tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33137959277884445372024-03-05T18:17:05.621-05:00Because ChallengesBecause Challengeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12238629249317541077noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313795927788444537.post-60417314283836745972024-01-01T01:00:00.001-05:002024-01-01T01:00:00.125-05:00COYER 2024 Linky & RafflecoptersBe sure to stop by <a href="https://www.becausereading.com/?p=23455&preview=true" target="_blank">Because Reading</a> for all the sign-up information for COYER 2023. Like last year, we have two parts to the challenge in 2023: COYER Unwind and COYER Community. If you're participating in COYER Unwind, be sure to log your reviews on the <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/p/coyer-2024-linky.html">COYER Review Linky</a>. Each Chapter a winner will be randomly selected from the reviews. If you're participating in COYER Community, be sure to log participation in community events on the appropriate <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/p/coyer-2024-rafflecopters.html">Community Rafflecopter</a>. Each semester a winner will be randomly selected from the entries.Because Challengeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12238629249317541077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313795927788444537.post-28372086777520661892023-01-01T02:01:00.005-05:002023-01-01T02:01:00.162-05:00COYER 2023 Linky & RafflecoptersBe sure to stop by <a href="https://www.becausereading.com/?p=23455&preview=true" target="_blank">Because Reading</a> for all the sign-up information for COYER 2023. Like last year, we have two parts to the challenge in 2023: COYER Upside Down and COYER Community. If you're participating in COYER Upside Down, be sure to log your reviews on the <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/p/coyer-2023-linky.html">COYER Review Linky</a>. Each Chapter a winner will be randomly selected from the reviews. If you're participating in COYER Community, be sure to log participation in community events on the appropriate <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/p/coyer-2023-rafflecopters.html">Community Rafflecopter</a>. Each semester a winner will be randomly selected from the entries.Because Challengeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12238629249317541077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313795927788444537.post-82686591894523514032022-01-01T01:00:00.001-05:002022-01-01T01:00:00.166-05:00COYER 2022 Linky & RafflecoptersBe sure to stop by Because Reading for all the <a href="t.ly/8WyzB">sign-up information for COYER 2022</a>. Like last year, we have two parts to the challenge in 2022: COYER Seasons and COYER Community.
If you're participating in COYER Seasons, be sure to log your reviews on the <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/p/coyer-2022-linky.html">COYER Review Linky</a>. Each season a winner will be randomly selected from the reviews.
If you're participating in COYER Community, be sure to log participation in community events on the appropriate <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/p/coyer-2022-rafflecopter.html">Community Rafflecopter</a>. Each semester a winner will be randomly selected from the entries.
Because Challengeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12238629249317541077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313795927788444537.post-9990168295064368042021-01-07T11:09:00.007-05:002021-01-07T11:10:34.626-05:00COYER 2021 Information and linksBe sure to stop by Because Reading for all the <a href="https://www.becausereading.com/coyer-2021-are-you-ready/">sign-up information for COYER 2021</a>. We have two parts to the challenge this year: COYER Seasons and COYER Community.
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If you're participating in COYER Community, be sure to log participation in community events on the appropriate <a href="http://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/p/rafflecopter.html"> Community Rafflecopter</a>. Each semester a winner will be randomly selected from the entries.
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Happy COYER 2021!Because Challengeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12238629249317541077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313795927788444537.post-31857015767736474252020-03-21T19:11:00.000-04:002020-03-22T22:52:04.550-04:00COYER 2020 Linky & RafflecoptersEnter your 2020 COYER review links here. Only include books that meet strict COYER guidelines: Free, Nearly Free and electronic. For further details go to sign up posts.<br />
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<h2>COYER: Quarantine Edition</h2>
Link reviews to your Quarantine activities in the rafflecopter below.
