Do you want to chat about books with Athena? Would your TBR pile make even Hercules’ muscles ache? Do you have a competitive streak to make Achilles wince?
Why not join #mythothon, a month-long readathon inspired by Greek mythology!
When?
Sign-ups are open from now until November and will remain open throughout the readathon (latecomers are welcome!).
The readathon itself will run from 1st to the 30th November in your own timezone.
Please feel free to post Twitter updates, reading sprints, Instagram photos or just generally share how you’re getting on with the readathon using the hashtag #mythothon
Sign-ups.
Create a full or partial TBR on any platform that suits you — YouTube, Twitter, blog post, Goodreads etc. — and use the link-up at the bottom of this page to join up. I’d really appreciate if you could also provide a link back to this information page in your post. You can share your link for everyone to check out at the bottom of this post.
Rules.
If it can be added on Goodreads, it counts — novellas, graphic novels, audiobooks etc. are all fair game.
Each book only counts for one square — so choose wisely.
Prizes
True Hero.
At the end of the month, on 1 December, I’ll put up a post for you to link up your wrap-ups (again, can be on your blog, Twitter, whatever) and select one winner via a random number generator. This will be open for one week.
Legendary.
For any overachievers who manage to fill their board, I’ll have a rafflecopter in the same post for an extra chance to win.
Each winner will be able to select a book of their choice from either Book Depository or Wordery. Winners will be announced on my Twitter account on December 8.
Chat
I’m also thinking of running a Twitter chat on the last Saturday of the month so that we can share our blogs, what we’ve been reading and fangirl over our favourite myths etc. (and probably add a lot of books to our TBRS!) If I do, it’d probably run at around 8:30pm GMT. If you’d be interested in this, please let me know.
Prompts.
The board above shows you how the prompts are laid out. It’s entirely up to you how you decide to tackle them. I have another version of the board with text only for reading clarity and easier printing available here, a version with just the symbols which you can fill with titles here, and a downloadable Word Doc checklist MYTHOTHON PROMPTS, for those who’d prefer to work in a more linear fashion.
To be clear, the books you choose DO NOT need to be mythology related to count, they just need to fit the prompt. For anyone who really wants to max their #mythothon game and work more retellings and mythology-inspired books into their TBR, I’ll have a list of suggestions for you on Friday.
Zeus. King of the Gods. God of the Sky. Read a book at least 400 pages long.
Hera. Queen of the Gods. Goddess of Marriage, Mothers and Families. Read a book about royalty.
Hebe. Goddess of Eternal Youth. Read a Middle Grade or Young Adult book.
Poseidon. God of the Sea. Read a book which features the sea – mermaids, pirates, surfers etc.
Hermes. God of Travellers and Thieves. Read a book set in a country not your own.
Aphrodite. Goddess of Love and Beauty. Read a book with a beautiful cover.
The Hydra. Multiheaded Serpent. Read a book with more than one POV.
Iris. Goddess of the Rainbow. Read a book with your favourite colour on the cover or in the title.
Ancient Greece. Read a book set in the past.
Hestia. Goddess of the Hearth. Read the first book in a series.
Dionysus. God of Wine. Celebrate this year by reading a 2018 release.
Achilles and Patroclus. Read a book with an LGBT+ protagonist.
Free Choice.
Homer. Read a retelling (of a myth, fairy tale, classic novel etc.)
Hephaestus. God of Fire and Smiths. Read a book with a disabled character.
Ares. God of War. Read a book with a compelling antagonist or a written from the villain’s POV.
Echidna. Mother of Monsters. Read a book about monsters – dragons, zombies, serial killers etc.
Herakles. Read a popular book (define ‘popular’ as you wish).
Gaia. Primordial Earth Goddess. Read a book which was published at least 5 years ago.
Artemis. Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt. Read a book with an animal on the cover or in the title.
Athena. Goddess of Wisdom, Strategy and Crafts. Read a book that’s not the first in the series.
Persephone. Goddess of the Underworld and Springtime. Read a book which is less than 200 pages.
Apollo. God of Prophesy, Plague and Poetry. Read a collection of poetry or short stories.
Hades. God of the Underworld and Riches. Read a book which you got for free (library, from a friend, ARC, Kindle offer etc.)
Demeter. Goddess of Agriculture. Read a book with a nature word in the title – e.g. leaf, wind, flower etc.
If you have any other questions, please comment or contact me via twitter π
Link-up for TBRs.
This looks so fun! I’m planning to do NaNoWriMo in November, but I might try and take part in this, too.
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I’m planning on doing NaNo too. Doh! π± I guess I’m going have a really busy month! I hope you can take part! β€
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Wow this looks exciting… Iβm not sure I can read so many but Iβm gonna try πππ
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Glad to have you! You’d only need 5 to get a bingo, and you only need to read one book to qualify for the prize draw π Hopefully that keeps it manageable for everyone.
