Readathin
hosted by: Donna.MarieReads & MandaTheBiblio
Meet the Hosts
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Reading Prompts
Activity Prompts
FAQ
Donna (Donna.MarieReads)
She/Her
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Manda (MandaTheBiblio)
They/Them
Flowers on graphics are from Dikas Design and butterflies are from EventDesign, both on Canva
Bingo Board & Socials Challenge
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Reading Challenges
| Prompt | Explanation |
|---|---|
| SPRING HOPEFUL BOOK | Read a book that you put on your Spring Hopefuls from last Readathin or a book you wanted to read this Spring. |
| CONTINUE A SERIES | Continue in a series. First books do NOT count, unless there was a prequel you read first. |
| REPEAT TBR BOOK | Read a book that you've put on multiple TBRs before now. If you are good at reading all your TBR books or don't make them, read a book you keep saying you'll read, but you haven't yet. |
| FLOWERS ON THE COVER | Read a book with flowers on the cover. Type of flower doesn't matter, as long as it's classified as a flower. |
| POLL PICK - ONE LINE SYNOPSIS | Choose a few books that you will use to have people vote on which one you will read. Either take the quick one line synopsis that is on Storygraph/Goodreads at the beginning or end of the normal synopsis, come up with your own one line synopsis, or just give one sentence each on why you wanted to read each book. Share those one liners and let people vote for a book based on those alone. You can do the poll in Discord, with friends, or on your social media. Wherever you prefer. |
| BODY OF WATER ON THE COVER | Read a book with any body of water on the cover. This prompt is one of the May prompts from PokeManda, so if you're doing that challenge as well, you can double up! |
| SEMI-AQUATIC CREATURE | Read a book that has a semi-aquatic creature in it. Or just any character or creature that can live on land or in water. Something like The Little Mermaid where the character starts living in one area and circumstances bring them to living in the other also count (like how Ariel went from living in the water to living on land). |
| FINISH A CURRENT READ | You can count a book that you are rolling over into May or honestly just count any book you read throughout the month. At some point that book will be a "current read." |
| SAME SPINE COLOR AS LAST READ | You can either count the last book you finished as of seeing the announcements or planning your TBR or plan a specific book to be read after another that has a spine of the same color. Just make sure to read those in order. |
| ONE WORD TITLE | Read a book with only one word in the title. Titles that have articles DO NOT count. So The One wouldn't count, but Heartless would. |
| MENTAL HEALTH REP | Read a book that has mental health rep. This can be a character with anxiety, maybe a non-fiction about OCD, or whatever you can find. |
| STRONG FEMALE MC | Read a book that features a strong female lead. |
Activity Challenges
| Prompt | Explanation |
|---|---|
| SELF CARE DAY | Of course we have this prompt! Take a day (or more) to spend doing self care, whatever that means to you. |
| SUMMER HOPEFULS LIST | Make a list of the books that you hope to read this Summer. If you want to make one for activities, you can do that as well! But this prompt is meant to focus on the books you want to read. |
| DECLUTTER OR TIDY | Declutter or tidy a space in your house, mind, or digital world. |
| SOCIAL MEDIA DETOX | Take some time to step away from social media. This doesn't have to be entirely, but try to give yourself a bit of a break from all the doomscrolling. |
| GET SOME FRESH AIR | Take some time to either open a window or go outside for a bit. If you cannot do this, feel free to stretch this prompt however you need to make it accessible for YOU. You could count going from your house to the car, if you have to. |
| CHECK OFF A SMALL TASK | Take your to do list and do one of the smaller tasks on it. |
| WATER RELATED ACTIVITY | Feel free to stretch this prompt however you need. You could go swimming, take a shower or bath, color a picture of sea creatures, play a game that has swimming in it. Use your best judgement and be safe, whatever you choose to do! |
| STEAL AN ACTIVITY PROMPT | Find another challenge (even if it's one you're not doing) or someone else's TBR game that has activity prompts and take one of those to do for this prompt. Make sure you're giving credit to the person/challenge you're stealing it from and share it in the Discord. |
| WATCH SOMETHING | Anything from a YouTube video to a TV show to a movie. Just take a break from all the reading and watch something instead. |
| HOBBY TIME | Take some time to work on your favorite hobby that's not reading (or collecting books, I'm looking at you, Donna) |
| TELL SOMEONE YOU LOVE THEM | This could be someone that you tell every day or you could tell someone that you haven't told in a while. Just remind someone that they are loved. |
| TRY SOMETHING NEW | You can make this as big or small as you'd like. It could be trying a new method for planning or choosing your books or you could try out a whole new hobby or restaurant. It's up to you! |
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
Does this book count?
Honestly, the answer will probably be yes. As long as you're keeping to the heart of the prompt (i.e. not reading an adult book for a prompt that tells you to read a young adult), you're good. But if you're really worried, don't hesitate to ask in Discord. Even if one of us hosts don't get back quickly, there are so many people that can help answer it for you!
I can't do this prompt for whatever reason. What do I do?
We aren't going to fault you for not being able to do a prompt. Some of them are going to have to be stretched a bit to be more accessible. But you can do that, if you need to. Like if a prompt says to get some fresh air, but you have bad allergies or the weather is too bad or you're just not able to, you can find another way to do it. If you drive to work every day, maybe roll down your window on the ride or stand outside your car for a minute before getting in or, honestly, just count going to your car as your fresh air. If you don't and you honestly can't get out to get fresh air, feel free to turn on some ambience or something similiar to replicate it or open a window or door for a bit to take some deep breaths. Make these prompts accessible for YOU. We try to make them inclusive, but we aren't perfect. If you have any comments, feel free to share in the Discord (there is a recommendations channel for Readathin) or privately message one of the hosts.