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<script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>Because Challengeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12238629249317541077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313795927788444537.post-45011775219564184692019-03-03T01:00:00.000-05:002019-03-03T01:00:03.403-05:002018-2019 Winter COYER Finish Line<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fJ_W311aBQu5NieOOSs61zP-Mi3q3FoB6ihyOdEpW2CzvmU9jUKUbyZTXqGm_BGpfoWisZ27LFEvfHPDq2C38C-ZjpXDL2yw_vvVe_KNxX1aiYY_GCNHBBASQtoqWuLZvCPYW2QvcNM/s1600/coyer-2018-winter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fJ_W311aBQu5NieOOSs61zP-Mi3q3FoB6ihyOdEpW2CzvmU9jUKUbyZTXqGm_BGpfoWisZ27LFEvfHPDq2C38C-ZjpXDL2yw_vvVe_KNxX1aiYY_GCNHBBASQtoqWuLZvCPYW2QvcNM/s320/coyer-2018-winter.jpg" width="320" height="233" data-original-width="450" data-original-height="327" /></a></div>
Wow! It's seriously hard to believe that 3 months have passed and Winter COYER is over!! How did you do? Let's congratulate our winners and start preparing for our next COYER!!<br />
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We really hope you had as good of a time as we did this Winter! If it has to be cold and gross outside, at least we can lose ourselves in a good book, right? And even better - we can do it with friends and even get a chance to win some prizes!
<h2>Congratulations to our Winners!</h2>
This COYER there were 564 entries in our COYER linky! Wowza! Y'all did some reading AND reviewing! The winner of a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble gift card, selected randomly from the review linky using random.org is:
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<strong>#83 Avid Series Reader's review of <em>The Circular Staircase</em> by Mary Roberts Rinehart.</strong>
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The second winner, selected randomly from the rafflecopter, earns their prize for completing extras throughout COYER (like readathons and twitter parties!). The Second winner is:
<strong>Tarissa Graves! Her winning entry was participation in the It's All About Love Read-a-thon!</strong>
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Winners, please email us at coyerchallenge@gmail.com with your preferred gift card!
<h2>Next COYER!</h2>
Yesterday at our Twitter Party, Michelle teased Summer COYER:
Summer COYER will be here soon….. Readathons, Twitter Parties & Facebook Games with an instagram challenge thrown in. You might need a list or two. Grab your telescope and your map...this summer we are going Hunting for Treasure!
Get Ready! Details will be coming in April! Until then, we hope you'll join us for our other challenges and some continued fun in the Facebook Group!
<h3>How did you do this COYER? Did you meet your goals? </h3>Because Challengeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12238629249317541077noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313795927788444537.post-80315628988128003032019-01-29T01:00:00.000-05:002019-01-29T01:00:07.298-05:00Task it Tuesday #4<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5TNDVocmHgfSUGf9m_pQrNSiVgIMjeXenFkzrvsl4yzWxx8sNUjWJjjlkxVAUTYKDMv5hyuvvSRl_9pxYaCuNVPZeGBQj6HOR41UJpez9ODjzyw2rqSecdU6meh-N1vvY7674YYRFQqs/s1600/Task+it+Tuesday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5TNDVocmHgfSUGf9m_pQrNSiVgIMjeXenFkzrvsl4yzWxx8sNUjWJjjlkxVAUTYKDMv5hyuvvSRl_9pxYaCuNVPZeGBQj6HOR41UJpez9ODjzyw2rqSecdU6meh-N1vvY7674YYRFQqs/s320/Task+it+Tuesday.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Task it Tuesday is a weekly meme dedicated to the list makers of the blogging/writing world. It’s all about being productive and organized – on your blog and IRL. By sharing our lists we get instant accountability partners and also get ideas of things to add to our lists (or sometimes ways to tackle tasks more efficiently). We hope you’ll join us!</td></tr>
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To support you in your <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/2019-bookishresolutions-sign-up-gets.html#more">Bookish Resolutions</a> this year we'll have weekly Task It Tuesday posts. This is a great way to keep you accountable to your goals -- and if you aren't joining us for the Bookish Resolutions Challenge, you can still join us in making your to-do lists and getting things done.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>How was your week last week? Did you make a to-do list? If so, tell us how you did. If not, now's your chance to get some accountability partners! I'm using Task It Tuesday to keep me focused on my Bookish Resolutions.<br />
<h2>
Berls's Bookish Resolutions: </h2>
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<li>Post at least one time a week</li>
<li>Visit Blogs at least one time a week</li>
<li>Work on something for one of our challenges at least one time a week</li>
</ol>
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How I did:</h3>
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I had 4 posts again last week! However, due to being super tired and having a busy Sunday, this upcoming week I'm only going to have 3 posts. And I didn't get to my Sunday post or visiting this week :( It's not a complete lose, but it's not quite as good as I wanted to do either. As for my work on challenges, once again all I've done is this Task it Tuesday Post, but it's something. </div>
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Next week's to do list: </h3>
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I'm sticking to my bookish resolutions, but to get more specific: </div>
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<li>Write Read Me Romance Review</li>
