My Read-a-thon Mini Challenge!
April 10, 2010 in Blog
Welcome Read-a-Thoners to my Mini Challenge! Hope your reading is going great, we’re still early on so you should be full of energy! But that is no reason you shouldn’t take a quick break to pace yourself and spend a few minutes taking part in a fun competition!
Just a warning though, I recommended you limit yourself to a maximum of ten minutes or so for this mini-challenge, because as I found out, when I was creating my example, it’s very, very easy to waste more time than you were planning to, creating the perfect one!
But, what am I talking about I hear you ask? ;)
Quite simple really, I want you to pull three or four books off of your bookshelves and use them to form a sentence, from the book titles, take a photograph and upload it somewhere you can link to it from. (ie: your blog, photobox, flickr any of the various twitter pic sites, facebook… etc… etc…) Come back and post a link to your blog post or photo in the comments section.
The challenge is open for three hours, and later in the readathon I’ll pick my favourite 15 or so and post a poll to decide the winner!
Still not sure what I’m talking about? Well here is my example:
Which would obviously make my entry (and my comment):
When I Forget the Wood Wife, Enduring Love Never Let Me Go
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2802/4506115494_abc4a51a15.jpg
The winner will be able to choose a book to the value of £10.00 from The Book Depository. (The winner’s book can be sent to wherever The Book Depository delivers.)
So there you go, over to you. Don’t forget to have fun and then get back to your reading and cheerleading!
Kailana (37)
Clover (14)
Alyce (13)
Amanda (10)
Carl V. (10)
Nikki-ann (9)
[...] for this hour is being hosted by Bart at Bart’s Bookshelf. The mini-challenge is Book Title Sentence. Bart is going to have you line up some books and make a sentence out of their title. This is [...]
Oh I forgot about this one! This was so much fun last fall and I stared at my books trying to come up with something brilliant. I may have to do this one…..
.-= Sheila (Bookjourney)´s last blog ..Readathon Mini Challenge :Kick Off (post 3) =-.
This looks SO fun, but I can’t participate because my camera is dead!!!!!
I’ll look forward to seeing what others come up with!!!
.-= Jennifer´s last blog ..Book Blogger Hop: April 9 – 15, 2010 =-.
http://teensactuallyread.blogspot.com/2010/04/hour-4-meme.html
My entry
I can’t enter a picture but here is the sentence for the 4th hour mini challenge. Four to Score The Traveler’s Gift Something Blue
It’s 1.15am here and my poor brain isn’t feeling creative enough to take on this challenge without taking too much time out from reading.
I’m looking forward to checking in later to see what everyone else has come up with and if I get a surge of creativity in the next couple of hours I might even give it a go myself.
Thanks for hosting this challenge.
Happy Reading Everyone!
http://www.bookworminginthe21stcentury.com/2010/04/deweys-readathon-hour-4.html
Here you go! I tried to be quick about it
.-= Kristen H.´s last blog ..Dewey’s Readathon Hour 4 =-.
Great challenge, hope your managing to get plenty of reading in. My post is here:
http://katrinasreads.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon-hour-4-im-already-restless.html
.-= katrina´s last blog ..Read-a-thon: Hour 1 Meme =-.
Here’s my sentence:
http://classicvasilly.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/read-a-thon-mini-challenge-book-title-sentence/
.-= Vasilly´s last blog ..On Your Mark, Get Set, Read! =-.
My sentence is:
Girls in pants burned the baby-sitter.
And my entry is here: http://ashleyslibrary.blogspot.com/2010/04/book-title-sentence-mini-challenge.html
Happy reading!
Love this challenge, but it’s so awesomely hard! lol Here’s my attempt:
http://midnightbookgirl.blogspot.com/2010/04/mini-challenge-4-barts-bookshelf.html
.-= Kate- Midnight Book Girl´s last blog ..Mini-Challenge #4- Bart’s Bookshelf =-.
::: laughs :::
I love this challenge — I tried to be extra speedy this time, since last year I definitely spent *way* too long on it.
Photo and post for the sentence “The virgin and the dinosaur, trespassing, set this house in order” at link below:
http://sjkessel.blogspot.com/2010/04/monica-readathon-mini-challenge-book.html
This was too fun to pass up. Here’s mine! http://fewmorepages.blogspot.com/2010/04/hour-4-read-thon-mini-challenge.html
.-= Katy (A Few More Pages)´s last blog ..Hour 4 Read-a-thon Mini-Challenge =-.
This was fun!
http://twitpic.com/1el75h
I’ve posted my photo and my entry. Very fun post; thank you!
http://helensbookblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon-mini-challenge-titles.html
.-= Helen Murdoch´s last blog ..Read-a-Thon (mini-challenge: titles) =-.
