November Readathons

1-9 | Lalathon
1-30 | Mythothon
1-30 | Read-a-thin
3 | Manga Readathon (starts at 10am MST on 3rd, and ends at 9.59am MST on 4th)
4-11 | Borrowathon
10-15 | Thanks-a-thon
17-18 | #ReadYourFaceOff Readathon (starts at 9am on 17th in YOUR timezone and lasts 24 hours)
Nov 19 - Dec 2 | Christmas Spirit
22-28 | Duodecathon




Readathons to consider participating in.

1-9 Lalathon-

Readathon in which you will dedicate a certain amount of time to read or several books from BooksnadLaLa favorites of all time. List of favorite books of all time. Also, there is a good reads shelf where you can take a look at the options available to pick from.


My picks
*Furthermore, Tahereh Mafi
*Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire

1-30 Mytothon Greek mythology-themed readathon.

Rules one book per square


Prompts. 



The board above shows you how the prompts are laid out. It’s entirely up to you how you decide to tackle them. I have another version of the board with text only for reading clarity and easier printing available here, a version with just the symbols which you can fill with titles here, and a downloadable Word Doc checklist MYTHOTHON PROMPTS, for those who’d prefer to work in a more linear fashion. 

To be clear, the books you choose DO NOT need to be mythology related to count, they just need to fit the prompt. 

Zeus. King of the Gods. God of the Sky. Read a book at least 400 pages long. 
Gemina, Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman 

Hera. Queen of the Gods. Goddess of Marriage, Mothers and Families. Read a book about royalty. 
Warbreaker, Brandon Sanderson 

Hebe. Goddess of Eternal Youth. Read a Middle Grade or Young Adult book. 
Furthermore, Tahereh Mafi

Poseidon. God of the Sea. Read a book which features the sea – mermaids, pirates, surfers etc. 
Daughter of the pirate king, Tricia Levenseller 

Hermes. God of Travellers and Thieves. Read a book set in a country not your own. 
This song will save your life, Leila Sales 

Aphrodite. Goddess of Love and Beauty. Read a book with a beautiful cover. 
Wintersong, S. Jae-Jones 

The Hydra. Multiheaded Serpent. Read a book with more than one POV. 
Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 

Iris. Goddess of the Rainbow. Read a book with your favourite colour on the cover or in the title. 
Reason's to be pretty, Neil Labute (yellow) 

Ancient Greece. Read a book set in the past. 
Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen 

Hestia. Goddess of the Hearth. Read the first book in a series. 
Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire 

Dionysus. God of Wine. Celebrate this year by reading a 2018 release. 
Obsidio, Jay Kristoff and Amy Kaufman 

Achilles and Patroclus. Read a book with an LGBT+ protagonist. 
History is all you left me, Adam Silvera 

Free Choice. 
Someone to watch over me, Judith McNaught 

Homer. Read a retelling (of a myth, fairy tale, classic novel etc.) 
Hearthless or Cinder, Marissa Meyer 

Hephaestus. God of Fire and Smiths. Read a book with a disabled character. 
She is not invisible, Marcus Sedwick 

Ares. God of War. Read a book with a compelling antagonist or a written from  the villain’s POV. 
Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo 

Echidna. Mother of Monsters. Read a book about monsters – dragons, zombies, serial killers etc. 
The Devil's grin, Annelie Wendeberg 

Herakles. Read a popular book (define ‘popular’ as you wish). 
HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling 

Gaia. Primordial Earth Goddess. Read a book which was published at least 5 years ago. 
7th heaven, Maxine Paetro and James Patterson

Artemis. Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt. Read a book with an animal on the cover or in the title. 
Life of Pi, Yann Martel 

Athena. Goddess of Wisdom, Strategy and Crafts. Read a book that’s not the first in the series. 
Seige and Storm, Leigh Bardugo 

Persephone. Goddess of the Underworld and Springtime. Read a book which is less than 200 pages. 
Familias Familiares, Vivian Mansour Manzur 

Apollo. God of Prophesy, Plague and Poetry. Read a collection of poetry or short stories. 
The Witch Doesn't Burn in this One, Amanda Lovelace 

Hades. God of the Underworld and Riches. Read a book which you got for free (library, from a friend, ARC, Kindle offer etc.) 
Learning to Feel, N.R. Walker 

Demeter. Goddess of Agriculture. Read a book with a nature word in the title – e.g. leaf, wind, flower etc. 
The Wind in the Willows, Kennet Grahame

The AtoZReathon is a very interesting concept. The goal is to include the whole alphabet in the TBR

Way one is to pick the title or Author and use that in order to have all the letters of the alphabet contained within it. Way two is to pick the author or book but each first letter to represent a letter so you will have 26 books to read. 

