#readingoals readathon

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borrowed from the library 🔍

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Readingoals Readathon Announcement

Welcome to the readingoals readathon! 

I’m going to level with you. I wanted an excuse to read a bunch of Frankenstein/Mary Shelley themed books. Normally I try to read a few Frankenbooks in October but, honestly, the month just doesn’t really work for me. So I’m moving it up to April since it’s my birth month and also I get a couple weeks off work for the mid-semester break. And I decided why not make this an official readathon.  

But the Frankenstein of it all is not mandatory – if you wanna use this as an excuse to read a bunch of books off your TBR, get through a stack from the library, or work on some other reading goal you’ve got, then join me!  

Details 

TIME: April 1-30, beginning at midnight in your time zone, 

POST: I’d love to see what you’re reading throughout the month so tag your posts with ‘readingoals readathon’. I’ll be tracking the tag and reblogging things all month! 

PROMPTS: I’ve created a mini bingo board for anyone who would like a little direction or just enjoys that sort of thing – it comes in both a Frankenstein version and a more general style, but the prompts are the same in both! Feel free to double up on prompts or ignore them entirely! Check under the cut for more details on what each prompt means. 

Prompts 

Creature On The Cover – For those picking up Frankenbooks this could be whatever The Creature in the story is, but it could also refer to an animal, monster or mythological creature.  

Female Author – Pretty self explanatory. Frankenstein was written by a woman, so read something by a female identifying author.  

Poll Pick – Survey some other people to see what you should read next! This could be a poll on tumblr, instagram, or discord, or create a survey for your friends irl! Polls can have as many or as few options as you like.  

Borrowed – Check out something from the library, ask a friend to lend you something, or “borrow” someone else’s idea and pick a book from their tbr.  

New To You Author – A book by someone you’ve never read from before.  

Green on The Cover – The whole thing can be shades of green or it can be in a small section of the cover.  

Set in Another country – As long as the book primarily takes place in a country you currently do not live in, you’re good.  

Not Your Usual – Up to interpretation a little bit. You might decide to try a genre you don’t pick up often or a trope you usually ignore. If you typically read physical books you might give an audiobook a go, or if you tend to read adult books you might try a middlegrade or YA. It’s up to you how you choose to tackle this prompt! 

Published in 2020s – There's been some really great Frankenstein inspired books published within the last 5 years so this prompt was an excuse for me to pick up more. For those of you not reading Frankenbooks, consider this an excuse to pick up that new release you’ve been eyeing off.  

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25.06.25 prepping for the readathon!

Tonight my friend and I are starting our 24 hour readathon. I am planning on reading Babel😭. We just got loads of snacks and are gonna start at 21:00.

My options are

-Babel by R.F. Kuang

-Paper Towns by John Green (I’m rereading the books of my childhood with a sharper eye)

-Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman

The main goal is Babel but if I get bored or finish it the other two options are there!! I’ll update how it goes.

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Well it is April 1 for me so that means I've officially started the Readingoals Readathon! Here's my collection of Frankenstein related books (excluding a couple on my kobo). Definitely not expecting to get through all of these but if I can make a bit of a dent in the pile, I'll be pleased. There's a couple of novellas in here as well as a middle grade and a few YA, so fingers crossed it's a good reading month for me!

There's still about 12 hours to go on my poll so I'm not sure which book tumblr's going to choose for me. I've decided to start with something I hope will be a bit fast paced (and which I don't think will win the poll) so I'm kicking off with The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon.

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rereading an old favorite 🧡

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Readingaols readathon book 5 - a second bingo!

Prompt: set in another country

Managed to finish Eynhallow half an our before the end of the month!

In this book we follow Agnes, a mother of four, as her life on the small island of Eynhallow is interrupted when a stranger named Victor Frankenstein moves into a vacant house there.

I ended up really liking it! The first half of the book was a bit slow but it really picked up in the second half. Truely very sad and horrifying and upsetting at points. But a very interesting addition to the Frankenstein mythology.

(Content warnings: spousal abuse, childbirth trauma, animal death, infant death, and a touch of cannibalism)

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With this being the last week before the readingoals readathon starts I figured it was a good time to put up my options for the poll pick promts.

Which Franken-book should I read?

Following Frankenstein by Catherine Bruton

Clairmont by Lesley McDowell

The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon

A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock

Chicano Frankenstein by Daniel A. Olivas

The Frankenstein Diaries by Hubert Venables

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White

Eynhallow by Tim McGregor

This Monstrous Thing by Marcus Sedgwick

Voting ended onApr 1, 2025

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Currently reading For the Record by Juliana Smith and this woman changes her eye color in a single page! What a silly thing to leave out while editing! I'll wait for another mention of her eyes to confirm the actual color lol 😂