The Readathin was hosted by Donna at momsbookcollection, and you can read the announcement post there. There’s also a Readathin Twitter account.
How I Did Overall
I’m pleased that I read 10 books that qualify for the Readathin, but I didn’t make Bingo, and I really neglected the self-care prompts, which for me were part of the appeal of the challenge. If I participate in the Readathin next time it comes around, I’ll have to pay more attention to which books I choose to read, and to the self-care prompts.
Books I read:
Books for reading prompts:
Title links take you to Goodreads; bolded title links take you to my review on this blog.
- Brightly Coloured Cover – Magic Lost, Trouble Found;
- Read a Book That Was Published in June, July, or August of Any Year – Mistress of Birds
- Written by an Author of Colour – Witchful Thinking
- Read Your Favorite Genre/Trope – The Belle of Belgrave Square (historical romance); Touchstones: A Collection (fantasy); Mistress of Birds (fantasy historical romance)
- Read a Summer-y Book – Over Sea, Under Stone
- Read a Book Toward a Yearly Goal – For #ReadChristie 2022: Destination Unknown. For the Dark is Rising read-along: Over Sea, Under Stone. For The Backlist Reader Challenge: 84, Charing Cross Road; Ravished; Mischief.
Self-Care Prompts I Accomplished
- 30 min screen break – I did this several times.
- Start a journal – I’m not sure this counts, but since I filled up my current reading journal, I started a new one: set it up with a (blank) table of contents, and started recording my latest reading in it. I record some facts about the book (title, author, series, publisher, dates read, date reviewed, rating, challenges) and my thoughts and reactions. I use those as springboards for my reviews.
About the Readathin
The Readathin occurs four times per year. It is hosted by Donna at momsbookcollection, and you can read the August announcement post and see all the reading and self-care prompts there. There’s also a Readathin Twitter account.
Anne+-+Books+of+My+Heart
It sounds like an interesting challenge!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
I like the combination of book prompts and self-care prompts, even if I didn’t do most of the latter. And the book prompts are varied enough that it was easy to find books on my TBR list that qualified.
Wendy
Congratulations! I like the self-care prompts too, but I probably wouldn’t have done them either.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
I hope to do better on those in November.
Donna @Momsbookcollection
You did amazing! i love this. See you in November.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
I thought that would probably be the next one. I’m looking forward to it!
Nicole @ BookWyrm Knits
Still a great job! I didn’t get a BINGO either, and I had questions about some of the self-care prompts, too. I also get a new journal ready to replace a full one—but couldn’t decide if that counted or not, since it wasn’t a new kind of journal.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
I set my new journal up, and then discovered that the PU “leather” is flaking off rather badly at the creases. It was a cheap journal I bought from Walmart, and they don’t sell that make/style anymore. Nor can I find it anywhere else, darn it. So I’ve ordered two journals: a relatively inexpensive no-name to see if it’s any good, and a Leuchtturm because I have always wanted to try one. I’ll have to use the no-name to start with; the Leuchtturm in the color I wanted won’t get here until late September.
Lark_Bookwyrm
I wasn’t entirely sure whether to count it, either, but I tweaked my format a little, too, so… maybe?
Katherine
I love the self care prompts! Maybe you could do a Self Care September and try and check off some of the prompts this month.