Showing posts with label high summer readathon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label high summer readathon. Show all posts

Saturday, August 1, 2026

2026 High Summer Readathon - Shall we begin?


My apologies for not having this starting post live at midnight. If some of you have already started reading, go you! Let's get this party started officially.

If you have any questions about how things work, check out the guidelines in the sidebar menu or the sign up post, or you can always leave me a comment (or send me a message via the contact form). The linky below is the same one as the sign up linky. If you do a starting line/goal post, just add your link again, but be sure to put "goal post" beside your name, i.e. Michelle @ True Book Addict (goals or goal post).

Our social media hashtag is #HSreadathon
Our social media:
Facebook group
Facebook page
Goodreads group
Instagram
StoryGraph
Discord - this is an invite link. If you're already a member, you should still be able to access the server
(There is a High Summer channel in the Discord channel sidebar).

All links to our social media are also in the sidebar menu.

Some orders of business...
  • The High Summer 24-Hour event will be on Saturday, August 15th at 10:00 am Eastern time. I will be doing most of my updates and check-ins on Discord (invite link to our Discord). Discord is free to join and it would be cool to have some lively chats over there. There will be a post here the day before the 24-Hour event starts. Full details about the 24-Hour readathon events on the Guidelines page.

  • I will post a mid-event check-in here on the blog.

News about upcoming fall events:

I've already started planning for Something Wicked Fall and the FrightFall Readathon! During FrightFall in October, I'm trying to decide on the 24-Hour readathon portion of the event. There is a poll live in our Discord if you want to weigh in (if you haven't already). Access the server via the Discord link above, or in the sidebar. It's an invite link, if you're not already a member. Be sure to get your vote in soon. The poll closes in two days.

Any questions regarding High Summer? Leave me a comment, or send me a message via the contact me link in the sidebar menu.

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Friday, July 17, 2026

2026 High Summer Readathon - Let's escape into some reading!


You'll be happy to know...I keep telling myself, "Get it together, Michelle!" So hopefully, these late signups will not continue. I apologize. This summer is quickly becoming in need of an escape hatch. I didn't have extreme heat and hazardous air pollution on my BINGO card. Yikes! I'm really hoping to catch up on some reading during this readathon. How about you?

We start at 12:00 am eastern time on August 1st and end at 11:59 pm eastern time on August 31st. (There is a handy link to a time zone converter in the sidebar menu.) Guidelines for the readathon can be found HERE or you can access in the sidebar menu. Any information you need about our readathons can be found there.

Our social media hashtag is #HSreadathon
Our social media:
Facebook group
Facebook page
Goodreads group
Instagram
StoryGraph
Discord - this is an invite link. If you're already a member, you should still be able to access the server
(There is a High Summer channel in the Discord channel sidebar).

All links to our social media are also in the sidebar menu.

Some orders of business...
  • The High Summer 24-Hour event will be on Saturday, August 15th at 10:00 am Eastern time. I will be doing most of my updates and check-ins on Discord (invite link to our Discord). Discord is free to join and it would be cool to have some lively chats over there. There will be a post here the day before the 24-Hour event starts. Full details about the 24-Hour readathon events on the Guidelines page.

  • I will post a mid-event check-in here on the blog.

  • Grab the button and spread the word! 
Any questions at all? Leave me a comment, or send me a message via the contact me link in the sidebar menu.

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Monday, September 1, 2025

2025 High Summer Readathon - Wrap-up


Did you enjoy the readathon? I hope you did, and that you got some great reading in. I'd like to thank you all for joining in, and also those who participated in the 24-hour Readathon.

We no longer have a wrap-up deadline since I have eliminated (perhaps temporarily) giveaways. The linky at the bottom of the post is the same one we've been using for this readathon. You can link to your wrap-up there, or leave a link (or summary) in the comments. Completely up to you, but I do try to get around to find out what everyone read.


