{"id":6231,"date":"2016-01-04T01:05:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T06:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6231"},"modified":"2016-01-04T01:06:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T06:06:20","slug":"6231","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6231","title":{"rendered":"#tbrtakedown 3.0 and bout of books 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

This coming week includes two semi-annual reading challenges I plan to take part in: #TBRTakedown<\/a>, hosted by Shannon of Leaning Lights, and Bout of Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Bout<\/a><\/div>\n

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 4th and runs through Sunday, January 10th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 15 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bout of Books has daily blog challenges, so you’ll probably see more about that in the upcoming days. <\/p>\n

While #TBRTakedown’s priorities also lie with just generally reading, you can also opt to take part in the challenges:<\/p>\n

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  1. Book from your most recent book haul.<\/li>\n
  2. Book on your TBR Shelf over a year (or longest).<\/li>\n
  3. Book outside your comfort zone! (Genre, content, etc).<\/li>\n
  4. First book in a series.<\/li>\n
  5. Complete a series\/Read a sequel in a series.<\/li>\n
  6. Read a FIRE color book (Fire colours such as shades of red, pink, purple, lilac, burgundy.) Lucky Colors for 2016.<\/li>\n
  7. Read a non-novel item: poem, verse, novella, short story, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"#TBRTakedown<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

    Here you can see some of the books I’m considering to fit the challenges. Illuminae<\/em> is both red and the first book in a planned series. The Marvels<\/em> arrived under the Christmas tree. Those are the two chunksters, but I expect them both to move quickly. Selznick books read fast, since they’re half illustrations, and Illuminae<\/em> is filled with ephemera, I understand. I picked up the graphic novel The Adventures of Superhero Girl<\/em> the August before last when I discovered the Union Station comic book shop, Fantom Comics, had relocated to my neighborhood. It’s by Faith Erin Hicks, who is collaborating on an upcoming comic book\/graphic novel with Rainbow Rowell. I’m not sure if graphic novels cover that final item (novel is in the title, after all), so I’ve got a collection of poems, Honest Engine<\/em>, from a local writer to fill that category. Forgiveness<\/em> is a Harlequin romance book, decidedly outside my comfort zone, but part of a reading\/knitting prize I won many years ago from the author. Winter Holiday<\/em> is the part of the Arthur Ransome series, Swallows and Amazons, a charming British kidlit series from the early 20th century.<\/p>\n

    That said, after I took that picture, I put all those books away, with the intention of finishing the mystery novel I was reading earlier in the week. Next to the couch I also have three other novels, none of which I photographed (although at least two of them would fulfill categories). We’ll see how it goes.<\/p>\n

    What are you reading these days? Did you get any exciting\/long desired books from Santa?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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