ANNOUNCEMENT: ANIMAL CROSSING READATHON!

Happy Friday! If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you might’ve already seen a little teaser for today’s announcement! Just in case you haven’t though, here’s the teaser: 

As you may have concluded from the photo, I’m hosting an Animal Crossing themed readathon with one of my best friends, Saima! Saima is one of my favorite people, and I’m so excited that we’re collaborating on this. Both of us love Animal Crossing dearly, and we’ve got so many fun things planned for this readathon. The Animal Crossing Readathon will run from March 1st to April 15th. You can find official prompts below! 

To keep up the excitement, we’ll be hosting reading sprints throughout the read-a-thon through our twitter page and Discord server, to keep everyone inspired and motivated. We hope you enjoy this readathon, and have as much fun participating as we did creating and hosting it!

A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF ANIMAL CROSSING NEW HORIZONS

If you’re already familiar with New Horizons, feel free to skip this section! 

The gist of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is that you’ve purchased a getaway package from Tom Nook, and have moved into a deserted island. After Tom Nook gives the player essentials, such as a tent, the game proceeds in a non-linear fashion, allowing for the player to play the game as they choose. If you’d like to view the start-up sequence/a walk-through of the player’s first day, click here! 

ABOUT THE READATHON

To get started, you’ll first want to create your ‘Passport’. Click here to access the Passport templates. Simply fill in your name, your island’s name, favorite genre to read, and any social media handles you’d like to share! For your passport picture, you can either use a picture from your own character in Animal Crossing, or you can make your own from some picrew makers, such as these (1 and 2). If you’re struggling to customize your passport, try using canva or Photopea! 

If you’d like to use the Animal Crossing font, it’s called Fink, and can be found here.

Here are some examples of passports, if you’re stuck:

Once that’s done, it’s time to choose your reading prompts! Each island has anywhere from two to ten villagers at any given point in time, and it’s up to you to determine how many villagers you have. We’ve broken up prompts by each villager type (cranky, jock, lazy, normal, peppy, sisterly, smug, and snooty) to make it a little easier for you! To fill up your island residents, you can choose a range of prompts from different villager personalities, or all of them from one type as well! After picking out your prompts, you can choose villagers that correspond to each personality type from here and upload them to your resident sheet/passport here. 

Just like in the game, there are also several NPCs on your island that are a permanent fixture, and some that are visitors! Each NPC has a corresponding prompt, and you’re welcome to choose as many NPC prompts as you’d like. 

Whether it’s through getting a villager in your campsite (which we’ll post about on our socials when this happens), a villager asking to leave, or you simply kicking them out, there are many opportunities to switch out the villagers on your island! Don’t fret if you end up wanting a different selection of villagers, or if you simply want to knock out more prompts! You’re also allowed to double up on prompts as much as you’d like. 

You can view the list of prompts here or by scrolling to the next section.

While there’s a lot of prompts in this read-a-thon, feel free to pick and choose the ones you feel inspired by! Do as much, or as little, as you’d like to do – the purpose of this is to have fun, make new friends, and read more books! 

Follow along with us on Twitter @acnh_readathon, and join our readathon Discord server here! 

PROMPTS

• Read a book based off of a true story
• Read a classic
• Read a first person POV
• Read a historical fiction novel
• Read a new adult book
• Read an autobiography/memoir
• Read an underrated book

• Read a book centered around sports
• Read a book in the morning
• Read a book on your backlist
• Read a character-driven book
• Read a long book (over 500 pages)
• Read a self-help or self-improvement book
• Read a self-published or indie press book

• Read a book centered around food
• Read a book in bed
• Read a book where cutlery is on the cover or in the title
• Read a book where dreams are important/prominent
• Read a comic/graphic novel
• Read a slow paced book
• Reread a comfort read

• A book within a book, a book about reading, or a book where a library is prominently featured
• Read a book that you think will be a favorite
• Read a book with high ratings
• Read a debut book
• Read a fairytale retelling
• Reread a book you had to read for school
• Reread your favorite novel

• Read a bestseller
• Read a book about or with a fictional celebrity
• Read a book with art in it
• Read a book by your favorite author 
• Read a fantasy
• Read a lighthearted/fun book
• Read a short book/novella

• Read a beach read
• Read a book about family, or one spanning different generations
• Read a book that takes place at a party
• Read a book with strong friendships
• Read a book with strong sibling relationships
• Read a heist book
• Read a mystery/thriller

• Read a book recommended by a celebrity you admire
• Read a book with beautiful prose
• Read a book with your favourite trope
• Read a dark academia book
• Read a romance novel
• Read a translated work
• Read coming of age story

• Give an author a second chance
• Read a  book released between 2020-2022
• Read a book by a celebrity/online persona/influencer
• Read a book that has/is getting a film adaptation
• Read a book with 3rd person POV
• Read a book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
• Read an Adult book

• Blathers: Read a non-fiction book
• Brewster: Read a book that either takes place at a coffee shop, or read one at a coffee shop
• C.J.: Have a friend pick out your next read
• Celeste:  Read a book late at night
• Cyrus & Reese: Read a romance
• Daisy Mae: Read a book you preordered
• Flick: Read a book you think your best friend would like
• Gullivarrr: Read a book that follows a quest or journey
• Gulliver: Read a book that involves the ocean, or takes place at sea
• Harriet: Read a book with mixed reviews
• Harvey: Read a book with the found family trope
• Isabelle: Read a book that takes place in one day
• Jack: Read a thriller
• Jingle: Read a book geared towards early readers
• K.K. Slider: Listen to an audiobook
• Kapp’n: Read a book that has the same title as a song or song lyrics
• Katrina: Read a fantasy
• Kicks: Read your most recent book purchase
• Label & Sable: Read a book with a pretty cover
• Leif: Read a genre-hybrid book
• Lloid: Read a book in an unfinished series
• Lottie: Read a beach read
• Luna: Read a book you’ve been anticipating
• Mabel & Sable: Read a book with more than one POV
• Niko: Read a choose-your-own-adventure book
• Orville: Read a book that takes place somewhere outside of your hometown
• Pascal: Read a backlist book
• Pave: Read a book that has a party 
• Redd: Read a book with an unreliable narrator
• Resetti: Give a book (or an author) a second chance
• Rover: Read a book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship
• Sahara: Read a book you know nothing about
• Timmy & Tommy: Read a book written by two authors
• Tom Nook: Read a book with a map
• Tortimer: Read a classic
• Wardell: Read a short story
• Wisp: Read an anthology
• Zipper: Read a seasonal book
• Villager in your Campsite: Read a book with a heart, diamond, spade, or club on the cover

If you’d like to share your progress, you can use this Canva template!

Disclaimer: This readathon is not affiliated with Animal Crossing or Nintendo. 

So there you have it! The Animal Crossing readathon! We hope you’ll join us, and can’t wait to see what you read in the next month and a half.