Today kicks off Something Wicked Fall! The event post is up at Castle Macabre with all the details here. The highlights...a read-along of Richard Matheson's Hell House, all kinds of horror reading and watching...movie and book reviews, and more! Of course, all this will go along nicely with FrightFall coming up in October. I'll have sign-up ready for that soon. 


Add your wrap-up link below. After your name, put wrap-up in parentheses beside your name. Example: Michelle (wrap-up).

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Friday, August 22, 2025

2025 High Summer 24-Hour Readathon - Join us tomorrow!


It's time for another 24-Hour readathon. Are you ready?

We will start at 10:00 am eastern time. Find out what time that is in your time zone by using the time zone converter in the sidebar menu (just click the link).

I'll be updating and checking in on our Discord (probably the Goodreads group as well). If you haven't joined, just visit this invite link: https://discord.gg/e6uAmXtGqA

If you would rather not join us on Discord, feel free to post updates on Instagram, and/or in our Facebook group or Goodreads group. We also now have a group (book club) on StoryGraph. If you're on there, send me a follow request and I'll invite you to the group. My user name is truebookaddict. Here's the link to the group: https://tinyurl.com/seasonsreadingSG

Any questions? Leave a comment or contact me via the link in the menu.

I hope you will join us!

In case you missed it, I recently posted the Save the Date for Something Wicked Fall which starts in September, and the graphic for FrightFall in October is also in the post here. You may notice that our 24-Hour Readathon during FrightFall will be an Opposite Readathon (starting Saturday night at 8:00 pm Eastern and ending Sunday night at 8:00 pm Eastern). Same concept as Dewey's Reverse 24-Hour Readathon. I just didn't want to steal their terminology. Going forward, a few times per year, our 24-Hour events will be Opposite Readathons (unless enough people weigh in that they prefer the Opposite timing...then we may do them all that way 😁).

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Friday, August 15, 2025

2025 High Summer Readathon - Mid-Event Check-In


Hope you're getting in some good reading during these mega hot summer days (Northern hemisphere, that is). I haven't had much opportunity to read over the past two weeks. My sons came into town from Tennessee on the 2nd for a ten day visit. I hadn't seen them in person for over two years! We had a ton of fun and I was sad for them going back. It's hard living away from your kids. I struggle with it every day. Anyway, I'm back at reading...currently Mastodon by Steve Stred and Deerskin by Robin McKinley.

Let me know your progress, or leave a link, in the comments.

Quick reminder that our 24-Hour readathon is next Saturday, August 23 at 10:00 am Eastern time. I will do a post on Friday, readathon eve.

Enjoy the rest of the readathon, and I hope you will join us for the 24-Hour event next Saturday.

truebookaddict

Friday, August 1, 2025

2025 High Summer Readathon - Time to get started!


Let's escape the heat and do some reading in the air conditioning, or in some nice shade. What better way to escape the heat?!

If you have any questions about how things work, check out the guidelines in the sidebar menu or the sign up post, or you can always leave me a comment (or send me a message via the contact form). The linky below is the same one as the sign up linky. If you do a starting line/goal post, just add your link again, but be sure to put "goal post" beside your name, i.e. Michelle @ True Book Addict (goals or goal post).

Giveaways are suspended for now due to financial reasons (though I may bring them back in the future).
There will no longer be a wrap-up deadline since prizes are eliminated...meaning wrap-ups are optional, but it's always nice to see what everyone read.

Our social media hashtag is #HSreadathon
Our social media:
Facebook group
Facebook page
Goodreads group
Instagram
StoryGraph
Discord - this is an invite link. If you're already a member, you should still be able to access the server
(There is a High Summer channel in the Discord server sidebar).

All links to our social media are also in the sidebar menu.

