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message 1: by Aly (new)

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod


Welcome to June! It’s summer over here and so many things are happening. It’s 2SLGBTQIA+ Pride month and everywhere you look, rainbows of color abound.

This readathon uses the Progress Pride Flag as inspiration. There are 10 colors (2 shades of blue) represented, and tasks are based off of these. This will start on June 19th (starting at midnight in your time zone) and end on June 30th (ending at midnight in your time zone). The goal is to finish as many of the prompts below as possible! Each prompt is repeatable. Any book that you finish between June 19th and the 30th is eligible to count, including graphic novels and comics.

Unlike regular challenges, reviews are not required.

Please only post books once they have been FINISHED.

What you need to do in order to participate:
Step 1 - Sign up on this thread!
Step 2 - Post your progress each day!
Step 3 - Have fun and read lots of good books!



Prompts:
Red
*Red cover
*Letters R, E, D in title

Orange
*Orange cover
*Author’s name in orange lettering

Yellow
*Yellow cover
*Character eats a yellow food

Green
*Green cover
*Features plants/flowers

Blue
*Blue cover
*Title letters in blue

Purple
*Purple cover
*Author’s fist/last name starts with P

Black
*Black cover
*MC is BIPOC

Brown
*Brown cover
*Features a diverse cast of characters

Pink
*Pink cover
*OwnVoices book

White
*White cover
*Author is 2SLGBTQIA+


message 2: by Saige (new)

Saige (lannister807) | 3829 comments Mod
Exciting, I'm in!


christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 571 comments Sign me up


message 4: by Aly (new)

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod
Whoo!


bookss.and.more.bookss :)  (bookssandmorebooks) | 6 comments Definitely in!


message 6: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
I'm in!


message 7: by Anshika (new)

Anshika | 195 comments Mod
I'm in!


message 8: by Aly (new)

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod
Yay!


message 9: by Saige (new)

Saige (lannister807) | 3829 comments Mod
Completion Post:

Wyrwood (The Way of Thorn and Thunder, #2) by Daniel Heath Justice
Brown: Features a diverse cast of characters


message 10: by Saige (new)

Saige (lannister807) | 3829 comments Mod
Colour Tracking:

Red:
Orange:
Yellow:
Green:
Blue:
Purple:
Black:
Brown:
Diverse cast of characters (Wyrwood)

Pink:
White:


message 11: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Read: 6/20
Purple: Author’s fist/last name starts with P
How it fits: Author's last name is PETERS

The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne, #2) by Robert Ludlum
Read: 6/20
Blue: Blue cover
How it fits: Using this edition - The Bourne Supremacy


message 12: by Alaina (last edited Jun 21, 2025 09:23AM) (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather Marshall
Read: 6/21
Red: Letters R, E, D in title


message 13: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Read: 6/21
Red: Letters R, E, D in title


message 14: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive by Lucy Adlington
Read: 6/21
Red: Letters R, E, D in title


message 15: by Ellen-Arwen (new)

Ellen-Arwen Tristram | 2341 comments Okay, I'm in - I can cope with this I think lol.

Completion Post

The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Finished: 19th June
Green: green cover

Heavy Light A Journey Through Madness, Mania and Healing by Horatio Clare
Finished: 21st June
Brown: brown cover

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Finished: 21st June
White: author is 2SLGBTQIA+ (Taylor Jenkins Reid is bisexual (came out in May this year), and book centres on a lesbian relationship)


message 16: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
Booked for Murder (An Old Juniper Bookstore Mystery, #1) by P.J. Nelson
Read: 6/23
Red: Letters R, E, D in title


message 17: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) by Becky Chambers
Read: 6/23
White: Author is 2SLGBTQIA+


message 18: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
Where the Library Hides (Secrets of the Nile, #2) by Isabel Ibañez
Read: 6/24
Red: Letters R, E, D in title


message 19: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
The Hunt for Atlantis (Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase, #1) by Andy McDermott
Read: 6/24
Brown: Brown cover


message 20: by Ellen-Arwen (last edited Jun 24, 2025 03:16PM) (new)

Ellen-Arwen Tristram | 2341 comments Completion Post:
Rhubarb Lemonade by Oskar Kroon
Read: 23rd June
Orange: author's name in orange lettering


message 21: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa
Read: 6/25
Yellow: Yellow cover


message 22: by Ellen-Arwen (last edited Jun 25, 2025 03:00PM) (new)

Ellen-Arwen Tristram | 2341 comments Completion Post

Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1) by Ransome Arthur
Read: 24th June
Yellow: character eats a yellow food (bananas)

Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind by David Vandermeulen
Read: 25th June
Red: R, E, D in title (sapiEns: a gRaphic history, the birth of humankinD)


message 23: by Aly (last edited Jun 25, 2025 03:55PM) (new)

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod
Completion Post
The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1) by Amie Kaufman

Read 6/25
Brown: features a diverse cast of characters (both BIPOC and Ace characters)


message 24: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
Hot Earl Summer (The Wild Wynchesters, #5) by Erica Ridley
Read: 6/26
Blue: Blue cover

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Read: 6/26
White: White cover


message 25: by Alaina (last edited Jun 27, 2025 12:18PM) (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Read: 6/26
Green: Green cover
How it fits: using this edition - Egy gésa emlékiratai by Arthur Golden


message 26: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Read: 6/27
Yellow: Character eats a yellow food
How it fits: Reginald and Edwin eat eggs.


message 27: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Read: 6/28
Blue: Blue cover


message 28: by Ellen-Arwen (new)

Ellen-Arwen Tristram | 2341 comments Completion Post:
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Read: 28th June
Purple: purple cover (the real book looks more purple than the little icon!)


message 29: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams
Read: 6/28
Blue: Blue cover


message 30: by Ellen-Arwen (new)

Ellen-Arwen Tristram | 2341 comments Completion Post:
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) by Travis Baldree
Read: 28th July
Brown: diverse cast of characters - different races and sexualities

Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox
Read: 29th July
Black: black cover


message 31: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
Sisters Under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris
Read: 6/30
Blue: Title letters in blue

We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) by Richard Osman
Read: 6/30
White: White cover


message 32: by Ellen-Arwen (last edited Jun 30, 2025 02:43PM) (new)

Ellen-Arwen Tristram | 2341 comments Completion post:
Sinister Magic (Death Before Dragons, #1) by Lindsay Buroker
Read: 30th June
Blue: blue (ish) cover with this edition Sous l'Emprise de la Magie (Val Thorvald, #1) by Lindsay Buroker

Related by Adoption A Handbook for Grandparents and Other Relatives by Hedi Argent
Read: 30th June
White: white cover


message 33: by Alaina (new)

Alaina (ameserole) | 81851 comments Mod
Completion Post:
Amplitudes Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity by Lee Mandelo
Read: 6/30
Brown: Features a diverse cast of character


message 34: by Aly (new)

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod
8 hours and 36 minutes left in this challenge!




message 35: by Aly (new)

Aly (alyp_01) | 28931 comments Mod
This read-a-thon has now ended! Thank you so much for participating!


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