Monday, November 22, 2021

2021 Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge and Readathon - Let the festive reading commence!


It's officially November 22nd (in the Eastern time zone) and so it begins!

Remember...

Dates: November 22, 2021 through January 6, 2021

Three ways to participate:

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

Everything else you need to know can be found in the sign-up post here.

Hashtag across social media: #CSReadathon
  
THE PRIZE: The first person to post a review (must be from a book started on or after November 23) in the review linky at Christmas Spirit (I'll have it posted later on today) will win a $15 charitable donation to human rights organization of their choice, such as the 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. 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.

So far there are no other prizes, but I'll let you know if I receive any donations. If so, there will either be a prize page, or I will share the prize(s) on the mid-event check-in.

HAVE FUN!!!

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 (goal post). Note: If you're just signing up, you can do it here on this post. It's the same linky.

 
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Friday, November 12, 2021

2021 Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge and Readathon #CSReadathon


It's that time of year again, and time to sign up for the Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge and Readathon co-event!

Dates: November 22, 2021 through January 6, 2022

Three ways to participate:
  1. Challenge - Pick a level
  2. Readathon - read as much (or as little) as you want
  3. Participate in both!
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, 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 Christmas 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 Christmas SpiritNo need to sign up both places. For this readathon in particular, we will do a wrap-up linky, in keeping with the regular process for the reading challenge. 

THE PRIZE: The first person to post a review (must be from a book started on or after November 23) in the review linky at Christmas Spirit will win a $15 charitable donation to human rights organization of their choice, such as the 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. 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.

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Monday, November 1, 2021

FrightFall Readathon - Wrap-up


FrightFall
has come to an end. I hope it was a frightful time. Those who joined in on Something Wicked Fall at Castle Macabre, thank you, and I hope you enjoyed it as well. Our read-along was The Blood Countess by Andrei Codrescu. I'm still reading it and, sad to say, not really enjoying it as much as I would have liked. I didn't get much reading done myself due to my trip to Salem mid-month, though I did read Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and loved it.

Thank you all so much for joining in on another readathon!

Remember, our process has changed for wrap-ups. No more linky for wrap-up posts. Fill out the form at the end of this post and indicate if you want a chance at a prize by selecting yes or no. Also, 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, November 6 at 11:59 pm EST to fill out the form. I will email the winners 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. Take a look at our awesome prizes again. Prize page is here

The 2021 Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge & Readathon is coming up this month, November 22 through January 6 (2022), which is co-hosted here at Seasons of Reading and at my Christmas site, Christmas Spirit. I hope you will join us! Stay tuned for details and sign-up. Check out the button...


Once again, thank you for joining me and I hope to see you next time.

(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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