Thursday, May 12, 2016

Bout of Books 16 Day 4

Here is the schedule of events for today:

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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.







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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