I’ve been talking about this a bit on social media, but it’s time to make the official announcement for my big January readathon…
LATE-A-THON!
Late-a-thon is a month-long readathon from January 1st to 31st dedicated to working on overdue review copies and ARCS!
If you don’t read ARCs, or don’t have any overdue ones, you can still join! Just make a list of books you meant to read already, whether they’ve been on your TBR a long time or are leftover from a 2018 reading challenge.
After posting a poll on Twitter, I was STUNNED by the literal hundreds of votes I received in favor of this month-long readathon, so here we are!
I know a lot of you have challenges to begin in January, but don’t fret!
Late-a-thon is the perfect readathon to combine with other readathons and challenges!
You can choose overdue titles to fit the other themes! In this case, I’ll be making a TBR jar of overdue review copies and pulling from that jar, which lets me commit to Late-a-thon and January Jam Jar at the same time.
Here’s how you can join…
- Create a TBR in a blog post, tweet, or whatever else you like to use. If you’re joining January Jam Jar, make a list of the books going in your jar!
- Leave a comment here with a link to your TBR so I can add you to the sign-up list below! SIGN-UPS OPEN UNTIL JANUARY 15TH!
- Use #LateAThon on social media!
- READ AT LEAST ONE “LATE” BOOK IN JANUARY—that’s it! You don’t have to commit the whole month to it (in fact, many participants are just doing it for a week of their choosing), nor do you have to fulfill a certain number of titles or challenges.
My Late-a-thon Goals:
Like I said earlier, I’ll be making a TBR jar of my overdue review copies for January. Rather than list them all below, I’ll just put a link to my Goodreads shelf here, where you can view the list in its entirety!
Participants:
- Heather @ NightlyReading
- Bri (brinocheeze)
- Elysa
- Ellyn
- Laura
- Kelly
- Kristin
- FyreKatz
- LilaTaylor
- Cait
- Alex
- Kate
- Halei
- Emma
- Samantha Jayne
- Jorie
- Fae
- Seal
- Kathy
- Grey
- Amaysn
- Cassie
- Tammie
- Owl
- Afi
Do you have any “late” books you need to read? Let me know in the comments if you’re joining in!
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For the link to my TBR is it okay if it’s like a blog link or does it have to be a GR link?
It can totally be a blog link! Or a link to a tweet, or an instagram post, or GR, or anything you like!! ♥
Hey! I’d love to participate! I’m already trying to fit in my overdue arcs where I can will all my other monthly groups and challenges, this is PERFECT!!!
Yay, I’m glad you’ll be joining! 🙂
Joining! There are so many that I have to finish for 2018!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4515123-heather?shelf=lateathon
Yaaaay, I’m so glad you’re joining! 😀 I really hope you’re able to get to Sawkill Girls and That Night because I loved both of those!
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This sounds like something right up my alley, and falls in line with what I was already planning to do in 2019, which is catch up on overdue ARCs. This will the jump start I need, haha.
Yay! 😀 This makes me so happy haha. Yeah, that’s where I originally thought of it, was honestly just inspired by my own personal goal of catching up in 2019. Then I figured, “hmm, I wonder if anyone would wanna join me?” and the Twitter responses were HUGE!
Keeping this list short to actually focus on reading these!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/26121897-bri-brinocheeze?shelf=lateathon-challenge
YAY! I’m so glad you’re joining in! 😀 The Sorrows is aaaaaaaamazing ?
Yesss! I have a few that are overdue and a couple handfuls that publish early 2019. I can’t imagine what I’d do if I had almost 60 – good luck and godspeed!
Thank you!! <3 And good luck with catching up on yours, too, I know it can get stressful when we have those overdue ones!
I love this! I’ve got a ton of netgalley to catch up on. ? Great plan ??
Thank you! <3 Ooooh you should totally join us if you have the chance!
Love this idea and I’ll definitely be taking part!
