Historathon 2024 Announcement Video (Better Late Than Never)

Good morning BookTube! I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas holiday. I know I did. I wanted to share with you my Historathon 2024 Announcement video. This will also include my Historathon 2023 Wrap-Up and a preliminary Historathon 2024 Quarter 1 TBR. Sorry about the delay in the video. I have had some internet issues, but it is up and running now! I hope you enjoy the video. Thank you for watching and as always ... HAPPY READING!!!

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** Side note - Since the time of filming this video, Debs Raynor, has joined us as a Co-Host. I left the link to her channel down below. Mariana decided to participate in Historathon, but not as a co-host. Sorry for the confusion.

Historathon is a year-long celebration of reading historical nonfiction. The goal is to read, discuss, and spotlight works of history, and to encourage reluctant readers to give history a try. The calendar year will be divided into three-month blocks, with each block focusing on a particular period of time:

Jan-March = Prehistory-500 CE
April-June = 500-1500
July-Sept = 1500-1820
Oct-Dec = 1820-Present

To participate, simply read a work of history that falls into the time period for each quarterly segment of the year. Read more if you’d like! Tailor the choices to your interests or try something completely new.

Historathon "Side Quests": We will also be encouraging/participating in history-related activities throughout the year, including watching historical films/documentaries, trying historical recipes, listening to historical music, etc. Feel free to join us!

We will be using the hashtag: #historathon2024

Link to the Historathon 2024 Discord -   / discord  

COHOSTS
Vin ‪@revenantreads‬
Erica ‪@passageoftime8561‬
Garreth ‪@bookssongsandothermagic‬
Mark ‪@BookTimewithElvis‬
Bill ‪@billruttenberg‬
Fred ‪@ReadbyFred‬
John David ‪@NicholasOfAutrecourt‬
Peg ‪@TheHistoryShelf‬
Debs ‪@RaynorReadsStuff‬

Books I Mentioned That I Read for Historathon 2023:
Historathon 2023 - 1st Quarter
The Babylonians: An Introduction (Gwendolyn Leick)
Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs (Ann R. Williams ed.)
Cleopatra: A Life (Stacy Schiff)
The Smart Neanderthal: Bird Catching, Cave Art, and the Cognitive Revolution (Clive Finlayson)
The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China (Christopher Beckworth)
Egypt's Golden Couple: How Akhenaten and Nefertiti Became Gods on Earth (John and Colleen Darnell)
Ancient Africa: A Global History to 300 C.E. (Christopher Ehret)
Historathon 2023 - 2nd Quarter
The Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century (Barbara Tuchman)
Historathon 2023 - 3rd Quarter
American Colonies (Alan Taylor)
Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence (Joseph Ellis)
Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution (H.W. Brands)
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder (David Glenn)
John Adams (David McCullough)
General George Washington: A Military Life (Edward Lengel)
Historathon 2023 - 4th Quarter
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War (Tony Horwitz)
His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope (Jon Meacham)
Storm of Steel (Ernst Junger)
My Friend Anne Frank (Hannah Pick Goslar)
Destiny and Power: The Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush (Jon Meacham)