2024 Yuletide Spirit Reading Challenge and Readathon

Here we are at the holiday season again! Time to sign up for the Yuletide Spirit Reading Challenge and Readathon co-event!

Dates: Monday, November 25 through Tuesday, December 31

Three ways to participate:

1. Challenge - Pick a level
2. Readathon - read as much (or as little) as you want
3. Participate in both!

AND new this year....a fun (optional) BINGO challenge! Download the card below (click on image, right click, and then save image as OR if on mobile, you should be able to hold down on the image and an option list with save to phone should appear). Alternatively, download it on Google Drive here.

Regarding the reading of Christmas books, for the readathon, you do not have to read only Christmas books. I am always reading regular genres along with Christmas books during the season. Please do try to read at least one though. 🎄

For the reading challenge (and the BINGO challenge), these must be Christmas novels, books about Christmas lore, a book of Christmas short stories or poems, books about Christmas crafts, children's books (we even have a level for them!), etc.

Reading Challenge Levels:
--Candy Cane: read 1 book
--Mistletoe: read 2-4 books
--Christmas Tree: read 5 or 6 books, or more (this is the fanatic level!)

Additional levels:

--Fa La La La Films: watch a bunch or a few Christmas movies...it's up to you!
--Visions of Sugar Plums: read books with your children this season and share what you read

*the additional levels are optional, you still must complete one of the main reading levels above

I will have a review linky posted as a page at the Yuletide Spirit site the day the challenge starts. You will find it in the menu at the top of the blog.

Sign up in the linky below. This linky will be the same one on this site and over at Yuletide Spirit. No need to sign up both places (though you can leave a comment here and over there if you are indeed participating in both). For this readathon in particular, we will do a wrap-up linky, in keeping with the regular process for the reading challenge.

THE PRIZES: 

The first person to post a review (must be from a book started on or after November 25) in the review linky will win a $15 charitable donation to human rights organization of their choice, such as a Ukraine relief charity, ACLU, Boys and Girls Club, Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, Amnesty International, It Gets Better, Planned Parenthood, or another human rights organization of your choice (food banks, homeless shelters would also apply), perhaps your local chapter or a local organization. Animal rights or rescue organizations are another option. This giveaway is open internationally. 

Note: I will not donate to any organization that does not believe that all are equal, regardless of gender, race or sexual orientation.

The first person to successfully complete the entire BINGO card will win a $5 Amazon eGift card. Just take a screenshot of your completed card and email it to me at truebookaddict AT gmail DOT com, or if you post about it on social media (or your blog), leave the link in the comments of this post, or the starting line post. This will be awarded after the end of the reading challenge/readathon.

Final notes:
You can participate even if you don't have a blog. Just link up with your Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram (and just post your updates from whichever venue you choose) AND don't forget our Facebook group, Facebook Page, our Goodreads group, our Instagram...and our Discord. Yuletide Spirit also has a Facebook page.

Event hashtag: #YuletideSpirit You can also use #readathon

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2024 FrightFall Readathon - Until next year, spooky season!

Did you get a lot of spooky reading in, or reading in general? I hope you did. 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 Thursday, November 7th at 11:59 pm EST 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.

That's it! I hope to see you on November 25th for the Yuletide Spirit Readathon & Reading Challenge. Sign-up is coming soon!

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.)

2024 FrightFall Readathon - Mid-Event check-in (and let's start preparing for our 24-Hour Readathon!) 🎃🎃🎃

Sorry for the late post. Busy week. My mom's cat is in the hospital, I just got my Halloween decorations put up (I know...scandalous!), and my birthday was Tuesday. I'm also behind on the Fairy Tale read-along...shocker...so if you're reading along with us, I should have the discussion posted by Friday on Castle Macabre.

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

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Our 24-Hour Readathon is this Saturday at 10:00 am eastern time and we're reading through 10:00 am eastern time on Sunday. 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.

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

2024 FrightFall Readathon - It's October 1st...let's go! 🎃🎃🎃

It's officially spooky season (though for me it starts September 1st)! Are we ready? Let's read!!

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).

Remember the one main "rule" of FrightFall is that you must read at least ONE scary book (which can be a thriller, mystery, Gothic novel, or similar for those who are faint of heart). I hope you will indulge the scary beyond the one book, but that is entirely up to you. It is all about the reading after all.

Our social media hashtag is #FrightFall
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 are channels for FrightFall and Something Wicked Fall in the Discord channel sidebar).

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 FrightFall 24-Hour event will be on Saturday, October 19th 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.

FrightFall has officially been a part of Something Wicked Fall for seven years now. The event runs September/October over at my horror blog, Castle Macabre. We are doing a read-along of Stephen King's Fairy Tale through the end of October. We started September 1st so there's still time to join in (or if you've already read it, feel free to join in on the discussion). The reading schedule is posted on the event post, linked above and below. The second discussion post will be up soon.

Get all the details for what's going on during Something Wicked Fall here.

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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2024 FrightFall Readathon (and Something Wicked Fall) - Sign up for all the scary!

It's my favorite time of year! 🎃 I hope you guys are ready for some scary reading!

We start at 12:00 am eastern time on October 1st and end at 11:59 pm eastern time on October 31st. (There is a handy link to a time zone converter in the sidebar menu.) I hope you're ready to get your scary on! 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.

The one main "rule" of FrightFall is that you must read at least ONE scary book (which can be a thriller, mystery, Gothic novel, or similar for those who are faint of heart). I hope you will indulge the scary beyond the one book, but that is entirely up to you. It is all about the reading after all.

Our social media hashtag is #FrightFall
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 are channels for FrightFall and Something Wicked Fall in the Discord channel sidebar).

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 FrightFall 24-Hour event will be on Saturday, October 19th 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.

FrightFall has officially been a part of Something Wicked Fall for seven years now. The event runs September/October over at my horror blog, Castle Macabre. We are doing a read-along of Stephen King's Fairy Tale through the end of October. We started September 1st so there's still time to join in. The reading schedule is posted on the event post, linked above and below. The first discussion post is up here (though you may want to wait until you read the first section due to spoilers).

Get all the details for what's going on during Something Wicked Fall here.

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

FrightFall sign-up linky...

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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.)

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!