Need a Bout of Books Fix Before 9.0?

Get your Bout of Books fill on NOVEMBER 2ND.

On Saturday, November 2nd at 10am CDT (time zone conversion), we're going to have Get Your Fix #boutofbooks chat.

What will we be doing, you ask?

Chatting.

Chatting about bookish topics.

You LIKE chatting about bookish topics, right?

So join us on November 2nd.
At 10am CDT (TZC).
On Twitter.

(Don't worry. We'll post a reminder about the chat so you don't forget.)

Bout of Books 8.0 Grand Prize Winner!

Bout of Books 8.0 has ended but the fun doesn't stop until the Grand Prize Winner is announced!

And the Winner is...

Elizabeth @ Nightmare on Bookstreet

Elizabeth's winning entry came from following @creativedeeds on Twitter!

Congratulations, Elizabeth!

Keep your eye on your inbox, you'll be receiving emails from Amanda and Shirley soon!

We would 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 December 9th for 9.0. Keep an eye on this blog for that announcement.

Once again, thank you to everyone who helped make Bout of Books 8.0 a success! We appreciate that you love books and that you're willing to shout it to the stars!

-Kelly and Amanda

Bout of Books 8.0 Wrap Up

Congratulations!
You have survived Bout of Books 8.0!

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 your goals 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 9.0 will be from January 6th to 12th.

The Grand Prize winner will be announced TOMORROW.

Challenge hosts are responsible for announcing their own winners.

We'll have a #boutofbooks chat between now and January. Watch this space for details.

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!

BONUS: Review-a-thon

The Book Monsters are hosting a REVIEW-A-THON starting TODAY through September 1st. If all your reviews have piled up after Bout of Books, the Monster Review-a-thon is the perfect event for you.

PS: The linky will remain open until September 6th.

Bout of Books 8.0 Day 7

The end is in sight.
Keep reading!

Tune into important @boutofbooks announcements from:

10:30am to 11:00am CST (TZC) - Amanda
7:30pm to 8:00pm CST (TZC) - Kelly

Challenges

New Bout of Books Blogs @ Little Lovely Books

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.  If you do not follow directions, your link will be deleted.

Bout of Books 8.0 Day 6

Tune into important @boutofbooks announcements from:

9:30am to 10:00am CST (TZC) - Kelly
7:30pm to 8:00pm CST (TZC) - Amanda

Challenges

Bookish Wishes @ Kelsey's Cluttered Bookshelf
Acrostic Book Poem @ I Read, Ergo I Write

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.  If you do not follow directions, your link will be deleted.

Bout of Books 8.0 Day 5

Tune into important @boutofbooks announcements from:

10:30am to 11:00am CST (TZC) - Kelly
7:30pm to 8:00pm CST (TZC) - Amanda

Challenges

Bookish Mad Libs @ The Space Between

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.  If you do not follow directions, your link will be deleted.

Bout of Books 8.0 Day 4

Tune into important @boutofbooks announcements from:

10:30am to 11:00am CST (TZC) - Amanda
7:30pm to 8:00pm CST (TZC) - Kelly

Challenges

Book Road Trip @ In Wonderland

I Spy... @ Paperback Dreamer

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 do not follow directions, your link will be deleted.