Some orders of business...
  • We have one 24-Hour readathon during each month-long event. The High Summer 24-Hour event will be on Saturday, August 23rd at 10:00 am Eastern time. I will be doing most of my updates and check-ins on Discord (invite link to our Discord). Discord is free to join and it would be cool to have some lively chats over there. There will be a post here the day before the 24-Hour event starts. Full details about the 24-Hour readathon events on the Guidelines page.

  • I will post a mid-event check-in here on the blog.

  • Grab the button and spread the word! There’s a grab code in the sidebar or download the image at the top of this post.
Any questions at all? Leave me a comment, or send me a message via the contact me link in the sidebar menu.

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Friday, July 18, 2025

2025 High Summer Readathon - Sign up!


Time for some reading during the dog days of summer. It has already been pretty hot this year for Michigan. I'm really hoping it doesn't get any hotter, but you know how July/August can be. I'm up for reading comfortably in the air conditioning and staying hydrated. How about you?

We start at 12:00 am eastern time on August 1st and end at 11:59 pm eastern time on August 31st. (There is a handy link to a time zone converter in the sidebar menu.) Guidelines for the readathon can be found HERE or you can access in the sidebar menu. Any information you need about our readathons can be found there.

Giveaways are suspended for now due to financial reasons (though I may bring them back in the future).
There will no longer be a wrap-up deadline since prizes are eliminated...meaning wrap-ups are optional, but it's always nice to see what everyone read.

Our social media hashtag is #HSreadathon
Our social media:
Facebook group
Facebook page
Goodreads group
Instagram
StoryGraph
Discord - this is an invite link. If you're already a member, you should still be able to access the server
(There is a High Summer channel in the Discord channel sidebar).

All links to our social media are also in the sidebar menu.

Some orders of business...
  • We have one 24-Hour readathon during each month-long event. The High Summer 24-Hour event will be on Saturday, August 23rd at 10:00 am Eastern time. I will be doing most of my updates and check-ins on Discord (invite link to our Discord). Discord is free to join and it would be cool to have some lively chats over there. There will be a post here the day before the 24-Hour event starts. Full details about the 24-Hour readathon events on the Guidelines page.

  • I will post a mid-event check-in here on the blog.

  • Grab the button and spread the word! There’s a grab code in the sidebar or download the image at the top of this post.
Any questions at all? Leave me a comment, or send me a message via the contact me link in the sidebar menu.

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Sunday, September 1, 2024

2024 High Summer Readathon - Wrapping up


Did you enjoy the readathon? I hope you did, and that you got some great reading in. I'd like to thank you all for joining in, and also those who participated in the 24-hour Readathon. 

Wrapping up
To wrap up, go to the link for the wrap-up and giveaway form at the end of this post and fill it out, including a link to your wrap-up (whether it's a blog post, a Goodreads shelf, social media status...anything goes, as long as I can see you did indeed participate). You will also indicate which prize(s) you would like a chance at winning in the form. Be sure to double check that your name is listed in the sign up/starting line linky at this post so you will be eligible for the giveaway. You have until Friday, September 6th at 11:59 pm EDT to fill out the form. I will email the winner within a few days following the deadline so keep a look out in your email inbox (or spam folder, just in case) for an email from my truebookaddict gmail account.


Today kicks off Something Wicked Fall! The event post is up at Castle Macabre with all the details here. The highlights...a read-along of Stephen King's Fairy Tale, all kinds of horror reading and watching...movie and book reviews, and more! Of course, all this will go along nicely with FrightFall coming up in October. I'll have sign-up ready for that soon. In the meantime, check out the readathon button below (the grab code is in the sidebar). 


That's it! See you at the next one and/or for Something Wicked Fall.

Wrap-up form:
https://forms.gle/UqSHHUAKN6meN4qv7


(If you would like others to visit your wrap-up post, please leave a comment below with the link to your wrap-up, or you can visit participants via the starting line post linky here.)

truebookaddict

Friday, August 23, 2024

Tomorrow is the High Summer 24-Hour Readathon!


