After realizing that being idle will not help me get close to achieving my personal reading goals by the end of the year I have decided to keep myself busy by participating in some fun and exciting reading challenges in December. Enter Reindeer Readathon 2020! I have found it by accident and I really loved the idea and the merry prompts. You can find the official announcement HERE. The main creator of this readathon is Erik from Breakeven Books and you can go and show some love for his YouTube channel HERE. Together with four other wonderful people he is hosting this readathon and leading the team Mistletoe. This is the second year of this readathon and this year there are five official teams. Team Snowflake leader is Hilary and you can check her channel HERE. Team Nutcracker leader is Donna and you can check her channel HERE. Team Stocking leader is Savy and you can check her channel HERE. And last, but not least, my designated team is Candy Cane and the leader of my team is Amanda and you can check her channel HERE.
There is a satisfying number of prompts and each have a certain number of points. Since this is a reading challenge with teams competing the goal is to read as many prompts to get the most points for your team.
Here are my book choices for the prompts:
DASHER – 15 PTS
A book with one word title
Pride (Shifters #3) by Rachel Vincent
DANCER – 10 PTS
A companion novel or a sequel (as in a dancing partner)
Prey (Shifters #4) by Rachel Vincent
PRANCER – 15 PTS
A book with a map in it
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years #1) by Gregory Maguire
VIXEN – 25/20 PTS
A book with a fox on the cover. (Alternatively, a strong female lead)
Narcissus in Chains (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter #10) by Laurell K. Hamilton
COMET – 30 PTS
A book you find intimidating
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
CUPID – 10 PTS
Read a genre that you love
Naked City by Ellen Datlow (Editor)
DONNER – 15 PTS
A book with something hidden inside (under the dust jacket, chapter heads, art etc.)
Saga (Collected Editions) #7-9 by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples
BLITZEN – 20 PTS
A book with some sort of struggle (internal struggle, war, battle etc)
The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo #3) by Rick Riordan
RUDOLPH – 20 PTS
A book where the main character doesn’t seem to fit in (outsider, misfit)
The Tyrant’s Tomb (The Trials of Apollo #4) by Rick Riordan
I like the possible bonus and the additional rules and I plan to use Christmas Star as Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years #1) by Gregory Maguire for those 15 PTS since it is over 500 pages long. I don’t think I will be able do get those 50 PTS for Sleighing it to read additional book for any prompt after being done with all of those above. But in case I make it I have few options left from my personal reading challenge list. Wish me and my team luck!
Go team Candy Cane!
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