The 2012 Olympics are running from July 27th – August 12th and we want to participate in the fun in the form of a reading challenge!
Our reading piles are overflowing with great summer books, so what better way to chip away at your book piles than by reading as much as you can during the span of the Olympics.
Like all of you, I’ve got an outstanding number of books to read too, so I’ll be participating and joining in the fun! @RandomHouseCA will be using the hashtag #OlympicReadathon to chat about our progress on Twitter, so be sure to join in the conversation and encourage your friends and family to join our challenge.
Sign up here and set your Olympic Page Reading Goal! Be sure to keep track of how you’re doing throughout the Olympics!
Grab this button to share with the world that you’ve joined our Olympic Readathon!
Do some stretches, maybe some lunges and get set to read as much as you can during July 27th – August 12th!
I must read everyday…it is like food, water or breath to my soul. I am raising 4 readers as well. I read therefore I live
Very cool, Karen! You’re giving your children the best gift!
Woot! I am up for the challenge. Now, how to fix a book to my elliptical machine…
Lots of duct tape, maybe? Good luck!
Just signed up, great idea!!
Cool! Thanks, Kelsey! We’re really looking forward to it!
Awesome! Just signed up!
Looking forward to getting through my pile(s)!
Great idea! I just signed up for 2500. No clue if I’ll make it or if it’s even realistic!
Sounds like a great goal – Best of luck!
I chose the same goal. That averages about 150 pages a day. I tend to read much more on weekends and less on work days, so it seems doable. Good luck.
Good luck on meeting your goal Elsi
This is exactly what I was looking for!
Thanks so much – I just signed up! Can’t wait to get started tomorrow.
We can’t wait either! Thanks for joining the fun
Thanks for hosting this great readathon! I’m all signed up! My page count goal is pretty conservative at 600 pages. I am currently spending more time listening to audiobooks than sitting down to read. I have no idea how to translate minutes listened to pages read, so I’m just counting pages read in the traditional sense for my goal.
Hi Darlene, I sometimes read manuscripts on my ereader and I have no idea what the page count is but you can always look up how many pages the text version has and use that for the Readathon. Amazon has that information. Good luck
I’m all signed up (row 67) but I went back this morning to update my blog URL with a direct link to my readathon post, and now for some reason it won’t register anything in that box as a link. It’s just black text, even if I revert back to a straight blog URL. Is that a problem, or is there any way I can fix it? I feel like a proper muppet being the only one that isn’t a live link!
Great idea anyway, nothing says OLYMPICS like sitting on your backside eating pizza and reading a book! (In my world, anyway…)
All fixed, Ellie. Good luck with your reading! And enjoy that pizza…yum!
Just signed up
Awesome! Good luck reaching your goal!
I’m in….a day late (my plane was delayed…). I started my latest book with the opening of the Olympics, so I’m counting those pages. Hope everyone is able to medal in their competitions!
Good luck meeting your goal, Bev! I know the challenge kept me reading all weekend!
I’ve surpassed my 1,000 page goal! I’m at 1,268 with still just under a week to go
(I really should have aimed higher!)
Way to go Michele!
Managed to do my reading goal–plus. Was down for 1500 pages and wound up with 1811!! Thanks for sponsoring.