Ultimate ReadAthon Guide on Instagram to get all the info! You can also check out the ReadAThon Calendar which is always getting updated!
Asian ReadAThon
Dates: 1st to 31st of May
All about reading books by Asian authors & featuring Asian main characters.
So this one has reading challenges, which you can find below, but also there is another overlying challenge. Each of the books chosen to fulfil the challenges below but feature a character of different Asian ethnicity. You can double up on challenges. Throughout the rest of the month you can read the same ethnicities, they just can’t could for the challenges.
Reading Challenges:
1. Read any book by an Asian author. 2. Read a graphic novel featuring an Asian character or written/drawn by an Asian author (manga, manhua, manwa, and comics count). 3. Read a book featuing an intersectional Asian character or written by an intersectional Asia identity (i.e. queer, mixed, disabled, neurodiverse, etc.) 4. Read a book by an Asian author that was originally written in their native language (translated books and graphic novels count). 5. Read the group book: A Thousands Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh, which will be covered in the live show on Saturday, May 25th at 6pm EST on readwithcindy’s channel.
1. Read a book with a title that starts with a ‘S’ 2. Read a book that has a number in the title 3. Read a book translated from another language 4. Read a book that was adapted to a movie or TV show 5. Read a book in a series 6. Read a book under 300 pages 7. Pick a book with a cover that has real life images or a model 8. Read a book by an author who uses a full name that contains three or more name parts (including initials) 9. Read a book with a main character who is not human 10. Read a book you’ve ignored
Own voices: A book featuring a character which lives with a mental illness that the author also lives with
Non fiction: A non-fiction book about mental health e.g. a self-help books or memoir
Anxiety rep: a book featuring a character who lives with anxiety (In any form)
Schizophrenia rep: a book featuring a character who lives with Schizophrenia
OCD rep: a character living with OCD
Intersectional rep: a book written by a LGBTQIA+, disabled or ethnic minority author who lives with a mental illness also OR a book featuring a character who lives with a mental illness and is an ethnic minority, LGBTQIA+ or disabled
Bipolar rep: a book featuring a character who lives with Bipolar disorder
Hosts pick: Pick a book to read, chosen by the hosts.
Nicole’s pick: Am I normal yet? By Holly Bourne Rachael’s pick: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Cait’s pick: Marbles by Ellen Forney
Personality disorder rep: a book featuring a character who lives with a personality disorder
Phobias rep: a book featuring a character who lives with a phobia
Eating disorder: a book featuring a character who lives with an eating disorder (of any kind) or struggles with self image, confidence etc.
PTSD rep: a book featuring a character who lives with PTSD
Other: a book featuring a character who lives with a mental illness or related disorder that is not listed here already e.g. hoarding, Trichotillomania, Dermatillomania, character in therapy, a character taking medication, Dissociative identity disorder, ADHD or anything else…
Depression rep: a book featuring a character who lives with depression
1. Read a Sophie Kinsella book 2. Read a book with a pair of heels on the cover (it could be on the spine or on the back of the book as well) 3. Read a chick-lit book with a historical setting 4. Read a book set in Los Angeles or Hollywood 5. Read a romance that has a meaningful (to you) plot (think womens fiction) 6. Read a domestic thriller
This one is all about thinning out your TBR pile! So it is aimed at reading books already on your TBR.
Reading challenges:
1. Read a book that you put on a previous ReadAThin TBR, but didn’t get to. 2. Read a thin book. 3. Read a book that was gifted to you or a book that you got from a subscription box. 4. Read a diverse book. 5. Read a book that is spring themed.
A ReadAThon to celebrate and support Muslim Authors.
Reading Challenges:
Each of the columns are ‘Pillars’ and each row is a ‘level’. So pick a pillar or two & starting at the bottom, make your way through the levels to the top.