This one was a little tough, as I’m not in my home and only have my TBR stack! But we did it!
http://sandynawrot.blogspot.com/2010/04/24-hour-read-thon-hour-4-and-mini.html
.-= Sandy´s last blog ..24 Hour Read-a-thon: Hour 4 and Mini Challenge =-.
[...] – Mini Challenge #2 Jump to Comments The Next Mini Challenge is hosted by Bart’s Bookshelf. Here is my [...]
I love this challenge!
My sentence is here:
http://lesleysbooknook.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon-2010-mini-challenge.html
.-= Les in NE´s last blog ..Dewey’s Read-a-Thon (2010) Update #1 =-.
My three books say, “Writing on my forehead ~ having our say in a different voice!”
1. Writing on My Forehead
2. Having Our Say
3. In a Different Voice
http://bonniesbooks.blogspot.com/2010/04/updates-on-24-hour-readathon.html
.-= Bonnie Jacobs´s last blog ..Updates ~ on the 24-hour readathon =-.
Here is my entry! Fun challenge
http://virginiebarbeau.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/read-a-thon-mini-challenge-2/
.-= Martina´s last blog ..Read-a-Thon – Mini Challenge #2 =-.
Here’s mine! Though, it’s probably not too good considering I only have my current books with me right now. XD
What the Dog saw Kafka on the shore thank(s) for the memories.
Picture
Kihana
.-= Kihana´s last blog ..Reading now… =-.
Thanks for the fun challenge! Mine is:
Tiger Moon, wake nothing but ghosts!
http://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/2010/04/readathon-mini-challenge-3-book-title.html
.-= Charlotte´s last blog ..Readathon Mini Challenge 3– a book title sentence =-.
Thanks! So fun. I am thrilled with mine and eager to read others.
.-= Bekah´s last blog ..Mini Challenge Hour 4 =-.
http://thoughtsonbekahslife.blogspot.com/2010/04/mini-challenge-hour-4.html
Mine is up and I had such fun. What a great diversion.
.-= Bekah´s last blog ..Mini Challenge Hour 4 =-.
Oh I laughed so hard doing this challenge! Thanks!
http://lizzie-aworkinprogress.blogspot.com/2010/04/hour-four-post-and-mini-challenge.html
[...] shrank my pool of possibilities even further, but I’ve come up with something that’s not too bad. The fish boy of Orchid Island is big in [...]
This one didn’t stump me this time around, yayyyy!!!
Challenge entry
Here’s mine: it’s a 3.30am fail, though – lol
http://asile-de-fou.livejournal.com/907928.html
*giggles*
Here’s mine – Wild Ones Shiver and Be a Villian
http://dangerouslycoldtea.blogspot.com/2010/04/readathon-hour-4-book-title-sentence.html
Just click on my name and it’ll take you to my picture, captioned: The fish boy of Orchid Island is big in Japan!
.-= India´s last blog ..A silly sentence =-.
Here’s mine: http://jennys-books.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon-updates-april-10th.html
Here’s mine: She’s Come Undone, Truly,Madly, I Know This Much Is True
http://s845.photobucket.com/albums/ab19/GreenFairyLV/readathon/
.-= Demi´s last blog ..Dewey’s Read-a-Thon =-.
great idea!! here is mine http://twitpic.com/1elboz
worldsfinest soulless Rampant Chibi Vampire !
I tried to simply use my French titles from today’s ‘Thon:
http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2010/04/readathon-hour-4-sentence-de-titre-de.html
Also, I just became a follower. I’d love to have you follow me!
.-= debnance at readerbuzz´s last blog ..Readathon: Hour 3: Et les candidats agréés sont… =-.
This is a really cute challenge, thanks for hosting!
http://fabula.exlibrisbitsy.com/chatter/read-a-thon-april-2010-hour-4/
.-= Bitsy´s last blog ..Read-a-Thon April 2010 – Hour 4 =-.
Hello Darren, Nice contest!
Here’s my entry:
If You Could See Me Now Was The Illuminator
http://themused.webs.com/apps/blog/show/3415565-hour-4-update
[...] The Ladies’ Paradise. Thought I would take a quick break for a mini-challenge from Bart’s Bookshelf! The challenge is to make a phrase or sentence using the titles of 3-4 books. I really just [...]
Ok this was fun. here is my pic and sentence:
http://eatingyabooks.blogspot.com/2010/04/24-hour-read-thon-mini-challenge-4.html
Love this challenge…did a quick one to get back to reading: http://stilettostorytime.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/read-a-thon-progress-and-mini-challenge/
Thanks and Happy Reading to All,
Courtney
Stiletto Storytime
http://ellzreadz.blogspot.com/2010/04/r-t-mini-challenge-4.html
That was fun. What a great idea.