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Haha I know… itβs just fun to aim for everything though ππππ
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I love people who are ambitious! π€© I always have a massive TBR even if I’m 120% sure I’ll never get to it all. I’m super excited to see what you end up reading!
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I never even make a TBR post coz Iβll become too anxious if I donβt finish them all… but readathons are fun and I love the sense of satisfaction when I finish the challenges… πππ Iβm gonna have to think hard about this one but thankfully, I have time ππ
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Omg!! I was about to comment that I love mythology-related books but I’ve already read all I own (except for Outrun the Wind!), then I got to the part where you say that they don’t need to be mythology-related, just fit the prompt. In this case, I’m definitely signing up and this is the best bingo ever. I love the little icons, and how you included a lot of gods/figures π Seriously I love Greek myths.
I’m really excited to see your mythology/retelling recs!
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That’s so great Alexa! So pleased to have you on board! π
I wanted to keep it fairly open, because although I absolutely love mythology books, like you I’ve read a lot of the ones that interest me (and even if it hadn’t, 25 books all that similar would probably destroy me over the month).
Hopefully, when my list goes up, you’ll be able to catch anything I’ve missed! β€
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Yeah, reading too many mythology books a month would be difficult. But I still have Outrun the Wind to look forward to! π
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I can’t wait to see what you think of it! I think my review is scheduled pretty soon.
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Uhh I don’t think the link-up link works? π¦ Or I can’t find where to click
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Thanks for letting me know! I think it should be working now?
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I, Spy — a link in the linky!
Also, I had to trim the edges of the text graphic as it was showing the resize icons? Otherwise, stay tuned… by Sunday, my page will be completely outfitted as I go ‘hunting!’ for stories of the mythological! I’m definitely doing this as a Mythos challenge as I seriously do NOT read enough of that kind of story! Top cheers! Thanks for hosting & inviting me !! I hope this becomes annual!?
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Yay! Wonderful to have you onboard. I can’t wait to see how your page develops over the next couple of weeks. I think I’m going to do a bit of a mixture, I definitely have a lot of Mythology books on my TBR, but I’ll probably put in some other things just to break it up.
I think it would be really cool if this could be an annual thing, it might just depend on how much interest we get. It might be interesting to look at different types of Mythology, maybe doing Norse or Celtic next year?
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This is such a fun and original readathon, I love it!
Also, I love that you created so many different ways of keeping track and creating our TBR. I am printing the Word file right now, thank you!!
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You’re so welcome! I just really wanted to make sure that no one felt left out, and that we could all keep track, or participate, in whichever way works best for us as individuals. π The last thing I want is a stressful readathon for anyone.
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OH MY GOD I AM SO PUMPED UP FOR THIS!!
I’ll sign up soon! π
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Yay! I’m so glad that your excited for it. I can’t wait to see what you come up with for your TBR! β€
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So I’m probably going to post my TBR sometime this week on my blog. I just need to link it back to this post to sign up right?
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All you have to do to sign up is stick your TBR link in the widget that opens when you click the green Mister Linky at the bottom of this post. π if you’d like to link back to this post in your TBR, so that other people can find it, I’d really appreciate it, but it’s entirely up to you. β€β€
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My TBR is up! I linked it back to this post and signed up through Mister Linky π
Can’t wait to start!
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Wonderful! So glad to have you joining us!
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Hi, I downloaded the word doc and found the challenge for Hades was different, I was just wondering which one was the right one. Thanks
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Thanks for catching that! I’ve updated it and it should now be fixed. We decided the original prompt was a little too similar to the Ares one. The correct prompt for Hades is Read a book which you got for free (library, from a friend, ARC, Kindle offer etc.). Thanks! π
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Oh, this is so cool! I’ve never wanted tried to do a readathon before but I think I might go for this one!
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I’d absolutely love if you took part!
I’ve tried to make it pretty flexible so if you’re unsure you could always start with a lower target and see how you get on. π
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Gah! So so so EXCITED for this one!
I’ll get me TBR up asap!
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YAY! I’m so happy to have you! I can’t wait to see what you end up reading π
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This is an amwesome readathon! Its also the perfect readathon to try and knock of a lot of my physical tbr by the end of the year π
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I’m so happy to have you joining us. β€
That was sort of my logic too. One last big push before we all get sucked into winter reading and holiday preparations. π
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Yes! Itβs perfect π
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What a cool idea for a readathon! I hope you have funπ
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Thanks! π€
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Okki done linking my tbr ^^
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Yay! Looking forward to seeing your picks π
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Wooo! I added my TBR link. This is my favorite readathon I am also doing atozreadthon trying to thin out my TBR lol.
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Brilliant! I’m really glad to have you join us! My TBR has gotten completely out of control too. I always get more read during a readathon though, so hopefully we’ll both manage to trim them down this month.π
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This sounds like so much fun! I’m in! π
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Wonderful! β€ Looking forward to seeing your TBR picks!
