Boot Camp Readathon Announcement & TBR

I’m calling myself nuts because not only have I decided to participate in two readathons at the last minute, but I’m also doing a TBR post for both. I’m going in June with 88 novels on my TBR, so I’m pretty sure I can fit prompts with books. The host is Tangible Reads, and a list of co-hosts I will be listed. What I’m worried about are the physical challenges, but I will do as much as I can. It is a month-long readathon, taking place from June 1st to June 30th.

List of Hosts:

Creator: Courtney ‪@TangibleReads Alisha ‪@BooksandThingswithAlisha Jaleesa ‪@jaleesaRBTBC Koda ‪@KodaMeansFriend Lashette ‪@scarletmooncreations Keda ‪@ResistanceBookClub Nicole ‪@DustyBookSniffers Donna ‪@donna-mariereads Jess ‪@ThisKiwi03 Didi ‪@VirtuesofBooks Ahtiya ‪@BookinItWithAhtiya Paula ‪@FamilyandBooks Keyuiana ‪@schexylady Nel ‪@NelsNextChapter Shantel ‪@TheSpookyLibrary

Challenges:

Visit a library

What I need to do is get a library card first, since mine has expired.

Read a non-fiction

Goodreads Blurb:

Activism. Art. Community care. Education. These are the hallmarks of the work done by the youth highlighted in this collection featuring LGBTQ+ leaders working to make our world more inclusive.

Civil Rights activist Marian Wright Edelman once said, “You can’t be what you can’t see.”

In this collection of short biographies, readers will see the example of thirty young trailblazers representative of a generation that values intersectional, collaborative social justice and who are working to build a world that values everyone.

Meet leaders who founded organizations for their liberation as teenagers, leaders who brought Black transgender representation to people’s television screens, and leaders who successfully advocated for access to restrooms for transgender students. Meet the first transgender athlete to compete in Division I sports, and artists advocating for inclusiveness through poetry, film, fashion, and other mediums.

Whether their work involves protesting, working with policymakers for change, or just existing in the world as their creative selves, each of these young leaders shares what brings them joy and keeps them motivated to do the work they do– even when it’s hard–and their hope for better things to come.

Read a graphic/comic

Goodreads Blurb:

Maisie is on her way to Fancon! She’s looking forward to meeting her idol, Kara Bufano, the action hero from her favorite TV show, who has a lower-leg amputation, just like Maisie. But when Maisie and her mom arrive at the convention center, she is stopped in her tracks by Ollie, a cute volunteer working the show. They are kind, charming, and geek out about nerd culture just as much as Maisie does. And as the day wears on, Maisie notices feelings for Ollie that she’s never had before. Is this what it feels like to fall in love?

Read an LGBTQ+ book

Goodreads Blurb:

Arden isn’t excited about moving. Los Angeles was an easy place to fit in and find a supportive queer community. But Winifred, Michigan? That sounds like a much more difficult place to exist.

Pasadena, California, is the perfect city for Gabe’s reinvention. Everyone knew everything about him in small-town Shelby, Illinois. Gabe, who wants to be out and proud, can’t wait to relocate.

When Arden and Gabe randomly meet in the lobby of a motel in Nebraska, it feels like fate. Both are trans, but more importantly, both are huge fans of the band Damaged Pixie Dream Boi. Clearly, the universe is trying to tell them something. Right?

But after an incredible evening of hanging out, the pair part ways only knowing the other’s first name. And as both boys struggle to adjust to their new homes, their thoughts keep being drawn back to their time together. Is one perfect night enough to bring Arden and Gabe back to each other, or will the boys need some help to find each other again?

Try a new recipe

I don’t cook, so unless I persuade my sister to bake something, this prompt won’t happen.

BIPOC author

Goodreads Blurb:

Meghna Rahman is tired of constantly being compared to her infuriatingly perfect ex best friend now rival. Everyone, except, at least, her boyfriend Zak, seems to think that Rani Choudhury can do no wrong—even her own parents! It doesn’t help that Rani is always accepted into the Young Scientist Exhibition, while Meghna’s projects never make it. But this year, she finally has a chance at defeating Rani in something.

Rani Choudhury is tired of feeling like she doesn’t have much say in her life—not when it comes to how her mom wants her to look and act or how her parents encourage her to date incredibly charming close family friend Zak. She would much rather focus on her coding, especially once she places high enough at the Young Scientist Exhibition to go on to the European Young Scientist Exhibition

When Meghna and Rani figure out that Zak has been playing them both, they decide to do something no one would see coming: they team up. They’ll compete in the EYSE as partners, creating an app that exposes cheaters and a project that exposes Zak. But with years of silence and pressure between them, working together will prove difficult. Especially once each girl starts to realize that the feelings they had for the other may have been more than platonic…

Hey, no one ever said science was easy!

