Donna-Marie Reads’s Comments (group member since Jul 17, 2017)

Donna-Marie Reads’s comments from the Read-A-Thin group.

Here is my hopefuls list for Readathin.

A Court of Frost and Starlight
A Dark and Hollow Star
Down Comes the Night
Haunting Adeline
Heart of Flames
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
Only a Monster
Sisters of the Snake

Reading Prompts

•Your 11th book on your tbr shelf
•Read a book that has been on your shelf more than two years
•Next in Series
•Read the shortest book of your TBR
•Complete a reading challenge
•Book you haven’t heard anyone talk about
•A book you want to read before 2025
•Read a book with a fall item on the cover and we can name a bunch
•Have someone else choose
•Read a book you’ve been putting off
•Mood Read
•Book that include the word “only.”

Self Care Prompts

•Make a winter reading list
•Self Care Day
•Declutter Something
•Choose a 2025 Challenge
•Cozy Reading Night
•Participate in Sprints
•Date Night
•Do a Hobby
•Make or buy a dessert
•Movie Marathon Night or Weekend
•Go for a walk/sit outside
•30 mins off screens once a week

Are you looking to buddy read a book with someone? Come here and post your tbr and see who else wants to read with you.

Tomorrow we are announcing November's Readathin.

Jamie wrote: "READING PROMPTS

Read a book you meant to read last month but didn’t get to:
Read a book from your TBR:
Read the newest addition to your TBR: The Book of Lost Things, Done
Choose 5 of..."

How did you do with the rest of the month?

READING PROMPTS

Read a book you meant to read last month but didn’t get to
Read a book from your TBR
Read the newest addition to your TBR
Choose 5 of your oldest books and random number generate your next read
Read a diverse book
Read a book starting with the letter R
Read a “thin” book (under 300 pages)
Read a book for another challenge
TBR Repeater
Read a book with Purple on the cover
Read your favorite Genre
Give an author another try

SELF CARE PROMPTS

Choose a challenge and do most of the prompts
Relax
Participate in reading sprints
Self care day
Get some fresh air
Weekly journaling
Listen to a podcast or music
Date night with yourself or a partner
Declutter something
Do something you enjoy (this can be gaming, watching t.v. or something else)
Watch something from your childhood
Do a hobby

Reading Prompts 📚

LGBTQIA+ // Read a book with a main character that identifies as LGBTQIA+

FROM A SUB BOX OR RECENTLY BOUGHT // Read a book that you either got in a book subscription box or that you recently bought

NEW TO YOU AUTHOR // Read a book from an author you’ve never read from before

BOOK YOU MEANT TO READ IN 2022 // Read a book you meant to read in 2022, but didn’t get to

FAVORITE GENRE // Read a book in your favorite genre

GRAPHIC NOVEL // Read a graphic novel (this includes graphic novels, manga, comics, webcomics, etc)

TITLE BEGINS WITH F // Read a book that starts with the letter “F” (not counting A, The, etc)

RANDOM WORD // Randomly generate a word and find a book that has that in the title. Here’s a random word generator

FEATURES A ROMANCE // Read a book that has a romance (it doesn’t have to be the main focus of the story, but has to be a kind of big part of the story)

2017 RELEASE // Read a book that came out in the year of 2017

UNDER 300 PAGES // Read a book that has less than 300 pages (in any edition)

MOOD READ // Read a book that you’re really in the mood to read

Self Care Prompts 🛀

SELF CARE DAY // Spend a day caring for you.. anything you think is self care counts.

LISTEN TO YOUR FAVE MUSIC // Well this is an easy one, i am sure there is some type of music you love to listen to.

MAKE A SNACK // Okay we may have been hungry while writing these prompts but make yourself a snack “whispers” or you can buy one.

WRITE A BOOK REVIEW // Do you need to write what you thought about a book? you can write a review anywhere online, on a phone or in a book.

PARTICIPATE IN 4 READING SPRINTS // We love sprinting with you all so why not add it into the prompts. There will be twitter sprints, discord sprints and LIVE youtube sprints.

READ FOR 30 MINS A DAY // This is obvious we love to read that is why we are here and what better way then to read every day for 30 mins and use our reading log.

WATCH SOMETHING // Another easy one, watch a show, movie or even a youtube video.

SET A GOAL AND COMPLETE IT // We all have some type of goal right? why not set one and complete it in the same month.

30 MIN SCREEN BREAK // Okay this can be paired with reading a physical book for 30 mins.

START SOMETHING NEW // Do you have your eye on a new hobby or a habit? try something new.

