Hello to all my dear book lovers !!!!!! Still no book review posts from me, because I have yet to pick up a book. This slump is killing me. So, I have decided to follow one idea that many bloggers have suggested to get out of reading slumps… participate in a readathon. Let me try this one and hopefully, I will have a good time reading books again.
For those who don’t know, the Contemporary-A-Thon is a readathon where you read only contemporary books for a week. The readathon is hosted by Chelsea, Julie and Natasha from Booktube and has 7 challenges to fulfill. The readathon is going to be from September 17-23rd. 7 books might be too ambitious for me, so I’m going to stack up on the challenges, so that I can finish them while reading fewer books.
Let’s take a look at the challenges and the books I plan to read. Obviously, I’m a mood reader, so I might end up reading something totally different.
CHALLENGE 1: READ A BOOK WITH ORANGE ON THE COVER
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CHALLENGE 7: READ A PREDICTED 5-STAR READ
I’ve become a huge fan of Alice Oseman’s writing after reading Radio Silence and Heartstopper, so I hope this book will also be a 5-star read for me. And that cover is really bright and beautiful.
CHALLENGE 2: READ A DARK/SPOOKY CONTEMPORARY
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CHALLENGE 5: READ A CONTEMPORARY THAT HAS YOUR INITIALS SOMEWHERE ON THE COVER
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CHALLENGE 6: READ A NEW-TO-YOU AUTHOR
I never read spooky stuff, so I am going to settle for this book which seems full of political intrigue, conspiracies and espionage. I’ve also never read any books by Tal Bauer before and I hope I will enjoy this one. And I promise, you will find both my initials S and K somewhere on that cover 😉
CHALLENGE 3: READ A DIVERSE CONTEMPORARY
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CHALLENGE 4: READ A CONTEMPORARY IN A NON-TRADITIONAL FORMAT
The obvious choice for a book in a non-traditional format is a graphic novel. And after enjoying the first two issues of Fence, I can’t wait to dive back into the world of fencing in Issue 3.
If you guys have better recommendations, please feel free to share your thoughts. And if any of you want to participate in the readathon, do share your TBRs.
Goodluck with the readathon.. I wanted to join this one too but I have to visit my family later this week so I can’t read much…Enjoy it though. 🙂
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Thanks so much Lili 😊😊😊 I already finished the graphic novel.. I’m hoping I’ll have a good week 😃😃
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Good start.. one book done… Readathon can give you a good week and also can get you back in the game. I always feel more refreshed everytime we finish our 24-Hour Readathon despite the lack of sleep.
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This is only my 2nd ever and the previous one was a month long readathon… hopefully I’ll be able to do a 24hr one soon.. but I agree… readathons definitely seem to be motivating me and helping to get out of the slump 😊😊
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I haven’t joined a month-long readathon… If you know one that is coming up, I’d very much like to know and join. hehe..
You can join our 24-Hr session every last weekend of the month.. No pressure though. So you can join whenever you want. 🙂 We do it just to enjoy and don’t think anything else but books…
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That’s cool… I’ll check next week for details about your readathon…. let me try how long I can stay awake 😂😂😂
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Hahaha… I’ll post a n announcement soon. 🙂
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Awesome !!!
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Good luck!
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Thank you… I already finished the graphic novel, so I’m even more excited now 😃😃😃
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Good luck with the readathon!!
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Thank you 😊😊
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I hope it helps your slump!! 💖👍
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Thank you… I hope so too 😊😊
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This is great TBR… hope you like all of them
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I hope so too 😊😊
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These are excellent choices, I’ll be participating as well and I can’t wait 😁😁
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That is awesome 😊😊😊 Do you already have your TBR set…
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Yes I have!😊 : https://abookathoughtblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/01/monthly-contemporary-a-thon-tbr-2018/
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These three are great choices! I have IWBFT on my tbr, but I’ve already read fence and it’s so entertaining. I hope you enjoy all of them
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Thank you so much… I’m sure I’m gonna love Fence too 😊😊😊
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That’s so cool sahi
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Thank you Priya 😊😊
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