Welcome to the 2015 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight!
This time of year, there are tons of reading challenges starting up (which we LOVE!). But we wanted to challenge our fellow book bloggers to not only read more, but talk more too. That’s where the idea for this challenge was born!
So often book bloggers mean to post more discussions on our blogs, but we just don’t quite get around to it. Well, we wanted to give everyone a little motivation to keep the discussions going, plus give us a place to link up our discussions so that more people will see our precious words of wisdom (or … you know … our GIF-filled rants).
I hope you’ll join us for this challenge and pledge yourself to posting more discussions in this upcoming year. I promise we’ll have lots of fun talking together!
Here’s All You Have to Do:
- The 2015 Book Blog Discussion Challenge runs from January 1st until December 31st, 2015.
- Sign-ups will remain open until December 31st, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. Central. (So, you can sign up all year long! Come join us!)
- You DO NOT have to have a book blog to join this challenge. If you don’t have a book blog, you may link up to discussions that you’ve started on Goodreads groups.
- Create a sign-up post announcing your intention to participate and link up below. If you do not have a blog, you can link up to your Goodreads profile. There is no need to say what your discussion posts will be about – just tell us that you’re joining and let us know what your goal is.
- Please link back to both challenge hosts and include the challenge button in your sign-up posts.
- Every month, we’ll update this 2015 Book Blog Challenge Page with the links to that month’s Challenge linky – so you’ll always know where to find the latest link-up!
- Share it! The more people we get to participate in this, the more awesome discussions we can all be a part of and the more fun it will be! So, invite your friends to join us!
- This challenge is to help get us discussing books and book blogging, so talk about whatever you want as long as it’s relevant to book blogging. Discussions can be book related or book blogging related (or generally blogging related – no discussions about things that are completely off-topic like travel or fashion, etc). Discussions can also be about you personally if it’s a get-to-know-you type post.
- There will be a kick-off post on January 1, 2015 on both Feed Your Fiction Addiction and It Starts at Midnight where you’ll be able to leave your links for any January discussions. At the beginning of every month, a new post will go up on both blogs for that month’s links.
- If you forgot to leave your discussion link in the challenge month in which you posted the discussion or the linky list closed before you had a chance to leave it, you can leave it in a future month. (No duplicates though.)
- There will also be monthly giveaways, so make sure you check in each month!
- Use the hashtag #LetsDiscuss2015 to share your progress and connect with other participants on Twitter.
- Have questions? Feel free to ask in the comments!
The Levels:
1-12 – Discussion Dabbler
13-24 – Creative Conversationalist
25-36 – Chatty Kathy
37-48 – Terrifically Talkative
49+ – Gift of the Gab
I’m shooting for Gift of the Gab, which works out to just less than one discussion per week!
Monthly Link-up Posts & Giveaways:
January Link-up Post
February Link-up Post
March Link-up Post
April Link-up Post
May Link-up Post
June Link-up Post
July Link-up Post
August Link-up Post
September Link-up Post
October Link-up Post
November Link-up Post
December Link-up Post
jazmen
This sounds interesting. I might join in on this one! Great idea!
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Nicole
Yes, join us! I would love to see everyone’s discussion posts!!
Sofia Li
This looks like an awesome challenge! I love doing Gif-filled discussions 🙂 I’m totally joining
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Nicole
Yay! Yes, join us! I don’t want to miss out on any of those fun discussions!
Silvara
This sounds like fun! I already try to do at least 1-2 discussion posts a week, but joining this will help me make sure to do so now that I have a full-time RL job again.
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Nicole
Yes, it’s just a fun way to reinforce something you’re already doing. Plus, it will be great to have discussions linked up so that we can easily find them – I love reading discussion posts!
kindlemom1
This sounds like a really fun challenge!
Nicole
I’m excited about it! You should join us!
kimbacaffeinate
Sweet idea, I love doing discussion posts monthly and this is a great way to challenge peeps! Added to the Sunday Post for next week
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Nicole
Thanks for adding us to the Sunday Post! I love reading discussion posts, so I’m excited to see how this goes!
Julie S.
This is awesome! We’ve been doing weekly discussion posts this year and I hope we continue to keep that up next year. Looks like we should join this challenge 🙂
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Nicole
Yes, join us! I love discussions and I don’t want to miss out on any of them! (I’m totally greedy like that.) 🙂
Julie S.
We link up our participating post, right? not just our blog?
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Nicole
It would be great if you could link up with the participation post (though either way will work). So glad you’re joining us!
Candace
This sounds like a really cool challenge! I always have big ideas to post more discussions and then don’t find the time. I think having motivation is a good idea!
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Nicole
Yes, discussions are fun, but they sometimes get pushed off with all of the other stuff we need to do. Definitely join us!
Carmel @ Rabid Reads
Now this is a challenge I could get into because I LOVE discussion posts. Fortunately for me, I’ve managed to work one into my weekly blog schedule, but it’s not easy. Way to get the conversation flowing, Nicole. I’ll be sure to stalk the hashtag on Twitter!
Carmel @ Rabid Reads recently posted…Early Review: A Secret to Die For by Sierra Dean
Nicole
Yes, I always enjoy reading your discussions!
Liliana @ Lili Lost in a Book
This is such and awesome idea, Nicole!! I am definitely signing up!! 😀
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Nicole
Yay! Glad you’re joining us!
Cynthia
Looks like a great challenge!
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Nicole
I’m really excited about it! It’s going to be great fun!
Laura
This looks so fun! Writing more discussion posts was going to be one of my New Year’s resolutions for 2015 anyway, so I have signed up!
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Nicole
Yes, definitely join us! That’s a great resolution!
