Readathin
hosted by: momsbookcollection & mandathebiblio
Meet the Hosts
Templates/Graphics
Reading Prompts
Activity Prompts
Helpful Guides
Donna (DonnaMarieReads)
She/Her
Manda (MandaTheBiblio)
They/Them
Frogs in designs are from @julia-ionkina on Canva
Bingo Board
Trackers
Badges for August 2025
Sprint Templates
Feel free to use these templates if you decide to host any sprints yourself.How To Add Your Photo
As you can see, one has a blank circle and one has a blank square. You can choose either, the only difference is the shape of where you put your photo.The easiest way I know to do this is with Canva and doing it should be free for you with an account (which is also free).You just choose the graphic that is a "frame" in the circle or rounded square, put your photo there, and line it up inside the outline!If you need help, don't hesitate to ask!
Reading Challenges
| Prompt | Explanation |
|---|---|
| BASED ON THE COLOR OF YOUR LAST READ | Use the colors of the cover from your last read to choose a similar book for your next read |
| AUTHOR YOU'VE READ FROM BEFORE | Choose a book from an author you've read from before |
| NATURE RELATED | This can mean that it's a book that takes place in nature, nature on the cover, or nature-related words in the title |
| TOWARD A YEARLY GOAL | Read any book that goes toward a yearly goal. This could be fitting a specific prompt from a yearly challenge, allowing yourself to read slower if that's something you wanted to do this year, or just reading any book toward your yearly number goal. |
| THRIFTED, BORROWED, OR FROM A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY | Read a book that you either got from a thrift store, Little Free Library, or borrowed from someone else |
| ONE STAR REVIEWS POLL PICK | For this prompt, you'll do a poll either on Discord or Instagram or wherever you can think to and the options that you'll give are going to be a secret from the people voting. You'll choose a 1 star review from each book and share that. Make sure to keep the user's name private that made the review. We don't need to be calling anyone out like that. |
| GOT MIXED REVIEWS | Read a book that you see people giving mixed reviews to. If you want something a bit more specific, read a book that is well varied in the reviews on Storygraph or GoodReads, especially from people you follow on there. |
| MEANT TO READ IN 2024 | If you're anything like me, then you still have books unread that you got in 2024 or put on 2024 TBRs. Now's your chance to get to one of those. |
| ALLITERATION IN THE TITLE | Read a book with 2 or more words in the title that start with the same sound (ex. Gone Girl or The Only One Left) |
| FINISH/CATCH UP ON A SERIES | Read the last book in a series or the most recently published |
| SHORT BOOK OR GRAPHIC NOVEL | Whatever you classify as a "short book" would count for this. If you're reading 600+ page books and you decide to pick up a 300 page one, that could be a short book. If you normally read 300 pages, maybe read a novella. Or you could pick up any graphic novel to count for this. |
| FROM PHYSICAL TBR | Easy! Just read a book that you physically own. If, for whatever reason, you don't physically own any books, feel free to count an owned eBook. But try not to stretch this prompt since the focus of this readathon is to "thin" your TBR. |
Activity Challenges
| Prompt | Explanation |
|---|---|
| READ IN THE SUN | You don't have to read the book entirely in the sun, but even just reading by your window while it's sunny out, this counts. If you're able, try to go outside (and wear sunscreen and stay in the shade). But if you're not able to, don't force it. Do what you can to read "in" the sun. |
| TAKE A WEEKEND TO YOURSELF | This would be the PERFECT time to join into Donna's 72 Hour Readathon for August. Donna will be posting the announcement during the July round, so make sure you keep an eye out. And I'll try to remember to update here. If you can't make that weekend work, then use another weekend. Obviously use this how it works best for you and your life, but I do recommend trying to join Donna's readathon. It's a great time! |
| PARTICIPATE IN READING SPRINTS | Donna and Manda will both be running sprints throughout the month, but if you can't manage to make any of theirs, you can join any sprints even if they aren't Readathin ones. There will be a template in the templates section of this website for Readathin sprints if you are someone who wants to host some as well! Make sure you're sharing them in Discord so others can join! |
| SELF CARE DAY | Take a day to just do whatever you count as self care. This can be a full blown spa day or a day full of deep cleaning and organizing your house. Just relaxing and reading with no plans to get anything else done. Whatever YOU count as self care, do that. |
| GET SOME FRESH AIR | This would be a GREAT one to double up with reading in the sun. Whether you go outside for a bit or just open the windows to let the fresh air in. Just get yourself that nice fresh air (safely! Make sure you're taking care of yourself and being safe!) |
| DATE NIGHT | We love having this prompt! Take a night and have a date with your partner, yourself, a friend, a family member, anyone! |
| GET A REFRESHING TREAT | This can be a refreshing food like fruit, a refreshing drink like ice cold water or lemonade, or even something like a refreshing shower that makes you feel 100 times better after! |
| DO SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING OFF | Anything! Cleaning that room of your house that you know has been needing it. Catching up on reviews. Updating your reading tracker. Literally anything you've been meaning to do and just haven't yet. |
| DECLUTTER SOMETHING | Anything! Your space, your mind, your electronic device, your books. Anything that can be "cleaned up" |
| AUTUMN HOPEFULS | Another repeat prompt. Create a list of books that you'd like to get to in the Autumn months. If you're in the Southern Hemisphere, for the Spring months. Don't worry, we see you too, even though this readathon is based on the Northern seasons. |
| HOBBY TIME | Spend some time doing a hobby you love or try something new! |
| RANDOM GENERATOR | You can choose to do this one day to decide your to do list or join us doing Manda's Chaotic Reading Guide. For more info on that, check out Manda's announcement and/or the Discord. If you're not doing the guide (which you don't have to), you can choose a wheel, a dice, a random number generator, anything that will randomly generate. Use it to choose a book to read, amount of time to read, next task to do on your to do list. Literally anything! |
Random Generator Tools
| Tool | Link | |
|---|---|---|
| Wheel Picker | Link | |
| Number Generator | Random.org | |
| List Picker | Link |