I shall pick the very first way the easy prompt. 

So by the author here they are


  1. Kennet Grahame, The wind in the willows
  2. N.R. Walker, Learning to feel
  3. Amanda Lovelace, The witch doesn't burn in this one
  4. Maxine Paetro and James Patterson 7th heaven
  5. Leigh Bardugo, Seige and Storm
  6. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
  7. Jay Kristoff and Amy Kaufman, Obsidio
  8. Ernesto Quiñonez, El vendedor de sueños
  9. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban


In summary, I managed to accomplish almost both challenges the one to have the book title cover the whole alphabet

Accomplished using book title
If I see it by book title I have some missing though that's why my official challenge is to accomplish them by authors name.


Alphabet crossed out using the author names

Read-a-thin 
The man focus is to read books you already own. I can definitely try that.

Challenges

1. Read a book that’s been on your TBR for over a year. 
Seige and Storm, Leigh Bardugo
2. Read a book that was gifted to you or that you got in a subscription box. 
Cinder, Marissa Meyer
3. Read a book with a Fall colored cover (Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, etc)
Someone to Watch Over Me, Judith McNaught
4. Read a book in a non-traditional format (eBook, Audiobook, graphic novel, manga, etc)
7th Heaven, Maxine Paetro and James Patterson
5. Read a book entirely in a cozy spot
Familias Familiares, Vivian Mansour
Read the group book: Dress Codes For Small Towns by Courtney Stevens  I do not own this book, I might buy it but for now its uncertain if I really will try to read it this month. 


AYearathon 

Takes Place From - (5-11)

Theme - NaNoWriMo Winners (books that began as a NaNoWriMo project and were eventually published)
Cinder, Marissa Meyer
Challenge - Read the shortest book on your TBR
Familias Familiares, Vivian Mansour

Duodecathon 22-28
You pick one challenge every Duodecathon to complete out of the list of 12 challenges, so by the end you will have completed all the challenges:

2018 Challenges
- Read 1,200 pages
- Read the second book in a series
- A book about a villain/antihero
- A book published the year you were born
- A 2018 bestseller
- An award winning book
- A book with multiple points of view
- A book with antonyms in the title
- A banned book
- A book with a great first line
- A "high school" book you haven't read
- A book recommended by someone in the Duodecathon group (one of the threads is where you can post recommendations)




This month I picked the challenge Read 1,200 pages
Gemina, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 659 pages
Obsidio, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 612 pages


The readathons I am definitely not doing are
  • Remember November. Why because it's about looking back at goals and previous challenges that you did not accomplish and try to get them done. I will begin new challenges, so there really won't be time for me to try this one at all. 
  • Manga Readathon I will simply not participate because I own no manga at all that I am planning on reading this month.
  • BorrowAThon is a week-long readathon that encourages you to borrow books which I will not do. So I rather not even attempt to fit an extra book there because I will not have to go and get it or look for someone to lend me books. 
  • HoHoHo Readathon this is a winter themed readathon and I really don't have that many books set in winter in my current pile, fitting one more will be hard. So if I stretch from the ones we currently have then I guess I will pick Someone to watch over me, Judith McNaught and I think that's the only one, so no. Better not try I have nothing for this one at all.
  • Thanks a thon again I don't have books that can cover this challenges as well and I will not have time to read five more books this month so no. 
  • Create your own readathon, yeah well I could try because I definitely have tons of books that can be made to fit in tons of categories/challenges but at the moment I have no imagination or wish to try so maybe later.
  • Christmas spirit, yeah nothing Christmasy yet. Not even going to try it. 




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