<li>Write Fit Readers Update</li>
<li>Write Sunday Post</li>
<li>Visit Blogs on Sunday</li>
<li>Task it Tuesday Update (for Challenges)</li>
<li>Write Charley Davidson Review</li>
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How did you do? </h2>
Because Challengeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12238629249317541077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313795927788444537.post-28579780651277112712019-01-22T01:00:00.000-05:002019-01-22T01:00:02.279-05:00Task It Tuesday | #3<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Task it Tuesday is a weekly meme dedicated to the list makers of the blogging/writing world. It’s all about being productive and organized – on your blog and IRL. By sharing our lists we get instant accountability partners and also get ideas of things to add to our lists (or sometimes ways to tackle tasks more efficiently). We hope you’ll join us!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
To support you in your <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/2019-bookishresolutions-sign-up-gets.html#more">Bookish Resolutions</a> this year we'll have weekly Task It Tuesday posts. This is a great way to keep you accountable to your goals -- and if you aren't joining us for the Bookish Resolutions Challenge, you can still join us in making your to-do lists and getting things done.<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a>How was your week last week? Did you make a to-do list? If so, tell us how you did. If not, now's your chance to get some accountability partners! I'm using Task It Tuesday to keep me focused on my Bookish Resolutions.<br />
<h2>
Berls's Bookish Resolutions: </h2>
<div>
<ol>
<li>Post at least one time a week</li>
<li>Visit Blogs at least one time a week</li>
<li>Work on something for one of our challenges at least one time a week</li>
</ol>
<h3>
How I did:</h3>
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I had 4 posts again last week! Dare I hope that I have my blogging mojo back?! Considering that I'm still drafting posts for this week and haven't managed to do any visiting yet, I'm going to say it's a bit too soon to count any chickens. But I'm hopeful, especially because I have off tomorrow (MLK Jr Day - I'm writing this on Sunday) and that will allow me a bit more blogging time hopefully. As for my work on challenges, once again all I've done is this Task it Tuesday Post, but it's something. </div>
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Next week's to do list: </h3>
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I'm sticking to my bookish resolutions, but to get more specific: </div>
<div>
<ol>
<li>Write Read Me Romance Review</li>
<li>Write Fit Readers Update</li>
<li>Write Sunday Post</li>
<li>Visit Blogs on Sunday</li>
<li>Task it Tuesday Update (for Challenges)</li>
</ol>
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<h2>
How did you do? </h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Task it Tuesday is a weekly meme dedicated to the list makers of the blogging/writing world. It’s all about being productive and organized – on your blog and IRL. By sharing our lists we get instant accountability partners and also get ideas of things to add to our lists (or sometimes ways to tackle tasks more efficiently). We hope you’ll join us!</td></tr>
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To support you in your <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/2019-bookishresolutions-sign-up-gets.html#more">Bookish Resolutions</a> this year we'll have weekly Task It Tuesday posts. This is a great way to keep you accountable to your goals -- and if you aren't joining us for the Bookish Resolutions Challenge, you can still join us in making your to-do lists and getting things done.<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a>How was your week last week? Did you make a to-do list? If so, tell us how you did. If not, now's your chance to get some accountability partners! I'm using Task It Tuesday to keep me focused on my Bookish Resolutions.<br />
<h2>
Berls's Bookish Resolutions: </h2>
<div>
<ol>
<li>Post at least one time a week</li>
<li>Visit Blogs at least one time a week</li>
<li>Work on something for one of our challenges at least one time a week</li>
</ol>
<h3>
How I did:</h3>
</div>
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I had 4 posts last week! So I'm super proud of that :) And I visited blogs on Sunday. Not as many as I would have liked to, but at least I'm getting back out there. And then to work on our challenges... well I wrote this Task it Tuesday post, which is something, right? </div>
<h3>
Next week's to do list: </h3>
<div>
I'm sticking to my bookish resolutions, but to get more specific: </div>
<div>
<ol>
<li>Write Read Me Romance Review</li>
<li>Write Fit Readers Update</li>
<li>Write Sunday Post</li>
<li>Visit Blogs on Sunday</li>
<li>Task it Tuesday Update (for Challenges)</li>
</ol>
</div>
<h2>
How did you do? </h2>
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Because Challengeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12238629249317541077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313795927788444537.post-63038980371391207772019-01-08T01:00:00.000-05:002019-01-13T18:11:54.064-05:00Task It Tuesday | New Year, New Goals? <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Happy New Year from Because Challenges! To support you in your <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/2019-bookishresolutions-sign-up-gets.html#more">Bookish Resolutions</a> this year we'll have weekly Task It Tuesday posts. This is a great way to keep you accountable to your goals -- and if you aren't joining us for the Bookish Resolutions Challenge, you can still join us in making your to-do lists and getting things done.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Does the new year bring lots of new goals for you? Or do you recommit to old goals? I'm not one for New Years Resolutions, since I really try to set new goals each month, each week and each day. Which is probably why I'm such a big #bujo fan :)<br />
