Yes, I’m doing another readathon. Yes, I’m probably going to regret it.
But I want to, so sue me.
Starting today and running through March 28th, OwlCrate is hosting their annual readathon. Usually it would be a major deal over on their Facebook group, but since they nuked that a couple months ago… Instragram is having fun with it anyway.
The goal of OwlCrate-A-Thon is to read books (or sequels) that have been released by OwlCrate and OwlCrate Jr that you haven’t read yet. Works for me, since I’m horribly behind. The cool thing is you don’t have to be a subscriber to participate. You just have to read books from OwlCrate’s extensive list, now into its sixth year. Which I still cant believe, because that makes this month my five year anniversary with supporting OwlCrate, which blows my mind.
There are three challenges during next two weeks, but you don’t have to do them if you don’t want to. They’re just there as a guide. Challenge one is to read the OwlCrate book that you’ve had on your TBR the longest. Challenge two is to read two books over the course of the readathon. And challenge three is to get a bingo on the bingo board they created, which I’ve included below.
Apparently it’s actually possible to complete the bingo with only one or two books, but I’m not entirely sure about that. But that is just my opinion. I know there are many people who are going to be trying to blackout the board.
Of the three challenges, I’m going to focus on the second and third ones. The book that’s been on my TBR the longest just doesn’t interest me, and I’ve tried reading it twice (once when it arrived with OwlCrate, the second when it came with Uppercase Books, a defunct book box I supported for like six months). Reading two books shouldn’t be too bad… provided that I make the time to do so. I’m trying to rework my streaming/writing schedule, so here’s hoping.
Unlike with the Reading Rush from last summer, I’m not going to make a firm list of books I want to read. I’ve realized that doing that doesn’t encourage me to read, it just sits in my mind when I’m doing other things, and stresses me the heck out. Instead, I have the list of books that are OwlCrate books, along with their sequels/prequels. It’s a decent sized list, so I shouldn’t have too much trouble finding some things to read (*knock on all the wood*).
I’ll keep you all updated on how I do, especially when I review any book that comes from this challenge. It looks like it’ll be fun, so I’m pretty excited. Happy reading!
Until next time!
