Well now. It seems as though my blogging has become all about joining in on read-a-thons!
So, big big thanks to those who take the time to organize and host them! This time around it is Joli @ Actin' Up With Books. She is hosting the Sixth annual International HOLIDAY #READATHON! It takes place over the next three days and you pace yourself. Read a few minutes, read for hours. Read each day. Read just today. Read just on Saturday. Just Sunday. In other words....it's up to you! Along the way they will great prizes and challenges you can take part in as well. Speaking of prizes here's mine:
ENTER TO WIN up to 30.00 worth of books from Book Depository.
First Entry
Let me know one or some favourite all time book/s.
Extra Entry
Donate to your local support group. Your choice of what and how! A simple donated is all I need, but do share who and what if you like.
Extra Extra Entry
Reading Slump Tips. My teen book club members and I have been talking book reading slumps lately What do you do to end the slump? Relax and wait it out? Keep on trying?
You have until the end of the read-thon (Dec. 6). I will draw for a winner Monday morning (Dec. 7) Be sure to leave me an email or link to your twitter or blog so I can contact you!
AND THE WINNER IS!!!!!
I took everyone's name and wrote it down however many entries they qualified for (ie everyone's name went in at least twice, many went in three times) and put all the names into a web based random name generator...up popped...
Congrats and happy shopping!
Happy Holiday Read-a-Thon-ing all!
My ALL TIME favorite book is Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. It was one of the first fantasy/fairytale themed books I read as a kid. I still have the same copy i bought at a school book fair in elementary school. It's extremely beat-up and I've read it over 30 some times. It even has the stamp in it from the book fair proving that it was "purchased." I can't explain how much this book specifically (love the series overall) means to me.
ReplyDeleteto end reading slumps I actually watch TV shows! I know that sounds crazy, but sometimes switching forms of media for entertainment makes me miss whatever it is I got burnt out on! For example, i hit a really bad reading slump recently and started watching my favorite show (Gilmore Girls) again. After a while though I began to miss reading and jumped back in! hope this tip helps you guys get out of your slumps!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh...excellent suggestion...will for sure be passing it along!
DeleteAnd i'm donating today! I actually picked up one of those cards from giving tree at the mall, where you choose a child's name and buy them one or more items for christmas off their wishlist. My local mall is doing it for the Children's Cancer Center of Milwaukee. The girl i picked asked for Monster High books and i just found the whole boxed series today and am dropping them off along with few other goodies I hope she'll like!
ReplyDeleteLove those giving trees. We have one set up in our school's library for our own toy drive...it was a student's idea and I must say a great one. Nice on the Monster High books for the girl you picked!
DeleteHappy Reading!
Favorite all-time book is SO HARD!!! I really don't know. If I have to choose a book that I think I could probably re-read more than any other, I'd have to go with Harry Potter. Though I adore so many books! I've recently come to ADORE Sarah J. Maas' Throne of Glass Series. <3
ReplyDeleteReading slumps are a tough one for me! I always get over one by reading one of my favorite authors. Whether it's a re-read or, if I'm super lucky, they just came out with something new! That's the only thing that can really help me.
Great mini challenge! Thanks so much and happy holidays!
One of my all-time faves is MANDY by Julie (Andrews) Edwards. I still have the first edition I bought in 1971!
ReplyDeleteI volunteer and donated books to the Sojourner Family Peace Center, a women's shelter that services families.
Best tip for reading slump. If I'm really struggling, I line up a bunch of books and begin by reading 1 page. If I'm hooked at one page, then I keep reading and reading. If I'm really struggling, I go back to an old favorite and reread that book. It seems to help! Thanks for participating and donating for the Holiday #Readathon! You're awesome, Deb! xx, Liza
Favorite book ever is so hard. If I had to choose just one it would be the Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. I will be donating to the Salvation Army.
ReplyDeleteAs far as a reading slump, if I find I can't get into a book, I put it down and read something else. Then try again after I finish that book.
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Hi! Well I have so many favorite Books on my list, but Jane Eyre is #1.
ReplyDeleteReading Slumps, mmm... I like to watch movies based on famous Books and that awakes my interest in reconnecting with reading!!
One of my favorite books to read is Left Drowning by Jessica Park. I love it so much, but it breaks my heart and cry EVERY time I read it. It's full of pain and love and discovery and growth and acceptance.
ReplyDeleteI made a huge book donation yesterday to my local community assistance program for families in need and I will donate to local elder care facility in my town.
To get over a reading slump, I take a break. Sometimes it's needed to recharge. Then I will reread a book that makes me happy or try a new book by an author whose other books I've enjoyed. Revisiting the familiar can be a great kickstarter.
My favorite books of all time are...
ReplyDeleteThe reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell
Looking for Alaska, John green
And Hawthorne and Heathclifff, RK Ryles.
When in a reading slump I try not to force it. Sometimes taking time off I'd all you need. I wait a few days and then grab a book I know I've been dying to read, or one by one of my go to authors and I'm back to normal.
And as for the donation unfortunately there is no way I can complete that task by the end of today, and no support groups that are open and local. BUT earlier this month a friend and I bought new blankets and gave them out to the homeless in the area.
My fave books are:
ReplyDeleteAlanna Quartet by Tamora Pierce
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
I am donating money to a local shelter for animals this week!
Reading slumps I usually drop whatever I'm stuck on and pick up something I know is a perfect book for me. Sometimes I pick up a graphic novel instead.