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All ready! Have some ideas about what to read. So excited!!
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Great! π Can’t wait to see what you pick!
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Im going to use this as my first Read-A-Thon!!!!
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Yay! I’m so pleased you’ve picked this as your first one!! π I’m a total readathon addict π I hope you enjoy yourself β€
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All linked up. I’m excited to get started π
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I just found this and I’m definitely joining in! Sounds so fun, I’m a sucker for bingo boards as well π
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Awesome! Happy to have you taking part. β€ I can’t wait to see your TBR!
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I just posted my TBR and linked it up! I’m so excited for this Read-A-Thon!!
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Wonderful! I hope you’re going to have a great month! β€
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Thank you! Have a great month too π
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Heres my Mythothon TBR If anyone wants to check it out
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Awesome! I’ve added it to my list to watch after work but I love the thumbnail already! Mind if I share a link on Twitter?
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I am sooo excited! I’ll be joining in on Twitter and making reading vlogs for my Youtube. I’ll use the hashtag on twitter to keep up with my updates and can’t wait to begin reading tomorrow ^.^
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I can’t wait to see your vlogs! That’s so exciting! β€β€β€
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Definitely doing this! I’ve added my link, and almost my whole tbr (still need to put a couple books in there)
Because of nanowrimo and exam week I don’t know if I’ll be able to read much, but I will try β€
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I know it’s a busy month for a lot of us but I’m thrilled to have you taking part — no matter how much, or how little, you manage to read! πβ€
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I’ve linked up with the Twitter thread that I plan to use to update my progress. It’s late and I need to sleep so my TBR isn’t up just yet (I also struggled to get good photos) but it will be up tomorrow!!
I am mightily intimidated by the list of books I’ve worked out. Let’s see how this goes!
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Ooh, I love this theme! I am so excited to participate in it!
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Yay!!
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I decided to join last minute! But I have absolutely no idea which of the 25 books Iβve chosen will end up being read. I want to read them all but for obvious reasons thatβs not going to happen! π But Iβm so excited for this!!! π
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Don’t worry about that at all! I’m exactly the same. I came up with my 25 book TBR last week, and today I changed the very first book I was choosing. ππ
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I will have my tbr up tomorrow I just saw this so my tbr will be a little late as i get together the books that I want to read
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No problem, latecomers are totally welcome! β€β€
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thanks so much, my tbr is up on my channel now, i used the # so hoping that you can find it if you haven’t already
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Thanks! I’ll go check it out!
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thanks
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https://lilkadykitty.wordpress.com/2018/11/01/november-tbr-mythothon/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Is my tbr for this.
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I’m having a little struggle with blogging at the moment, but I will talk about my participation on Twitter (@DailyProphecy) and Instagram (Mel_1704) π
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I’m super happy to have you taking part! Whichever type of reading or blogging you’re comfortable with is perfect!
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I am a bit late, but this seems so fun and I cannot resist!!!! I’m joining in *_*
I would post my partial TBR tomorrow and I would be back with the link! Thank you β€
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No problem at all! Latecomers are welcome!
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This is so awesome. I’ve been so preoccupied with SciFi Month that I neglected to sign up for this, but I still might. I love the categories! Even if I don’t sign up I’ll definitely follow as many posts as I can.
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You know that I’d love to have you onboard! And there’s still plenty of time to join in π but yeah, it seems like everything is happening this month all at once. π
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Thank you for creating such an amazing readathon. I love Greek Mythology! I won’t be reading the twenty-five books (I never read more than eight/nine books in a month), but I’m hoping to read all the prompts I picked books for.
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That’s totally understandable! I don’t imagine many of us will hit 25, and I wanted everyone to be able to take part. Best of luck with your reading!
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So excited! Just linked my TBR π 2 books down – hopefully 23 to go! Thanks for creating this readathon!
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Awesome! You’re totally welcome! β€ I hope you’re enjoying your reading.
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hello! I just wanted to ask if you have the board symbols with colors in it? I was actually thinking of printing the exact same board with colors so as I read them I could stick one to motivate me even more!
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I didn’t make a colour version unfortunately. π If you want to, you’re totally welcome to play around with it and edit it into something that works for you though.
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Ahoooot itβs halfway through the month but I might as well join. I was looking forward to this one!! Check out my mythothon-tbr books on my goodreads
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/44787897?shelf=mythothon-tbr&sort=date_added&order=d
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Glad to have you! There’s still a fair bit of time to get some reading done π We’re having a Twitter chat tommorrow night (Sat 24, 6pm GMT) for sharing recs etc if you’re interested!
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Iβll be at work π¦ but I would love to be a part of it for the recs! Also most of the books I have already read this month need the challenges! So Iβm doing pretty well.
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That’s too bad! But I’ll be tagging all the question tweets with the hashtag #mythothon, so you can always join in later and add your thoughts! π
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