Preamble
What CW has put together for this readathon has absolutely blown me away. I’ve never seen anything like it. I couldn’t help but sign up! I especially love the focus on co-operative reading and community. I think participating in the Pondathon will be a great way to make new friends and immerse myself in the book blogging community. This sign-up post (a template provided by CW) explains what the Pondathon is and how to participate. It also introduces my Pond character, Kyrian, and my readathon TBR.
What is the Pondathon?
The Pondathon is a co-operative and story-driven readathon hosted and run by CW from The Quiet Pond. The aim of the Pondathon is to read books and collect points to protect the friends over at The Quiet Pond from the encroaching malevolent forces that threaten our friends in the forest.
Have fun participating in the Pondathon readathon by joining one of five teams, each with a unique way to collect points and signing up! You can also follow the story of the Pondathon as it unfolds, and participants can also complete ‘side quests’ during the readathon to collect extra points. The readathon takes place from January 24th 2020 to March 7th 2020. More information about the readathon can be found here.
Information about Joining the Pondathon
- To join the Pondathon, simply sign up anytime between January 18th 2020 to March 5th 2020.
- Choose a team, create your own animal character for the Pondathon and create a character card!
- Create a blog post, bookstagram post, booktube video, Twitter thread, or whatever medium you wish, with ‘#Pondathon’ in the title or your tweet. Share the character you have created and your character card!
- Link back to this post so that others can find this readathon and join in.
Share your updates on your blog/bookstagram/booktube and social media. You are more than welcome to tag @thequietpond or @artfromafriend on Twitter or Instagram in all your updates! We’d love to see all of the beautiful and awesome characters that you create!
My Pond Character
My Pond Character is called Kyrian. Kyrian spends most of their days in the Pond quietly reading. But with the approaching threat, they’ve dug up their bow and arrows, ready to help protect home and friends. Kyrian has joined Xiaolong’s team for the first part of the Pondathon. Xiaolong’s team is all about reading. Here’s how we’ll earn points:
- Progression: No tricks or gimmicks! Join Team Xiaolong and gain points by reading – it’s as simple as that! For every 10 pages/15 minutes (of the total time on the audiobook) that you read, you gain 1 point.
- Xiaolong team bonus: For every book you finish, Xiaolong’s team fights with more spirit and hope. Give yourself an extra 15 points!
My Pondathon TBR
For the first part of the Pondathon, I’m focused on reading for the Cybils awards. These are some books I’ve put on suspended hold for when I’m done that.
Silence: In the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge
I picked up this book while bookstore browsing over the holidays. I love the cover, and I’m curious about Kagge’s approach to the topic.
Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-Earth by Ian Nathan
After rewatching all the extended editions of The Lord of the Rings movies in theatres over Christmas, I’m feeling in the mood to read this.
Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis
A relatively new #ownvoices middle grade release, I’m waiting for it to be processed at my library.
What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund
This one cropped up while I was reviewing my Goodreads TBR. Apparently, it’s quite a visual book.
The Reader by Traci Chee
Book one in the Sea of Ink and Gold trilogy, I’m participating in another readathon to read all three books.
Have you joined the Pondathon? You can sign-up anytime while the event is on.
Pondathon sounds like a fun event! Hope you have fun taking part in it. I’ll be looking forward to your posts on your progress.
Thank-you! I don’t know if I’ll post updates here, might just do that on Twitter 😅 (Are you on Twitter? I can’t remember)
aw Kyrian is absolutely adorable! I hope you get through tons of great books – I really liked What We See When We Read (and it is indeed very visual), and The Reader has been on my TBR for a while.
Thank-you! I spent a bit too much time getting Kyrian’s design just so, haha. Good to know you enjoyed What We See… – I haven’t actually heard much about but I liked the premise.
This is so cute! It sounds like such a fun thing to participate in
I have been pretty distracted by job interviews but I am looking forward to participating more in a couple weeks!
Best of luck with your interviews!!
I’ve heard of The Reader & have been interested in reading it for a while! Hope you enjoy it 😊
Thank-you! I am running behind on that one (should have finished it in January…), but I did read the first few chapters and I’m looking forward to the rest.
I’ve been behind on blogging and missed sign-ups for this by enough that I might wait and hope there’s another round. It sounds like a really fun set-up for a read-a-thon!
Yes, it’s really incredible the work CW has put into it!
OH MY GOD Kyrian is so cute!!!
Thank-you! ^^ (I spent a lot of time on fiddling with their design :P)
I’ve been enjoying the readathon for sure. Kyrian is super cute!