I took part in my first readathon last month and here’s the final brakdown of how it all went.
Host: @bookinitwithahtiya (Instagram)
Time: Sept 1-30, 2020
Challenges:
1. Spirit: a book by a Black author
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
2. Otherside: a Black non-fiction book
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds
3. Black Parade: a book with intersectional Black identity
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
4. Mood 4 Eva: a book featuring a Black protagonist that doesn’t center around trauma
Slay by Brittney Morris
5. Ja Ara: a book centering Black artistry and/or storytelling
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
Bingo card:
Bigger: features themes of family
Brown Skin Girl: movie/TV adaptation
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Scar: Black retelling
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Keys to the Kingdom: features royalty
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
Already: middle grade/coming of age story
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Find Your Way Back: set in an African country
My Power: non-US-born Black author
Nile: Classic African novel
A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Water: features black love
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
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I managed to gain Supreme Success!
I know I used some books for multiple prompts but hey, it was allowed. I was going to read one more book, but I kinda ran out of time. I was only going to do the challenges but around the 25th I decided to go for the full bingo card as well and basically read one book per day for the rest of the month in order to finish the whole thing.
Let me just say, that I absolutely loved this readathon. I gave all the books here either 5 or 4 stars and would recommend all of them. I think that I could definitely do this readathon (unofficially) a couple times a year at least. And it would also be really easy to turn into a Latinx readathon as well.
I am especially glad that this readathon made me go a bit out of my comfort zone by having a non-fiction book there (’cos this girl hasn’t read nonfiction in ages) as well as a clasic African novel. This has prompted me to order a bunch of non-fiction books and I’m also interested in reading more books from Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
Readathons rock!
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