Booktube-a-thon 2018

Booktube-a-thon 2018!

You guys. This is an exciting time in my life! I am participating in Booktube-a-thon for the first time! The Booktube-a-thon runs from July 30th-August 5th. If you don't know what Booktube-a-thon is, or even what Booktube is, let me just tell you. Booktube is a community of YouTubers whose content revolves around books and reading. The Booktube-a-thon is a yearly, week-long, readathon, with seven reading challenges, with the main goal to just try to read as much as you can. For the people with Booktube channels, there also vlog/video challenges and there are Instagram challenges for each day. Since I work full-time, I'm not putting a ton of pressure on myself to complete all of the challenges. I want to use this week and the readathon as a chance to read as much as I can. I've picked mostly short books for my tbr (to-be-read) so that I can set myself up for success, and I am going to partner my physical reading with audiobook reading since I have two hours worth of commute each week day. So in case you guys are curious, here are the seven reading challenges and what I am planning on reading for each challenge! Just know, these are subject to change because I am 100% a mood reader but at the end of the week I will write an update post for the whole readathon. 

1. Let a coin toss decide your first read

• A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

2. A book about something you want to do

• Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood (Yes, I know I'm stretching it for this one but it would be super fun to be a witch so that's what I'm going with.)

3. Read/watch a book to movie adaptation

• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

4. A book with green on the cover

• Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

5. Read a book while wearing the same hat the whole time

• The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

6. A book with a beautiful spine

• Money Boy by Paul Yee

7. Read 7 books

• Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills

Will I finish seven books this week? Who knows? I think with the combined reading of physical books and listening to audiobooks on my commute it is possible! It might help hold me accountable if I post updates on my Snapchat story or on Instagram story, so look out for those during this next week! ~Em