I'm Hosting a Readathon!

That's right! Last month in my book wrap-up I briefly mentioned that I had decided to host a readathon, despite how small I anticipate it being. I did this for a couple of reasons. First, I absolutely love Halloween, and I also love reading. I thought it would be fun to have a horror-themed readathon in the week leading up to Halloween for those who enjoy a good scary story, and also for those (like me) who are planning on doing NaNoWriMo next month and will have little to no time for reading. Second, I thought it would be fun to try and take the reins for once, so to speak. I've participated in a lot of readathons but I've never hosted one until now, and it got me really excited to try it out. It may just be me and my bookworm friend Kailey, but hey, it will be fun either way.

All that said, bear with me here, as this is my first time hosting a readathon and I've yet to work out any kinks.

Dates
The official name for this readathon is inspired by my friend Kailey, who came up with it after I informed her that someone else had beaten me to the original name I had in mind. Thus I present to you the Hallowreader's Marathon of Monsters! This year's readathon will take place from Monday, October 23 - Sunday, October 29, starting of course at midnight on the 23rd and ending at midnight on the 30th, in your respective time zones.

Challenges
As this is the first year I'm doing this, I've come up with three challenges for participants:

• Read a classic horror story (Dracula, Turn of the Screw, Frankenstein, etc.)
• Read a horror story that was published this year
• Read the horror story that has been on your TBR/WTR the longest

Of course if you want to try the classic "seven books, seven days" challenge you can feel free to do that, as well as any other personal challenges you come up with. These are just the "official" ones which are, of course, completely optional. The point is just to read scary stuff!

How to Join
If you're interested in joining this readathon and are a member of Goodreads, you can find the link to the group I've created for this event here. The only reason I've made this group private is so I can keep track of who joins, basically. There's no criteria; just ask to join and I'll make it happen!

If you don't have a Goodreads account or are simply not interested in joining the official group, just tag me on Twitter (@ForeverMobian) letting me know you're interested. If you want to go ahead and follow me, too, that will be a good way to keep up with any further readathon info, as well as a way to share TBRs and other challenge ideas and etc. (Fair warning - if you follow my Twitter be prepared for lots of nerdy fangirling and some ranting.) Depending on how many people join I may host some reading sprints, too. We'll see!

If you would prefer to do neither of the above, you can also comment on this blog post to let me know you're in.

I'm very excited to host this readathon and see how it goes! It may be a total flop, but I'll have fun with it either way. I've got at least one other person joining me. That has to count for something, right? I look forward to seeing if anyone else is interested in this very first Hallowreader's Marathon of Monsters!