Outside the Box Book Challenge!
Okay – for something a little different and a little fun! I
hope that you will join me on this excursion through the literary genres!
Choose your level, post with us at the end of the month about your experiences,
and we will have a winner at the end of the year for a $50 GC from that great
book place in the Ethernet! Each posting
will get your name in the hat for a chance to win! So, post monthly and your
chances increase! I hope you enjoy the
categories I have created… it was fun doing it!
Choose your level – just how far out of the box do you want to go?
I’m a little Scared: 3-4 categories
It’s not so bad out here!: 5-7 categories
Look at me, outside my comfort zone!: 8-10 categories
No Box can Contain Me!: ALL 13!
Guidelines:
This
challenge will run from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013.
Grand Prize Drawing will be 7 January 2014!
1. Sign up
any time. Though, it’s best to do it by the 31st of December, 2012 –
that way you will have more chances to WIN! (However, sign-ups will close 1
December 2013)
2. You
cannot use any books or reading material that was read before 1 January 2013 (except for #9 – but you DO have to REREAD
that one to count!)
3. At the
End of each month, you must post a link to your review for it to count! If you
don’t have a blog, be sure to link up the review you did in GoodReads, Amazon,
Library Thing, etc. We need to read your review! (There will be a one week
grace period to get in the review. i.e. January 31st rolls around
and the linky will be up, but you have until 6th of February to get
your linky in!) Each review will get you a ‘token’!
4. Share the
Love (PLEASE!?!) – Write your intentions on your blog, link back to this post,
have the button on a side bar, so others will know what fun you are having, and
they can have it too!
5. Overlaps are okay, but the purpose of this is
to try other books, not grabbing ONE book to fit four categories! You only get
ONE token in for each review, so the more the merrier.
6. Comment
below with how comfortable you are of climbing out of your literary box! BUT, don’t feel you have to be tied to that
level! You are shy and want to start slowly but love the feeling of the air
outside of where you are…go for it! You thought
you could be a book sphere, but the box is warm and comfy, that’s okay too!
7. Be
encouraging! Sometimes it’s a little
frightening coming out of your comfort zone. Go to the other participants’
sites and give them words to help free them. Offer suggestions on the best ways
to climb out of the box – give them a ladder that they can use!
8. Optional –
share books. Be willing to swap books
with other participants (unless they are library books, or books that are not
yours, then you might find yourself in a whole other type of box, and I can’t
help you then!)
9. Make sure
you post your reviews every month. Who
knows, I just might have a surprise giveaway that month!
Now… to the categories!
#1 To
the Screen
Read a book
that was adapted to the screen. Try to
read the book first, then see the movie – how did they compare?
#2
Another Voice
Do
you typically read books that focus on a Female Character? Try a male
protagonist. A male point of view usually? See what it’s like from a woman’s
perspective.
#3
Opposites Attract
Are you always reading young adult or
historical fiction? Try something that would be opposite – a contemporary read
for those stuck in the past, for instance.
#4
5 Star Day
Is
there a book you’ve seen featured on another blog and everyone raves about it?
Even if it isn’t your cup of tea – give it a try to see what the hype is all
about.
#5
XyZ pdQ
You’ve
seen them – ABC book challenges – well this one is light! Grab a book that has
either an X, Z or Q in the title! Too
tough? Try going for the author’s name!
#6 It’s
my Birthday!
So,
have a party! Read a book that was published in either your birth month or
birth year!
#7 From
one place…
It’s
neat to read a book that was first published outside of the United States (or
your country – we won’t hold it against you if you don’t live in the Good Ol’
USofA). Make sure to pull up a slang
dictionary of that country, though, otherwise you will always wonder why they
put the ‘kettle on the hob’ (and, no, it has nothing to do with short hairy
guys with big hairy feet!)
#8
It’s
All About ME!
It
seems that everyone has written a memoir of one kind or another – or someone
wrote about their favorite person. Read
about their life and know that yours is still marvelous, even though you didn’t
climb Mt. Everest by the age of 2!
#9
Visit
an Old Friend
Do
you have one of those books that you tell everyone is your favorite, because of
the fond memories you have when you read it eons ago? Read it again, just to make sure it still is
your Favorite!
#10
Look at the pretty pictures!
It
seems that Graphic Novels are all the rage.
Check on out and see for yourself! If you have read the original, how
did the graphic novel compare?
#11
She made me do it!
You
read about the book on another site. It
wasn’t necessarily something that everyone raves about, but this person spoke
so well of the book, you just had too! (I know, it’s kind of like #4 – but this
one is special, you were moved by the blogger’s recount of the story, you just
had to!) Don’t’ forget to mention who made you grab that cookie from the jar!
#12 I couldn’t help myself!
We
all do it! We walk through the book store (or even one of those super stores)
and it strikes you! You stop in your tracks and you have instant Cover Love!
Grab it, buy it, and READ IT! Well, was it worth it?
#13
To be or Not to be…
Time
to break in to that section that very few of us fear to tread! Read a play, memorize a poem and analyze it
since it’s rolling around in your head!
Give the Bard (whoever she may be!) a chance!
