olympic games readathon TBR!

Hello, friends!

Here I am, taking part in yet again, another read-a-thon. I am glad to say so, because read-a-thons really do motivate me to read more and tackle titles out of my TBR that I’d have been too intimidated to otherwise.

The Olympic Games Readathon was created by Ishi @ Ishi Time and it is inspired by the Percy Jackson universe. The goal is to complete as many prompts related to your Olympian parent, as well as extra activities in Camp Half-Blood.

It had been a really long time since I had last taken the quiz to see my Olympian parent. I’d always said it was Poseidon, but I didn’t know for sure, as I’ve changed a lot since I first took a test in 2011. My result remained the same, though! So I’ll be completing both the mandatory as well as two extra prompts for Cabin 3!

(June is also Pride Month so I’m prioritizing titles with queer characters).

GAIN FAVOUR OF THE SEA GOD

Read book set at sea or at coast

I will finally be ticking off Summer Bird Blue from my TBR! This book is set in Hawaii, so it’s perfect. It also has ace/aro rep and I have no idea why I haven’t read it before.

To be fair, I started it, but I couldn’t connect with the writing style so I put it down and I’ve been scared to give it a second chance and dislike it, even though it has such meaningful rep to me! It’s time to confront this, though, and hopefully I’ll be wrong and actually love this one.

 

PERCY IS A TALENTED SWORDSMAN

Read a book in which the main character uses a sword.

This prompt really BROKE MY HEART because it gave me no other option but to choose a fantasy book and I don’t have a lot of those on my TBR. Especially fantasy in which the characters fight.

So for that reason, I ended up with two options. One is Sky in the Deep, which is inspired by vikings, I heard semi great things about it but the girl on the cover is holding an axe, which doesn’t make me hopeful that this will actually involve swordsfight.

The second option is An Assassin’s Guide to Love and Treason, which I am sure does involve swords, but I also feel like I could pick this up any time, and I’m much more intimidated of Sky in the Deep, so maybe that one should be a priority instead?

I’m conflicted. Any advice is welcome!

 

 

HUMANS ARE NOT COMMON IN POSEIDON’S UNDERWATER PALACE

Read a book with a non-human main character

Am I kind-of/totally cheating on this one because I literally have like five fantasy books in my TBR and none feature non-human main characters? Yes.

So I will be reading The Burning Maze, because our main character Apolo, is technically a God, even if he has to remain in human form until he completes his missions on Earth. I also desperately need to carry on with this series because I’ve been spoiled about too much already and it’s just embarrassing I haven’t read this one yet.

 

TRIDENT

Finish a book in 3 days

I think Her Royal Highness has the potential to be a really fast-paced read, so it might as well be this one. I am pretty sure one ofur main characters is the princess of Scotland and it’s also set in a boarding school?

It gives me major Wild Child vibes but make it sapphic and I’m very excited. I’ve heard too much amazing stuff about it, so I’m hyped.

 

 

THE OCEAN IS VAST AND UNEXPLORED

Read a book you have not heard much about before

I have not read anyone talking about this book yet and I also haven’t read any of the Goodreads reviews, but the premise totally sold me.

Set in a queer camp, this book will talk about our main character trying to be more “masculine” in order to make his crush like him. I will forever rant about the fact we don’t have enough “feminine” gay characters in fiction and I am so excited to see this book challenge this trope.

 

 

PEGASUS RIDING

A book published within the last 5 years

Like A Love Story was literally published last year, so it totally counts.

This book is set in the 90s, I believe, and all I really know about it is that it has a gay protagonist, a diverse & supportive group of friends and it will discuss the AIDs crisis, which is very likely to break my heart, but I’m on board.

I’ve also heard nothing but good things about it, so yay!

 

CANOEING

A book with a blue cover

Again, another book I wasn’t entirely hyped to read because I haven’t heard many people talking about it, but the readathon will hopefully motivate me to pick it up.

This one talks about drag queens! I have never read a book talking about drag queens and, unlike the rest of the internet, am also very uneducated on Ru Paul’s, so I literally know nothing about this universe and this one sounds really interesting & fun.

This cover’s color palette is also a solid 10/10.

 

If you are taking part in the Olympic Games readathon, what’s your cabin? Which books you have on your TBR? Do you think I should read Sky in the Deep or An Assassin’s Guide? Let’s talk in the comments!