Welcome to Big Book Summer 2024!
The idea is simple: Use the ease of summer to tackle a Big Book (400+ pages) or two or ... however many you want! You set your own goals. You can hear more about how it started and what I'll be reading in my video, Big Book Summer Challenge 2024.
And if it is the start of winter where you live, then it's your Big Book Winter Challenge! Everyone is welcome to participate.
The Details:
Hey, it's summer, so we'll keep this low-key and easy!
- Anything 400 pages or more qualifies as a big book.
- The challenge runs from Memorial Day weekend (starting May 24
this year) through Labor Day (September 2 this
year).
- Choose one or two or however many big books you want as your goal. Wait, did you get that? You only need to read 1 book with 400+ pages this summer to participate! (though you are welcome to read more, if you want).
- Sign up on the first links list below if you have a blog or YouTube channel, to leave your link so others can find you.
- No blog? No problem! Just sign
up in the comments below or in the Goodreads group in the Sign-Up discussion thread if you don't have a blog or YouTube channel.
- If you have a blog or YouTube channel, write a post or record a video to kick things off: you can list the exact big books
you plan to read or just announce your intent to participate, but be
sure to include the Big Book Summer Challenge pic above, with a link
back to this blog page. It's fine to kick-off your Big Book Summer as part of another post or video.
- You can write/record progress or wrap-up posts/videos if you want to and/or reviews of the big books you've read ... but you don't have to. There is a separate links list (the second one) below for big book reviews, progress updates, and wrap-up posts/videos.
That's it! Go check out your shelves and your TBR list for chunksters and sign up below!
What
kind of books "count"? All kinds! Middle-grade, YA, graphic novels,
classics, all genres, all types--as long as they are at least 400 pages.
Yes, e-books and audio books count, too--just check online for the number of pages in the print edition. See my list of Big Books on BookShop for
some great ideas from my own past reading.
And if you DO have a blog or YouTube channel, you are still welcome to join the group on Goodreads for the 2024 Big Book Summer Challenge,
where we can talk about Big Books and our progress on
the challenge. It's a fun book conversation all summer long!
Check out my own list of books to read for the challenge this summer and my Big Book Summer Kick-Off Video for more on what I plan to read this summer.
And you can pick up some fun Big Book Summer products! Check out my shop on Printify (new this year with better prices) for Big Book Summer mugs, t-shirts, tote bags, notebooks, magnets, stickers, and more!
At the end of the summer, there will be a Big Book Giveaway!
After Labor Day, I'll select a name from among the participants--bloggers and booktubers who
leave a link below as well as those without a blog/video who sign-up
through
the Goodreads group or in the Comments below--and will send the winner a
BookShop or Amazon gift
certificate.
And help spread the word on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media with #BigBookSummer. You can follow me at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suzanljackson/
Twitter: @suebookbybook
Facebook: the Facebook page for this blog
YouTube: SueJacksonDE
Challenge updates will be posted in all of those places.
Hope you'll join the Big Book Summer fun!
So glad you are hosting this again. My favorite challenge! I will definitely be signing up.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Can't wait to see your Big Book picks for this summer!
DeleteOK, I'll commit to The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese.
ReplyDeleteGreat! If you'd like to join the Gooreads group, you can chat with others about books and be entered into the end of summer giveaway drawing! Link is in the post above :)
DeleteReally looking forward to this challenge, thank you
ReplyDeleteSo glad you're joining the fun again, Helen!
DeleteI don't understand how the FB/Ggl/or InLinkz thing works when trying to connect my blog post to your website. Why do you need a 3rd party connection? Can't I just send you the link to the blogpost? I don't want google knowing everything. the FB logo didn't work. And I don't have an InLinkz account and don't want any more internet accounts I'm only going to use once. But I have launched the challenge on my blog on substack and would very much like to link it to yours.
ReplyDeleteHi, Marjorie - Sorry you're having problems linking up. Yes, Inlinkz started requiring sign-ins a few years ago - I don't like it, either! You can sign-in with Google or create an Inlinkz account - it's a small, privately-owned software company (I think Inlinkz is their only product), so it you have privacy issues, that would be the way to go. You can also just join the Goodreads group and post in the Sign-Up thread there.
DeleteHi. I just discovered this fun challenge. I am a newbie at enjoying a good book. I began with the classics and happen to have just started Pamela by Samuel Richardson. It comes in at 503 pages so hence works perfect for the challenge. So excited. The challenge motivates me to move forward on this fun journey. Loving it!!
ReplyDeleteSounds perfect! And how wonderful that you just recently began to enjoy books and reading. If you'd like, you can join the Goodreads group (at the link in the notes) to officially join the challenge - then you can chat about Big Books all season with other readers, see what everyone else is reading, and you'll be entered to win the end of season giveaway drawing. Enjoy your Big Book!
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