#december readathon

I am so excited to be participating in this again this year! If you are looking for a December Readathon to join, check out my @Reindeerreadat1 2022 Announcement post! #teammistletoe #reindeerreadathon

As I continue to prepare for the end of 2022, I have been doing a lot of blog planning and reading planning. As with every year as it comes to an end I figured I might need the extra motivation! So I decided I would continue with want I started last year and participate in the Reindeer Readathon 2022! It was a fun readathon last year and you can check out my Reindeer Readathon TBR from 2021! (I…

Reindeer Readathon 2021 Announcement! Don't miss out on joining this December for a fun readathon with @reindeerreadat1 #teamcandycane

As I continue to prepare for the end of 2021, I have been doing a lot of blog planning and reading planning. As I am closing in on reading 100 books this year, I figured I might need the extra motivation! I figured I would continue with want I started last year and participate in the Reindeer Readathon! It was a fun readathon last year and you can check out my Reindeer Readathon Wrap Up from…

Forgotten YA Gems is a reading group over in Goodreads, where both Carrie @brightbeautifulthings​ and I are mods. Come join us!

Our December Readathon finished yesterday, so here is my wrap up. I’m exceedingly happy because I managed to read everything I wanted to (but I have to admit that’s only because I spent most of yesterday reading without pause)! And I really enjoyed the books, which is always a plus.

Here is my little bingo card with the prompts completed (I chose the winter version):

Backlist: Sorcery of Thorns - Margaret Rogerson --> 4.5/5 [Review] ---> 464 pages

BOTM: Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares (Dash & Lily #1) - Racheln Cohn & David Levithan --> 2.5/5 [Review] --> 260 pages

Summer: Beach Read - Emily Henry --> 4.5/5 [Review] --> 384 pages

Winter: The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1) - Philip Pullman --> 3.5/5 --> 432 pages

My total page number amounts to 1540, which is nothing to scoff at, and I even managed to fit in three reviews :)

As a group, we haven’t yet counted the whole total, but so far we’re close to 7,000 pages and it’s looking like we might get to 10,000!!! I’m really happy with everyone’s participation, and I hope some people who stayed quiet during the week add in their numbers.

Forgotten YA Gems is a reading group over in Goodreads, where both Carrie @brightbeautifulthings​ and I are mods. Come join us!

Hi everyone!

I’m just here to announce our first ever Readathon in Forgotten YA Gems! From the 7th to the 13th of December, the goal is to read as many pages as possible. We’re doing it as a group on Goodreads, so at the end of it we’ll count how many pages we’ve collectively read (more than 3,000? Bets are accepted!) but I’m sharing it here as well in case some of you want to participate in your free time.

All kind of books are accepted, but we’ve thought of four (optional) prompts to complete to make it more fun!

Book of the month: Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares, by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan [and when you finish, come and comment it on the thread!]

A book set in winter (or with wintery themes, a title about winter, etc.)

A book set in summer (or with summery themes, a title about summer, etc.)

A book you’ve been postponing the whole year

If you get to the 13th with a book half-finished, the pages still count! The same goes if you have a book half-started that you finish during the Readathon. Every page counts!

BUT NOT ONLY THAT, as Carrie designed an adorable bingo card with the prompts if you want to complete it: here is the winter version and here is the summer version. If you so wish, we also have markers for the card: this and this are winter-themed, and this and this are summer-themed. We’ve got everything, for everyone!

So, are you in?

Join us in this month’s readathon! All you have to do is read a book for each prompt. One book can be used for multiple prompts. If you would like to join the readathon conversation, join our Discord. We’re excited to see what books you pick!

Readathon Prompts

01. Read a book with a white cover 02. Read a book which is mostly set indoors 03. Read a book with a one-word title 04. Read a book all at one spot

Bonus; Create an edit for the books you read and make sure to tag us! We track #booknet

December 2014 Daily Bookish Challenges

If you could share and recommend only one book that you've read so far in 2014, which one would it be?

This question is so difficult to answer because I've read some pretty amazing books this year. I think I'll have to settle on The Program by Suzanne Young.

This book honestly scared the crap out of me. As someone who suffers from depression the idea of a world where people who suffer from it have their memories wiped and end up forgetting people they care about is terrifying. As awful as I feel sometimes, I would never want that to happen to me. 

I think that's why I loved this book so much. Right now we live in a world where discussion about mental illness rarely happens and people want to 'quick fix' the people who suffer rather than help them through it. While I don't think it'll ever get to the extreme of memory wiping, I think that without educating people properly and opening up discussions regarding mental illness, people will continue to misunderstand what's happening with those individuals. Misunderstanding leads to misguided attempts at solutions which could result in worsening the problem rather than healing it. 

December 2014 Daily Bookish Challenges

What are your top ten favourite words?

List your top ten favourite words. You may like to include a definition of some or all of your chose words.

Wanderlust - the intense desire to travel

Balter - to dance without particular skill or grace, but with great joy

Sonder - in short, the realization that everyone you meet is living a life as complex as your own

Existential 

Adventure

Explore

Learn

Eager

Trust

Love

I only explained my top three. The rest should be fairly straight forward. Except for existential. That one's hard to explain. 

Why did you choose these words? Would you like to see these words used more often in everyday conversation?

Words like wanderlust, adventure, and explore all related to my goal to travel the world. I love going to new places and discovering new things. 

Sonder, existential, eager, and learn, at least for me, are all related to the idea of constantly thinking and growing and gathering new knowledge and making new discoveries. I love to learn. I want to learn everything I can about anything I can. 

Balter is just a fun word; the idea of carefree dancing sounds fun.