Back to the book!
[...] Bookshelf asked us to make a sentence out of 3 or 4 book titles. He warned us not to allot too much time to it and I [...]
This one is always fun!
My post is here.
oh, i had way too muc fun doing this one… i can see how someone could get lost in a bookshelf for HOURS! thanks for the great challenge… =D
.-= Lissa´s last blog ..mini-challenge =-.
You’ll find my book poetry on Graasland!
Thanks for the mini-challenge, I had fun
.-= Gnoe (van Graasland)´s last blog ..Gnoe reporting for readathon! =-.
My sentence: “All the King’s Men – O Lost [the] Princes of Ireland, Look at the Birdie.”
and post with picture and update for the past hour -> http://bibliophibian.blogspot.com/2010/04/hour-4-update.html
.-= Janel ´s last blog ..Hour 4 Update =-.
Mine is here – this is a great challenge!
http://myreadingroom-crystal.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon-hour-4-update-and-mini.html
.-= Crystal F´s last blog ..Read-a-Thon – Hour 1 update =-.
Boy – time sure flies with this one! I have a few that I posted here.
Here’s my response:
http://sjkessel.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-wanna-play-too-book-mini-challenge.html
I had a lot of fun with this!
This was a lot of fun! Here is my entry:
http://www.theneverendingshelf.com/2010/04/deweys-read-thon-hour-4.html
here is my feeble attempt
http://infogoddess54.blogspot.com/2010/04/hour-5.html
great idea for a mini-challenge
.-= Fiona´s last blog ..Hour 5 =-.
[...] couldn’t pass up this fun little challenge hosted by Bart’s Bookshelf. The idea is to take 3 or 4 books from your bookshelves and create a sentence out of the titles. My [...]
Bonk the last madam if you want to write sexuality today.
That’s my entry, here’s the pic:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/qemorio/4507641739/
This looks like so much fun…let’s see what I can come up with.
Here we go…
“The Search For Delicious New Skies Shiver The Sea of Monsters.”
Thanks for hosting this creative (and wonderful) mini challenge.
.-= Ann-Kat (Today, I Read…)´s last blog ..24 Hr Read-a-Thon (Spring 2010) Book Pool =-.
My post is here!
Here’s my post. I love this activity!
http://ghhslibrary.psd401.net/?p=2338
.-= Karen Burns´s last blog ..Book Sentence Mini-Challenge =-.
Oh, you’re right-you can spend waaay too much time on this challenge if you let yourself!
Odd: Thomas, the cellist of Sarajevo, the Sparrow, Oliver Twist, Frog, and Toad are friends.
http://subliminalintervention.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon-hour-4-mini-challenge.html
.-= Dreamybee´s last blog ..Read-a-Thon Hour 4 Mini Challenge =-.
[...] Book Title Sentence Brightly Woven Fire Burned The City of Ember. I even got fire/light references in each [...]
http://intheturtleshell.blogspot.com/2010/04/mini-challenge-book-titles.html
fun mini challnge. thank you. blair.
.-= blair´s last blog ..mini challenge- book titles =-.
Superb challenge, very entertaining (rather distracting, actually). Here’s my entry:
http://edwardsexbyisaninja.blogspot.com/2010/04/hour-5-update-and-challenge.html
Love this one! Here’s mine: http://bookatopia.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-athon-update-1.html
1. A Century Turns
2. Shakespear
3. Mostly Harmless
.-= Arielle´s last blog ..Read-aThon: Update 1 =-.
What a fantastic challenge!! Here is my entry:
http://and-the-plot-thickens.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon-hour-4-mini-challenge.html
Here’s mine. Great challenge Darren!
http://www.capriciousreader.com/?p=4149
.-= Heather´s last blog ..Kick off strategy – hour 2 meme =-.
Am loving this challenge, thanks for hosting! Here’s my link:
http://kissacloud.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/readathon-hour-five/
.-= claire (kiss a cloud)´s last blog ..Readathon Hour Five =-.
Thank you for the fun challenge!
Here’s my contribution:
http://pecksandbushels.blogspot.com/2010/04/mini-challenge.html
Cheers!
Love this mini challenge!
Here’s my entry: http://tickettoanywhere.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon-hour-4-mini-challenge-book.html
.-= Irish´s last blog ..Read-a-thon Hour 4 Mini Challenge: Book Title Contest =-.
[...] Bart wanted us to put three or four books together to form a sentence. As my eyes scanned my book shelves (even though I tried to keep them on my book!) I made one that cracked me up. When I pulled the books together I saw I had five so here is the picture as 4 books: [...]
Mine reads: David Copperfield in love with a thief the longest time.
