Readathons

Hello everyone!

This is the page where you can find Readathons that are going on on social media. Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, Blogs…etc.

Not familiar with what a readathon is? That’s ok, I’m happy to help you out!readathon

A readathon is an event in which you read as much as you can in a certain period of time. Some readathons last a week, some are three or four days, there are even 24 hour readathons. The purpose of these readathons are to help get the number of books you read up, some readathons are hosted at the end of the year to help you make your goodreads goal. Some readathons are hosted to help you read more books on your shelf. Each readathon has a purpose. These readathons are hosted by a person, or group of people on social media. Most of the readathons that I participate in are hosted on twitter.

These readathons will usually have specific challenges to complete during the readathon to make it more fun. There will be hashtags to use so you can conversate with other readathoners. The host or hosts of the readathon will host what we call reading sprints to motivate people to sit down and get pages read. The sprints will go for a length of time. During that time sometimes there will be fun challenges, and sometimes even prizes!cheering

 

 

 

 

 

Readathons are an amazing way to read more books and to reach your goodreads challenge goal. Readathons have helped me read three to four books in areadinggif week, when normally I would only read one to two. I will updating this page frequently, so don’t forget to check back!

Let me know in the comments below what readathon you are excited to join this year! 🙂

 

 

 

 

Here are some upcoming Read-a-thons:

 

March: 

#AYearathon:

Taking place from March 7th-March 13th

Hashtag to use on social media:

#AYearathon

Theme: horror/suspense

Find out more about this readathon by clicking the links below:

Goodreads

Twitter

 

Slay That Series:

Taking place from March 13th-March 20th

Hashtags to use on social media:

#SlayThatSeries

Challenges: To slay series. Finish series you started reading,or read a whole new series.

Find our more about this readathon by clicking the links below:

Goodreads

Twitter

Hosts:

Chami: @Chami

Sara: @_sarawithoutanH

APRIL:

ARC April:

This readathon will take place for the entire month of April.

Purpose: To read as many advanced reader copies (ARC) of books- you have been sent- as you can. They don’t have to be new. They could be months, even years old. As long as it was an arc copy that was sent to you it counts.

You can use the hashtag #ARCApril on social media.

There will be a linky each week on the website so you can enter the weekly progress of how many arcs you read each week. This will also be your entries for the readathon.

WEBSITE

#AYEARATHON:

Taking place from the 4th-10th

Theme: Re-reads (quite simple, read books you have already read and want to re-read)

Genrethon:

Taking place from the 10th-17th

The idea for this readathon is to read books from different genres. Take a chance, step out of your comfort zone.

Challenges: to read at least three books from three different genres.

Use the hashtag #genrethon and #genrethonsprints on Twitter

This readathon was announced on YouTube.

You can go to the following YouTube channels to see the introduction video and hear more about the readathon;

 Brittany from UnderTheRadarBooks (you can also find a prize giveaway on her chanel for the giveaway)

Joce from the channel squibblesreads

Kristyn from ViennaWaitsBooks

 Lauren from Lauren and The Books

Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon:

Taking place on the 23rd

The idea for this readathon is to read as much as you can within the 24 hours.

Sign up for the read-a-thon by clicking below:

WEBSITE

Spring Into Horror Readathon:

Taking place from the 18th to the 24th

Requirements: to read at least one horror book.

Hashtags for social media: #SpringHorrorRAT

Sign up and read more details by clicking on the link below:

WEBSITE

MAY:

#RYBSAT:

This readathon will take place from the 1st-8th.

This is round 8 of RYBSAT (Read- Your- Book- Shelf- a- Thon)

This is one of my favorite readathons hosted by my friend Miranda from Bookss101

The idea for this readathon is to choose a spot on your bookshelf where you want to start reading from and then continue on from there. You want to see how far you can get and how many books you can read during the readathon. If you get to a spot that has a series, you can either choose to read only one book from that series before moving on to the next book. Or….read the whole series if you choose.

There will a be ton of reading sprints and fun challenges taking place on twitter so be sure to follow the @RYBSAT page over on twitter and don’t forget to follow Miranda at @Bookss101 as well.

You can check out the RYBSAT Round 8 Announcement video and follow Bookss101 channel on YouTube 

#AYEARATHON

Taking place from the 2nd-8th

Theme: Catch up/finish a series

Hashtags: #AYEARATHON

#AYEARATHON now has a page over on Twitter

You can also join the Goodreads group

Also find AYEARATHON over on Instagram

Follow the hosts on YouTube:

Ke-sha @theforsaken707 

Alyssa @ ACReads

Kristina @ThePrincessGummyBear

Kerri @KerriForLife

Katie @Kitkatscanread

Follow the hosts on Twitter, as we always talk about #AYearAThon: @salazar707, @AlyssaLunz, @kristinalenny,  @kerrihugs, and @Kitkatscanread

Bout of Books 16.0

This readathon takes place from the 9th-15th

Website: Bout of Books sign up here for the readathon.

Follow Bout of Books and the Hosts on Twitter: Amanda @boutofbooks @BookBender @soulswallo

June:

Readorama

Taking place from June 13-19

 

July:

Make Me Read It Readathon

See my post HERE for more information.