ORGANIZE SOMETHING // Is there anything you have to organize? get it done.

SHARE YOUR TBR // Make sure to share your TBR. It can be written, photos, video anything just make sure you use the hashtag #Readathin

Reading Prompts:

TBR Repeater // remember those books you didnt finish last month or maybe the month before that? here is your chance to bring them back to get them read.

Read and watch (or read) an adaptation (movie, tv, webcomic, graphic novel, etc) // read a book that was or will be adapted into something.

Mood Read // choose something your in the mood to read.

A book you meant to read in 2021 // simply look at the books you meant to read in 2021 and read one of them.

New to you author // read from an author you never read from before

Book in a series // read a book that is in a series can be first, second, third or even last.

Book less than 300 pages // easy peasy anything under 300 pages.

Favorite Genre // what is your favorite genre? read a book from that said genre.

5+ words in the title // another easy one, just find a book that have 5 or more words in the title.

LGBTQ+ // read a book with LGBTQ+ in it.

Book from a subscripton box or recently bought // do you get a subscription box? or have your bought or recieved any new books? pick one and read it.

A book with a prologue or epilogue // have you read the prologue or epilogue in a book? find a book with one in it to read.

Self Care Prompts:

Self Care Day // take a day to care for yourself.

Listen to your favorite music // put some of your favorite music on.

Take a relaxing bath or shower // part of self care it obviously relaxing in some water.

Watch your favorite show or movie // upon self care usually watching a favorite show or movie is always good for the soul.

Read for 30 mins // of course we are going to encourge reading and what better way then joining some reading sprints over on twitter?

Make a playlist of your favorite songs // when listening to your music make a favorite songs playlist and share with us on twitter.

Do something creative (painting, writing, drawing, etc.) // have a creative brain? or just want to do something new? show us what you do when you get creative.

Get some fresh air // we all need some fresh air, through a window or going outside you are still getting something.

Listen to a podcast or audiobook // are you an audiobook or podcast person? pick something and listen to it.

Smash some goals (life or reading) // do you have any goals you need to finish before the end of the year?

Reorganize a space or bookshelve // we always love to clean up or organize a space or shelf for some self care.

Cook or bake something new // it is always nice to have some nice new food or dessert, you can cook or bake or even non bake something. then show us what you have made on twitter.

Happy November! I hope you all are staying warm. This months group read is Among the Beasts & Briars

More about the book:

Among the Beasts and Briars follows Cerys, the royal gardener's daughter. When her best friend's coronation is attacked by the beasts from the Wildwoods, Cerys must protect her kingdom's magical crown.

Discuss Among the Beasts & Briars with all the spoilers your heart may desire!

Discuss the book before you read, or ask a question. Just make sure to be spoiler free here!

Well good question, Readathin is a readathon that MANDA started a few years ago actually back in 2017 and now for the past few years she thoughtfully has added myself to help run it.

Readathin is a month long readathon that is held in February, May, August, and November every year.

The goal for Readathin is to “thin” out your TBRs.

While you can read any books you have on your TBR, the main purpose of the readathon is to read books from your physical TBR (or eTBR since we all know those can get out of hand as well).

Hello all and welcome to Read-A-Thin! This is mainly a place so we can chat about the book buddy read through the readathon.

I thought it would be great to introduce ourselves. My name is Donna, Let's just keep it easy. Feel free to tell us your name, what part of the world you're in (Keep it general, we don't need a Stranger Danger situation right off the bat), a book you love and your current read!

My name is Donna
I live in Ontario, Canada
I absolutely adore The Folk of the Air Series
My Current Read is Reread of Caraval

Look how easy that was! Now it's your turn!

Feel free to discuss the book in a spoiler free way!

Discuss the book and let the spoilers fly!

Only have a few cause i do not plan on reading a lot as i get side tracked,,, but this is my list if anyone wants to help me read one of them.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Littlebookterror wrote: "If anyone else is looking for a reading buddy, I've created a shelf called "read-a-thin" where I added all the books I'm considering for the challenge. Just check it and message me if you'e interes..."

Great Idea, i think i gonna do the same. Thanks!

Jessica wrote: "I need a buddy read friend!"

What book or books you thinking on?

YAY!!! thank you.

My books for the challenge:

1. Book with first letter in name on book.
Divergent
2. Book with Summer theme cover.
Need You
3. Read a book in 24 hours.
The Untethered Soul
4. Read a book that was recommended........ 5. New Author
Carry On
6. Read Adult Book.
The Right Stuff