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message 1: by Emily (last edited Jan 26, 2016 09:57AM) (new)

Emily Shaw (emilyshaw16) | 313 comments Hello everyone! There's another read-a-thon happening this February: the rainbow-a-thon!

This was created by Riley Marie and several other girls on YouTube. Her video is linked below :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En2TC...

*INFORMATION*
Dates: February 7-14
Twitter: #Rainbowathon

*RULES*
-Chose 6 books that represent the color of the rainbow
*You can double up on up to two books that have two different colors on the spine, so have a total stack of 4 books
OR
- Choose 4 - 6 books that represents one color from the rainbow. (example - all blue books)

If you have any additional questions, please let me know!

If you are participating in this read-a-thon, please post your TBR down below! :)


message 2: by [deleted user] (new)

Does the entire cover need to one solid color or can it have part of the color on?


message 3: by Emily (new)

Emily Shaw (emilyshaw16) | 313 comments it can just have part of the color!


message 4: by [deleted user] (last edited Feb 14, 2016 05:58AM) (new)

Great! Then I'm in and I am going to do the color red
1. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4) by Rick Riordan (Read)
2. The Book of Secrets by Elizabeth Joy Arnold
3. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer
4. City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #5) by Cassandra Clare
5. Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young
6. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Read)


message 5: by Emily (new)

Emily Shaw (emilyshaw16) | 313 comments Janessa wrote: "Great! Then I'm in and I am going to do the color red
1. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4) by Rick Riordan
2. The Book of Secrets by Elizabeth Joy Arnold
3. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer
4. [bookcover:Cit..."


Awesome! Good luck! Your TBR looks great! I just recently read Hotel Ruby and really enjoyed it, though I know it's been getting mixed reviews. Excited to see what you think!


message 6: by Emily (new)

Emily Shaw (emilyshaw16) | 313 comments less than a week until the read-a-thon begins!


message 7: by [deleted user] (new)

I can't wait! It's interesting that I chose the color red, because it is a color I hate! But I have more books with that color in it to read, so that's why I chose it. Plus since the Read-A-Thon ends on Valentine's Day, red does make sense.


These Violent Delights (Robin) | 1236 comments Mod
I'm thinking about participating in this Read-A-Thon.. Not sure if I'll have time though.


message 9: by [deleted user] (new)

Robin wrote: "I'm thinking about participating in this Read-A-Thon.. Not sure if I'll have time though."

It would be fun if you could join us Robin, then we could cheer each other on! But if you can't I understand life gets in the way of reading sometimes.


message 10: by Simply Nice (last edited Feb 01, 2016 09:54PM) (new)

Simply Nice (snreads) | 14 comments Read-a-thon

1. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
3. Ruby Red (Precious Stone Trilogy, #1) by Kerstin Gier
4. Sapphire Blue (Precious Stone Trilogy, #2) by Kerstin Gier
5. Emerald Green (The Ruby Red Trilogy, #3) by Kerstin Gier
6. Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen


message 11: by Emily (new)

Emily Shaw (emilyshaw16) | 313 comments Ranya wrote: "Read-a-thon

1. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
3. Ruby Red (Precious Stone Trilogy, #1) by Kerstin Gier
4. Sapphire Blue (Precious Stone Trilogy, #2) by Kerstin Gier
5. Emerald Green (The Ruby Red Trilogy, #3) by Kerstin Gier
6. [..."


Awesome TBR Ranya! Good luck :)


message 12: by [deleted user] (new)

Ranya wrote: "Read-a-thon

1. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
3. Ruby Red (Precious Stone Trilogy, #1) by Kerstin Gier
4. Sapphire Blue (Precious Stone Trilogy, #2) by Kerstin Gier
5. Emerald Green (The Ruby Red Trilogy, #3) by Kerstin Gier
6. [..."

Cool, so it looks like you're doing the entire rainbow and the word rainbow is on one of your books. You'll have to tell me what you think of The Alchemist. I read it back in high school and at the time didn't appreciate, then I read it again now that I'm older and I understood the message of the story.


message 13: by Erin Lynn (new)

Erin Lynn | 2727 comments Mod
I might try. It'll give me some more fun stuff to do around here and on my book blog!


These Violent Delights (Robin) | 1236 comments Mod
Janessa wrote: "Robin wrote: "I'm thinking about participating in this Read-A-Thon.. Not sure if I'll have time though."

It would be fun if you could join us Robin, then we could cheer each other on! But if you c..."


Haha, thank you! I've already chosen my TBR for this Read-A-Thon.. so I'll probably attempt this one.


message 15: by Erin Lynn (new)

Erin Lynn | 2727 comments Mod
Possible TBR:

Red: The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
Orange: Rooms by Lauren Oliver
Yellow: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Green: We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
Blue: The Conspiracy of Us (The Conspiracy of Us, #1) by Maggie Hall
Violet: Alienated (Alienated, #1) by Melissa Landers


message 16: by Simply Nice (new)

Simply Nice (snreads) | 14 comments Janessa wrote: "Ranya wrote: "Read-a-thon

1. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
3. Ruby Red (Precious Stone Trilogy, #1) by Kerstin Gier
4. Sapphire Blue (Precious Stone Trilogy, #2) by Kerstin Gier
5. [bookcover:Emerald Green|..."


