#BorrowAThon Day 2 Schedule

Happy Day 2 of #BorrowAThon!

How did everyone do on their first day of the readathon?! I hope everyone is having a wonderful time! I'm loving seeing everyone's posts and interacting with you all!

Throughout the week I will be posting one of these schedule blog posts a day so you will know what will be going on each day. These posts will be going live at 1AM EST*, but if you want to know the overview of the week ahead of time, check out the #BorrowAThon schedule blog post. These daily schedules will have more detail and direction for each of the activities but you can pretty much gather enough information in order to get an idea solely based on the original schedule.

Today we have a creative social media challenge for you all - the haiku challenge! I will be posting my haiku over on my Twitter page, so make sure you're following me there if you're interested in seeing it!

Social Media Challenge: Haiku Challenge!

For this challenge, create a haiku (a poem that consists of 3 lines, the first line containing 5 syllables, the second containing 7 syllables, and the third containing 5 syllables) that involves the book that you're currently reading. This could be your feelings about the book, a description of a scene that you've read, something involving the plot or characters... anything as long as you include your book in some way! Share your haiku on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, your blog, or all four and use the hashtag #BorrowAThon so we can see it!

Make sure you're following @BorrowAThon on Twitter for continuous updates and post along with the hashtag #BorrowAThon!

*All Twitter chats and daily schedule posts are scheduled in EST as that is the time zone the host lives in. Make sure you're looking into the time zone difference for your area so you do not miss out on the fun of the chats! You can find a time zone converter here to help you figure out the difference.

#BorrowAThon Day 1 Schedule

IT'S DAY 1 OF #BORROWATHON!!!!!

Welcome to everyone who is participating this week and thank you so much for joining! I hope you are all looking forward to a wonderful week of reading borrowed books! I know that I certainly am! :)

Throughout the week I will be posting one of these schedule blog posts a day so you will know what will be going on each day. These posts will be going live at 1AM EST*, but if you want to know the overview of the week ahead of time, check out the #BorrowAThon schedule blog post. These daily schedules will have more detail and direction for each of the activities but you can pretty much gather enough information in order to get an idea solely based on the original schedule. 

Today, because it's the first day and we want to kick off with tons of excitement, we're going to kick it off with BOTH a social media challenge AND a Twitter chat! I hope you're able to participate in both! <3

Social Media Challenge: Share your #BorrowAThon TBR!

This one is fairly simple - show off your TBR pile (to-be-read pile, or the stack of books that you're planning to read this week) for this week on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, your blog, or all four! Make sure you use the hashtag #BorrowAThon so everyone can see! If you're interested in checking out my TBR pile, you can find my YouTube video here (though it has changed ever so slightly) and follow me on Twitter where I will be posting a photo at some point today!

Introductory Twitter chat at 9PM EST*!

We will be coming together for an hour-long Twitter chat at 9PM EST* this evening! This chat will allow all of the participants to get to know each other a little bit because the whole point of a readathon is to read as a community! If you're unsure how Twitter chats work or if you've never participated in one before, check out this article for more information. I hope to see you there!

Make sure you're following @BorrowAThon on Twitter for continuous updates and post along with the hashtag #BorrowAThon!

*All Twitter chats and daily schedule posts are scheduled in EST as that is the time zone the host lives in. Make sure you're looking into the time zone difference for your area so you do not miss out on the fun of the chats! You can find a time zone converter here to help you figure out the difference.

November 2016 Goals

Happy November! We're quickly heading into the holiday season which is so crazy and I'm actually pretty excited for it this year! Of course it will be crazy and busy but I think it will be a lot of fun this year so I am definitely looking forward to it! I mean, what's not to love? Family and friends, new Harry Potter and Gilmore Girls, delicious food, amazing sales... It's going to be awesome. I have a quite a few goals for the month of November so let's jump right in!

1. Exercise 3x per week

After my marathon I EMBRACED THE LAZINESS and basically didn't move my body at all for three straight weeks. It's time to get my booty back in gear! I would like to exercise at least three times a week this month and the exercise can be anything - lifting, biking, running, yoga, etc. I don't think that is totally doable. Time to not be a lazy person anymore!

2. Get all TBR books read

I have quite a few titles on my TBR list for November and I'm hoping to get to them all this month! I have scheduled everything out on my Google Calendar and it's looking like if I give myself about 3 days for each title (save for the graphic novels which I can usually get through in one or two sittings) I can get through all of them! You can find my TBR on my blog here!

3. Register for all winter running events

I have a couple of running events that I want to take part in this winter - I want to attempt the Winter Wonder Miles, 200 mile challenge hosted by Will Run for Bling and my Mom wants to run the Hot Chocolate Run for her birthday (which I guess is technically fall but we'll pretend it's winter) so I will be joining her for that! I want to get all registered for these this monnth so I will be ready to go for the Winter!

4. Have a great #BorrowAThon

The first readathon I'm ever hosting, the #BorrowAThon, is this month and I am so nervous and excited about it! I hope everything goes well, those that are participating have a good time, and I accomplish reading a lot of borrowed books! Check out the BorrowAThon Twitter for more details if you're interested in finding out more! All updates will be posted to the Twitter page!

5. No book buying until Black Friday

I'm going to try my darnedest to hold back from book buying until Black Friday this month when there are crazy sales EVERYWHERE. I'm planning to spend November 25th by buying books and watching the Gilmore Girls revival and eating Thanksgiving leftovers. It's going to be amazing.

What are your goals for this month?

Click "Read More" for an update on how my October goals went!