1. Myths Retold: Read a retelling 2. Battling Beasts: Read a book over 500 pages. 3. Collection of myths: Read an anthology or short story collection 4. Creation myths: Read a historical book or an older backlist title (5 years or older) 5. Gifts of the Gods: Read a book where magic is a feature
You can also go up levels based on the number of books you read
The Levels:
Hero: Read 1 – 4 books Demi-God: Read 5 – 8 books Member of the Pantheon: Read 9 – 20 books Ruler of the Gods: Read 21+ books
So as far as I can tell you choose a team (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune or Pluto). As you read you can log your pages read on the website (linked below) and whichever team has the most points ‘wins’. There is an overall group book as well as a group book for each team. Then there are 11 Reading Challenges for everyone to strive for.
Overall Group Book: Beds are for Flowers by R.K. Gold
Team Group Reads:
– Moon (Love, Light & the power of the Moon): A Star Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi – Mercury (Water): Warcross by Marie Lu – Venus (Star Power): The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon – Mars (Element Fire): The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – Jupiter (Element earth): The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang – Saturn (Death, Destruction & Rebirth): The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco – Uranus (Super Strength): A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney – Neptune (Astral Projection/Water): The Belles by Danielle Clayton – Pluto (Time & Space) Opposite Side of Always by Justin Reynolds
Reading Challenges:
– Moon: Re-read one of your favourite books – Mercury: Read a book that challenges you – Venus: Read a book with a character that has special abilities – Mars: Read a book that includes the element of fire in any way – Jupiter: Read a book 400 pages or more – Saturn: Read a standalone – Uranus: Read a book with a gorgeous cover – Neptune: Read a contemporary novel – Pluto: Read a dystopian novel – Tuxedo Mask: Read a romance novel – Chibi-USA: Read a novella
What you need to do for Bookémon! Join A Team! Log Your Daily Pages Read! Earn Your Badges! (Check Your Bookédex) Battle Other Teams With Book Battles!
There are badges to be earned for the books you read. Here are how to earn those badges!
The Creative Badge: Read a book that is in the Art / Music Genre! The Memory Badge: Read a book that is in the Biography / Memoir Genre! The Exemplary Badge: Read a book that is in the Classics Genre! The Pictorial Badge: Read a book that is in the Comic / Graphic Novel / Manga Genre! The Amour Badge: Read a book that is in the Romance / Contemporary Genre! The Chiller Badge: Read a book that is in the Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Suspense Genre! The Fantastical Badge: Read a book that is in the Fantasy Genre! The Scientific Badge: Read a book that is in the Science Fiction Genre! The Rainbow Badge: Read a book that is in the LGBTQIA+ Rep Genre! The Archival Badge: Read a book that is in the Historical Fiction Genre! The Panic! Badge: Read a book that is in the Horror Genre! The Jester Badge: Read a book that is in the Humour / Comedy Genre! The Know It All Badge: Read a book that is in the Non-Fiction Genre! The Prose Badge: Read a book that is in the Poetry / Play Genre! The Diversity Badge: Read a book that the Main Character or Author is a person of colour!
All we have for this one is the dates at the moment. Follow their Twitter to be notified when the details are announced! I really hope this one does happen as it’s one of my faves!
Pirate themed ReadAThon! This round is space pirate themed.
How to navigate the map:Start by choosing a starting point (# 1-5)
From your starting point, following the line of the color of the circle OUT to find your next challenge. Most stops have two options leading out. Challenges are listed beside the number.
A-C are detours, because we all get a little lost sometimes. They are part of your journey.
9 & 10 lead to X marks the spot! Your reward is completing the readathon (sorry mate, wish I had gold to hand out!)
Each pirate has 4 challenges to complete in the week. However, feel free to complete more!
Monthly ReadAThon and each month has a different theme
May (6-12) Finish/Catch-Up
June (3-9) LGBTQIA
July (1-7) Read 5 Different Types of Books (ebook, audiobook, paperback, hardcover, graphic novel, picture book, library book, self-bought book, book gotten as a present, borrowed book Etc. Etc. Etc.)
August (5-11) Read the 5th book on your TBR or the 5th book on your Goodreads Recommendation List.
September (2-8) New Beginnings (The first book in a New series or a New to You Author)
Well I think that is all the ReadAThons for now! If I’m wrong and you know of one that is happening in May that I haven’t included please let me know and I will add it! What ReadAThons are you planning on participating in, in May?
