HOW TO READ-A-THON [Tips & Tricks] 

"Sorry girls I can't go out tonight I need to read."

Read-A-Thon: the perfect excuse to be antisocial!

Your lipstick matches your hair!! :D I LOVE IT

Is it weird that I love the fact that your lipstick matches your hair color right now? Also, I was thinking of joining the Bout of Books read-a-thon, but I have to get things ready for the semester (since I start on the 25th). Maybe next time...but great tips!

I don't know if you ever look back on your older videos, but I just wanted to say thank you SO much for the tips! I've watched so many of your videos this past week and they were really helpful and upbeat, made me instantly want to read! I have CRPS (an "illness" that makes me in extreme pain 24/7), and therefore I'm exhausted and don't feel well all the time which has made my reading in the past 7 years pretty limited. I listen to audiobooks, but reading 5-10 minutes is an accomplishment for me, unable to focus. This past week I've read 150ish pages, and I'm doing my first read-a-thon tomorrow! I'm so proud of myself and wanted to thank you for bringing that spark back with reading and giving me the tips to help me thru it. Love your videos and you seem so sweet, keep staying awesome. x

have you ever read to the point where lines start to entwine and your eyes just fail you..

Using this for the Bout of Books 11.0 Read-a-thon. My TBR pile is filled with a few big books, gonna change them for a few small ones. Ps, Your makeup is fabulous.

These are great tips. It's hard for me to keep in mind that I work full-time and have other commitments so when others are reading six or seven books to my two or three it's not a failure. Excellent video!

I have never done a read-a-thon but since I got 17 books for Christmas plus my backlog of two extra books... Maybe I should start.

I would also recommend putting a collection of short stories in your TBR. That way, if you get tired of uninterested in the book you are currently reading, you can pick up a nice short story to zip through. You won't have to worry as much about keeping track of plotlines and such, because there's generally not too much going on in a short story. It works really well for me.

I can honestly recommend using Audio-books when in a reading slump. I've found a couple on this site that has helped me after reading a book I didn't like and it has honestly worked wonders. :)

Awesome! Thank you for the tips! 😁✨❤️ I can't wait doing my first read-a-thon!

My tip: don't get strep throat in the middle of a readathon, never ends well. #booktubeathon2014fail

Thank you for this! This upcoming week is my first read-a-thon so this was perfect timing

Really useful tips! I always struggle during readathons. I always overestimate myself and fail in the process. And then I end up in a reading slump!

Thanks for these helpful tips! They come in really handy when I'm about to start with my first read-a-thon ever!

Those were great tips and actually apply to intensive study for exams or what I'm doing right now which is the final push to finish writing the last chapter of my book.

I'm starting my first read-a-thon (Bouts of Books)! Thanks for the great tips! :D

I'm about to do my first BookTubeAthon and this helps me so much! Thank you so much :D

Love this, I am having one this weekend. I actually haven't had a legit read-a-thon since elementary school so I am excited.

GOD! She's beautiful

I get really nervous when I speak in front of a lot of people and I sometimes stutter my words so this really helps me. ❤

This is just what I needed! :D I really want to participate in some read-a-thons but I can never seem to keep up with when they start etc. I'm also going to try to go somewhere different to read because I can't seem to concentrate recently on reading so I'm going to take your advice ^_^ P.S. I absolutely love your hair! :D

I don't plan my readathons, but I read considerably more during winter than summer. Those cold, windy days when you don't feel in the mood for anything, I stay in pijamas, let the dog out, prepare a thermos of hot chocolate, some munchies and off I go. In Argentina we eat empanadas, pastries filled with meat, ham and cheese and so on that are perfect for eating with one hand. Plus, they come delivered so I don't even have to stop reading. Nowadays that I'm 50 I'm glad to squeeze 2 books a week, but back 10 years ago, my reading was done on the boat, while my husband fished, I took the forward bunk and enjoyed a whole weekend of reading. One weekend I took 3 of the most boring books I've ever encountered and after a few hours I was bored to death with nothing to read! Keep on reading friends!!!