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I did, however, sign-up for Bookish Resolutions, with some pretty basic goals. And I'm using Task It Tuesday to keep me accountable to those goals.<br />
<h2>
Berls's Bookish Resolutions: </h2>
<div>
<ol>
<li>Post at least one time a week</li>
<li>Visit Blogs at least one time a week</li>
<li>Work on something for one of our challenges at least one time a week</li>
</ol>
<h3>
How I did:</h3>
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Last week I really felt inspired to get a lot of blogging done. This is BIG since I haven't felt that motivated in a long time. I spent several hours blogging on Monday (12/31) and managed to post 3 personal posts last week. I also two challenge posts last week, not to mention this Task Me Tuesday post (which is challenge related). </div>
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Visiting is my blogging Achilles Heel - but I've determined that Sundays is blog day. So I spent time visiting blogs this past Sunday. So I'm off to a great start! </div>
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Next week's to do list: </h3>
<div>
I'm sticking to my bookish resolutions, but to get more specific: </div>
<div>
<ol>
<li>Write Read Me Romance Review</li>
<li>Write Fit Readers Update</li>
<li>Write Sunday Post</li>
<li>Visit Blogs on Sunday</li>
<li>Task it Tuesday Update (for Challenges)</li>
</ol>
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<h2>
How did you do? </h2>
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It's time to wrap-up our 2018 Author Love Challenge! This is Author Love's final year as a challenge, since it's been subsumed into our 2019 Reading Assignment challenge. For details, head over to our <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/2019-reading-assignment-challenge-sign.html">sign-up post</a>.<br />
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It's 2019 y'all! Which means it's time to report how we did on our 2018 challenges. How'd you do with the 2018 Reading Assignment Challenge?<br />
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Michelle and I hope you did a lot better than we did with this one... Needless to say we petered off in like April or May. Oops! Which has a lot to do with why we've revamped the challenge for this year. It's setup so that even we can succeed this time around ;) So, if you haven't checked it out yet, go to the <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/2019-reading-assignment-challenge-sign.html">2019 sign-up post</a> now. We hope you'll join us!<br />
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Here's what you need to put on your Year-End Report Card:<br />
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<li>Report which months, if any, you didn’t make it.</li>
<li>Link to your review and/or reading progress on Goodreads showing you read the book(s).</li>
<li>Your final grade for the quarter, based on this chart:</li>
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<li>I made an A! Read all your books all three months of the quarter.</li>
<li>I made a B! Read all your books for two months of the quarter.</li>
<li>I made a C! Read all your books for one month of the quarter.</li>
<li>I made an F! Didn’t read all your books during any months of the quarter.</li>
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<li>A statement of the grades you made in the previous 3 quarters. Example: In quarter 1 I made an A, In quarter 2 I made a B, and in quarter 3 I made an F. </li>
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It's time to read those anthologies. While you are reading make sure to use the hashtag #bookologies so everyone can follow along. Keep this post bookmarked since this is where you will be entering your link every time you complete an anthology. </div>
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In the giveaway widget below is the link for all the anthologies you read this year. In the widget, you will enter the link to your blog or Goodreads review of the entire anthology (make sure it's the link to your review, not just the book listing). You'll enter your link in the widget based on its page length. You can do that all year instead of just doing it all at the end of the year so once you are finish with one, just pop in the link.</div>
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Anthologies are so tempting. Most of them are on sale for like 99 cents and you think 22 books for 99 cents! Yes, please! Then you one click it and now have 22 anthologies sitting on your kindle that you have’t read yet. I know how that feel so I had an idea. What if we made reading those anthologies a challenge? </div>
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Pick one or two maybe 6 anthologies that you want to read this year and get them read! Sometimes those anthologies contain your next favorite author. </div>
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<li>Challenge runs from Jan 1st to December 31st. You have until May 1st to sign up but must be signed up otherwise the anthologies will not count. So if you sign up in may any anthologies read before time will not count. </li>
<li>Decide what number of anthologies you want to tackle this year. You don’t need to list which anthologies you want to read (unless you want to) just the number.</li>