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So it is the 10th day of OWLs Magical ReadAThon and I thought I would do a little update of what I’ve read so far and what challenges I’ve completed so far!
Physical Reads
I read 3/4 of A Curse So Dark and Lonely after the ReadAThon started. So I decided to count it towards the Ancient Runes challenge as it is a Beauty and the Beast retelling!
I planned to read The Song Rising but decided to reread the first 2 books before reading it as it had been a while and I couldn’t remember as much as I liked. I decide to use this one for the Divination challenge as this is set in the future.
Audiobooks
I’ve been slowly making my way through the Hercule Poirot series and I have so far read these 2 this month. I used Murder in Mesopotamia for the History of Magic challenge & Cards on the Table for the Charms challenge.
I have started rereading The Medoran Chronicles by Lynette Noni via audiobook. So far I have read Akarnae, Raelia & Draekora. I have used Akarnae for the Herbology challenge & Raelia for the Potions challenge. Draekora doesn’t fit in any of the challenges unfortunately.
Currently Reading
I’m reading The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon as part of my reread before starting The Song Rising. I’m also rereading Graevale as the next part in The Medoran Chronicles series. Graevale also doesn’t fit in the challenges anywhere. I am using The Mime Order for the Transfiguration challenge.
Let’s Chat!
Are you participating in OWLs Magical ReadAThon? How many challenges have you finished so far?!
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The Magical ReadAThon is back and it’s time to sit our OWLs Exams! This time we have the added adventure of getting to choose a Career we wish to strive for! Each Career has designated subjects that you must complete.
So I have chosen to strive to be a Magizoologist for this years Magical ReadAThon.
Magizoologist Fact Sheet – Created by Book Roast on YouTube
So as you can see the OWLs that are required for Magizoologist are: Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Herbology & Potions.
My TBR!
So I will be concentrating on the 4 subjects required for Magizoologist but I have chosen a book for each of the 12 subjects. If I have time I will pick up as many as I can but my priority will definitely be the 4 subjects for Magizoologist!
Care of Magical Creatures – Land animal on the cover
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin (aerial view of a someone riding a motorbike with a wolf shadow coming from the bike)
This one is fairly self explanatory. There is a wolf on the cover, which is a land animal.
Charms – Age Line: Read an adult work
The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
This is an Adult Historical Fiction. I absolutely love this cover and I picked it up on a whim when I was out shopping with a mate. I haven’t read what it’s about but I hope I love it!
Herbology – Plant on the cover
The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon (Orange Flower in top middle of book)
I have been meaning to read this for AGES! I read The Bone Season & The Mime Order maybe 2 years ago, maybe longer and I picked a copy of this one up straight away but never actually read it. I think i will definitely need to read an overview of Book 1 & 2 before starting this one.
Potions – Next Ingredient: Sequel
This Cruel Design by Emily Suvada
This is book 2 to This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada. I absolutely loved This Mortal Coil so I can’t wait to read this book!
Ancient Runes – Retelling
This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee
This is a Frankenstein retelling. So fits the challenge perfectly. I have been wanting to read another book by Mackenzi Lee as I absolutely love the Montague Siblings series.
Arithmancy – Work written by more than one author
The Wicked + The Divine: Vol 7: Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson & Clayton Cowles
This has 4 contributors so it’s perfect for this challenge. I have been making my way through this series and I am really enjoying it. The artwork is absolutely gorgeous!
Astronomy – “Star” in the title
Ruin of Stars by Linsey Miller
This is pretty self explanatory. Ruin of STARs is the second book to Mask of Shadows which I read and enjoyed last year.
Defence of Magical Creatures – Land animal on the cover
A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir
I’m cheating slightly as the first letter is A, but I don’t have anything else that fits. So I’m using it!
Divination – Set in the future
Dry by Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman
This was recommended to me when I asked in a Facebook Group for books set in the future. I can’t find anywhere in the description if this is set in the future so I hope that is correct.
History of Magic – Published at least 10 years ago
Murder in the Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
This was published in 1936, so definitely more than 10 years old! I have been making my way through the Hercule Poirot series and this is the next book I’m up to.
