Congratulations, you have made it to day three of Bout-of-Books 15.0!
We are getting to the middle of the readathon now, where enthusiasm either wanes, or you are so enthusiastic you are putting aside other necessities to read, like work/sleep/school, and it’s now catching up with you! It doesn’t matter if you are so sleep deprived you can no longer tell your red wine from your white, or your golden retriever from your Russian blue (one’s a cat, the other a dog, for future reference), or your black tshirt from your white collared shirt.
Actually… I lie, all those skills are essential for the rainbow challenge! You have two options – the cover challenge and the author challenge.
For the cover challenge, collect books from your bookshelf (physical or virtual) and make yourself a rainbow using the covers. A rainbow is ROYGBIV (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet). Then take a photo or arrange images of those books into a rainbow, and either post to twitter (@bookybecksa & #boutofbooks), post to your own blog and leave me a link in the comments below or simply comment below with your response!
Here is my attempt at the challenge. You don’t actually have to shape it like a rainbow, but I decided to go all out! I’m also thinking I need to go book shopping for yellow books, because there is a current shortage on my bookshelves.
For the author challenge, use authors surnames to complete an acrostic poem style rainbow of ROYGBIV – you can only use surnames and no prefixes (eg. Vincent van Gogh could be used for a G, not a V). Any ‘writer’ is acceptable, for example, playwrights, poets and comic book/graphic novel authors)
Try to fill your list with authors you have read, and that way I can learn about you and your tastes! If not, branch out and select an author you would like to read. If you still can’t find an author (I’m looking at you, Y) then select someone people have likely heard of!
R – Rankin, Ian
O – Owen, Wilfred
Y – Yeats, William Butler
G – Gaiman, Neil
B – Bronte, Emily
I – Ignatius, David
V – Vonnegut, Kurt
The prize!
Once you have completed either challenge (you don’t have to complete both) you are eligible to go into the running for a free book! As long as you have either commented on this blog post or mentioned me on twitter (@bookybecksa) you will go into the running.
- The winner of this challenge will receive a book from bookdepository.com up to the value of US$15, as long as The Book Depository ships to you.
- The challenge winner will be selected by random number generator and notified either by comment on their blog or a tweet on twitter, depending on how you enter the competition.
- You must be a Bout of Books participant to win the giveaway.I will verify that the winner is signed up.
- Only one entry per participant will go into the draw
THE CHALLENGE IS NOW OVER! NO NEW COMMENTS WILL BE APPROVED
Today’s challenges 🙂
http://aliyn89.blogspot.bg/2016/01/bout-of-books-day-2.html
http://uniquelymaladjustedbutfun.blogspot.com/2016/01/boutofbooks-rainbow-challenge.html
I shared the link to my blog post on Twitter.
Great challenge!
Indigo was hard, but I found the color mixed into the cover of a book. Hopefully it looks brighter on your screen than on mine. The flash made it weird, a lack of flash dulled some colors. There goes the photography career! 😉
I attempted both 🙂
http://vonniesreadingcorner.blogspot.com/2016/01/bout-of-books-15-day-3.html
I got off my lazy butt and did both.
My rainbow 🙂
http://tortuma.booklikes.com/post/1318645/the-rainbow-challenge-bout-of-books-readathon-day-3
I did the author challenge with some of my favorite authors: http://slipperbunny.tumblr.com/post/136742521526/bout-of-books-15-challenge-rainbows
I completed the first challenge and attempted the second challenge but I had to bend a few of the rules to work with the books that I currently have access to!
Thank you for hosting this challenge – it was lots of fun 🙂
http://treesofreverie.com/post/136742413483/bout-of-books-15-rainbow-challenge
Here is my poem:
Rainbow Challenge:
Authors’ Names
R- Rowell, Rainbow
O- Oliver, Lauren
Y- Yancey, Rick
G- Green, John
B- Bronte, Emily
I- Isaacs, Susan
V- Viguie, Debbie
This was fun, thanks for hosting! http://floodbooks.blogspot.com/2016/01/bout-of-books-day-3-update-and-rainbow.html
Here’s my rainbow.
http://elkriss.booklikes.com/post/1318699/post
Here is my book rainbow! http://wp.me/p4UCov-Ft
This was a lot of fun! I did the challenge on Twitter and then tagged you in a reply to the tweet – couldn’t fit it all in one. Here’s the actual entry. https://twitter.com/StefaniSloma/status/684732548702973952
Yay! love cover challenges! 😀 I made the rainbow, here’s the link to my post: https://cuidadocomodalmata.wordpress.com/2016/01/03/bout-of-books-15-goals-and-updates/
Bout of Books participant: #6 jen7waters
Here’s my take. Colours might seem a bit off though 😦
Awesome rainbow, Sya ^^
My book color rainbow on Twitter
My challenge: http://alysmiscellany.blogspot.ro/2016/01/bout-of-books-15.html
Here is mine on instagram and it’s also on twitter at @bmreviewsohmy.