<li>Sign up with a blog post, facebook, twitter, instagram or even goodreads and link it below. </li>
<li>YOU MUST read the entire anthology for it to count, also you must review the anthology. The reviews will be in the kick off post, so you can link up throughout the year. You’ll earn points in the giveaway widget based on the length of the anthology you read. The longer the anthology, the greater the points. For example, below 500 pages is one point, 501 to 1000 pages is two points etc. </li>
<li>At the end of the challenge you have a chance to win one of two $5 gift cards to amazon so you can buy more anthologies for next year. ;) </li>
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Pretty simple, just read those anthologies that you were hoping to get to and the best part is you have all year to get through them. <br />
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Twice during the year there will be an update post to see how you are doing. Make sure to follow Because Challenges or follow the hashtag #bookologies on twitter to get more information or to find out when the updates will be posted. <br />
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This year the Reading Assignment Challenge has really evolved into something different and we're so excited to share it with y'all. It's like you we've grown up and have graduated high school. That's right y'all! We're off to college, which means a lot more choice and freedom!<br />
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This year you'll be registering for classes that fit your reading goals. And the best part? You're only registering for a semester at a time! The spring semester is January - May 2019. You'll come back in May to register for your summer classes (June-August 2019). And again in August to register for your fall classes (September - December). You can register for the same classes all year if you want, but you can also switch it up, depending on your life and goals.<br />
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Professor AuthorLuv</h4>
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Professor AuthorLuv used to have her own school, where her students we're required to pick a favorite author and commit to reading all their books over the course of a year (aka <a href="https://www.becausereading.com/author-love-challenge-2018-sign-authorluv18/">The AuthorLuv Challenge</a>). She's decided to make her life a little easier and just host some classes here instead. She still wants you to pick a favorite author and commit to reading a certain number of books by that author each month, but she's letting you set your number based on the level course you sign up for. </div>
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<li><b>AuthorLuv Beginner Class (credits: 1) </b>- In the beginner's course your committing to reading one book a month by your chosen author. You'll get an A if you read 1 book by that author all 5 months, a B if you read 1 book 4 of the months, a C if you read 1 book 3 of the months, and a D if you read 1 book 2 of the months. Professor AuthorLuv will have to give you an F for anything less. </li>
<li><b>AuthorLuv Intermediate Class (credits: 2)</b> - In the intermediate course your committing to reading two books a month by your chosen author. You'll get an A if you read 2 books by that author all 5 months, a B if you read 2 books 4 of the months, a C if you read 2 books 3 of the months, and a D if you read 2 books 2 of the months. Professor AuthorLuv will have to give you an F for anything less. </li>
<li><b>AuthorLuv Advanced Class (credits: 3) - </b>In the advanced course your committing to reading three books a month by your chosen author. You'll get an A if you read 3 books by that author all 5 months, a B if you read 3 books 4 of the months, a C if you read 3 books 3 of the months, and a D if you read 3 books 2 of the months. Professor AuthorLuv will have to give you an F for anything less. </li>
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Professor Genre</h4>
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Professor Genre is all about choosing a genre/theme. For his classes you'll commit to reading a certain number of books from one genre each month. Choose your level course to sign up for the number of books you'll read each month. (theme can be anything from Christmas to reading books with the letter P in the title) </div>
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<li><b>Genre Beginner Class (credits: 1) </b>- In the beginner's course your committing to reading one book a month in your chosen genre/theme. You'll get an A if you read 1 book in that genre all 5 months, a B if you read 1 book 4 of the months, a C if you read 1 book 3 of the months, and a D if you read 1 book 2 of the months. Professor Genre will have to give you an F for anything less. </li>
<li><b>Genre Intermediate Class (credits: 2)</b> - In the intermediate course your committing to reading two books a month in your chosen genre/theme You'll get an A if you read 2 books in that genre all 5 months, a B if you read 2 books 4 of the months, a C if you read 2 books 3 of the months, and a D if you read 2 books 2 of the months. Professor Genre will have to give you an F for anything less. </li>
<li><b>Genre Advanced Class (credits: 3) - </b>In the advanced course your committing to reading three books a month in your chosen genre/theme You'll get an A if you read 3 books in that genre all 5 months, a B if you read 3 books 4 of the months, a C if you read 3 books 3 of the months, and a D if you read 3 books 2 of the months. Professor Genre will have to give you an F for anything less. </li>