Support 10 new booktubers

I’m following 10 new bloggers for me, I hope it’s okay to change that.

host favourite

I have read Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor this April, so if I understood the Courtney means I completed a prompt already.

Drink 1 extra cup of water daily
Meditate for 5 minutes daily

Both are helpful reminders.

Book less than 100 pages

Goodreads Blurb:

When data-driven grant writer Madison Reid and passionate program director Tessa James are forced to share a hotel room during a crucial funding conference in Geneva, professional tension ignites into something far more personal. With six million euros and ten thousand lives hanging in the balance, they must navigate their conflicting approaches while confronting an unexpected crisis that threatens everything they’ve built.

As Madison’s careful metrics collide with Tessa’s human-centered vision, they discover their professional differences might be their greatest strength—both in securing the grant and in the unexpected feelings developing between them. But when disaster strikes a world away, they face an impossible choice between professional duty and personal desire.

Can they find a formula for success that includes both numbers and passion? Or will the risks of combining work and love prove too high a price to pay?

Book over 450 pages

Goodreads Blurb:

Ethan Sharpe is a man without a plan. Following the tragic loss of his father shortly after high school, Ethan did the impossible and turned his life around, only to find that he doesn’t know who he is anymore. Overcoming an identity crisis is no small feat, and it’s only after receiving an undeserved second chance that the pieces of his life start falling into place.

Aaron Beckett’s newfound confidence quickly became his downfall when he flew too close to the sun and experienced heartbreak for the very first time. Now anxious and unsure of how to navigate the world, Aaron is forced to face his past and learn how to heal and move on. While the path laid before him wouldn’t have been his first choice, it turns out to be exactly what he needs to mend his broken heart.

Spend time outside
Book with blue and green on the cover

Goodreads Blurb:

Find an angry spirit. Send it on its way before it causes trouble. Leave before anyone learns his name.

After over two hundred years, Peter Shaughnessy is ready to die and end this cycle. But thanks to a youthful encounter with one o’ them folk in his native Ireland, he can’t. Instead, he’s cursed to wander eternally far from home, with the ability to see ghosts and talk to plants.

Immortality means Peter has lost everyone he’s ever loved. And so he centers his life on the dead—until his wandering brings him to Harrington, Ohio. As he searches for a vengeful spirit, Peter’s drawn into the townsfolk’s lives, homes and troubles. For the first time in over a century, he wants something other than death.

But the people of Harrington will die someday. And he won’t

As Harrington buckles under the weight of the supernatural, the ghost hunt pits Peter’s well-being against that of his new friends and the man he’s falling for. If he stays, he risks heartbreak. If he leaves, he risks their lives.

Buy yourself something new

I have had my eye on a book, but it is expensive; then again, a prompt is a prompt.

Create a 20-minute workout

I’m not sure I can do a 20-minute with my current pain through.

Stretch daily
Indie/self-pub author

Goodreads Blurb:

Can you get more than one true love in a lifetime?

Three years after his husband’s death, Vitor is still grieving. Too young to be alone and too old to start again, he feels stuck. Accepting a new job in Lisbon is just what he needs, but it also means going back to the city that sealed his fate nearly thirty years ago.

Between looking for his missing brother and running an LGBTQ Youth Center, Tiago doesn’t have time for dating or commitment. When his best friend asks him to find a family member that ran away years ago, Tiago welcomes the distraction.

A past full of secrets.
An anonymous kiss that turns their world upside down.

When past and present clash, will the two men put everything aside and give themselves a chance at happiness? Or are the things keeping them apart stronger than the feelings keeping them together?

Update Storygraph/Goodreads

I do that anyway, so thank you.

Disability representation

Goodreads Blurb:

Evelyn strives for excellence. Allie couldn’t care less. Together, these polar opposites must work together if they have any hope of saving their school’s robotics program.

Eighth-graders Evelyn and Allie are in trouble. Evelyn’s constant need for perfection has blown some fuses among her robotics teammates, and she’s worried nobody’s taking the upcoming competition seriously. Allie is new to school, and she’s had a history of short-circuiting on teachers and other kids.

So when Allie is assigned to the robotics team as a last resort, all Evelyn can see is just another wrench in the works! But as Allie confronts a past stricken with grief and learns to open up, the gears click into place as she discovers that Evelyn’s teammates have a lot to offer—if only Evelyn allowed them to participate in a role that plays to their strengths.

Can Evelyn learn to let go and listen to what Allie has to say? Or will their spot in the competition go up in smoke along with their school’s robotics program and Allie’s only chance at redemption?

Alex