I decided (with a bit of encouragement from Tif) that if I am going to hassle some of you for not re-reading your books, I should give you a chance to redeem yourselves or, if you are already a re-reader, to enjoy yourselves. So let me introduce The Re-Read Challenge. Yes, I know ... it's an incredibly snappy name! Luckily, it's quite an easy challenge and I hope that you will all participate.Here are the details:
When: Between September 1 and November 31.
What: Read at least one book from your shelves (or the library if you don't keep books) that you have read at least once before. For each book that you re-read and write about, you will get one entry into the prize drawing. All books are acceptable for this challenge except picture books. Collections of short stories or poetry will count as one book and must be read in their entirety to count.
Who: All bloggers and readers around the world are welcome to participate.
How: Just link either your starting post which you update with re-reads or link each post that you write about a re-read in the Mister Linky below. If you don't have a blog, you can tell us about the re-reads in the comments of this post. I will update this post before the prize drawing (in the week after the challenge ends) listing everyone's numbers as reported so that you can correct me if I've missed anything.
I'm assuming that most re-reads will either be books that you loved or books that you can't remember and need to visit again. Either way, it will be fascinating to read the posts about your experiences with these books! So start thinking about your list or just begin a re-read today.
Dusting the shelves for everyone,
K
You know I'm in!!! Posting about it again right now on my blog!! I will try to get an official post up this week too . . . along with all my other challenges!! One question . . . will this overlap with the Harry Potter Re-Read Challenge? I was already planning on re-reading those ones, but have a few others I hope to add to the list as well!
ReplyDeleteTif - It's totally cool to count books that you are reading for other challenges as long as they are re-reads. How can I ever say no to Harry? ;)
ReplyDeleteI really should join this challenge but I'm going to pass this time. I have a pile of ARCs coming in addition to the ones already on my shelf.
ReplyDeleteI'm also re-reading HP but hopefully a few others as well!
ReplyDeleteBooklogged - if you end up re-reading in the next 3 months, come back by and record it!
ReplyDeleteOphelia - I'm hoping to re-read my Josephine Tey collection!
I just posted this at A Novel Challenge...sorry for the delay!
ReplyDeleteI'm in although not sure what I will be rereading at this point. I love rereading my books. I have read the entire O'Malley series by Dee Henderson like five times. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Wendy!
ReplyDeleteBrittanie - Welcome! I can't wait to see what you choose to re-read this fall.
Great idea for a challenge. I don't think I can do it now ... I'm barely going to get done with the challenges I have committed to already. But maybe if you rerun it next year, I can do it!
ReplyDeleteI can never so no to Harry!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I posted about this on my Twitter tonight (http://twitter.com/tiftalksbooks). I didn't know if you were there or not, but thought it would help to spread the word and get more participants too!! Hopefully . . . :)
I've signed up too. This is going to be great :)
ReplyDeleteNo problem, Jenners! However, if you happen to re-read, stop by and record it!
ReplyDeleteTif - Awesome! Thanks!
Bella - Welcome!
I almost never re-read a book, but so far this year, I have re-read 2 already, didnt' remember either oneof them.
ReplyDeleteI found this challenge through A Novel Challenge and I'm totally in! I have a huge stack of books I keep meaning to reread but never seem to get to, so hopefully this will motivate me!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Mark, Lindy and Emily!
ReplyDeleteLindy - I know what you mean about not remembering a book at all. I will usually have a vague idea of how much I liked a book or not but that's about it.