Tomorrow is the day! We will start at 10:00 am eastern time. Find out what time that is in your time zone by using the time zone converter in the sidebar menu (just click the link).

I'll be updating and checking in on our Discord. If you haven't joined, just visit this invite link: https://discord.gg/e6uAmXtGqA
If you would rather not join us on Discord, feel free to post updates on Instagram, and/or in our Facebook group or Goodreads group. We also now have a group (book club) on StoryGraph. If you're on there, send me a follow request and I'll invite you to the group. My user name is truebookaddict. Here's the link to the group: https://tinyurl.com/seasonsreadingSG

Any questions? Leave a comment or contact me via the link in the menu.

I hope you will join us!  

truebookaddict

Friday, August 16, 2024

2024 High Summer - Mid-Event Check-in


How is it going with the reading? Let me know your progress, or leave a link, in the comments.

Our 24-Hour readathon is set for Saturday, August 24 at 10:00 am EDT to Sunday, April 25 at 10:00 am EDT (read according to your time zone. If you need to check, there is a time zone converter in the sidebar menu).

Update on Something Wicked Fall coming to Castle Macabre in September. Our Stephen King read-along book has been chosen! It's Fairy Tale. The reading schedule will be in the kickoff post on September 1st. Stop by Castle Macabre today...it's our 13 year blogiversary! 

Here's the updated event graphic...


Here's the event graphic for FrightFall. Getting excited for spooky season! Signup for the readathon will be posted by mid-September.


Enjoy the rest of the readathon!

truebookaddict

Thursday, August 1, 2024

2024 High Summer Readathon - Time to start!


Well, technically we started at 12:00 am eastern time...running a bit behind. Let's get this party started!

If you have any questions about how things work, check out the guidelines in the sidebar menu or the sign up post, or you can always leave me a comment (or send me a message via the contact form). The linky below is the same one as the sign up linky. If you do a starting line/goal post, just add your link again, but be sure to put "goal post" beside your name, i.e. Michelle @ True Book Addict (goals or reading goals).

Our social media hashtag is #HSreadathon
Our other social media:
Facebook group
Facebook page
Goodreads group
Instagram
StoryGraph Book Club
Discord (this is an invite link. If you're already a member, you should still be able to access the server.)

All links to our social media are also in the sidebar menu.

Reminders:
  • There is a giveaway during every readathon. I offer two prizes. The first prize is a $15 social justice charity donation. The second prize is a $5 Amazon eGift card. Both giveaways are open internationally (for the Amazon gift, wherever Amazon is available). There will be a form on the wrap-up post where you can select which giveaway (one or both) you would like to enter. Details on how the giveaway works are on the Guidelines page.

  • New this year...we are now having one 24-Hour readathon during each month-long event. The Sci-Fi Summer 24-Hour event will be on Saturday, August 24th at 10:00 am EDT. I will be doing most of my updates and check-ins on Discord (invite link to our Discord). It's free to join and it would be cool to have some lively chats over there. There will be a post here when the 24-Hour event starts. Full details about the 24-Hour event on the Guidelines page.

  • I will post a mid-event check-in here on the blog
Any questions at all? Leave me a comment, or send me a message via the contact me link in the sidebar menu.

Before I post the linky, just wanted to share a quick Save the Date. Something Wicked Fall hosted over at my horror blog, Castle Macabre, kicks off on September 1st. We are having a Stephen King read-along during the event (which will go on during the two month event, along with the FrightFall Readathon in October) and I'd like you to help decide which book we will read. Just visit the Save the Date post here at Castle Macabre for details and the link to go vote. Check out the preliminary event button below...


LINKY

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Friday, July 19, 2024

2024 High Summer Readathon - Sign up!


I apologize for being so late with this. It has been a particularly forgetful month for me! 

Almost time for High Summer...one last hurrah of summer before wonderful fall arrives. Participating in any summer reading challenges? This is the perfect month to get caught up and/or finish strong. Let's do this!

