Bout of Books 13 Grand Prize Winner!

Bout of Books 13 has ended but the fun doesn't stop until the Grand Prize Winner is announced!

And the Winner is...

Emma @ Words and Peace

Emma's winning entry came from visiting Kelly Apple on Facebook.

Congratulations, Emma!

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 July 20th for Bout of Books 14. Keep an eye on this blog for that announcement.

Once again, thank you to everyone who helped make Bout of Books 13 a success! We appreciate that you love books and how vocal you are about sharing it!

-Kelly and Amanda

Bout of Books 13 Wrap-Up

Congratulations!
You have survived Bout of Books 13!

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 14 will be from August 17 to August 23rd.

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 for the read-a-thon!!

1.	Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal	94.	Steph In Wonderland
2.	Cynthia @ Bingeing On Books	95.	Maura @ The Whimsical Mama
3.	Angie @ CajunMamaReads	96.	Krystal @ Booksandbookmarks
4.	Nela @nelamonster	97.	The Reading Wench
5.	Stefanie	98.	The Biblio Bear
6.	J Lenni Dorner	99.	Sherry Ann
7.	Lauren Currie	100.	Emily @Embuhleeliest
8.	Jennifer @ A Librarian's Library	101.	Jenni Elyse
9.	strina @ consumeallthethings	102.	Sarah @ Sarah Says Read
10.	Kajsa	103.	Emma @ Words And Peace
11.	Souhaila	104.	Erin @emfinlen
12.	Melissa @ Jayne's Books	105.	Kami @ Kami's Library Thoughts
13.	Nat @natsbookshelf	106.	Jenna @ Lost Generation Reader
14.	Melissa Lee's Many Reads	107.	Crafts4others
15.	Gizem Kuzu	108.	Diana Marques
16.	Lisa @ Captivated Reader	109.	Pan Alchemist
17.	The Resurgent Bookworm	110.	Elsi @ Reading in Texas
18.	Marissa Haulman	111.	Melissa @ Double-Stacked Bookshelves
19.	Becky @ Book Bite Reviews	112.	Yaya
20.	Brianna @ Listful Booking	113.	Ali
21.	Roz @ Roz's Book Corner	114.	Ashly @ Book 'n' Go
22.	Lily @ Pages and Tea	115.	Elle @ Erratic Project Junkie
23.	Melissa	116.	maria helena @ marelden
24.	NewFoundLove4Books	117.	Brooke's Books
25.	Ashley @ Seattle Books	118.	Monica @ Tomes Project
26.	V A L	119.	Lori @ Palmer's Page Turners
27.	Leann @ Between Library Shelves	120.	Cindi @ Utah Mom's Life
28.	Liz @ Travel in Retrospect	121.	Danielle @ YA, By the Way
29.	jen7waters	122.	Jennifer (italianbirdie)
30.	Joy Isabella	123.	Richard
31.	Simona G	124.	Louise
32.	Maud	125.	Ivy @ Open the Page
33.	slipperbunny	126.	Jenn and The Cats
34.	Ashli @ Faithfully Moonstruck	127.	Danae
35.	Carolyn @ Book Chick City	128.	Rayna @ Reader Rayna
36.	Mikayla Ambrose	129.	Jessica @ Book Reviews from a Christian Gal
37.	Gina, a book dragon	130.	Samantha @ The Secret Life of a Bookworm
38.	Kristine @ the Cat's Tale	131.	Jill Hoke
39.	Ellie P	132.	Jamie @ Vailia's Page Turner
40.	Jessica Bolton (bookrockgoddess)	133.	Readingwithwrin
41.	Aparna	134.	Chelsea @ Books for Though
42.	Izabella @ pagesfullofstars	135.	Yvo @ It's All About Books
43.	Rita @booksandrita	136.	The Other Dani
44.	Sofia @ Raining Books and Words	137.	Rianna Reads
45.	Julie @ Smiling Shelves	138.	Chelsea@Nerdybooks
46.	Thannya @My Lovely Secret	139.	Mel @ Reviews In A Pinch
47.	Sarah @ Just One More Chapter	140.	Brittany@BookishBrittany
48.	Alyssa @ Under Review	141.	Adrian @ Full Time Reads
49.	Angelya @ Tea in the Treetops	142.	Aly @ Aly's Miscellany
50.	Stacey @ Squiggles Reviews	143.	Nicole Craswell
51.	Abbi@Christian Novels	144.	Caitlyn @Just Your Average reviews
52.	Sarah Reads Too Much	145.	Tressa @ Wishful Endings
53.	Bookish Sarah	146.	Melanie @ CBR
54.	Quinn @ Quinn's Book Nook	147.	Louisa
55.	Brandie @ Brandie is a Book Junkie	148.	Jennine @ My Life in Books
56.	Brianna	149.	Emily @midwinter_night
57.	Coral Russell	150.	Renae @ Respiring Thoughts
58.	Baggins @ Pinker Than Fiction Reviews	151.	Nikki @ nikkitheknack
59.	Sarah @ Flood of Books, etc.	152.	Katy @ Glorious Panic
60.	Cayt @ Vicarious Caytastrophe	153.	Guiltless Reading
61.	Lisa @ MyBookWorld2	154.	Alex Starrcov
62.	Carmen @CHRebel22	155.	Danica
63.	debbie@the Friday Friends	156.	Kristilyn @ A Little Time To Read
64.	Veronica @ Mostly Reviews	157.	Amanda @ On a Book Bender
65.	Kelsey's Cluttered Bookshelf	158.	kasey @ until that moment
66.	Tanya @ ListObsessedReader	159.	Carlisa @ Confessions of Carlisa
67.	Cherie L	160.	Elizabeth @ Forrest of Books
68.	Raquel @ Hitzuji Books	161.	Samantha @ The Writeables
69.	Jazz @ Jazmin Jade Reviews	162.	Don't be Afraid of the Dork
70.	Make Kay	163.	Kelly @ Wandering Through Books
71.	Debora Sebelin	164.	The Butterfly Effect
72.	Sharon @Faith Hope & Cherrytea	165.	Colleen
73.	Book Bunny @ Book Bunny's Burrow	166.	Jaclyn Senneff
74.	Jaclyn @ My Life as a Bookworm	167.	Eduardo @ BoomingBooks
75.	Muse	168.	Keely @ I Read it and Wept
76.	Kristin @ mylittleheartmelodies	169.	Crystal @ Infinite Ink
77.	Lori @ Writing My Own Fairy Tale	170.	Tif @ Tif Talks Books
78.	Cataluna6 @ Bookish Delights	171.	Cindy @ A Bookaholic Blog
79.	Wulfie	172.	Kathryne
80.	Briana @ BookishYogini	173.	Kimberley
81.	Maren @ The Worn Bookmark	174.	Mabel @friendlvr
82.	Jess @ Gone with the Words	175.	Mandy @My Life as a Reader
83.	Ticiana	176.	Jade @ Dream of Reading
84.	SuziQoregon @ Whimpulsive	177.	Ee @ Bursting Books
85.	Steph @ StephTheBookworm	178.	Molls @ ZdS
86.	Jenna @ Little Bird Reads	179.	G - Great Exhortations
87.	Katherine @ The Writerly Reader	180.	Bella @ Bella Reads
88.	Samantha @highflyingbooks	181.	Katharina @thelifeofkatha
89.	Terri @ cook*create*read	182.	Sharlene @ SharleneSays
90.	Stefani @ Caught Read Handed	183.	Brooke R. Busse
91.	Clary	184.	Kathy @ Books on the Tube
92.	Emalie @ bookgatherer	185.	Carla B.
93.	lois@ You, Me and a Cup of Tea

