So at one of my signings I met a YouTuber who introduced me to BookTubers. My life has not been the same since. BookTubers video-blog about reading/books/their bookshelves, etc.
And then I found out this week there is a read-a-thon going on. A reading marathon with a twist–to read and video-blog a whole bunch of books in one week. PLUS participate in fun challenges along the way, such as yesterday’s challenge to recreate a book cover.
From what I can gather, this event is the brain-child of fellow-Canadian Ariel Bissett (LOVE this girl. She’s got both heart and spunk. A powerful combination) and her pal Raeleen Lemay (whom I ADORE. Seriously, watch her videos and you’ll see what I mean. She is adorable.)
They’ve also got accomplices–other hosts to offer challenges and giveaways. I am hooked, and I may have to rearrange my summer plans next year so I can participate. Woot!
Here’s Ariel’s intro video explaining BookTubeathon 2014 on the dedicated YouTube channel for the event:
And Catriona’s Challenge for today:
The reading challenges:
1. Read a book with pictures.
2. Start AND finish a series.
3. Read a book with red on the cover.
4. Read a book someone else picks out for you.
5. Read from the genre you’ve read least this year.
6. Read and watch a book-to-movie adaptation.
7. Read 7 books or an average of 300 pages a day.
The Video Challenges:
Day One: Show your top 3 book you read because of booktube.
Day Two: Find the items on three covers.
Day Three: Draw a better cover for any book.
Day Four: Write a story using all the words from three titles.
Day Five: Make a rainbow of you favourite books.
Day Six: Find 5 things from one of the books you’ve read this week.
Day Seven: Show us where you’ve read during the booktubeathon!