YAY! I’m so happy to hear it Danielle ♥ thank you!
Oooohh, I have WAY too many late ARCs to read. Definitely joining this one, love! ?
Yaaaaay! I can’t wait to see what you read for the readathon, doll! ♥
I don’t have many ARCs to read but there are a lot of books I wanted to read in 2018 that I just didn’t so I may be joining in! 😀
That’s perfect!! 😀 I’m honestly probably going to also put a few in my reading plans in January that won’t be ARCs but just things I “should” have read in 2018 but didn’t get around to.
Ooh, this looks fun! I’ll be joining!
Yaaaaaay Kaya! I can’t wait to see what you’re going to read 😀
Thank you!
I really need to do this, but then I’ll get behind on the arcs I need to read in January. It’s a great idea though.
Oh yeah, understandable! I was originally going to try to read all of my January releases in December, but now I’m just adding a few January releases into my Late-a-thon mix. 🙂
I’m sort of a month ahead on arcs. I try to read them the month before they come out, but I’ve missed a few here and there.
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I’m in! https://wordpress.com/post/elysathebiblioblogger.wordpress.com/3331
YAAAAY! 😀
Yeah I’m definitely joining. I will post my TBR later in the month.
Awesome!! I can’t wait to see your TBR!
I’ve already got it typed up and ready to post I just need to decide when to post it.
i’ll definitely be joining in with this! i love the idea so much. what a fantastic way to start off the new year! i think i’ll focus on reading the oldest unread books from my physical shelves personally as i don’t really have any review copies to catch up. my tbr post will go up probably later this month
Yaaay, I’m so glad you’re joining! Oh, I LOVE that idea! I can’t wait to see your TBR ♥
This is such a great idea and I will definitely be participating, here’s my tentative tbr:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/29281984-allonsythornraxx?shelf=late-a-thon
Aw, thank you lovely!! i’m so glad you’re joining and your TBR looks like a lot of fun. ♥
Have added this to the ReadAThon Calendar! Will be joining for sure! I’m so behind. I will post a TBR a bit closer to January!
Thank you so much! ♥ Awesome, can’t wait to see your TBR!
I want to join but have no arcs to read can I still join and if yes what is the deadline for the tbr post?
You can definitely still join! You can just read things you’ve had on your TBR a while or wanted to read in 2018! 🙂 You can sign up any time until Jan 15th.
Ok, will plan the book straight away
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Okay. I need to figure something out for this. Maybe just set that one ARC [author request, ugh] I’ve had on my Kindle for half a year as my Late-a-thon goal or something.. I DON’T HAVE ANY OTHER OVERDUE ARCS. WHY AM I THIS STUPID UNICORN. 😐
Bahahah, the ONE time not having overdue ARCs is seen as a “negative”… SORTA? 😛 Do you have anything you were going to read in 2018 and didn’t get to that you could read in January? That’s what a lot of people are going to do!
Right? THIS FEELS AWFUL AND AMAZING AT THE SAME TIME. What are you doing to my brain. xD
Eh.. Well, I’m probably putting those books in my jar anyway sooo.. Guess I’ll just put that one review copy as my “official goal” and then use all others as “books I’m reading late because I wanted to read them before but I never did because books never stop popping up and tempting me” or something. :’)
I love this. 😀 I honestly really wish I hadn’t accepted so many review requests over the last couple of months, because if I hadn’t, I could easily make January half overdue ARCs and half what you’re doing. But alas! I’m not going to force myself, obviously, but I am really hoping to make a big dent in my overdue stuff. :’)
You simply cannot say no – it’s a known fact, haha. Maybe you should set yourself a limit of ARC’s to accept each month / season or something. 😛
You can do iiiit!
That’s what I’m thinking, is a limit per season now. I’m not sure if I’ll post about it on the blog necessarily because it might be very specific – like I pretty much always cut myself extra slack for novellas and contemporary books because they’re quick reads, whereas the big thing is that I really need to cut back on how many of them are 450+ page fantasy novels!
