Booktube-A-Thon

Although I'm not really a contributor to the booktube community, I do watch a lot of booktube related videos.  It's my way of seeing how much people love or hate a book and what they loved/hated about that book. If you're looking for alternatives to book blogging and reading reviews, I suggest looking into following a booktuber or two.

With all of that said, this week (from July 15th to July 21st), there will be a read-a-thon called Booktube-A-Thon held just for those who vlog about books or book reviews. Made by a couple of my favorite booktubers, Raeleen and Ariel, this read-a-thon made especially for booktubers (but anyone can participate). A read-a-thon is pretty much a reading marathon where you try to read as much as you can in the allotted amount of time. And this read-a-thon consists of seven challenges, just to spice things up. The challenge list is as follows:

1. Read an average of 300 pages a day
2. Read a book with over 500 pages
3. Reread one book
4. Finish a series/trilogy
5. Read a book that's been on your shelf forever (that you haven't read yet)
6. Listen to an audiobook
7. Read a classic

Here's the link to one of the Booktube-A-Thon announcement videos by Raeleen (a similar video can be found here on Ariel's youtube channel) if you want a better idea of this event.

You don't have to complete all of the challenges because, like I said, it's just for fun. You can even knock out two birds with one stone by reading, for instance, Emma by Jane Austen, which is over 500 pages long and is also considered a classic.

If you want to follow some other booktubers' progress while they try their hand at this read-a-thon challenge, then here's a list of some fellow avid readers/booktubers that I'm subscribed to who are participating along with their links:

Raeleen at PadfootandProngs07
Ariel at ArielBissett
Jesse at JessetheReader
Catriona at TheLittleBookOwl
Jacob at TheEighthPotter
Elizabeth at ElizzieBooks

Sadly, I will be jumping in late in the game due to a final exam in one of my summer classes being this week, but it will still be fun to try and accomplish at least a few of these challenges by July 21st (I've been busy studying for my final for the past couple of days which is why I'm almost a day late in making a post about it). But you know what they say, better late than never! And maybe with this class out of the way, I'll have more time to read and write reviews since I've been slacking so much lately.

I hope y'all will be joining in on the reading extravaganza with me this week and happy reading!