2026 High Summer Readathon - 24-Hour Readathon tomorrow!

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

We will start at 10:00 am eastern time tomorrow. 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!

Save the date! We're only a little over two weeks away from Something Wicked Fall, and only a month and a half until the FrightFall readathon. My favorite time of year. More details forthcoming.

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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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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2026 Sci-Fi Summer - Wrap-Up

Another Sci-Fi Summer comes to an end. I hope you were able to get some good reading in this round. Unfortunately, I did not finish any of my books, but still plan to. Reading slump continues...go me! Oops, I forgot I did finish Remote Control, which I listened to on audio.

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 see what books everyone read.

We have the High Summer Readathon coming up in August. I will have the sign-up posted soon, and will determine which weekend we will do our 24-Hour readathon during the month. Stay tuned!

Thanks for joining us for another readathon! 

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Sci-Fi Summer 2026 - Juneteenth 3-Day Readathon starts at Midnight!

Are you ready? Our Juneteenth readathon is starting soon...at midnight, and runs until 11:59 pm eastern Sunday. I hope you will join us!

I'll be updating on Disord (here's our invite link, if needed: https://discord.com/invite/e6uAmXtGqA

I'll also post on Goodreads, if I don't forget.

Happy Juneteenth ahead!

Let me know what you'll be reading in the comments, or shout out on Discord or Goodreads (links in sidebar).

Sci-Fi Summer 2026 - Mid-Event Check-In

We're midway through! I hope your reading is going well. I managed to finish Freezing Point and Remote Control (audio) and started Fire & Blood over the weekend. My slump is improving!

Our Junteenth three day readathon starts this Friday at 12:00 am eastern through the end of Sunday. I hope you will join us. If you feel so inclined to read books by black sci-fi or fantasy authors over the weekend, here is a Goodreads list of books. I'm planning to read Dawn by Octavia Butler. There will be a post here the day before the event starts.

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

2026 Sci-Fi Summer Readathon - Let us embark on this reading journey

Here we go! Let's dig in to some great science fiction and fantasy!

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 #SciFiJune
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 Sci-Fi Summer channel in the Discord channel sidebar).

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

Some orders of business...

• We normally have a 24-Hr Readathon during each month-long event, but I decided that since Juneteenth is June 19th, I thought we would have a Juneteenth three day readathon, Friday through Sunday. The black community deserves to be celebrated and now it is particularly important. A focus on black fantasy/sci-fi authors would be cool (but not required). That being said, here's a list of books on Goodreads. Of course, if you have any recommendations not on the list, feel free to share in the comments and/or in the Goodreads/Facebook groups, or in our Discord.
  
  
• During the Juneteenth readathon, 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 event starts (midnight June 19th).
  
  
• 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.

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