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Bout of Books 13 Day 7

The end is in sight.
Keep reading!

Here is the schedule of events for today:

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

10:00am CST (TZC) Morning Announcements with @boutofbooks
7:30pm CST (TZC) Evening Announcements with @boutofbooks

Challenges

No challenge -- Just read!

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 13 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 @soulswallo
7:30pm CST (TZC) Evening Announcements with @boutofbooks

Challenges

Favorite Read Photo Challenge -- Once Upon a Chapter

Twitter Chat Information

TZC = Time Zone Conversion
There is a Twitter chat today at 10am 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 fifth day of the read-a-thon). Please include a DIRECT LINK to your update post.

Bout of Books 13 Day 5

Here is the schedule of events for today:

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

10:00am CST (TZC) Morning Announcements with @boutofbooks
7:30pm CST (TZC) Evening Announcements with @boutofbooks

Challenges

Cover Color Challenge -- Wishful Endings

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 13 Day 4

Here is the schedule of events for today:

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

10:00am CST (TZC) Morning Announcements with @boutofbooks
7:30pm CST (TZC) Evening Announcements with @boutofbooks

Challenges

Modern to Classic -- Ranty Runt of a Reader

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 13 Day 3

Here is the schedule of events for today:

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

10:00am CST (TZC) Morning Announcements with @boutofbooks
7:30pm CST (TZC) Evening Announcements with @boutofbooks

Challenges

Book Haiku -- Kristina Horner

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 13 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

10:00am 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

Character Face Off -- 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 first day of the read-a-thon). Please include a DIRECT LINK to your update post.

Bout of Books 13 Day 1

Welcome to Bout of Books 13!

Here is the schedule of events for today:

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

10:00am CST (TZC) Morning Announcements with @boutofbooks
7:30pm CST (TZC) Evening Announcements with @boutofbooks
8pm CST (TZC) Twitter Chat with @BookBender

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

It closes Wednesday at midnight (TZC)

Challenges

Bookish Survey -- Writing My Own Fairytale

Twitter Chat Information

TZC = Time Zone Conversion
There is a Twitter chat today at 8pm 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.

Bout of Books 13 Schedule

It's COMING!

Psst. Tell your friends:

Challenges/Giveaways

Monday 5/11
Bookish Survey -- Writing My Own Fairy Tale


Tuesday 5/12
Character Face Off -- LuLo Fangirl


Wednesday 5/13
Book Haiku -- Kristina Horner


Thursday 5/14
Modern to Classic -- Ranty Runt of a Reader


Friday 5/15
Cover Color Challenge -- Wishful Endings


Saturday 5/16
Favorite Read Photo Challenge -- Once Upon a Chapter


Sunday 5/17
No challenge!


Twitter Chats
(chats last approximately one hour)
TZC = Time Zone Conversion

Monday: 8pm CST (TZC)
Saturday: 10am CST (TZC)