We start at 12:00 am eastern time on August 1st and end at 11:59 pm eastern time on August 31th. (There is a handy link to a time zone converter in the sidebar menu.) Guidelines for the readathon can be found HERE or you can access in the sidebar menu. Any information you need about the readathon can be found there. Please do be sure to check the guidelines to make sure you're following along correctly. There are specific rules regarding sign up and wrap up, especially in regards to the giveaway.

Our social media hashtag is #HSreadathon
Our other social media:
Facebook group
Facebook page
Goodreads group
Instagram
Discord (this is an invite link. If you're already a member, you should still be able to access the server.)

All links to our social media are also in the sidebar menu.

Some orders of business...
  • There is a giveaway during every readathon. I offer two prizes. The first prize is a $15 social justice charity donation ( I was doing this at the beginning of the event, but I have now moved it back to the end of the event). The second prize is a $5 Amazon eGift card. Both giveaways are open internationally (for the Amazon gift, wherever Amazon is available). There will be a form on the wrap-up post where you can select which giveaway (one or both) you would like to enter. Details on how the giveaway works are on the Guidelines page.

  • New this year...we are now having one 24-Hour readathon during each month-long event. The High Summer 24-Hour event will be on Saturday, August 24th at 10:00 am EDT. I will be doing most of my updates and check-ins on Discord (invite link to our Discord). It's free to join and it would be cool to have some lively chats over there. There will be a post here when the 24-Hour event starts Full details about the 24-Hour event on the Guidelines page.

  • I will post a mid-event check-in here on the blog.

  • Grab the button and spread the word! There’s a grab code in the sidebar or download the image at the top of this post.
Any questions at all? Leave me a comment, or send me a message via the contact me link in the sidebar menu.

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Monday, July 1, 2024

2024 Sci-Fi Summer Readathon - Wrap-up


Another month in the books. Can hardly believe the year is half over already! 

I hope everyone enjoyed the readathon. Also, sending out a big thanks to those who joined in on the 24-Hour readathon on the 15th. Going forward, we are still going to do one 24-Hour readathon during each month long readathon. August's 24-Hour readathon during the High Summer event...date to be determined.

Wrapping up
To wrap up, go to the link for the wrap-up and giveaway form at the end of this post and fill it out, including a link to your wrap-up (whether it's a blog post, a Goodreads shelf, social media status...anything goes, as long as I can see you did indeed participate). You will also indicate which prize(s) you would like a chance at winning in the form. Be sure to double check that your name is listed in the sign up/starting line linky at this post so you will be eligible for the giveaway. You have until Saturday, July 6th at 11:59 pm EDT to fill out the form. I will email the winner within a few days following the deadline so keep a look out in your email inbox (or spam folder, just in case) for an email from my truebookaddict gmail account.

Stay tuned for the High Summer Readathon coming up in August. I will have sign-up posted by mid-July. I hope you will join us.


That's it! Thanks again for joining in on another readathon!

Wrap-up form:
https://forms.gle/UqSHHUAKN6meN4qv7

(If you would like others to visit your wrap-up post, please leave a comment below with the link to your wrap-up, or you can visit participants via the starting line post linky here.)

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Credit for image on High Summer graphic: Amy Art-Dreams from Pixabay

Friday, September 1, 2023

High Summer Readathon 2023 - It's a wrap


I hope everyone enjoyed High Summer and that you were able to get a lot of reading in. Thank you all so much for joining me for another readathon!

To wrap up, go to the link for the wrap-up form at the end of this post and fill it out, including a link to your wrap-up (whether it's a blog post, a Goodreads shelf, social media status...anything goes, as long as I can see you did indeed participate). You will also indicate if you want a chance at a prize by selecting yes or no in the form. Be sure to double check that your name is listed in the sign up/starting line linky at this post so you will be eligible for the giveaway. You have until Friday, September 8 at 11:59 pm EDT to fill out the form. I will email the winner within a few days following the deadline so keep a look out in your email inbox (or spam folder, just in case) for an email from my truebookaddict gmail account. The prize is listed here on the mid-event check-in page.