Day 3 Rainbow Book Challenge!
I complete the author challenge on my blog! Good luck everyone!
http://readingtounwind.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-bout-of-books-read-thon.html
I love rainbow challenges! Here is mine: http://the-writeables.blogspot.com/2016/01/bob-15-rainbow.html
This was fun! Here is my link 🙂
http://hesaidbooksorme.blogspot.com/2016/01/bout-of-books-rainbow-challenge.html
I did both challenges. It was hard(author bit) but fun.
https://heavingbosomsblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/colors-of-the-rainbow/
Here’s mine! https://bookstacksamber.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/bout-of-books-15-challenges/
Today’s challange: https://twitter.com/fallingwings/status/684781919146491904
What fun! I did both. They are on my blog at http://marista.blogspot.com/2016/01/bout-of-books-15-day-3.html
Great challenge! I did both the covers and the authors and they are located on my blog here: http://www.inwonderlandbookblog.com/2015/12/bout-of-books-15.html
Thanks for the giveaway!
xo
My take on today’s challenge
https://twitter.com/jmfrenchrodgers/status/684796676008054784
Hey, Jennifer, I can’t see your tweet because it says they are protected? Are your privacy settings set so only those you follow can see your tweets?
This was fun! I did the rainbow covers. I’m also short on yellow books, but luckily I had Winnie-thePooh to depend on 🙂 I don’t like yellow so that shortage doesn’t bother me, though, haha.
Link: http://www.fallingletters.ca/2016/01/bout-of-books-15-master-post.html
Here’s my author rainbow! http://www.palmerspageturners.blogspot.com/2016/01/bout-of-books-challenge-rainbows.html
Rebecca, this is a fun challenge, and way easier than I thought it would be! Thanks for hosting and the giveaway!! 😀
https://fallinlovewiththesoundofwords.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/bout-of-books-15-day-3-challenge-day-2-progress/
thanks for the awesome double challenge. my post is here: http://wordsandpeace.com/2016/01/06/bout-of-books-15-day-3-challenge/
I’ve already done the author rainbow, and by the time the challenge closes I might have done the cover version too, haha. Love challenges like this. 🙂
http://musingsofabookshopgirl.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/bout-of-books-wednesday.html
Here’s my rainbow challenge
http://www.bookaholicsanonymousonline.com/2016/01/readathon-bout-of-books-2016-reading.html
That was a fun challenge! Too bad the photo doesn’t get the colors all right. Still, here’s mine: http://www.skaoot.nl/event/bout-of-books-15-day-3/
;D This was fun :3 Here’s my rainbow books and authors http://leafedpages.blogspot.com/2016/01/bout-of-books-150-challengeday-3.html
Thank you for offering a non-photo version of this challenge. Sadly, no time today for me to herd books. I managed my author rainbow with only female and mostly spec-fic authors!
R – Rainbow(!) Rowell
O – Joyce Carol Oates
Y – Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
G – Elizabeth Gaskell
B – Emma Bull
I – Suzie Ivy
V – Ursula Vernon
https://katenread.wordpress.com/2016/01/03/bout-of-books-15/
Thanks for a fun challenge! Here’s my rainbow:
Nice challenge! Good luck with your goal in Bout of Books 😀
R – Riordan, Rick
O – Ockler, Sarah
Y – York, Kelley
G – Garcia, Kami
B – Black, Holly
I – Isley, Camilla
V – Velde, Vivian Vande
http://shesgotbooksonhermind.blogspot.com/2016/01/bout-of-books-15-rainbow-of-books.html
Here’s mine! I did both challenges.
http://onceuntold.blogspot.com/2016/01/bout-of-books-15-rainbow-challenge.html
This was a fun challenge! I did the author names and actually managed to find all of the letters, even V, Y and I!
Here is the link to my blog post: http://justyouraveragereviews.blogspot.com/2016/01/bout-of-books-15-day-three-challenge.html?m=1
That was a lot of fun! Here’s my challenge:
https://confessionsofaliteraryaddict.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/bout-of-books-15-day-three-the-rainbow-challenge/
Here is mine. Not the greatest colors but limited options right now.
http://vailiapageturner.blogspot.com/2016/01/bout-of-books-15-end-of-day-2-rainbow.html
Thank you for hosting this challenge. Here’s my rainbow: http://mylovelysecret.blogspot.pt/2016/01/bout-of-books-15-read-thon-january-6th.html
Happy readings: 😉
This was a fun one! Happy reading to everyone!
https://beachesandbooks.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/bout-of-books-day-3-update-and-mini-challenge/
This one was fun. Here’s my contribution: https://siderealday.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/bob15-roygbiv-cover-challenge/