Bout of Books 12 Grand Prize Winner

Bout of Books 12 has ended but the fun doesn't stop until the Grand Prize Winner is announced!

And the Winner is...

Ticiana

Ticiana's winning entry came from liking Amanda Shofner on Facebook.

Congratulations, Ticiana!

Keep your eye on your inbox, you'll be receiving an email from Bout of Books soon!

We'd like to thank everybody who signed up and participated in the read-a-thon. We're always striving to make this event the best it can be and we couldn't do that without your enthusiastic participation.

Please note that the challenge hosts are responsible for notifying winners and announcing prizes on their own blogs for the mini-challenges.

For those that are interested in helping out for the next Bout of Books, we post a call for help roughly a month prior to the start of the read-a-thon - which will be around April 13th for Bout of Books 13. Keep an eye on this blog for that announcement.

Once again, thank you to everyone who helped make Bout of Books 12 a success! We appreciate that you love books and how vocal you are about sharing it!

-Kelly and Amanda

Bout of Books 12 Wrap-Up

Congratulations!
You have survived Bout of Books 12!

In this post, we invite you to link up to your overall progress for Bout of Books. You don't have to create a wrap-up post--it can be an update post with day 7's progress.

Whatever works for you, works for us.

Here are important informational nuggets you probably want to know:

Bout of Books 13 will be from May 11th to 17th.

The Grand Prize winner will be announced TOMORROW.

Challenge hosts are responsible for announcing their own winners.

Following this blog is the BEST way to stay up to date on EVERYTHING.

Since we can't reach out to everyone personally to remind them about upcoming events (though wouldn't that be awesome?), we do our best to keep this blog updated with the most current information. That means you're responsible for following us if you want to receive the latest news.

Thank you for making this event fabulous!

Link up your progress the entire read-a-thon!