Sharon @ Sharon's Book Nook!
This sounds like fun. I’m in!
Sharon @ Sharon’s Book Nook! recently posted…2015 Book Blog Discussion Challenge! #LetsDiscuss2015
Nicole
Yay! Welcome!
Karen Blue
I love this idea. I signed up for one a month, but I hope to do more!
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Nicole
Awesome! It’s good to start with a goal you’re pretty sure you can meet – then you just feel even better if you exceed it! 🙂
By the way, I just wanted to let you know that I tried to comment on your Challenge post, but something was wonky with your comment box. The email and url boxes weren’t showing up, and it wouldn’t let me post the comment without entering an email, so I would just get an error. I tried it on one of your other posts and had the same problem. Just thought you might want to check it out – I know nobody wants to miss out on comments!
Karen Blue
Thank you so much for letting me know! I recently upgraded my theme and know there would be a glitch or two. I think I fixed it…I would love if you would let me know if it is working for you now. I also have a new comment form I am using..I wonder if that os working.
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ShootingStarsMag
Great idea- I LOVE reading discussion posts. It’s nice to hear more from bloggers than just what they put in a book review.
I actually have a giveaway going on right now until Jan. 17 for people that do one of two discussion type posts! Feel free to share if you like!! 🙂
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Nicole
I know – discussion posts are the best, aren’t they? Definitely join us! 🙂
Mishma @ Chasing Faerytales
Great idea for a challenge,Nicole!I love writing discussion posts and I love challenges,so count me in!
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Nicole
Yay! Glad you’re going to join us!
Booklife4life
“The 2015 Book Blog Discussion Challenge runs from January 1st until December 31st, 2014.
Sign-ups will remain open until December 31st, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. Central”
i feel like these dates are mixed up. :]
Nicole
Actually, I’m purposely leaving the sign-ups open all during 2015 – new bloggers can join us anytime! Thanks for the heads-up, though – I’ve definitely been known to make a mistake sometimes and I always appreciate it when someone lets me know!
booklife4life
Oh i didnt think about that 🙂 thou i think the 2014 in the first line should be 2015, maybe not thou.
Nicole
You are so right! Even when you pointed out the mistake, I didn’t see it for some reason! Thanks for the correction!
Whitney
I’m super excited about this! It looks like it’s going to be so much fun!! 🙂
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Nicole
I know, I can’t wait! So glad you’re joining us!
Elizabeth (Silver's Reviews)
I do have a question – well a couple of questions. 🙂
1. Do we post every day or on a specific day?
2. I am also not sure what I am to post. A question about blogging or books? Or do I create a post that others can discuss about blogging, books, or other topics?
This sounds fun, but I am not sure of how I can participate and what I need to do.
Thanks.
I will be looking for your reply.
THANKS.
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
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Nicole
You can post as many times as you want throughout the month, and then just put a link to each of your discussions in that month’s link-up. There is no requirement about when you post or what topics you discuss (as long as the discussion could be applicable to book bloggers). I will put some ideas in the monthly link-up post for people who are looking for some inspiration, though. Usually the best way to do it is to discuss your thoughts on a topic and then present a question, asking for other people’s opinions on that topic. If you’d like some examples of discussion posts, feel free to check out mine HERE!
Nicole
I should also have mentioned that the link-up for January will go up on Monday (and I’ll include a link to it in this post too). Hope you decide to join us!
Kim
I’m in and I’ve challenged a friend who is also a blogger/author to join us. I’m pretty good at remembering to update my author blog but my book review blog is where I need to be better. Of course, I get sidetracked in discussions there, so I could post just about anything there. 🙂 This sounds like it’s going to be a lot of fun! 🙂
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Nicole
So glad you’re joining us! I’m excited to see all the discussions that the new year will bring!
Erin
I love this challenge! I started to slack on my discussion posts, especially toward the end of this year (let’s not talk about it), so this is the perfect challenge for me!
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Nicole
I think we all slacked a little bit on everything at the end of the year. That’s okay, that’s what the New Year is for! 🙂
Pique
Its a great idea.After all we need to know what books to read and which ones not to.
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Nicole
Yep, I’m sure there will be plenty of discussions about the best books!
Donna/BookTiger
I haven’t ever done a challenge before, but I would like to try it.
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Nicole
Definitely join us!!
Ardelia
Hi Nicole!
I just signed up for this challenge. I’m a new book blogger, and I thought this would be a great way to meet more bloggers. Thanks for starting this! I look forward to hearing what everyone has to say in the challenge.
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Nicole
Awesome! We’re excited to have you!!
Ronyell (a.k.a Rabbitearsblog)
This sounds interesting! I’m definitely joining up!
Elizabeth
I know it’s already April, but I am just hearing about this. This is the area I definitely need to challenge myself. I mostly do reviews and memes.I keep taunting myself, but a link up will keep me more on track. I’m going to try to do 2 a month. Hope it’s OK to be joining late.
Nicole
Definitely! We’re happy to have people join at any time!
Raven Girl
Will love to join. But can I join without a blog?
Nicole
You’d be welcome to start up a discussion thread on Goodreads about any bookish topic! OR, if you’d rather just participate in the discussions already going on, then feel free to just sign up with your name on this page. You could still participate in our discussions and earn entries in the giveaways that way! 🙂
bilqees bano
its interesting 🙂
Wendy @ Falconer's Library
Oops, sorry. I linked up before writing my intro post. I will try again!
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Orville Gallicchio
Every month, we ll update this 2015 Book Blog Challenge Page with the links to that month s Challenge linky so you ll always know where to find the latest link-up! Share it!