Then maybe you should simply set a limit on THOSE specific ones? Because I can totally imagine flying through novellas and contemporaries but once it’s fantasy thomes.. That’s a whole different story!
Exactly! Though it’s funny, I always expect fantasy novels to take way longer than anything else, and then I picked up The Girl King last night and the text is… huge? ? And super widely spaced out. So even though it’s almost 500 pages, I flew through the first few chapters. (Not sure how I feel about the writing so far.)
Hahaha, I had the same with that one! I was like “ohgod..” since I got a physical ARC when I went to YALC [YAYME], and I also got approved on NetGalley so I was like.. fuck me if I don’t use the physical one for this now that I actually have one for once?! And then the text was HUGE and.. well.. I kind of liked it, haha. :’)
Saw you DNF’d it and I’m so sorry 🙁
Ohhh it’s no worry! It wasn’t bad, it just… wasn’t for me, sadly 🙁
Yess, you know I’ll be taking part! I’ll be doing my sign up post on the 28th December 😀
Yesssss, I can’t wait to see your post 🙂
This is such a genius idea! I’ve put my TBR on twitter – I’m @LJNewsholme. Hope that signs me up. Looking forward to it after the craziness of Xmas in retail ?
Thank you! Yes, that’s totally fine 🙂 I bet haha!
Heck yes, I will be joining in even though I only have two late ARCs. I will sign up probably in my wrapup.
YASSSS! I can’t wait 😀
Joining but posting about on 23rd
That’s fine!
Social media for this readathon is your twitter right?
Right!
Hey love! Here’s my Goodreads list for the late-a-thon! <3
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/24407332-kelly-brigid?shelf=late-a-thon
Yaaaay! I hope you love all of these. 😀
Ahhh I’m so excited!! My TBR post will be up after Christmas! I’ll work on it tomorrow ☺️
Yay, I can’t wait to see it! <3
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Here’s my sign-up post. 🙂 https://luktenavtrykksverte.blogspot.com/2018/12/top-ten-tuesday-winter-2018-tbr.html
Yay, so glad you’re joining! I’ll get you on the participant list right now!
HI! here’s my TBR I’ll be adding a few to the shelf as I go thru Netgalley and Physical Arcs I still have on my shelf! 🙂
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/5309976-fyre-katz?shelf=00tbrjar_ng
Yay! Thanks for joining in!
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I would like to sign up as well ?
https://lilataylorwriting.wordpress.com/2018/12/20/late-a-thon-and-january-jam-jar/?preview=true
Yay, I’m so glad you’re joining! 😀
Omg I’m so excited to join! The reading challenge I need right now!
https://caitisbooked.wordpress.com/2018/12/20/reading-challenge-late-a-thon/
Yay, I’m so glad you’re joining in! <3 Welcome!
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I will be joining in on this! I may get some of the arcs I need to read! I’ll sign up I’m going to write a blog post about it 🙂
Awesome, welcome to the readathon! 😀
Finally did my TBR 🙂
https://abookhavenx.wordpress.com/2018/12/28/the-late-a-thon/
Hooray! 😀 I’ll go look now!
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OK I am so doing this .. not that I have that many that I owe reviews on (*cough*)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/5492050-emma-donovan?shelf=late-a-thon&sort=date_added
HAHA I feel so seen by your TBR ?? I love it. Welcome to the readathon, thank you for joining in!! And good luck!
omgg I should seriously do this ??I am unbelievably behind on SO many books right now…ARCs and books I’ve bought, like, years ago, but have fallen to the bottom of the TBR pile in favour of the new and shiny. I’ve never joined in a readathon but maybe this is a good time to start!!?
Ahhhh that would be lovely!! ☺️? I hope you do! I wish I didn’t relate so much to the shinyness wearing off of things before I get around to reading them. ?
