*Saw this at Crystal’s place and thought I’d share. I’ll be participating, that’s for sure. -Holly*
I was looking at the calendar today, and I can’t believe November is almost over with. Where has the fall gone? The holidays are fast approaching. I don’t know about anyone else, but the next 2 months will be a very busy time around my place.
Living in Ontario, we were lucky last year when we got no snow until the first week in January. That made the winter go by quickly. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the same thing will happen this year. Over the years I’ve come to hate winter. I know…I need to wake up and smell the coffeee. I live in Canada afterall. I am finding as I age, I just can’t tolerate the cold like I used to. I’m famous for shutting myself inside, by the fire with a good book. So if you are like me, and suffer from the winter blues, you might as well join the Winter Blues 2008 Reading Challenge. You’ll be inside, where it’s nice and warm. And you can get some of those books read that you have sitting around staring at you.
Here is how the Winter Blues 2008 Reading challenge works:
– Anyone who can read and is over 18 years of age can participate. The age limit is set because some of the books and book reviews might have content not suited for younger readers.
– This challenge is meant to be fun! It is no pressure involved. If you don’t get all the books on your list read, no biggie!
– The Winter Blues 2008 Reading Challenge will take place January 1st through March 15th.
– I’ll put up a Mr. Linky on January 1st where everyone can submit a link to their own blog post with their Winter Blues 2008 booklist. Your blog post should include your goals, your booklist and a link back to the post here that contains the Mr. Linky.
It’s as simple as that!
Be sure to let your blog readers know about Winter Blues 2008 so that they, too, can take part. The more the merrier! Feel free to grab the button from this post and use it on your blog.
Prizes: I’ll be awarding 2 $10 Amazon.com gift cards to 2 random participants on March 22nd 2008 (after the challenge is complete). To be eligible for the prizes, you’ll need to: post your Winter Blues 2008 booklist blog post (and add it to the Mr. Linky that will be here) by midnight on December 31st (New Year’s Eve) AND post a summary blog post (and add it to the WB 2008 Summary post Mr. Linky that will be on this blog) by midnight on March 22nd 2008. I’ll choose two people at random, as the winners. **NOTE: The challenge officially ends March 15th. But, I am giving everyone one week after the challenge to post their summary blog posts. I will also be raffling off some books over the course of the challenge.
If anyone has any questions you can post a comment below, or email me at crystal@ccbookreviews.com
So, start thinking about your booklists. I’ve already started mine.
uhhh, are you just supposed to read any book or is there a theme? I missed that somewhere …
Hmm, I’m not sure, Zeek. I just took it to mean we’re supposed to pick a list of our own for the challenge. But I’ll check and update my post. 🙂
Holly, Thanks a ton for posting this.
@zeek… there isn’t any type of theme. You can read anything you want. Fiction, non fiction, the books you read to your children. Whatever.