Readathin
hosted by: donnamariereads & mandathebiblio
Meet the Hosts
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Reading Prompts
Activity Prompts
FAQ
Donna (DonnaMarieReads)
She/Her
Manda (MandaTheBiblio)
They/Them
Cherry graphics are by MsntystudioX and the other graphics are by JanNatsicha
Bingo Board & Socials Challenge
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Reading Challenges
| Prompt | Explanation |
|---|---|
| CHARACTER IS DIFFERENT THAT YOU | Read a book that has a character that is different than you in some way. |
| COZY READING | Whatever you count as a "cozy read," you can count for this. It doesn't have to be a "conventionally" cozy book. |
| SHORTEST BOOK ON PHYSICAL TBR | Take a look at all the books on your TBR and read the shortest book. |
| MOVE FORWARD IN A SERIES | Read any sequel to a series you already started. |
| BOOK YOU BOUGHT SECONDHAND | Feel free to count any book that you got from a thrift store or Little Free Library or anywhere secondhand. I would count a LFL because the idea is to put a book in to get one out. |
| BOOK WITH SOME FORM OF RELATIONSHIP | This doesn't have to be a romantic relationship. You can use a book with a familial, friendship, or any other form of relationship. |
| ANY PHYSICAL TBR BOOK | Just read any book that you physically own. |
| BOOK TO GET YOUR READY FOR SPRING | If you read a certain genre in the Spring, read that. Or read a book that takes place in the Spring or warmer weather in general. Or just gives you Spring vibes. |
| BOOK TOWARD A YEARLY CHALLENGE | Choose one of the books that you're reading for any of the yearly challenges you're doing and get that read. |
| BUDDY READ | Wether it's a buddy read with a friend or a book club, just read a book with at least one other person. |
| BOOK THAT'S BEEN SCREAMING YOUR NAME | We all have those books that are sitting on our shelves (or to read lists) that is just screaming at us. Get one of those books read now. |
| OLDEST BOOK ON YOUR TBR | Take a look at your shelves and read the book that you've had on there the longest (or even the oldest published book if you'd prefer) |
Activity Challenges
| Prompt | Explanation |
|---|---|
| SPRING HOPEFULS LIST | Make a list of some books you'd like to read in the Spring. |
| REWATCH AN OLD FAVORITE MOVIE OR SHOW | If you choose a show, you don't have to watch the entire thing, but I would say to watch some of your favorite episodes or just start it with a few episodes. |
| DECLUTTER OR TIDY | Find a space in your home (or digitally) and declutter it and/or tidy it. |
| READ DURING A LIVE SPRINT | Donna will be running sprints throughout the month on her YouTube and Manda will be running coworking streams on their Twitch. Feel free to use either of those or someone else's sprints if you can't make the hosts'. |
| TRY SOMETHING NEW | Whether this is a new hobby, a new food or recipe, or something entirely new to you. Just take this month to start that new thing. |
| MAKE A TO DO LIST | You can either do this daily, weekly, or a month-long one. We have channels in the Discord where you can share your to do lists for each day and week so feel free to share them, if you want! There's also a bot that you can use to mark a task you're currnetly working on and then mark it done. More info is pinned in the To Do channel in Discord. |
| READ WHILE WRAPPED IN A BLANKET | Wrap yourself up, get you a good book, and get some reading in. |
| SPEND SOME TIME WITH FRIENDS | Whether in person, during sprints, or on Discord, just take some time to hang out with some friends. |
| READ AFTER COMPLETING A CHORE | You can do this once or make it a daily thing, but just make sure you get a chore done before you let yourself read. This also doesn't have to be every time you read. If you start the morning reading, you don't have to stop doing that. You can still read. Just do the chore before reading later in the day. |
| SELF CARE DAY | Take a day to do whatever you count as self care. |
| MINDFUL MINUTE | This doesn't have to be exactly a minute of being mindful, but just take some time to rest, relax, meditate, journal, or whatever else you can think of to be mindful of yourself for a bit. |
| LIST OF THINGS TO DO THIS SPRING | This is a bit different than the Spring Hopefuls in the sense that this is more of a list of life things you want to do. Make it goals, a spring cleaning list, or just some tasks you know are coming up. |
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in Discord! If they are asked often, we'll add them here.
What is Readathin?
Readathin is a readathon where the goal for the month is to read books from your TBR. "Thinning" down that TBR, so to speak.
What counts as "your TBR?"
This can mean whatever YOU want it to. Whatever "TBR" you want to work on. This could be your physical books, your ebooks, audiobooks, the books you have marked as "want to read" on Storygraph or Goodreads, your yearly TBR. It just depends on what books your feel like working on.
How can I share my progress/socials challenge content/Readathin content in general?
There are a few places! We are constantly on Discord (which is linked at the bottom of this page) and that's where a lot of the main discussions are happening. But if you want to share on your own social media (whether that be YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky, etc), you can use the hashtag related to that round, in February's case we are using #ReadathinFeb26