One of the great things about Twitter is how it can take a simple comment and turn it into a blogging event.
Jenn, from Jenn’s Bookshelves happened to mention that she was going to have a quiet post-Thanksgiving weekend during which she was planning on getting a bunch of reading done. I’m not sure mine will be quiet, but there will be a lot of people who may want to take Daniel away to play with him, so I realized that I could possibly get a lot of reading in too. So Candace of Beth Fish Reads and I said we would join in with her. From there, it spiraled into what we are now calling “Thankfully Reading Weekend,” with this adorable button you see here (made by Jenn).
No rules, no guidelines, just spend some amount of time, whatever you can do, to spend some time thankfully reading the weekend of November 27-29. You can catch up on reading goals, or take the time to read something completely different, whatever you want!
We will be using the Book Blog Social Club for this event, so come on over and sign up on Mr. Linky if you plan on participating. Then, during U.S. Thanksgiving weekend, just sign the new Mr. Linky with any related posts and use the twitter hashtag #thankfulreading.
A couple of things:
- No need to be celebrating U.S. Thanksgiving to participate, all are welcome!
- If you can’t participate due to other obligations, there are some different choices coming up for you. Bethany of Dreadlock Girl is hosting a readathon December 5th and Michelle of GalleySmith is hosting Seriespalooza in mid-December
We are not doing anything earth-shattering over Thanksgiving, but the kids are home, as well as my husband, which doesn’t bode well for me. I know what I am intending to do during the whole month of December is to bang out my Shelf Discovery books for the challenge. I haven’t decided what to call it yet, but I’m going to be pretending to be 14 again for the entire month!
.-= Sandy´s last blog ..What’s On Your Desk Wendesday (On Saturday) =-.
I plan on participating, it might be unofficially. To be quite honest I don’t think I have it in me to post. lol I have so many that I need to write. This last one might kill me.
I will mention on THIB! on Tuesday.
.-= Nicole´s last blog ..This Just In! A Lot Of Books! =-.
Thanks for the shout out!
I’m going to be participating from a far (well far from my home anyway) since I’ll be traveling that weekend. I’ll have plenty of car time not to mention early evenings to work with. Like Nicole don’t know how much I’ll be able to post since I’m not sure I’ll have my laptop but I’m gonna try
This sounds like so much fun! I wish I could be part of it.
I wish I could participate! I will be busy at my family’s keeping things peaceful! Oh holidays!
.-= Amused´s last blog ..Makin’ Me Hungry! =-.
I can’t wait to participate!!
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Sounds like fun and I love the graphic!
I’ll definitely be reading that weekend! And the button/graphic is super cute.
.-= Katie´s last blog ..in my mailbox (22). =-.
So it’s true that when you have a child he becomes the one friends and family want to see giving you plenty of alone time or, in your case, time to read?! lol (just joking!) I think this is a great idea for Thanksgiving weekend and plan to join in. The Turkey button is fantastic! Love it! Thanks to Jenn and you for coming up with this.
Love this idea. I will be busy with company, but maybe we can read together.
Yes, I’m jumping in. Nothing better than a quiet reading weekend!
Hope you had a great weekend with Thankfully Reading. I thought it was fun!