Amelia’s Comments (group member since Sep 29, 2018)

Amelia’s comments from the 2019 Reading Challenge group.

Katie wrote: "Hi! I'm Katie and I'm excited to do this. I think I'll get pretty close. On average I read about 5 books a week but I just had a baby 10 weeks ago so we'll see!! Question. Does it matter what book ..."
Welcome Katie! And congrats on your little one. In response to your question, no. It doesn't matter what kind of books you read for the challenge. They can be poetry, picture books (children's), graphic novels. Don't forget that audio books count too!

Happy reading,
Amelia

Happy new year everyone!

As this new year starts (in a couple hours for me), so does our first readathon of the year. It starts at midnight and ends in a full 24 hours, in which you just have to read as much as possible. This thread will be the main hub for this one, and I will create other topics in further months.

What is your goal for this readathon? Are you going to try and read for the full 24 hours?

I want to read the book of the month for January, (Stuff I’ve Been Feeling Lately by Alicia Cook). I also want to read Vicious by V. E. Schwab and Vengeful by her as well. I might also throw in another novel if I have the time.

I hope everyone participates and posts (even just once) throughout the day.

LET THE CHALLENGE COMMENCE!!

Happy reading,
Amelia

After reading through the comments from the past couple weeks, it has come to my attention that a lot of people are confused about how to read all 300 books in one year. So, without further ado, Amelia’s foolproof plan on how to complete this challenge!!...

We start with the grand total of 300 books. Now, we could divide that by 365 and learn that we would have to read about 0.8 of a book every day for the whole year... but that’s a lot to take in. And life gets in the way so we’d have to calculate this and that and pretty soon it’s just too much.

So let’s start over.

We start with the grand total of 300 books a year. If we divide that by 12, we now know we need to read exactly 25 books a months. Okay. That seems a little more doable than all that previous craziness about .8 and all that Jazz.

Okay, 25 books a month. February might be a little awkward because it’s slacking in the days category but we can make it work. Now, each month has a 24 hour readathon (which is the key to success). I can normally read anywhere from 3-5 average sized books in this time period. But remember, even 20 page children’s books count toward this challenge so anyone could read upwards of 10 books in one day. Which brings our monthly total down to 15-20 books.

Now, you only have to read anywhere from 0.3 to 0.6 of a book a day, which is right around half a book. An average novel is about 400 pages, so half is 200. It would take the average person about an hour and a half to read this much.

So my recommendation? Take about two hours before bed to read if you have no time throughout your day. Just think, you’d probably just spend that time browsing social media anyways.

Happy reading,
Amelia

I will be making topic/folders for each readathon and for each book of the month so it doesn’t get too crowded on this post. They’ll normally open up the day before the readathon starts and I’ll update them frequently.

Happy reading,

Amelia

I’m so glad that you guys have decided to join the group!! It’s so much bigger than last year‘s group. I only had 10 people last year, now I have 160. To answer your question, graphic novels do count in the challenge. I will try and figure out why the link isn’t working as fast as I can and I’ll let you guys know when I fix it.

Happy readings,
Amelia

Hey guys,

Every month, a chosen book will be the book of the month. At the end of each month, I will open discussion boards about the books so feel free to read them and join in. Here is the list of books for each month:

January - Stuff I’ve Been Feeling Lately by Alicia Cook
February - Night Owls by Jenn Bennett
March - Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
April - Save The Date by Morgan Matson
May - The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O’Neil
June - What I Lost by Alexandra Ballard
July - Black beauty by Anna Sewell
August - Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (I suggest reading the trilogy but we will only discuss book one)
September - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
October - Vicious by V.E. Schwab
November - One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
December - Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle

Thank you and happy reading!

Hey guys,

Here’s a list of the readathon dates for each month. Each one will be hosted from midnight to midnight (your time zone), and the goal is to read as much as possible in the 24 hour period. They are mostly hosted on the first Saturday of each month, excluding the kickoff in January, and the May readathon because the first Saturday is my birthday, so it is the following week.Here are the dates:

January 1, 2019 - 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. (kickoff readathon on New Years)
February 2, 2019 - 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
March 2, 2019 - 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
April 6, 2019 - 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
May 11, 2019 - 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
June 1, 2019 - 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
July 6, 2019 - 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
August 3, 2019 - 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
September 7, 2019 - 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
October 5, 2019 - 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
November 2, 2019 - 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
December 7, 2019 - 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.

Thank you and happy reading!

Welcome to the 2019 reading challenge!

I’m so excited that you guys chose to join me for this amazing journey for 2019. This year I have challenged all of you (and myself) to read 300 books throughout the entire year. In the group description, I linked a few documents that I put together to help keep track of your progress. Feel free to print them out or use your own organization systems. Throughout the year, I will host monthly 24 hour readathons and have a book of the month every month that you can feel free to read and join in discussions the last week. I will post complete list of both the readathon dates and the books for each month so you can prepare ahead of time. I will post at least weekly throughout the whole year.

Anyways, more about me… My name is Amelia and I (obviously) love reading. I also love drawing and playing volleyball when I’m not at school. I love country music, although I listen to all genres of music. My favorite book genre is YA fiction/ contemporaries and my favorite book of all time is Vicious by V.E. Schwab. I love baking and drinking hot tea. And, most importantly, Iwill be your host for this challenge!

Introduce yourselves and maybe give me a goal of yours for this year (it can be more or less than 300). What is your favorite book? Also, feel free to ask any question about me or the challenge that you have.

Thank you and happy reading!