What is the Pondathon?
Pondathon II is a story-driven and gardening-themed readathon hosted and run by CW from The Quiet Pond. The aim of the Pondathon II readathon is to read books to earn plants and decorate your own little garden so that we can restore the forest together. More information about the readathon can be found here.
Information about Joining the Pondathon
>You can sign-up to the Pondathon II readathon here. The readathon starts on January 10th 2022 and ends on December 11th 2022; sign-ups are open across the duration of the readathon.
>You also get to create your own Pond animal character for the Pondathon, and create your own character card!
>If you’d like, create a blog post, bookstagram post, booktube video, Twitter thread, or whatever medium you wish, with '#PondathonII' in the title or your tweet. Share the character you have created and your character card!
>Link back to this post so that new friends can find the readathon and join in as well.
JR, the Pin Witch
Age: Middle aged, mildly grumpy and wants a nap
Pronouns: She/They
Likes: Hot tea on a cold winter day, snuggling with said tea under a blanket and with a book; quiet places; old school web development; making bad art;
Dislikes: Being out in the summer sun without a nice, cool drink like boba or unsweetened iced tea; books with strong smells (like mold or decades of cigarette); loud places;
Bookish Likes: Different media formats - print is king but audiobooks are good too; JR actually doesn't mind digital format but lost their e-reader; age group reading - middle grade, young adult and adult but JR notices they tend to like middle grade and adult more; favored genres - science fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction; ok genres - contemporary, non-fiction; tends to prefer short stories/flash fiction/novellas/novelettes over novels
Bookish Dislikes: Hardcover, its hard on the wrists; obligatory romance, honestly JR is burnt out on romances (both genre and subgenre) and in general and only wants 1 a month. Insistence that the only works worth reading is a fiction, prose novel.
Bookish Goals: Reading more non-fiction, poetry, manga, light novels, translated works, works from authors outside the US, more horror, more short stories, reading more online pro and sem-pro writing magazines. I have 250 books as my reading goal but don't mind this being lower as I am working on getting outside more and doing things.
My Garden as of January. Not the biggest fan. To be honest I am getting a lot of nice stuff in the February round and am having a lot more ideas.
MY TOP READS OF JANUARY 2022
Art Credts:
>All Pondathon stuff was created by CW
>Animated gifs by: @pinottisblog, @nuhausmx, GifCities, @inkygirl, @kewgardens
JR Signing Off For Now