I think this video will really help me in the next few weeks so that I can get a lot of reading done before my summer classes start. Now that I have more time, I might try a read-a-thon some time soon.

This is so perfect. Someone asked me to do a 24-Hour read-a-thon with them on monday. And I've never done one before. Thank you for the tips :D

i also love how perfectly your lips match your hair...

This was really helpful, and you've pretty much just convinced me to do the read-a-thon next week.... THANK YOU 💞💞

I've never done a readaton but I'm hyped now.

great tips...the motivation tips and the second tbr pile

This is the greatest ! I'm doing my first Read A Thon, the bout of books and I'm so happy you uploaded this video :)

great tips!! and I love your makeup in this as well.

my house it's a great place to read! so peaceful ! i loved your steps, you 're amazing

Hi, thanks for this video, it has totally made me want to do my first readathon (i wasn't really sure how before!) thanks so much for the great tips =-) x

YES. THANK YOU. I literally end up reading less during a readathon than I do during regular weeks and I'm not even sure how that happens... And whoa I can go hard and read like a pro now :D

thank you so much! this really really helped me :) I failed at the Booktube-a-thon this year but i will do better next year

Here's me being superficial and instead of talking about how great your video is I tell you about how great your hair looks and how your lipstick mathes your hair colour,omg.Now,on a less superficial note,your video is brilliant.

I'm going to try to use some of these tips for the Bout of Books 11.0 read-a-thon. :) I don't think I can do too much about the other people distractions, but I will try. lol Kids somewhat hinder that though. I normally prepare for a read-a-thon by giving the house a huge clean, that way I can start off with a lot of reading and things stay reasonably clean. For a day.

Awsome tips. I have a huge to read pile in the corner of my room and I need to read them soon. You just earned yourself a subscriber 😀

Thanks for this. This year will be the first year that I participate in any readathons

Oooh this is perfect. I tend to do horrible with read-a-thons when I have a set TBR pile because I'm such a mood reader. I hope to participate in the Bout of Books (even though I move back to college on the 24). Great video :)

your hair looks really nice in this video :)

Using all of these tips for the upcoming BookTube-a-thon!! Thank you :D

Thanks for the tips!!! I'm getting ready to do the Bout of Books 11.0 and this will def. help!

yes, that's what I learned the last 'bout of books when I couldn't finish all my books so in my TBR I put less books, and I kept an extra book out. I also bought a lot of fruit and water bottles! :D These tips are great! I love the way your make-up suits your hair! I love it!!!! :P

Thank you for this video! I just started my channel and im doing the bout-of-books next week so these tips have made me a lot more confident. Thanks!!

Your hair looks so cute in this video!

I actually read almost the same when I join readathons as normal, but the reason why I love readathons so much is showing my progress to others and talking to them about theirs.

These are such great tips!

These are great tips, I haven't participated in a read-a-thon yet. When I do though I will most definitely be utilizing these tips.

Glad I found this before booktube-a-thon!

Ahhh I loved all these tips! I also really like your new intros - although your old intro tune was always stuck in my head and I loved that too :)

This is maybe my 5th time watching this video. I revisit it every time a read a thon comes up 😄

Where are some good places to find and discover different readathons? I would totally love to get involved but I don't know where to look!

I going to do my first read-a-thon, so this is the video I never know I needed!

Getting ready for the BookTubeAThon!!

Thank you thank you!! I really needed this

Thank you so much for this video!!! It gave me a lot of tips.

Love your make up here

I'm watching RU-vid cuz I don't want to read. I really need to read. Ughghggh

Thanks for sharing those tips! I always want to participate in read-a-thons but get discouraged soon because I am a somehow slow reader AND overachiever/competetive person. I don't have problems to sit down and write for days with people but reading for days just has to happen yet for me I guess :D

GREAT advice! I can't wait until my first Read-a-Thon!

Your hair looks fab!

