Bout of Books 35 Call for Experts

   We need YOU.

The #boutofbooks-ers community is mighty. But your hosts are not always able to jump in, answer questions, and cheer everyone on. Also, why limit the fun to Kelly and Amanda?

That's where Bout of Books experts come in.

What makes a person a Bout of Books expert, you ask?

• You've participated in AT LEAST four Bout of Books prior to Bout of Books 35
• You love Bout of Books and want to make sure everyone knows how awesome it is
• You're willing to commit some of your free time to helping us
• You love connecting with fellow book lovers and cheering them on
• You enjoying leading sprints (either on Discord or Twitter)

We will be closing this form on August 8th. If you're interested in helping us, make sure you get on our list before then!

Want to help spread the Bout of Books love?

{Update forms and links for Bout of Books 35 removed once read-a-thon ends. Check the CURRENT Bout of Books posts (if a read-a-thon is in progress) for details and examples on how to update}

Bout of Books 34 Wrap-Up

 Congratulations!

You have survived Bout of Books 34!

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.

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

Here are important informational nuggets you probably want to know:

Bout of Books 35 will be from August 15 to August 21.

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

Seriously, follow us here for the latest news. You can also follow our the Bout of Books Instagram account where we count down the weeks until the next Bout of Books or you can join the Discord to talk books between readathons.

If you’re interested in helping out for the next Bout of Books, we post a call for help about 3 weeks prior to the start of the read-a-thon - which will be around July 25th for Bout of Books 35.

Once again, thank you to everyone who helped make Bout of Books 34 a success! We appreciate that you love books and how vocal you are about sharing it!

-Kelly and Amanda

{sign up form removed, but here are the wrap-up posts for the fabulous Bout of Books 34 participants!}

Bout of Books 34 Day 7

The end is in sight.
Keep reading!

Here is the schedule of events for today:

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

10 a.m Eastern | 7 a.m. Pacific: Reading in Place
11:30 a.m. Eastern | 8:30 a.m. Pacific: Morning Announcements
2 p.m. Eastern | 11 a.m. Pacific: Reading in Place
6 p.m. Eastern | 3 p.m. Pacific: Reading in Place

8:30 p.m. Eastern | 5:30 p.m. Pacific: Evening Announcements

Instagram Photo a Day

For those of you who use Instagram, don't forget to post your daily Bout of Books photo. Find out more on our Bout of Books Instagram page!

Updates

The way these updates work is that you post whatever you want your fellow readathoners to see TODAY. Whether that's your progress for the previous day, your reading-in-place report, an incredibly witty tweet about the book you're reading, or a hygge reading picture you posted on Instagram, link it here. The linky will be open for 24 hours. There will be another linky tomorrow. Please include a DIRECT LINK to your update so we don't have to go clicking around to find it.


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

{Update forms and links for Bout of Books 34 removed once read-a-thon ends. Check the CURRENT Bout of Books posts (if a read-a-thon is in progress) for details and examples on how to update}

Bout of Books 34 Day 6

 Here is the schedule of events for today:

10 a.m Eastern | 7 a.m. Pacific: Reading in Place
10:30 a.m. Eastern | 7:30 a.m. Pacific: Morning Announcements
11 a.m. Eastern | 8 a.m. Pacific: Twitter Chat 
2 p.m. Eastern | 11 a.m. Pacific: Reading in Place
6 p.m. Eastern | 3 p.m. Pacific: Reading in Place

8:30 p.m. Eastern | 5:30 p.m. Pacific: Evening Announcements

Instagram Photo a Day

For those of you who use Instagram, don't forget to post your daily Bout of Books photo. Find out more on our Bout of Books Instagram page!

Twitter Chat Information

TZC = Time Zone Conversion

There is a Twitter chat today at 11 a.m. Eastern | 8 a.m. Pacific

The chat will be led by Kelly using @boutofbooks

The chat will last one hour. We will use the Q1/A1 system. The host asks the questions using Q1, Q2, and so on. You respond using A1, A2. EASY!