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Professor Mix-It-Up</h4>
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Professor Mix-It-Up wants you to have the freedom to mix-it-up. For her courses you'll commit to reading a certain number of books from a list that you create in the first month of the course. She's giving you a lot of freedom; The books can be any genre, any author, any format! But you have to have your list completed and posted by January 31, 2019 and you have to stick to it. Choose your level course to sign up for the number of books you'll read each month. </div>
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<li><b>Mix-It-Up Beginner Class (credits: 1) </b>- In the beginner's course your committing to reading one book a month from your list. You'll get an A if you read 1 book from the list all 5 months, a B if you read 1 book 4 of the months, a C if you read 1 book 3 of the months, and a D if you read 1 book 2 of the months. Professor Mix-It-Up will have to give you an F for anything less. </li>
<li><b><b>Mix-It-Up</b> Intermediate Class (credits: 2)</b> - In the intermediate course your committing to reading two books a month from your list. You'll get an A if you read 2 books from the list all 5 months, a B if you read 2 books 4 of the months, a C if you read 2 books 3 of the months, and a D if you read 2 books 2 of the months. Professor Mix-It-Up will have to give you an F for anything less. </li>
<li><b><b>Mix-It-Up</b> Advanced Class (credits: 3) - </b>In the advanced course your committing to reading three books a month from your list. You'll get an A if you read 3 books from the list all 5 months, a B if you read 3 books 4 of the months, a C if you read 3 books 3 of the months, and a D if you read 3 books 2 of the months. Professor Mix-It-Up will have to give you an F for anything less. </li>
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The fun of this challenge is that you can build the semester of your choosing. If you want to take only one credit - great! Your a part-time student. Feel like taking a full load? Take all the advanced classes! Want to do something in-between, that's great too! You pick any combination of classes. Take one, take two, take three! You'll get a grade in each class you take and the more credits the course, the more points for your grade in the end of semester give away for one of two $5 gift cards to Amazon. </div>
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<li>Advanced A - 6 points</li>
<li>Advanced B - 5 points</li>
<li>Advanced C - 4 points</li>
<li>Advanced D - 3 points</li>
<li>Intermediate A - 5 points</li>
<li>Intermediate B - 4 points</li>
<li>Intermediate C - 3 points</li>
<li>Intermediate D - 2 points</li>
<li>Beginner A - 4 points</li>
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If you joined Bookish Resolutions this year you would have noticed that it completely disappeared.<br />
No updates. No tweets. Nothing. During the event sometime in the beginning of the year my co-host became a popular author, leaving her little time for blogging. I am super proud of her, but since I also dropped the ball, the challenge just didn’t really make it this year. Thankfully my Co-Blogger and Co-host to all my other challenge decided to join in with this one for 2019. And we have some excited things to add. I do hope you will join us this year!<br />
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We are going back to basics! Bookish Resolutions Challenge is about setting New Year’s Resolutions for Reading, book blogging or Writing…You can sign up via blog post, Facebook, Twitter or Goodreads!<br />
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<li>Create between 3 or more resolutions related to books/book blogging/writing (there are examples below but you can make up your own)<i>(you can have as many resolutions are you would like there is no limit) </i></li>
<li>Create a signup post and add it to the Linky on this post (sign up before Feb 28th)</li>
<li>Since this is a year long challenge we ask that you pick goals with some longevity. Pick a goal that will take you no less than 4 months to complete.</li>
<li>Twice a year we will have an update to see how you are doing. May 1st and September 1st. The last update will be the end post in December for you to link up.</li>
<li>For each goal you complete you get one entry into the giveaway that will be in our wrap up post on December 31, 2019</li>
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We’ll be giving away two $5 Amazon gift cards at the end of December 2018.</div>
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<b><u>Examples</u></b><br />
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As this is a personal challenge everyone is likely to set different goals! But to make things easier, we’ve come up with some blogging and reading examples!<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b>
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<b><u>Blogging/Reading/Writing Goals</u></b><br />
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<li>Get my Netgalley percentage up to XX % (percent is up to you!)</li>
<li>Read XX number of Netgalley books this year/per month (remember that this needs to be a year long goal!)</li>
<li>Read XX number of books by debut authors/authors that are new to me this year/each month</li>
<li>Complete X number of challenges this year</li>
<li>(This challenge does not count towards the total. Mini-challenges within a bigger challenge do not count separately)</li>
<li>Read XX number of crime (or any other genre) books this year/each month</li>
<li>Only spend £XX/$XX on books this year/per month</li>
<li>Listen to X number of audio books this year/per month</li>
