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December Readathon Quick Facts:
- Estimated last day to order items: Nov 20th (Due to possible delays, this is not an exact date)
- Readathon Dates: Monday, December 9th - Sunday, December 15th
- Location: Creating & Co Book Club (or you can follow along on Instagram and do it on your own)
- # of Prompts: 5 challenge prompts
- Giveaway Info: There will be at least 3 chances to win shop credit in the Facebook group throughout the week
- Group Read: TBA, will vote in the book club group
The December readathon is always a bit stressful for me. I never know what theme I want to do and I never want to make it super Christmas in case you don't celebrate but want to complete all the readathons in the year.
But this theme was requested at least 2 years in a row so I figure its safe -- we're going to Candyland!
Gumdrops & Lollipops ended up being a super soft and pastel kit that I think is soooo pretty for early in December (or, you could save it for January if you want to skip the event!)
We'll be releasing this kit as part of the Ultimate Planner Sale on Oct 11th, so you can grab it along with your other Christmas stickers with 30% off for the first weekend (not valid on orders placed after that)
This blog post is going to go over all the info you need plus answer some frequently asked questions that I get about our readathons!
Our readathons have five prompts. For each book you read that fits a prompt, simply fill in the title and rating and then using one of the floral books to cover a grayed out book on the page. You can read one book per prompt or find books that fit multiple prompts
Here are the prompts:
- Indulgence: This time of year can be really stressful so let's read a book that's just for yourself. This can be any genre or any length, just one that seems like it would be a relaxing and enjoyable read to unwind during this stressful time of year.
- Adventure: The game that inspired this readathon is all about going on an adventure, so let's read a book where the characters go on an adventure! Maybe it's a fantasy story or a contemporary, but the characters are getting out of their comfort zone and discovering new things!
- Sugar Fix:We're all about relaxing and enjoying ourselves for this readathon so this prompt isn't for a book per say, just that you spend most of the day reading! You don't have to finish the book, but you do have to spend most of the day reading instead of working, running errands, doing holiday stuff, etc.
- Tooth Rotting: When I think of this prompt, I think of the phrase "tooth rotting fluff" and if you've never read something like that before, it basically means a book that has a lot of sweet moments. Maybe it's not a super fast paced read or one that makes you think, but the characters (and their romance/friendship/etc) are cute and make your heart melt
- Group Read/Free Space: We will vote for a group read in the Creating & Co Book Club to discuss during the event in the group from 12/9-12/15
If you have another way to interpreting the prompts, you can change it up! I won't police your book picks so feel free to make them work for you! You can also ask for recommendations or suggestions in the facebook group and we'll have posts that allow for book recs too.
Each of our 2024 reading challenges and events will have a badge sticker that you can use with our Reading Challenge Tracker to keep track of all the events you participate in this year! (PS: You can check out the Tropical Bookcation and Apple Orchard themes too!)
It's so much fun to see the sheets fill up as the year goes on and helps you feel accomplished as you complete each one!
Our readathon set will come with two pages (pictured above) and it's everything you need to track the readathon! The objective is to collect all the game pieces by the end of the week.
The rest of the stickers on the second sheet of the set is for your sidebar. Here's an example of how I use them in my planner.
And finally, the set has a few of our new reading achievement stickers you can put in your layouts! I did make a change to the design for these from older reading challenges, so you're not imagining that they look different! These cut a bit more consistently than the old version.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
- Do you have to buy stickers to participate in the readathon? No, our events are all free to participate in but having the stickers make them a lot more fun!
- Do you have to read 5 books in one week? Absolutely not! You can read 1 book that covers all 5 prompts if you want or you can read 1 book for each prompt or any other number of books and have them cover as many prompts as you like.
- Do you have to read a certain genre? Not at all! I like to try to pick books that fit the theme but sometimes I'm just not in the mood for that genre or vibe so I'll pick another type of book that I am in the mood for and let the kit theme be just for fun.
Like I said, we're releasing a bunch of other Christmas stuff this week too (and I'm still designing!) so here's a few other sneaks of stuff coming to the shop.