I have not received a response from Michele, who won the charity donation prize at the beginning of the readathon. If she doesn't see this and respond, I will draw a new winner. I will notify you via email. 


Today kicks off Something Wicked Fall! The event post is up at Castle Macabre with all the details here. The highlights...a read-along of Stephen King's It It Bleeds, Gothic and horror reading, movie and book reviews, and more! Of course, all this will go along nicely with FrightFall coming up in October. I'll have sign-ups ready for that soon. In the meantime, check out the readathon button below (I will add a grab code in the sidebar shortly).


That's it! Thanks again for joining in on another readathon!

Wrap-up form:

(If you would like others to visit your wrap-up post, please leave a comment below with the link to your wrap-up, or you can visit participants via the starting line post linky here.)

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

High Summer Readathon - Mid-Event Check-in


I hope the late summer reading is going well for you. Let me know your progress, or leave a link, in the comments.

Congrats to the winner of the charity prize, Michele! Check your email.

PRIZE

The second prize from me is a $5 Amazon e-gift card.

Giveaway Details
This is a readathon participant only giveaway. To be eligible, you must have signed up, participated and added a link to the official readathon wrap-up post at the end of the readathon (I will give everyone until Friday, Friday, September 8th at 11:59 pm EDT to complete their wrap-ups). We no longer use a linky for wrap-ups. The Google form link on our wrap-up post is where you will enter your info, your wrap-up link, and answer yes/no on whether you want to win a prize or not. I will choose the winner of the above prize by random selection using random.org Winner will be chosen after the wrap-up post deadline (see above).

*********SAVE THE DATES**********

Our scary fall events are right around the corner. Something Wicked Fall at Castle Macabre, which runs through September and October, kicks off on September 1st. I will have the kick off post live that day at the Castle Macabre blog, with all the info, and the reading schedule for our read-along of Stephen Kng's If It Bleeds. The FrightFall Readathon, hosted here, starts on October 1st. Sign up for that event will be posted before mid-September.

Check out the event buttons below. I hope you will join us!



Enjoy the rest of the readathon!

truebookaddict

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

2023 High Summer Readathon - Now we start!


The heat is ON this year in parts of the U.S. Has me so thankful that I moved back to Michigan three years ago. Hopefully, this month of reading can be time to stay inside and read, luxuriating in the air conditioning. lol

If you have any questions about how things work, check out the guidelines in the sidebar menu or the sign up post, or you can always leave me a comment (or send me a message via the contact form). 

I will post a mid-event check-in post at the halfway point. Our hashtag for the readathon across social media is #HSreadathon The second prize I'm offering will be announced on the mid-event check-in. More on the charity prize below.

Stop by our  Facebook group and our Facebook Page, and our Goodreads group and Instagram. We are also on Discord. Introduce yourself in the #general channel, and look for the readathon specific channel for the current readathon. Here is the invite link if you haven't already joined: https://discord.gg/e6uAmXtGqA 
(There are also access tabs in the sidebar menu.)

Win a $15 donation to a social justice charity of your choice!

I will make a $15 donation to the winner's choice of a social justice organization, such as the ACLU, Boys and Girls Club, Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, Amnesty International, It Gets Better, The Trevor Project, Planned Parenthood, Ukraine Relief, or another social justice organization of your choice (food banks, homeless shelters, animal rights/rescue/shelters would also apply), perhaps your local chapter or a local organization. This giveaway is open internationally. Note: I will not donate to any organization that does not believe all are equal, regardless of gender, race or sexual orientation.
 