<li>Read X number of paperbacks this year/per month</li>
<li>Read X number of classics this year</li>
<li>Read all blog tour books a week/month/two days before post date</li>
<li>Participate in X number of read-a-thons (read-a-thons as a part of larger challenges count separately)</li>
<li>Only one-click on amazon X times per month/week</li>
<li>Read X number of books per week/month that were books you’ve bought, which can be free.</li>
<li>Read X number of sequels this year/per month</li>
<li>Read X number of books with ‘salmon’ in the title (word is changeable. If you’re interested there are actually 862 results for salmon in the Kindle Store)</li>
<li>Read X number of books that I already own</li>
<li>Read X number of non-fiction books</li>
<li>Finish WIP “title”</li>
<li>Finish XX writing projects</li>
<li>Publish “title”</li>
<li>Write XXXX words per day/week/month/year</li>
<li>Design/commission a cover for “title”</li>
<li>Join in NaNoWrMo</li>
<li>Enter a writing competition</li>
<li>Complete a writing course (online or in person)</li>
<li>Contribute to an anthology</li>
<li>Write something in an unfamiliar genre</li>
<li>Plot out the next book in the series</li>
<li>Write every day</li>
<li>Develop author online presence</li>
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Tweet your progress to #BookishResolutions or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/192094644594168/">Join the Facebook Group! </a><br />
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To help you - and us - be successful with our resolutions, we’ll be hosting a Bookish Bootcamp, as well as weekly Task it Tuesdays. Both will be great ways to stay on track with those goals! <b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b>
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During the year we are planning to have two events that help get some of these goals or any type of goal accomplished whether it’s to do some maintenance on your blog, finish those posts you wanted to do or even write 10k with no distraction. We will have two Bootcamps in the year. Make sure to follow the hashtag, join the group or subscribe to emails to get notipficated for when the Bootcamp Events will be. <b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b>
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<b>*Task It Tuesday ~~~~~~~~~~</b><br />
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created by the fabulous <a href="http://www.geekybloggersbookblog.com/task-it-ebook-tbr-catalog-2010/">Geeky Blogger</a> and adopted first by Because Reading and now by Because Challenges.<br />
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What is Task it Tuesday? Task it Tuesday is a weekly meme dedicated to the list makers of the blogging/writing world. It’s all about being productive and organized – on your blog and in real life (if you so chose). By sharing our lists we get instant accountability partners and also get ideas of things to add to our lists (or sometimes ways to tackle tasks more efficiently). We hope you’ll join us!<br />
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Check out <a href="http://becausechallenge.com/">BecauseChallenge.com</a> each week to sign up to Task It Tuesday and let's get organized and be productive together. Task it Tuesday with start the first Tuesday in Jan 2019. <br />
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What are some of your top goals for 2019? Tell us in the comments below and don’t forget to link up!<br />
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Because Challengeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12238629249317541077noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313795927788444537.post-61032557134561127922018-12-01T08:00:00.000-05:002018-12-31T10:14:15.831-05:00Get ready to read ~ #COYER Challenge Starts TODAY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Are you ready to go back to basics? We're so excited to kick off our 2018 Winter COYER today! For all the rules, refer back to our <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/11/coyer-winter-2018-going-back-to-basics.html">sign-up post</a>. We also have a few dates for you to mark on your calendars. Are you ready?
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Read-a-thons</h2>
We will be having five read-a-thons throughout COYER. Participation will earn you points in the Goody Giveaway. Mark you calendars for:
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<li><strong>December 9th - 23rd ~ Get Ready For 2019</strong>: Read ARCs for 2019 or Books in series with a Highly anticipated release in 2019. These can be any format, but still must meet the free or nearly free guidelines.</li>
<li><strong>December 26th - January 13th ~ It's time to read all the books!</strong>: Read all the books. All books count Physical, Library, KU and Borrow, price doesn't matter, just binge read to your heart's content.</li>
<li><strong>January 20th - 25th ~ It's from last year</strong>: Read books from 2018. Books can be any format, but still must meet the free or nearly free guidelines.</li>
<li><strong>February 3rd -15th ~ It's all about LOVE</strong>: all books count Physical, Library, KU and Borrowed. Price doesn't matter, just as long as there's some LOVE in there. Genre doesn't matter, just give us the LOVE <3 li="">
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<li><strong>February 18th - 28th ~ Pick a Format</strong>: Read all books in your chosen format. Price doesn't matter Library and KU Included.</li>
You'll be able to join in with the Read-a-thons by signing up in the Facebook Group. Michelle will post sign-ups the Saturday prior to each Read-a-thon.