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I’ll be joining! This is exactly the kind of thing I need to catch up on some 2018 reading I missed.
https://booksassbookblog.wordpress.com/2018/12/27/lateathon-tbr/
I’m so glad you’re joining in, and I love your TBR! 😀 Good luck!
Thanks!
This is an awesome readathon! I cannot wait to start it. Here is the link to my tbr: https://obsessedwithfairytales.blogspot.com/2018/12/late-thon-tbr.html
Yaaaay, I’m so glad you’re joining! I just commented on your post but seriously, amazing TBR!
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This is a great idea!!! I have 12 ARCs on my NetGalley shelf. While they’re not technically THAT overdue, I still want to get them read ASAP so I can request newer ones. I’m totally joining this tag! As soon as January rolls around, I’ll put together my TBR for this challenge. Good thing my uni classes only start on the 21st!
Thank you! 🙂 I’m so glad you’ll be joining in – and yay on having that first 20 days free for reading!
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Alright! Here is my Late•A•Thon TBR!!!
https://youtu.be/m5DHCnzZIu8
I am super pumped for January. ???
Yaaaaay, so glad you’re joining! 😀 I’ll go watch right now!
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Hallo, Hallo Destiny,
I am taking part in this readathon! 🙂 I was already planning to kick-off the New Year by focusing on attacking my #BacklogueOfReviews – so this fits in perfectly with those goals and the yearly reading challenge which focuses on the same! I’m eager to see what everyone is going to be reading whilst finally getting into the stories i want to be reading myself! I’ll be adding a few more to my list but I etched out the main #mustreads I want to read in January!
See my list via 2019 Reading Challenges, Readathons and RALs.
Hi, Jorie! I’m so glad you’re joining in! 🙂 I’ll go check out your list now.
Hallo Destiny,
I was right thinking this applies to both ARCs and review copies which are not ARCs right? I decided to do a combination this month between the two types I receive for review. I just wanted to double-check I understood?
Yep, that’s right! 🙂 Anything you received for review.
#Blessed!!
*Raises hand with the enthusiasm of a 6 year old!!!* I think my JanJamJar needs my ARCs first. This is a fantastic idea to catch up! =D
Thank you! 😀 That’s what I’m doing, my jam jar is all ARCs!
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I’d like to join, but I don’t know what any of these acronyms stand for. What’s a ‘TBR’? ‘ARCs’? I’m pretty new to the ‘book community’, so this is a little confusing.
Welcome to the book community! “TBR” means “to be read” and “ARC” means “advance reader copy”. 🙂
Here’s my list! ? https://moraledehyde.wordpress.com/2019/01/01/?-january-books-late-a-thon-jam-jar/
Excellent, I’m glad you’re joining! 🙂 I’m adding you to the participants list now!
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heres my https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/26984061-tammie-tackett?shelf=late-a-thon
Awesome, this is a great list! 🙂 Enjoy, and thanks for joining!
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https://twitter.com/BeckyDawn4/status/1080559997438906368?s=19
Awesome, happy reading!!
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I’m so excited to join! So far, I’ve already finished (and loved to pieces) one of the ARCs on my list. Now, on to the next five. I actually think I’ll be able to squeeze even more ARCs in (here’s to wishful thinking ??). My TBR post went up today and you can find it here: https://bookishr.wordpress.com/2019/01/03/lateathon-tbr/ !
That’s awesome, way to go on your progress!!
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I have finally posted my TBR for this and I am so excited to see how many I can get through.
https://mistysbookspace.wordpress.com/2019/01/08/late-a-thon-tbr/
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This is such a good idea! Unfortunately exams are taking priority over books at the moment but good luck to you and everyone else for this!
Thank you! I hope your exams are going well (or went well)!
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Sorry wrong link! https://sapphistication.wordpress.com/2019/01/10/my-late-a-thon-tbr/
Awesome, I’ll go check it out! Sorry for the delay 🙂
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i am now done with 50 books and i am reading more
Way to go!
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