I love you & your videos! You have such good insight and you're adorable.

Love the vid cause this week is my first read-a-ton!!!!! btw love your videos

I put 8 hours sleep as a goal for Bout of Books 11. I can't stay up late as I have work during the days & for 3 nights I will be busy with work conference & catering. Hope to get in at least an hour reading on those days :)

Great tips. I love your energy!!!

Great tips!! Looking forward to the next read-a-thon! Bout of books!

Who needs to eat? haha I mean what a waste of time! xD

This may sound silly, but I never understood readathons. I didn't understand the purpose of them or their value. This video really helped me understand how awesome readathons can be, and now I'm thinking about participating in one! Thanks!

Thank you! I will try next week...

* Gurl your hair is looking fine! * I have definitely skipped readathons because I knew I was going to be super busy that week and just wasn't feeling motivated. I only want to make happy and exciting readathon memories :D * Hmm maybe I should re-activate my twitter account while I still can, simply for booktube purposes...

AHHH this was such a great video! So many useful tips :)

excellent video. I would very much like to organize a readathon in my community!

Subbed! A read-a-thon is a great idea! I am definitely going to do that, starting this week. Thank you so much! How often do you participate in a read-a-thon? Do you plan these the day or week before? I have another great tip for everyone i really want to share with you (especially useful for people with tinnitus or people having a hard time to just concentrate!). I just got into reading. Yes, of course i have read books before, but now i feel like it is becoming another hobby of mine. I have tinnitus. In short,:that is when you hear a constant sound. It could be a constant high pitched sound or just noise... I only notice this when i am paying attention to it. I guess i got used to it somewhat. It can really become annoying when doing something relaxing like reading. I like to have headphones on with websites or youtube opened playing video's that are dedicated to creating a constant relaxing sound. This includes the well known "rainymood" or videos on youtube, like "Fireplace HD" or "Summer ambience", "night sounds", "chilling sounds" and a lot more. Pretty much everything you can think of that will comfort you while reading is on youtube or some website. It just completely locks me out of the real world and putting complete focus on reading my book. It can also help set the theme for say: A horror novel or something! Thunder and rain will definitely add to the atmosphere while reading. If you don't like the idea of having a desktop or laptop near you, use your smartphone! You can download the mp3's and start playing them offline, so you won't have to be connected to the internet, if that is what distracts you. I hope this helped!

I love your lipstick!!!

omg u r gorg! do uthink u can do an everyday makeup tutorial as a bonus video or somethin?

I love your hair!!!! And your channel!

I love your new intros!

These tips were so helpful, thank you so much! Loved watching this video :')

Thank's! Super helpful video❤

I'm going to have to use these tips for Bout of Books 11. I completely failed at Bout of Books 10

I do consider you an expert lol so I'm really excited that you did this! Thanks for the tips, yo!

Great tips!!! Thank you for putting this up.

These were some interesting tips! I am considering joining the Bout of Books Read-a-thon, so this is extremely helpful :)

Just what I needed heading into Bout of Books. Thank you! :D

Thanks so much for posting this! This was super helpful. :)

omg. This was so useful. Thanks! i love your videos! Greetings from Venezuela.

Thanks for the tips! They're all really helpful. :)

I love your hair!

Sleep is something I usually am bad at! haha

Thanks for this video it's help me so much, watched from Brazil !

i love your hair color here 💙💚💛

Im going to really need this thank you very much😊😊😊😊😊❤

Awesome video as always :) I have never done a read-a-thon, i don't see the novelty. Its cool to watch these videos though :)

I'm a New booktube, but I was really inspired by you, I want to be working on christians books, I believe it will work , God bless youuuuuuuuuu

Thank you for your tips, they are great! Niw I want to take part in a read-a-thon.

Very helpful! I also love the intro! Especially the music. :)

thank this was helpful i go try 12 hour first then how do get with other on here im still learn how do it !!

Hehe. Reading before cooking and seeing other people. You gotta love #booknerdlogic ;D