2020 The Reading Rush Wrap-up

Hi.

It’s been a week since I last posted anything in this blog. I was so engrossed with The Reading Rush that I did not even stop and sit down to blog. Also, my work week has been busy lately since we have a lot to do so I only managed to read during the night. I also did not read on Sunday so that makes my reading days a day shorter. Plus, Taylor Swift drops a new album so I have to drop everything, reading included, to listen to Folklore.

But before I proceed with my wrap-up, I want to talk about the issues going around for this round of The Reading Rush. It was quite disappointing how insensitive the hosts are with what was happening during this time. I think the first issue is the reading challenge to read outside the house, which most of us can’t do because of the pandemic. The hosts resolved that by saying that it is up to us to interpret that challenge, like reading a book with the word OUTSIDE on the title or whatsoever though some still think that they did not even consider what was happening. However, what truly disappoints me is the issue with regards to the book group, which holds a very powerful topic with regards to raising awareness with the black community. I just hope that they will reflect on their actions and learn from it. They have such a powerful voice as an influencer in the book community and I hope they will use it right.

Okay, now that is all said and done, let’s get into my wrap-up. I don’t want to make this long but I just wanted to point that out.

 

The Reading Rush TBR 2020

If you have been in the book community for a long time, you would know what The Reading Rush is. But just in case you don’t know, it is a week-long readathon hosted by Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay. This year’s readathon starts on July 20, Monday, and ends on July 26, Sunday. If you are interested to join, I’ll be linking the Youtube Channel and the website down below for more information about the readathon.

7 prompts could help you choose your TBR for the week and there are badges as well on the website that you could claim once you finished a prompt. This is perfect for competitive readers out there.

I usually list down the prompts and the corresponding book that I will be reading for the said prompt; but since you could use one book for multiple prompts and I am working next week, I will utilize my TBR so if I only managed to finish one book it could still fit to various prompts.

So let’s get to the prompts!

 

Reading Rush Wrap-Up

Hi friends! I know that The Reading Rush is over for more than a week now. But being the lazy person that I was, I am only wrapping it up now. I can say that I am successful with this readathon even though I haven’t manage to finish all 7 books in a week. I might have done that if I have chosen shorter books but where’s the fun in that?

Anyways, here is a quick overview of how my Reading Rush went.

If I haven’t slacked off on day 4 and 5 I might have read more books than just 5. Also I have managed to accomplished a couple of the challenges. I really tried very hard for this readathon because I like the badges! So here are all the badges that I have acquired in this year’s Reading Rush.

 

I think it’s about time for the wrap-up! I haven’t posted my full reviews for all the books that I have read but it’s coming. So with that being said, let’s proceed with the wrap-up.

Reading Rush TBR

After my successful Bibliothon, I decided to do the Reading Rush. It’s cool how they have their own website where you can earn badges for accomplishing the challenges, tracked the pages that you read for that day and also meet new bookish friends.

Reading Rush is formerly known as Booktubeathon. The readathon will start from July 22 to July 28, 2019 which is tomorrow on my timezone. Again I am doing this readathon in my own timezone.

Subscribe to their YouTube channel to see the reading challenges and the video challenges if you wanted to join. (Click here to go to their profile.)

There are 7 Challenges for this round:

1. Book with Purple on the cover
2. Read a book in the same spot the entire time
3. Read a book that you meant to read last year
4. Read an author’s first book
5. Read a book featuring a non-human character
6. Pick a book with 5 or more words in the title
7. Read & watch a book to movie adaptation

And also it is not an actual challenge to read 7 books in a week but you can get a badge if you managed to do that.

So without further ado, here are my TBR for this year’s Reading Rush.