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August 2020 Readathons

July 29, 2020 · Leave a Comment

It’s the end of summer and work is still work from home, so having some extra time to engage in hobbies means I am looking at doing some Readathons in August for fun. There are plenty of Readathons this month, but I only chose two:

Tome Topple

Tome Topple I chose because I received an ARC that is a whopping 600 pages and needs to be read by end of August – so why not participate in a readathon dedicated entirely to books over 500 pages? Motivation! This readathon spans August 8th until the 21st.

 

Prompts: The Book:
The tome you’ve most recently acquired:

Page count 600

The tome that has been on your TBR the longest:

Page count 576

(Bonus prompt if there is time)

 

 

Fates and Fortunes Readathon

Fates and Fortunes Readathon – Basically a super neat readathon based on the tarot. Each book chosen represents one card from the tarot deck. It has a Discord Server and spans August 1st to the 31st.

The Prompts:

Card Upright Meaning Reversed Meaning
The Fool beginnings, freedom, innocence, originality, adventure, idealism, spontaneity
The Magician willpower, desire, being resourceful, skill, ability, concentration, manifestation manipulation, cunning, trickery, wasted talent, illusion, deception
The High Priestess unconscious, intuition, mystery, spirituality, higher power, inner voice repressed intuition, hidden motives, superficiality, confusion, cognitive dissonance
The Empress divine feminine, sensuality, fertility, nurturing, creativity, beauty, abundance, nature insecurity, overbearing, negligence, smothering, lack of growth, lack of progress
The Emperor stability, structure, protection, authority, control, practicality, focus, discipline tyrant, domineering, rigid, stubborn, lack of discipline, recklessness
The Hierophant tradition, social groups, conventionality, conformity, education, knowledge, beliefs rebellion, unconventionality, non-conformity, new methods, ignorance
The Lovers love, unions, partnerships, relationships, choices, romance, balance, unity
The Chariot success, ambition, determination, willpower, control, self-discipline, focus forceful, no direction, no control, powerless, aggression, obstacles
Strength courage, bravery, confidence, compassion, self-confidence, inner power self-doubt, weakness, low confidence, inadequacy, cowardice, forcefulness
The Hermit self-reflection, introspection, contemplation, withdrawal, solitude, search for self loneliness, isolation, recluse, being anti-social, rejection, returning to society
Wheel of Fortune bad luck, lack of control, clinging to control, unwelcome change

 

Lets see how August goes! If I can read half of these, it’ll be a success!

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