1.	Susanne Bylund Felixon	82.	keefsta_11
2.	Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal	83.	Caitlyn @Just Your Average reviews
3.	Raquel Gabrielle	84.	Lori @ Palmer's Page Turners
4.	Liz @ Travel in Retrospect	85.	Stephanie @ Love. Life. Read.
5.	Tanya @ Read. Run. Study.	86.	Peggy Ann @ Peggy Anns Post
6.	Catriona @ fabulous book fiend	87.	Liisa @ Captivated Reader
7.	Emma @ EmmaLikesBooks	88.	Sharon @ The Book Barbies
8.	Charleen @ Cheap Thrills	89.	Nela @ nelamonster
9.	Vonnie's Reading Corner	90.	The Reading Wench
10.	Monika @ Lovely Bookshelf	91.	Stormi@ Books, Movies, Reviews. Oh my!
11.	Amber M @calumhoodiee on tumblr	92.	Amy @ Briar Bookshelf
12.	chebk @ OkPotato	93.	Aneta @ Angelic Book Reviews
13.	Veronica @ Mostly Reviews	94.	Kyra @ Blog of a Bookaholic
14.	Lourdes @ Unbound Books	95.	jill hoke
15.	Tressa @ Wishful Endings	96.	Tina @ HDB
16.	Cynthia @ Bingeing On Books	97.	Ang @ Eastern Sunset Reads
17.	Gizem Kuzu	98.	Ya Booknerd
18.	Nicole (coleinyourstockings on Tumblr )	99.	Beth @ Fuelled by Fiction
19.	The Final Update @ Pages and Tea	100.	Louise
20.	JuRodrigues @ Leituras da Ju	101.	Kaywenn @MissSophieReads
21.	Eden	102.	Diana @ Papéis e Letras
22.	The Butterfly Effect	103.	Kelsey's Cluttered Bookshelf
23.	Melissa	104.	Candiss @ Read the Gamut
24.	Tascha	105.	Goldilocks
25.	Titta @ Reading Madness	106.	Julia@BeccaBooklover
26.	sprite @ Sprite Writes	107.	Melissa @ Double-Stacked Bookshelves
27.	Laura @ Laura Plus Books	108.	Maria
28.	Heather @ Heather Reviews	109.	Mel @ Reviews In A Pinch
29.	Ashli @ Officially Moonstruck	110.	Ticiana
30.	Lyndsey @ MusingFiction	111.	Kristine @ The Cat's Tale
31.	Sandra	112.	Jenn and The Cats
32.	Jess @ Curiouser and Curiouser	113.	Amanda @ On a Book Bender
33.	Karen @ Never Stop Reading	114.	Hannah @ Lemonade Library
34.	Marthese	115.	Ali @ No Money 4 Books
35.	Brandie @ Brandie is a Book Junkie	116.	Jen D. @ Not Now...I'm Reading!
36.	Katie @ Books Under Blankets	117.	Alina @ Radiant Reads
37.	Maija's Fantasy Reads	118.	Anne @ Books Baking and Blogging
38.	Tracy (That First Line)	119.	HillaryPat @ ahorseandacarrot
39.	Simona G	120.	Alyssa @ Revoliterature
40.	charlene wedgner	121.	jen7waters
41.	Pan Alchemist	122.	Ashly @ Book 'n' Go
42.	Shaina @ Shaina reads.	123.	Natalie @ Natalie Hearts Books
43.	Sarah @ Sarah Says Read	124.	Jamie @Vailia's Page Turner
44.	Tracey@crimereaderblog	125.	Ed Spook | Pick a Book, Any Book
45.	Adriana @ BooksOnHerMind	126.	Cassie @ For the Art of It
46.	Jo Kay	127.	Kelly @ Wandering Through Books
47.	Make Kay	128.	Jessica @ Books With Jessie
48.	Abbi @ Christian Novels	129.	mom2triplets04
49.	Sarah @ Teacher's Pet to Teacher	130.	Julianne @ Outlandish Lit
50.	Melissa C @ Must Read Faster	131.	Chelsea
51.	Jenna @ Little Bird Reads	132.	Christina @ BooksandPalettes
52.	Landslide @ Tantos Livros Tão Pouco Tempo	133.	Melissa
53.	Katherine @ The Writerly Reader	134.	Stacy Michelle (Stacy Loves Books)
54.	Chelsea @ ChelseasBookObsession	135.	Cindy @ A Bookaholic Blog
55.	Jessica Bolton (bookrockgoddess)	136.	Sarah @ Flood of Books, etc.
56.	Danica	137.	Crystal @ Infinite Ink
57.	Lori @ Writing My Own Fairy Tale	138.	Shan @ shannyreads
58.	Pragya @ Reviewing shelf	139.	Zi @BookishGamer
59.	Emma @ Words And Peace	140.	Sierra @ toastieghostiee
60.	Breenah @ By Breenah	141.	Arya @AryaTheFangirl
61.	Jess @ Gone with the Words	142.	Keri
62.	Thannya @My Lovely Secret	143.	Kaitlin @ Next Page Please!
63.	Fi @ Bookish Outsider	144.	Tif @ Tif Talks Books
64.	Istiningdyah	145.	Cornelia
65.	Renae @ Respiring Thoughts	146.	Shaeron
66.	Christina @ You Book Me All Night Long	147.	Amber @ YA Indulgences
67.	Elin	148.	Richard
68.	Ashley @ Falling Down the Book Hole	149.	Plethora
69.	Bella @ Audios & More	150.	Kimberly @ Inspirefly
70.	Sharon ~ Faith Hope Cherrytea [9]	151.	Christine @Buckling Bookshelves
71.	Camila Bermudez @hipmisift	152.	Goldilocks
72.	SAM @ city of fandoms	153.	Renee
73.	Elsi @ Reading in Texas	154.	Jessica @ Book Reviews from a Christian Gal
74.	Coral @ crussellbooks	155.	TFrances @ Wading Through
75.	Quinn @ Quinn's Book Nook	156.	Claire
76.	SuziQoregon @ Whimpulsive	157.	aurora @ Paraísos Artificiais
77.	Ali	158.	Sarah @ A Geek's Bookshelf
78.	Jenn @ Booksessed	159.	Alisa
79.	Karsyn @ KaKiJoKoJa	160.	Teresa @ justlittlemusings
80.	Joanna @a quiet booklover	161.	Shirley @ Creative Deeds Reads
81.	Niki – The Obsessive Bookseller

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Bout of Books 12 Day 7

The end is in sight.
Keep reading!

Here is the schedule of events for today:

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

10:30am CST (TZC) Morning Announcements with @boutofbooks
7:30pm CST (TZC) Evening Announcements with @boutofbooks

Challenges

My (dysfunctional) Book Family -- Auggie Talk
#insixwords Challenge -- Falling Down the Book Hole

Updates

The way these updates work is that you post your progress for the previous day (today's link should be to your progress for the sixth day of the read-a-thon). Please include a DIRECT LINK to your update post.

