Thursday, May 12, 2016

Bout of Books 16 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

If You Like This, Try This -- HERE

Since we all love recommending books, here's your chance to share the love.
Example: If you like paranormal romance with bloodthirsty vikings, try Shelly Laurenston's Call of Crows series.
Make sure you use the hashtag #boutofbooks on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, so we can see your recs.


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.


Link up your progress for Wednesday!

1. V A L @ Someone Once Wrote  70. SuziQoregon @ Whimpulsive  
2. Michelle @ Sidereal Day  71. Kelsey @ librasaurus  
3. J Lenni Dorner  72. Sarah E @ Rocky Top Real Talk  
4. Kristell  73. Hallie @ Book by Book  
5. gamedevftw  74. Jessica @ HDB  
6. Joy  75. Diana Marques  
7. Ashley @JaffaCaffa  76. Lori @ Palmer's Page Turners  
8. Cynthia @ Bingeing On Books  77. JuRodrigues @ Leituras da Ju  
9. Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal  78. Jessamyn @ gingernifty  
10. Jenn and The Cats  79. Melissa @ Double-Stacked Bookshelves  
11. Jamie @Penminion  80. Samantha @ The Writeables  
12. Nicole Woods  81. Valerie @ He Said Books or Me  
13. Lauren  82. Pim  
14. Shar @ SharleneSays  83. Carol's Notebook  
15. Jennifer Greenlees  84. Stacie @SincerelyStacie  
16. Carla B.  85. Jamie @ Vailia's Page Turner  
17. Tina P  86. Brandee Holland  
18. Dear Clotho  87. Heidi Reads...  
19. Leann @BookishMiller  88. Susan @Reading Susan  
20. Mareli Thalwitzer  89. Irena @ Book Dust Magic  
21. Pippa @thelittlebookowl  90. Amy Berrett  
22. Emma @ The Terror of Knowing  91. Bea @the-maze-of-books  
23. Tijana @tijanacullen  92. Sierra @ The Nerdgirl Review  
24. Danna is a Dork  93. Darcus @ Rainy Days and Pajamas  
25. Thannya @My Lovely Secret  94. Ali  
26. Lyka @ Wander Reads  95. Erin M. Hartshorn  
27. sprite  96. Laura @ Please Pardon the Interruption  
28. Marie @Beyond Opinions  97. Bunnita @ Worth Reading It?  
29. Make Kay  98. Jenna @ Little Bird Reads  
30. Quinn @ Quinn's Book Nook  99. Jade @ Reading With Jade  
31. Maggie @ The Novel Orange  100. Nova @ Confessions of a Literary Addict  
32. Simona @BookFay  101. Jenn @ Quite a Novel Idea  
33. Melissa Lee's Many Reads  102. The Other Dani  
34. Emily @embuhleeliest  103. Ashli @ Faithfully Moonstruck  
35. Baggins @ Pinker Than Fiction  104. Claire-Rose @ ScentofBooks  
36. Yvo @ It's All About Books  105. Becki @ The Flutterby Room  
37. CurlyGeek @ The Book Stop  106. Thérèse @ElphieT  
38. Sarah (@simplerevelry)  107. Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books  
39. Katherine Hayes  108. Kristyn @ Reading to Unwind  
40. Abbi@Christian Novels  109. SarahOBrown  
41. Rachel D.  110. Amy @ Every Book You Need to Read and More  
42. Jacquie @ Rattle the Stars  111. Louise  
43. Jaleenajo @ Beaches and Books  112. Lynn Cooper  
44. Rachelle @ Fortified By Books  113. Ruthsic @ YA on my Mind  
45. Shaunie @ The Space Between  114. Lourdes @ Unbound Books  
46. Grace @BookWithoutPics  115. Sophie @ Dreaming of Happy Endings  
47. Brie @ bashfulnights  116. Rachel B.  
48. Shayna @ The Bibliotaph  117. Cherie @ Read With Cherie  
49. MomokoHime  118. Liz @ Travel in Retrospect  
50. Carmen @Write_Read30  119. Kelly (@pharmdkelly)  
51. Sharon @_eHope  120. sam @ city of fandoms  
52. Brandie @ Brandie is a Book Junkie  121. Books In Bloom  
53. Sarah @ Sarah Says Read  122. Julie @ Keep Calm With Books and Coffee  
54. Maren @ The Worn Bookmark  123. Kenya @BookedupBoss  
55. Katie @ Can't Get There  124. Nikks @ Realm of the Sapphired Dragon  
56. Alyssa @ Under Review  125. Nikki @bookish_nikki  
57. Maija's Fantasy Reads  126. jill hoke  
58. Irene @ Boghunden  127. Maggie  
59. Megan @ Heaving Bosoms  128. Rebecca @ Rebeccabookreview  
60. Giovanna @ BookComa  129. nimrodiel @ confessions of a Literary Persuasion  
61. Lauren @ Bookmark Lit  130. Richard  
62. Leena @Lukunurkka  131. Jazz  
63. Katie @ Story Time Secrets  132. Kelly @ Wandering through Books  
64. Chris Pontius  133. Ashly @ Book 'n' Go  
65. Charleen @ It's a Portable Magic  134. Sarah Sindorf - Sincerando  
66. Jordan @callmesensei14  135. Bahnree  
67. Ticiana  136. Megan  
68. Beth @ Printcess  137. Joséphine @ Word Revel  
69. Canvas @ Breaking Bibliophile  138. Cecily  

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If you have questions, please tweet us @boutofbooks or email us (boutofbooks at gmail dot com).

12 comments:

  1. If You Like the book A Darker Shade of Magic, Try Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch. They are both set in alternate London, both have magic weaved through the story and both are mysterious.
    https://www.instagram.com/p/BFTPhjFM1M6/

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  2. I posted my If You Like This, Try This over at my blog. I chose 5 shows and recommended a book for each. :-)

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  3. If you like the Arthurian myth, you should try the trilogy The Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell.

    Carla B.

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  4. If you like Cinder by Marissa Meyer, you should try Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis.

    https://twitter.com/amyberrett/status/730812898948194304

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  5. I posted my "if you like this, try this" recs on my blog.
    You can check it out here: http://wp.me/p76RED-91

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  6. I recommended books based on musical albums on my blog: http://theotherdani.blogspot.ca/2016/05/bout-of-books-if-you-like-this-try-this.html

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  7. I did my "If you like this, try this" post on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/BFU3S-cQyRN/

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  8. If you like Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, try Ian Caldwell's The Rule of Four:
    http://dannaisadork.tumblr.com/post/144275389187/bout-of-books-day-4

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  9. Here are a few that I often give my students to broaden their horizons a bit:
    If you like The Lord of the Rings trilogy, try The Belgariad by David Eddings.
    If you like Dracula, try The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.
    If you like to be frightened, try The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

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  10. If you like literary fiction or Historical fiction or just good writing I recommend: Beloved by Toni Morrison. https://twitter.com/fallingwings/status/730987161856692224

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  11. http://coleinyourstockings.tumblr.com/post/144287510180/challenge-4-if-you-like-this-try-this

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  12. If you like this, try that. https://instagram.com/p/BFVrwcdthb7/

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