Updates

The way these updates work is that you post whatever you want your fellow readathoners to see TODAY. Whether that's your progress for the previous day, your reading-in-place report, an incredibly witty tweet about the book you're reading, or a hygge reading picture you posted on Instagram, link it here. The linky will be open for 24 hours. There will be another linky tomorrow. Please include a DIRECT LINK to your update so we don't have to go clicking around to find it.


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

{Update forms and links for Bout of Books 34 removed once read-a-thon ends. Check the CURRENT Bout of Books posts (if a read-a-thon is in progress) for details and examples on how to update}

Bout of Books 34 Day 5

 Here is the schedule of events for today:

10 a.m Eastern | 7 a.m. Pacific: Reading in Place
11:30 a.m. Eastern | 8:30 a.m. Pacific: Morning Announcements
2 p.m. Eastern | 11 a.m. Pacific: Reading in Place
6 p.m. Eastern | 3 p.m. Pacific: Reading in Place

8:30 p.m. Eastern | 5:30 p.m. Pacific: Evening Announcements

Instagram Photo a Day

For those of you who use Instagram, don't forget to post your daily Bout of Books photo. Find out more on our Bout of Books Instagram page!

Updates

The way these updates work is that you post whatever you want your fellow readathoners to see TODAY. Whether that's your progress for the previous day, your reading-in-place report, an incredibly witty tweet about the book you're reading, or a hygge reading picture you posted on Instagram, link it here. The linky will be open for 24 hours. There will be another linky tomorrow. Please include a DIRECT LINK to your update so we don't have to go clicking around to find it.


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

{Update forms and links for Bout of Books 34 removed once read-a-thon ends. Check the CURRENT Bout of Books posts (if a read-a-thon is in progress) for details and examples on how to update}

Bout of Books 34 Day 4

 Here is the schedule of events for today:

10 a.m Eastern | 7 a.m. Pacific: Reading in Place
11:30 a.m. Eastern | 8:30 a.m. Pacific: Morning Announcements
2 p.m. Eastern | 11 a.m. Pacific: Reading in Place
6 p.m. Eastern | 3 p.m. Pacific: Reading in Place

8:30 p.m. Eastern | 5:30 p.m. Pacific: Evening Announcements

Instagram Photo a Day

For those of you who use Instagram, don't forget to post your daily Bout of Books photo. Find out more on our Bout of Books Instagram page!

Updates

The way these updates work is that you post whatever you want your fellow readathoners to see TODAY. Whether that's your progress for the previous day, your reading-in-place report, an incredibly witty tweet about the book you're reading, or a hygge reading picture you posted on Instagram, link it here. The linky will be open for 24 hours. There will be another linky tomorrow. Please include a DIRECT LINK to your update so we don't have to go clicking around to find it.


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

{Update forms and links for Bout of Books 34 removed once read-a-thon ends. Check the CURRENT Bout of Books posts (if a read-a-thon is in progress) for details and examples on how to update}

Bout of Books 34 Day 3

 Here is the schedule of events for today:

10 a.m Eastern | 7 a.m. Pacific: Reading in Place
11:30 a.m. Eastern | 8:30 a.m. Pacific: Morning Announcements
2 p.m. Eastern | 11 a.m. Pacific: Reading in Place
6 p.m. Eastern | 3 p.m. Pacific: Reading in Place

8:30 p.m. Eastern | 5:30 p.m. Pacific: Evening Announcements

Instagram Photo a Day

For those of you who use Instagram, don't forget to post your daily Bout of Books photo. Find out more on our Bout of Books Instagram page!

Updates

The way these updates work is that you post whatever you want your fellow readathoners to see TODAY. Whether that's your progress for the previous day, your reading-in-place report, an incredibly witty tweet about the book you're reading, or a hygge reading picture you posted on Instagram, link it here. The linky will be open for 24 hours. There will be another linky tomorrow. Please include a DIRECT LINK to your update so we don't have to go clicking around to find it.

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

{Update forms and links for Bout of Books 34 removed once read-a-thon ends. Check the CURRENT Bout of Books posts (if a read-a-thon is in progress) for details and examples on how to update}