Hey there, I'm Olivia-Savannah from
Olivia's Catastrophe. And today I'm here
to announce readathons that are
upcoming and I'm co-hosting.
So I wanted to just announce them here
and I'll tell you the prompts and what
they're all about. And then when the month comes closer
TBRs will be made and more events will
be announced. So let's get right into it.
And that is Gothtober. This is going to be
happening all through the month of
October 2020.
And I have two wonderful co-hosts who
are Hannah
from LadetteM and also Tish from Little
Wolf. This readathon is based on gothic
fiction and gothic works. However, you don't have to only read
gothic or dark books for this month. You can read anything that fits any of
these prompts and make it what you want
to make it.
But of course, it would be extra special
if you could read some gothic and dark
books. We do have a twitter page for Gothtober.
And I'll leave a link to that
down below as well. And as well as that
there's going to be events that are
running all throughout the month. Twitter
sprints, live shows and more that you can
join in with.
And that will be announced closer with a
schedule.
We've also got to have some templates
that you can use for twitter and
instagram for making your tbrs and other
things like that. So do look out
for a link down below where you can
access all of those goodies.
And now it's time for me to run you
through the Gothtober prompts. We've got
some staple prompts and then we've got
some themed prompts.
For our own voices reads you can read
an LGBT+ book or you can read a book
with disability rep or
you can read a book with a Black, Asian
or minority ethnic
representation in it. Those are our first
three own voices staple prompts. And then
we've got some theme prompts.
So for the theme prompts our first one
is lies: read a book with the words
liar, lies or lying in the title. Or you
can read a book with a main character
who tells lots of lies. The next one is
female protagonist.
Read a book with a narrative that is led
by a female character.
Then we've got the foreign country
prompt which is to read a book set in a
foreign country from the one you are
living or reading in.
Then we've got modern retelling which is
to read a retelling of a
classic gothic book or a book that has
been considered a gothic
modern. We've got bones which is a book
with bones on the front cover or in the
title. Oldest purchased book which is one of
the books that have been on your tbr for
the longest time.
Red is a book with red in the title or
red on the cover.
Undead character which is a book that
includes an undead character. You can do
what you want for this, kind of. Vampires, zombies, skeletons, frankensteins...
The options are endless for that one. Grey morality which is a book with a
morally grey main character or just a
morally grey character in there.
Or even if it's got themes that are
morally grey then. We've got dark
academia which is a book set in
university or college with
dark themes or vintage aesthetic. And
last but not least we have our bonus
prompt which is vampire. And that is to
watch a film
or a tv series that has vampires in it. If you're going for a tv series one
episode is enough. You don't need to
watch the whole thing. So
there you have it those are the prompts
for the Gthtober readathon which is
again, another one I'm looking forward to
because I love
all the darkness in what I'm reading. And
I do love me some good
gothic fiction. So that is all I have for
you today. I do hope that you'll be
joining
me and my lovely co-hosts. We've really put
together a lot of things so I hope it's
going to be a lot of fun for you.
Please let me know in the comment
section down below: are you joining in
and let me know if you enjoy reading
gothic fiction. Thank you so much for
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Excelsior!