I didn't even notice the word Rainbow on one of the books XD ... and thank you btw. I will definitely let you know my opinion regarding The Alchemist. :)


message 17: by Simply Nice (new)

Simply Nice (snreads) | 14 comments Emily wrote: "Ranya wrote: "Read-a-thon

1. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
3. Ruby Red (Precious Stone Trilogy, #1) by Kerstin Gier
4. Sapphire Blue (Precious Stone Trilogy, #2) by Kerstin Gier
5. [bookcover:Emerald Green|..."



Thank you very much Emily ^.^


message 18: by Emily (last edited Feb 04, 2016 09:24AM) (new)

Emily Shaw (emilyshaw16) | 313 comments My current TBR: (however, I'll probably start some of these this weekend since they're due back at the library next week...oops) and I have 0 green books with me right now so woo!

Red: Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
Orange: The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1) by Alexandra Bracken
Yellow: It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
Green/Blue: Passenger (Passenger, #1) by Alexandra Bracken
Purple: All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder


message 19: by [deleted user] (new)

Erin Lynn wrote: "Possible TBR:

Red: The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
Orange: Rooms by Lauren Oliver
Yellow: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Green: We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
Blue..."


Erin Lynn is the book you're reading for orange Rooms did they make a movie out of it and isn't it nominated for an Oscar this year?


message 20: by Emily (new)

Emily Shaw (emilyshaw16) | 313 comments Janessa wrote: "Erin Lynn wrote: "Possible TBR:

Red: The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
Orange: Rooms by Lauren Oliver
Yellow: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Green: [bookcover:We Are the A..."


No, that's Room by Emma Donahue! :)


message 21: by Emily (new)

Emily Shaw (emilyshaw16) | 313 comments THE READATHON BEGAN TODAY! Post your updates :)


message 22: by Simply Nice (new)

Simply Nice (snreads) | 14 comments I am so behind with this challenge. Just started reading for this challenge


message 23: by Erin Lynn (new)

Erin Lynn | 2727 comments Mod
I'm halfway through Joyride by Anna Banks . I think I'm going to use it for blue.


message 24: by [deleted user] (new)

I have a study break in between my two classes today, so instead of studying, which I will do this weekend as I don't go back to school until Monday. I will read some of my books for this during my break. Three are on my Nook, which I'll take with me and then the other three are regular books, but I'm just going to take one of them.


message 25: by Emily (new)

Emily Shaw (emilyshaw16) | 313 comments I've finished Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
I'm 100 pages into Passenger (Passenger, #1) by Alexandra Bracken
and halfway through It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini


message 26: by Nicole (new)

Nicole | 71 comments Finished: Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2) by Sarah J. Maas The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

Currently Reading: Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3) by Sarah J. Maas - 40%

Need to Read: Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas The F- It List by Julie Halpern Underwater by Marisa Reichardt


message 27: by Emily (new)

Emily Shaw (emilyshaw16) | 313 comments Good job to everyone so far on this read-a-thon! It's about halfway over! Feel free to post your status updates here!


message 28: by Emily (new)

Emily Shaw (emilyshaw16) | 313 comments I also started All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder yesterday and am already halfway done!

I'm proud of myself, since I'll probably finish at least 4 of the books on my TBR. I don't think I'll be getting to The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1) by Alexandra Bracken since it's like 500 pages long and I'm returning it to the library on Friday...(accidentally racked up like $3 in fines oops!)


message 29: by [deleted user] (new)

I finished reading The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4) by Rick Riordan . Now I am going to finish The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern


message 30: by Nicole (new)

Nicole | 71 comments Finished: Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2) by Sarah J. Maas The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3) by Sarah J. Maas

Currently Reading: The F- It List by Julie Halpern - 27% & hoping to finish this today

Need to Read: Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas Underwater by Marisa Reichardt


message 31: by [deleted user] (new)

I've been reading in Hotel Ruby, The Book Of Secrets, and The Night Circus. I'm enjoy all of them so far. Hopefully finish two of them tonight.


message 32: by [deleted user] (new)

I finished reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern this morning. Such a magical book:)


message 33: by Emily (new)

Emily Shaw (emilyshaw16) | 313 comments This read-a-thon is officially over! Feel free to leave your wrap-up down below :) great job everyone!


message 34: by Emily (new)

Emily Shaw (emilyshaw16) | 313 comments I read 3/5 books on my TBR. I finished Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

Overall, I wasn't really impressed with any of these books, but it was still a fun week!


message 35: by Nicole (new)

Nicole | 71 comments I read 4 books, and got part way through the 5th, so not bad.

Finished: Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2) by Sarah J. Maas The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3) by Sarah J. Maas The F- It List by Julie Halpern

Currently Reading: Underwater by Marisa Reichardt - 13%

Didn't Read: Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas


message 36: by [deleted user] (new)

I only manage to finish two books on my list. I think next time I'll do a smaller number of books. Still fun though:)


message 37: by Simply Nice (new)

Simply Nice (snreads) | 14 comments READ:
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Ruby Red (Precious Stone Trilogy, #1) by Kerstin Gier
Sapphire Blue (Precious Stone Trilogy, #2) by Kerstin Gier
Emerald Green (The Ruby Red Trilogy, #3) by Kerstin Gier

DIDN'T READ:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen


message 38: by [deleted user] (new)

I read:
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4) by Rick Riordan
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Didn't read:
The Book of Secrets by Elizabeth Joy Arnold
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer

I did however finish tonight
Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young


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