Charity giveaway (Google form): https://forms.gle/SCjDiftTC7y34BUS9

(I will draw the winner at the end of the first week)

One quick other order of business. As you know (most of you), September kicks off my scary fall events...Something Wicked Fall, hosted at my horror blog, Castle Macabre (Sept/Oct) which includes the FrightFall Readathon here at Seasons of Reading (Oct). We are going to be doing a Stephen King Read-Along during the event through September and October. We are voting in our Goodreads group between Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, or If It Bleeds. If you're in the group, or want to join, stop by and place your vote. If you're not on Goodreads, you can drop your preference in the comments below and I'll add them to the poll. Here's the link to the Goodreads poll. Last day to vote is August 7th.

Happy Reading!!

(The linky below is the same one as the sign up linky. If you do a starting line/goal post, just add your link again, but be sure to put "goal post" beside your name, i.e. Michelle @ True Book Addict (goals or reading goals).

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

2023 High Summer Readathon - Sign up!


Time for another readathon! One last hurrah of summer reading before school starts again (for kids who do not start in August that is) and wonderful fall arrives.

We start at 12:00 am eastern time on August 1 and end at 11:59 pm eastern time August 31. (There is a handy link to a time zone converter in the sidebar menu.) Guidelines for the readathon can be found HERE or you can access in the sidebar menu. Any information you need about the readathon can be found there. Please do be sure to check the guidelines to make sure you're following along correctly. There are specific rules regarding sign up and wrap up, especially in regards to the giveaway.

Our social media hashtag is #HSreadathon and don't forget we have our outstanding Facebook group and our Facebook Page, and our Goodreads group and Instagram. We are also on Discord. Introduce yourself in the #general channel, and look for the readathon specific channel for the current readathon. Here is the invite link if you haven't already joined: https://discord.gg/e6uAmXtGqA 
(There are also access tabs in the sidebar menu.)

Some orders of business...

Since Goodreads stopped the events feature, it has become a bit more difficult to spread the word, and to obtain prize donations. I would appreciate help in spreading the word. Also, if you know anyone (authors, etc.) who would like to donate a prize, have them message me via the contact form in the sidebar menu. Thank you!

Every readathon, I offer a charity donation prize (to a social justice charity) to one winner. This prize is awarded at the beginning of the readathon. Details on how it works are on the guidelines page. I will also be offering another small prize. Hopefully, I will get some prize donations (see above). If I do, I will post the prize page during the first week of the event.

Grab the button and spread the word! There’s a grab code in the sidebar or download the image at the top of this post.

Any questions at all? Leave me a comment, or send me a message via the contact me link in the sidebar menu.

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

High Summer Readathon - The End


I hope everyone enjoyed High Summer and that you were able to get a lot of reading in. Thank you all so much for joining me for another readathon!

To wrap up, go to the link for the wrap-up form at the end of this post and fill it out, including a link to your wrap-up (whether it's a blog post, a Goodreads shelf, social media status...anything goes, as long as I can see you did indeed participate). You will also indicate if you want a chance at a prize by selecting yes or no in the form. Be sure to double check that your name is listed in the sign up/starting line linky at this post so you will be eligible for the giveaway. You have until Monday, September 6 at 11:59 pm EDT to fill out the form. I will email the winner within a few days following the deadline so keep a look out in your email inbox (or spam folder, just in case) for an email from my truebookaddict gmail account. The prize is listed here on the mid-event check-in page.


September 1st kicks off Something Wicked Fall! The event post is up at Castle Macabre with all the details here. The highlights...a read-along of Victor LaValle's The Devil in Silver, Gothic and horror reading, movie and book reviews, and more! Of course, all this will go along nicely with FrightFall coming up in October. I'll have sign-ups ready for that soon. In the meantime, check out the readathon button below (will add a grab code in the sidebar shortly).


That's it! Thanks again for joining in on another readathon!

Wrap-up form:
https://forms.gle/wZZ1N9XGf7cUWNndA

(If you would like others to visit your wrap-up post, please leave a comment below with the link to your wrap-up, or you can visit participants via the starting line post linky here.)


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