Elyse's Personal Readathon/Challenge Tracking discussion

This is a month long readathon (from July 1–July 31 EST) dedicated to your name! The name you choose is totally up to you (ex: your full name, nickname, pen name, name you use online, blog name, Twitter @, channel name, etc.)! However, please keep your safety first priority if you’re using your middle name, last name, or any name that could potentially put your safety and identity in danger!

You’ll read books that start with the same initial. For example, if your name is Sara, your TBR stack might look a little something like this:

S– Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

A– All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

R– Recommended for You by Laura Silverman

A– American Street by Ibi Zoboi

Since this readathon is very lowkey with minimal rules, you can make it as difficult or easy as you wish. Use a longer version of a name, use a shorter one, etc. You can even use author’s name instead of book title if that sounds better to you! However you want to customize this readathon is up to you! Also, it is totally up to you if you want to count “A, An, The” as the first word of a book title or if you want to skip to the second word!

However, the one rule is that you *aren’t* allowed to double dip letters (if you have two ‘i” in your name like Olivia, you gotta read two books starting with i!).

Now, one more thing to go over: What counts as a “book”? Basically anything! E-books, audiobooks, graphic novels, manga, short stories, plays, poetry collections, self-published books, and even wattpad and fanfiction! The point of this readathon is to just connect with other readers in a low-stakes environment, so anything goes!

What’s a readathon without the social part of it! Follow the readathon Twitter account @namereadathon! They’ll be hosting reading sprints and just using that account in general to connect with y’all! While they don’t have an official bookstagram, Olivia is active on bookstagram (@curlyhairbiblio) (@stillhurtingstyles for Olive) so you can also use the hashtag #nameathon on your posts there if you end up posting about it!

If you’re also thinking “but… I can’t think of a book that starts with [letter]”, don’t fret! There’s a Google Doc of A-Z book recommendations! This is by no means a comprehensive list (and there are many genres on there), but it’s a good spot to start brainstorming your potential TBR!

Name I am using:

E - The Echo Wife
L - The Lost Girl
Y -
S - Spoiler Alert
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Y -

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