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Twitter Parties</h2>
We will also have 4 Twitter parties with prizes for participants. They're a great chance to chat books and other fun stuff, too. You'll also get an extra entry in the Goody Giveaway for each Twitter party you participate in. Mark your calendars:
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<li>Kick off Twitter Party with Berls 12/9 @4pm EST</li>
<li>A New Year Twitter Party with Michelle 1/5 @ 12pm EST</li>
<li>Midway Twitter Party with Berls 2/2 @ 7pm EST </li>
<li>Finish Line /Sneak Peak Twitter Party with Michelle 3/2 @ 4pm EST</li>
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Facebook Fun</h2>
We will have fun in the Facebook group every day, but there won't be a set schedule. We had such a good time trying out different games at the end of the last COYER that we've decided to keep it fluid. However, you can count on Mondays for a chance to talk about your reading goals for the week and Sundays for important updates and reminders from us.
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The Part Your Looking For...</h2>
You know you came here for the review linky and giveaway widget. You can get to the <a href="https://coyerchallenge.blogspot.com/p/current-coyer-linky.html">review linky</a> from the navigation menu and the giveaway widget for all the goodies is below. Good luck and happy reading!
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Due to technical difficulties, COYER and Because Challenges have a new -- unexpected -- home here on Blogger. Thankfully our domains still work, so you can still find us by going to coyerchallenge.com or becausechallenges.com/! We lost our previous sign up post, so hopefully we haven't missed anything. And if you signed up, we've also lost the linky, so we'll need you to link up again. Sorry!
This COYER we're going back to basics... again! COYER Winter 2018 will run from December 1, 2018 to March 2, 2019! Mark your calendars!
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<li><strong>Read Your E-Reads!</strong> Every book you read MUST be in an electronic format – meaning E-Book or Audiobook. It’s okay to start a book before December 1st, you must be less than half way for it to count then review it during COYER.</li>
<li><strong>The books must be FREE or NEARLY FREE!</strong> This includes review books, tour books, NetGalley, Edelweiss, etc. What’s nearly free? No more than $2 for eBooks and no more than $5 for Audiobooks (or the equivalent in your currency). This does NOT include library books, borrowed books, or Kindle Unlimited books.</li>
<li><strong>Announce your participation!</strong> This can be a blog post (or if you don’t have a blog – Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Booklikes, Goodreads, Shelfari, etc.) If you want to list books you would like to read, that’s great, but not necessary. The point is to let everyone know you’re committed to COYER, maybe share some goals, and help spread the word. Not sure how to do your post? Check out <a href="https://www.becausereading.com/coyer-winter-switch-berls/">this example</a> from a previous COYER.</li>
<li><strong>Link up!</strong> Link that post (not just your blog homepage) to the linky below. (remember if you signed up before our site crashed we need you to sign up again)</li>
<li><strong>Review & Link Reviews!</strong> Your review may be on your blog, Goodreads, Shelfari, Booklikes, etc. Link the review to the Review Linky (which will be available on the kick off post on December 1st).</li>
<li><strong>We are giving away (2) $10 Gift Cards.</strong> One is for the review link and the other is for a goody type of giveaway. It will be for readathons, participating, visiting, etc. We will have all the info on the kick off post.</li>
<li><strong>Visit Each Other, Chat & Have Fun!</strong></li>
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Read-a-thons</h2>
We will have a few read-a-thons this COYER, where we go to summer rules... as in anything goes. Price and format won't matter during those read-a-thons. We'll have the exact dates for the read-a-thons on the Kick off Post December 1st.
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Social Media</h2>
If you haven't yet, be sure to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/COYERChallenge/?ref=bookmarks">join our Facebook group</a>! As always we'll have daily games and questions to chat about.
We'll also have 4 twitter parties this time around, dates will be announced on the Kick Off Post. Be sure to follow #COYER for reading updates and for the party!
We'll have our month long Instagram challenge in February, so watch for that photo announcement in January!
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Link up!</h2>
This will be the official signup linky. Again, if you linked up on the previous site, please take a second to link up again.
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