Bout of Books 12 Day 6

Here is the schedule of events for today:

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

9:30am CST (TZC) Morning Announcements with @boutofbooks
10am CST (TZC) Twitter Chat with @BookBender
7:30pm CST (TZC) Evening Announcements with @boutofbooks

Challenges

Literary Quote Challenge -- Gone with the Words
Rewrite the Story -- A Daydreamer's Thoughts

Twitter Chat Information

TZC = Time Zone Conversion
There is a Twitter chat today at 10am CST (TZC)
The chat will be hosted by @BookBender
@boutofbooks is on standby

The chat will last one hour. You do NOT have to follow the host. If the host gets stuck in Twitter jail, she will take over the @boutofbooks handle.

We will use the Q1/A1 system. The host ask the question using Q1, Q2, and so on. You respond using A1, A2. EASY!

Updates

The way these updates work is that you post your progress for the previous day (today's link should be to your progress for the fifth day of the read-a-thon). Please include a DIRECT LINK to your update post.

Bout of Books 12 Day 5

Here is the schedule of events for today:

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

10:30am CST (TZC) Morning Announcements with @boutofbooks
7:30pm CST (TZC) Evening Announcements with @boutofbooks

Challenges

Describe Your Book in Pictures -- The Book Monsters

Updates

The way these updates work is that you post your progress for the previous day (today's link should be to your progress for the fourth day of the read-a-thon). Please include a DIRECT LINK to your update post.

Bout of Books 12 Day 4

Here is the schedule of events for today:

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

10:30am CST (TZC) Morning Announcements with @boutofbooks
7:30pm CST (TZC) Evening Announcements with @boutofbooks

Challenges

The Synopsis Challenge -- LuLo Fangirl

Updates

The way these updates work is that you post your progress for the previous day (today's link should be to your progress for the third day of the read-a-thon). Please include a DIRECT LINK to your update post.

Bout of Books 12 Day 3

Here is the schedule of events for today:

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

10:30am CST (TZC) Morning Announcements with @boutofbooks
7:30pm CST (TZC) Evening Announcements with @boutofbooks
 8pm CST (TZC) Twitter Chat with @soulswallo

Challenges

Character Coupling -- Writing My Own Fairy Tale

Twitter Chat Information

TZC = Time Zone Conversion
There is a Twitter chat today at 8pm CST (TZC)
The chat will be hosted by @soulswallo
@boutofbooks is on standby

The chat will last one hour. You do NOT have to follow the host. If the host gets stuck in Twitter jail, she will take over the @boutofbooks handle.
 

We will use the Q1/A1 system. The host ask the question using Q1, Q2, and so on. You respond using A1, A2. EASY

Updates

The way these updates work is that you post your progress for the previous day (today's link should be to your progress for the second day of the read-a-thon). Please include a DIRECT LINK to your update post.

Bout of Books 12 Day 2

Today is the LAST DAY to GET SIGNED UP.
Are YOU signed up PROPERLY?
Only properly signed up participants
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PRIZES.
_________________________

Congratulations!

You survived the first day of the read-a-thon!

Here is the schedule of events for today:

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

10:30am CST (TZC) Morning Announcements with @boutofbooks
7:30pm CST (TZC) Evening Announcements with @boutofbooks

Please note: the form for the sign up will stay open through TODAY.
It closes Wednesday at midnight (TZC)

Challenges

Top 10 Recommendations -- Trees of Reverie

Updates

The way these updates work is that you post your progress for the previous day (today's link should be to your progress for the first day of the read-a-thon). Please include a DIRECT LINK to your update post.

Bout of Books 12 Day 1

Welcome to Bout of Books 12!

Here is the schedule of events for today:

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

10:30am CST (TZC) Morning Announcements with @boutofbooks
1pm CST (TZC) Twitter Chat with @BookBender
7:30pm CST (TZC) Evening Announcements with @boutofbooks

Please note: the form for the sign up will stay open through TODAY and TOMORROW.

It closes Wednesday at midnight (TZC)

Challenges

Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt -- Caught Read Handed
New Year's Resolutions -- The Book That...

Twitter Chat Information

TZC = Time Zone Conversion
There is a Twitter chat today at 1pm CST (TZC)
The chat will be hosted by @BookBender
@boutofbooks is on standby

The chat will last one hour. You do NOT have to follow the host. If the host gets stuck in Twitter jail, she will take over the @boutofbooks handle.
 

We will use the Q1/A1 system. The host ask the question using Q1, Q2, and so on. You respond using A1, A2. EASY

Sign up

This is a re-post of the sign up linky. If you've already signed up (with direct link to sign up post/tweet/update!), you're good to go.