Take a look here:
http://community.livejournal.com/read_a_thon/9057.html
Here is my update along with my entry!!
http://ijustwannasithereandread.blogspot.com/2010/04/deweys-24-hour-read-thon-update-2.html
kpic724 (at) gmail (dot) com
.-= Kate´s last blog ..Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon Update #2 =-.
Here is mine:
http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/readathon-mini-challenge-post-4/
.-= Sheila (Bookjourney)´s last blog ..Readathon Mini Challenge (post 4) =-.
Here’s mine! Thank goodness for a small book collection – I could have spent ages doing this!
“Old Turtle eats, shoots and leaves a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s court.”
http://serenebean.livejournal.com/241487.html
.-= serenebean´s last blog ..Read-a-Thon: Hours 1-5 =-.
I had fun!
My entry
Hi!
I tried, but the picture isn’t too good. Hope it passes. Have a great day!
Sherrie
Just Books
.-= Sherrie´s last blog ..DEWEY’S READ – A- THON =-.
Fantastic challenge – thank you!
The moon looked down feeling sorry for Celia, the girl with the dragon tattoo.
Tricky, but very fun!
My post & picture:
http://thedmlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/04/readathon-book-sentence-mini-challenge.html
.-= Alanna´s last blog ..Readathon: Book Sentence Mini-Challenge =-.
Hope this is okay :
http://cindysloveofbooks.blogspot.com/2010/04/deweys-read-thon-mini-challenge.html
.-= Cindy(Cindy’s Love Of Books)´s last blog ..Dewey’s Read-a-Thon Mini Challenge =-.
“Green Girls Fool the Hammer of Eden”
Here’s the link: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4507804897_c908cfba6c.jpg
.-= Anna (Diary of an Eccentric)´s last blog ..Read-a-Thon Hour 1: Let’s Start Reading! =-.
Oh I had so much fun with this!
Brightly Woven Fire Burned The City of Ember. Woohoo! And I even got fire/light references in each title. Weee!
.-= Brittany Landgrebe´s last blog ..Readathon Checkin #3 =-.
Oops! Forgot the link to the pick. Sorry!
http://brittanylandgrebe.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/photo1.jpg
.-= Brittany Landgrebe´s last blog ..Readathon Checkin #3 =-.
What a great idea! My digital camera broke, so I can’t post a picture of mine, but I’m enjoying everyone else’s! Vasilly’s was almost a haiku!
http://waterfallfaerie.livejournal.com/90205.html
“darkly dreaming Dexter; sinner, monster, an echo in the darkness…”
i couldn’t pass this one up!! too much fun
.-= angela´s last blog ..Mini Challenge 4 =-.
Someone is Watching, Desmond, The Master of Seacliff, With Caution.
.-= Kanaye´s last blog ..24-hour Read-a-thon =-.
Here’s mine: http://amusedbybooks.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon-first-check-in.html
.-= Amused´s last blog ..Read-A-Thon: First Check-in =-.
My Sentence:
Elynia
The Namesake
Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving
http://bibliofreakblog.com/memes/readathon-post-2/
.-= J.T. Oldfield´s last blog ..Read-A-Thon: Post #2 =-.
Here goes –
“Marie Antoinette corked the billionaire’s vinegar, thunderstruck.”
http://pleasepardontheinterruption.blogspot.com/2010/04/mini-challenge-from-hour-4.html
Thanks for hosting this fantastic mini-challenge, and good luck and happy reading to all!
.-= Laura´s last blog ..Mini-challenge from hour 4 =-.
Here’s mine: http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2564779241214760369
.-= Maggi (Mama Librarian)´s last blog ..Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon minichallenge: Title Sentence =-.
I’m not sure if mine posted, but here’s my challenge post:
http://mamalibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/04/deweys-24-hour-read-thon-minichallenge.html
.-= Maggi (Mama Librarian)´s last blog ..Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon minichallenge: Title Sentence =-.
College girl, everything is illuminated in the woods.
http://bonjourcass.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon-sentence-mini-challenge.html
(Thanks for hosting, sir!)
.-= Cass´s last blog ..Read-a-Thon: Sentence Mini-Challenge =-.
Here’s mine. Great challenge!
http://helenlovesbooks.blogspot.com/2010/04/read-thon-hour-6-update.html
The King of Attolia kidnapped one corpse too many
http://readingisgoodforyou.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/deweys-24-hour-read-a-thon-5-hours-in/
.-= Jenn´s last blog ..Dewey’s 24-hour Read-A-Thon: 5 Hours In =-.
Here’s mine!:)
Secret Sisters, Pillage, Devil’s Food Cake
Link!:) http://alwayssomethingtoread.blogspot.com/2010/04/barts-mini-challenge.html
.-= Chantele´s last blog ..Deweys Read-A-Thon =-.