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Due to popular demand, we are going to have another Bout of Books read-a-thon. I took the feedback that I received after the first Bout of Books read-a-thon, and have made some changes to see if they work better.
- Bout of Books will run from 12:01am 10/24 through 11:59 pm 10/30 (your time zone)
- Read as much as you can whenever you can. I know that this Bout of Books is close on the heels of the Dewey Read-a-Thon; this was an oversight on my part, but if you plan on reading AT ALL, please sign up. The only person you are competing against here is yourself. There is no pressure.
- Bout of Books should be about networking with fellow bloggers in addition to reading. You were going to read that week anyway, right? Bout of Books gives you the opportunity to share your reading experience with other readers.
- Use #boutofbooks on Twitter to update people on your progress and what you are reading. Feel free to follow me (@BookBender) and your co-hosts (links to follow) for Bout of Books information, but please do NOT @ me (or the co-hosts) with all your updates. This happened during the last Bout of Books, and it was unnecessary and flooded people’s timelines. Using #boutofbooks should suffice. I will try to repopulate the Bout of Books Twitter list.
- Sign-up (beginning 10/6), the master list of participants, official schedule (up by 10/20?), and wrap-up post will all be here on my blog. I will also give people the opportunity to post their read-a-thon goals and possible books to read. My Bout of Books “starting line” post will go up on 10/22.
- Each day during Bout of Books has a different co-host. They are in charge for the day, and will offer you a place for you to share your daily progress if you wish as well as a challenge. Please note that co-hosting is an experiment and I am hoping you will give me feedback at the end of the Bout of Books regarding your experience.
- Your co-hosts (with blog and Twitter links) and the tentative challenge schedule are as follows:
10/24: Shirley @ Creative Deeds (@creativedeeds) — Guess the Love Triangle Challenge
10/25: Darla @ D for Darla’s Definite Reads (@DforDarla) — Dream Cast: Book to Movie Challenge
10/26: Joli @ Actin’ Up with Books (@ActinUpwb) — Book Spine Poetry Challenge
10/27: Erin @ Let’s Evaluate — Guess the Cover Challenge
10/28: Jen @ Not Now…I’m Reading! (@NotNowImReading) — Match the UF sidekick with the hero/heroine challenge
10/29: Christi @ Smitten with Reading (@ChristiSnow) — Bout of Books Babble Challenge (creating a haiku)
10/30: Vivienne @ Muse Books (@musesong) — Witchcraft in Popular Fiction Challenge
Ready to sign up? Fill out the form below. Your form submission will appear on the Master List but will take up to 5 minutes to appear. The master list can be used to easily find participants on Twitter or blogs. Post a LINK to your Twitter, blog, Goodreads, Facebook. @YourTwitterHandle is NOT a link. The co-hosts and I have been highlighted blue on the list. If you have any questions, please email me using the email button on my sidebar.
And don’t forget to spread the word!
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I am in, already have some books lined up that I want to finish ;)
Okay, I think I signed up, but I can’t see the master list so I’m not sure, haha! I’m excited to try this, need some motivation to read MORE and FASTER!:)
I’m so glad there’s another one! Definitely signing up :)
I will post my here it comes post tomorrow :)
*squeeeeeeeeee* I’ll be out of town the first part of the week, but when I get back, I’ll be all over this. :)
I’m excited! I’ll be setting up my Goodreads shelf as soon as I finish this comment!
I most definitely plan on reading that week, so I’m in! Thanks for hosting, Amanda.
Thanks for hosting this. Im doing two other read-a-tons right before this one so Im not sure how much time I will have to read since im in class all week. but I loved it last time and I def wanted to participate again!
My FF- Book Briefs(5 giveaways going on right now, including a Kobo e-reader!)
-Michelle
I’m in again! I have a hard time saying no to read-a-thons!
I caved.
Since I am participating in Dewey’s read-a-thon, I have cleared my entire Saturday to do this. However I loved participating in read-a-thons so I cannot wait for this one as well. How am I going to do this, go to work, go to class, and study/do homework?? Who knows but it will make for an interesting week!! Cannot wait to document it! LOL!! My goal for the read-a-thon is to complete 2-3 books in my CURRENTLY READING pile (it is huge!).
I’m signed up! :) I will also post something tomorrow on le blog :)
Hopefully I’m not tardy to the party! I just signed up! :)
I am excited for this! I am trying to get far ahead on my reading and reviewing so I have more time for NaNoWriMo!! Thanks for Hosting!
Ha. Yes, that’s part of the reason why we’re having the readathon now, and not in November. :)
I must be crazy to sign up for another read-a-thon after finishing the 24-hour one but I’m in!
Yay! I’m totally in! I’m still in read-a-thon mode and this way I don’t have to come down! ;)
Just finished the Dewey challenge last night … but I’m up for another one! Looking forward to 7 days of reading. :-)
Just signed up! I missed Dewey because of work so this will be awesome. Thanks for doing this again.
I’m in! 7 days of reading (of course accompanied by work, eating, etc etc). I’m excited! I’ve been looking for a way to get my blog up and running again after not posting for a few months. Hooray!
This is great! I’ve been wanting to do a Read-A-Thon.
This sounds like fun! Seeing as I just super-failed Dewey’s Read-a-Thon this weekend, I think I’ll jump onboard here to prod myself to read more this week! :)
I just found this, but seeing as how I have this week off, and could use the time to read. I figure why not. Plus, I still have some books I need to read from my last read-a-thon that I didn’t get to.
Just signed up for this and it sounds like a fun read-a-thon after participating in the Dewey one. I like that this one is spread out over a few days!
*evil maniacal laughter!* Feel the wrath of my grubby fingers turning the pages oh so quickly! Like a hurricane!!!! err or some such nonesense
Pabkins @ Mission to Read