This might be the best or the worst idea I’ve ever had, but I’m participating in this year’s the Reading Rush annual read-a-thon that runs from 22nd to 28th of July, and we have a week to complete all the challenges!
Booktube-a-thon (the old name of the Reading Rush) was my very first read-a-thon back in 2017. And to my surprise I was able to complete all the challenges and read a total of 7 books – here are my Booktube-a-thon TBR and Wrap Up from 2017!
2019 reading challenges
1/ Read a book with purple on the cover
2/ Read a book in the same spot the entire time
3/ Read a book you meant to read last year
4/ Read an author’s first book
5/ Read a book with a non-human main character
6/ Pick a book that has 5 or more words in the title
7/ Read and watch a book to movie adaptation
BONUS: Read 7 books!
If you want to participate in this read-a-thon (and earn all the badges!), make sure to register on their website and track your progress there so you can be rewarded accordingly! And don’t forget to send me a friend request on their website as well 🙂
My TBR is huge and I really don’t think I’ll be able to read all of these books, but I will definitely give it my best try!
READ A BOOK WITH PURPLE ON THE COVER
(384 pages)
Technically the edition I own is a different one, but this book does have a purple cover edition, so I’m going with this one as I’ve been dying to finally get to it!
READ A BOOK IN THE SAME SPOT THE ENTIRE TIME
(144 pages)
This is the only Saga book that I own but haven’t read yet, it will be perfect for this read-a-thon. And I’m planning to use it for two challenges!
READ A BOOK YOU MEANT TO READ LAST YEAR
(268 pages)
I’ve been meaning to read this book for almost a year now (it came out in August 2018). Now that I own the beautiful “salmon-pink” edition, I’m very excited to dive into it. Besides, it’s shorter than usual novels with only 268 pages. Hopefully, it will be a quick read.
READ AN AUTHOR’S FIRST BOOK
(316 pages)
A debut novel, with the most gorgeous cover!
READ A BOOK WITH A NON-HUMAN MAIN CHARACTER
PICK A BOOK THAT HAS FIVE OR MORE WORDS IN THE TITLE
(384 pages)
Fingers crossed that this book will be as good as I expect it to be!
READ AND WATCH A BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATION
(240 pages)
I watched the movie a couple of times before, but I never actually read the book. Since my friend and fellow blogger, Jenna, recently posted her review of Matilda and mentioned it many times in her posts, I decided to add it to my TBR!
BONUS: READ 7 BOOKS
These are some of the shorter books on my TBR that I might read to get that 7 books badge!
WILL YOU PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR’S READING RUSH? HOW MANY BOOKS ARE YOU PLANNING TO READ?
LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW!
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Ohhh Matilda is a great pick for that prompt! It’s been ages since I’ve seen that movie/read that book. I just posted my TBR this morning so here’s wishing us both tons of luck!!
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After I made my TBR, I realized that my copy of Shadow and Bone is purple! And can count towards the first challenge, so I might switch things up a little bit. (if I manage to NOT read Shadow and Bone during this weekend 😀 )
Good luck next week! 🙂
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I think the hardest part for me will be sticking to my TBR lol. And not starting them this weekend now that they’ve been on my mind for days lol
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Ahaha, that’s so true! Last night I found Shadow and Bone copy on my shelves and it’s purple! I was like “let me just read a few pages to see if I can use it for the first challenge”… I read 70 pages *facepalm*, and I’m really enjoying it.
So now I kinda want to read it right now, but at the same time save for the read-a-thon. Arrrghhh 😀
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Hahaha! If that’s not relatable I don’t know what is! I’d say plow through S&B, but then you’ll probably want to dive straight into book 2, which might mess up the whole readathon thing! lol
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GOOD LUCK, LOVE! This event actually sounds really cool. I know a lot of people participating in it!
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Thank you 🙂 A LOT of people are participating this year. Atm there is a total of 11.600 registered members on the Reading Rush website!
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WOW!!! That’s insane!!
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OMG, The Ten Thousand Doors of January sounds SO amazing, I’m going to cross my fingers so you can read it, I’d love to know what you think about it. 😍
I hope you have a lot of fun with this read-a-thon, honey!💛✨
I’ve seen that many people will participate 😊
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Thank you ❤
I tried to convince Jenna to participate, but she refused 😀 There are actually SO many people participating this year, it's very cool.
This and OWLs / NEWTs are probably my favorite read-a-thons so far.
I'll definitely try to read it next week, it sounds amazing 🙂
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