Muggle Studies – Contemporary
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
This has been on my TBR for ages, so I’m glad to be finally getting to it hopefully.
Transfiguration – Sprayed Edges OR red cover
Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa (Black Background, Silver Fox like mask with a red swirl and red silhouette of asian landscape behind mask)
Another self explanatory one, the cover has red on it. I’ve been meaning to read more by this author as I read The Iron King a while ago and really enjoyed it.
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What career have you chosen to strive for this year?
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This ReadAThon runs from 25th to 31st of March and I am so keen! So the basics of this ReadAThon is to start at the bottom of the map & make your way up! So I will leave the map & the prompt meanings below. You can also check out all the details HERE!
So I will not be aiming for all the challenges but I will explain that as I go!
Fellowship
Read the Group Book
This is the first challenge I will not be completing as I have already read the group book which is A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab!
Cliff
Read a book with a nature word in the title
The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle
Rat
Read a book with brown on the cover
The Wicked + The Divine: Vol 5 by Gillen McKelvie & Wilson Cowles
Fate
Read a book set in the past
Beastly Bones by William Ritter
Bewilderment
Read a book with a plot twist
This is the other challenge I will not be doing as I found it super hard to figure out what books have a plot twist that I own. All the lists I found online where older books that I had either read or didn’t own and I was not going out to buy a book just for this challenge. So SKIP!
Adventure
Read the first book in a a series
A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Birgid Kemmerer
Potion
Read a book while drinking a drink
The Wicked + The Divine: Vol 6 by Gillen McKelvie & Wilson Cowles
So that is everything on my TBR! I’m so keen for this ReadAThon as its been a while since I participated in a ReadAThon with prompts.
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This ReadAThon is pretty simple. First, pick a goal. I will be aiming for 7 books, but you can choose as many or as little books as you wish. Next, grab a jar, or cup, or hat, I don’t care. Something you can put names into. For the next step, you can do this one a few ways. Option 1 is to put all the books on your TBR (physical, eBook, audiobook, whatever you wish) into a hat. Option 2, you can pick some of the books you are most looking forward to and put them in a hat. (Try and put at least double the amount that is your goal) Option 3, (this is what I will be doing), get a 2nd jar, in 1 jar put all the physical & eBooks books on your TBR into it and in the 2nd jar put all the audiobooks on your TBR. Lastly, pick a name out of the jarand read that book, then pick another name and read that book and continue until you either hit your goal or run out of time in the ReadAThon.
You can choose to pull the number of names you choose for your goal out of the jar prior to the ReadAThon or pull them out as you go.
Use the hashtag #TBRJarRAT so I can see what you’re up to (also if it is on Twitter then you can tag the @TBRJarRAT page too.
So, some of you may have a few books from the same series still on your TBR. Join the club. So if this is the case, you can either choose to only put the 1st book (or the book you are up to) in the TBR jar OR you can put it in as the full series. So if you pick up that name, then you have to try and read all the books from that series that you have on your shelf. This ReadAThon is very customisable, so do whatever fits you.
Yes, we have Instagram Challenges! They are completely optional but are there if you want to join in!
The Instagram Challenges will be posted on the TBRJarRAT Instagram within the next 24 hours of this post going live.
Prizes (2 winners): 1st Winner: 1 x Book Pre-Order up to the value of $20 AUD (2019 Jan – June pre-orders only) 2nd Winner: 1 x Book up to the value of $20 AUD
Rules: 1. Must participate in the ReadAThon to enter 2. Book Depository must ship to you 3. Must be 18 years or older or have parental permission as I will need your address 4. Entries close on the 3rd of February at 11:59pm AEST 5. Must follow the steps below
How to enter: 1. Post a TBR Jar ReadAThon Wrap Up online (See below for what counts) using the hashtag #TBRJarRAT2GA What entries count: You can post your entry on Twitter or Instagram. If you have posted via a Blog Post or YouTube then simply leave a link to that on a Twitter or Instagram post so I can easily get to it. 2. I must be able to see it, so no private accounts.
WHAT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING FOR JANUARY 2019? ARE THERE ANY THAT AREN’T ON MY LIST THAT I SHOULD BE LOOKING OUT FOR?
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