Started in 2010 by Arlee Bird in an effort to force himself to post everyday (except Sunday), it has grown to include 1,758 blogs. The challenge requires participants to draft posts thematically with the corresponding day of the month. Sort of like this:
Most of the time if you subtract Sundays from April, you then have 26 days–one day for each letter of the alphabet.[…]
Using this premise, you would start beginning April First with a topic themed on something with the letter A, then on April second another topic with the letter B as the theme, and so on until you finish on April thirtieth with the theme based on the letter Z. It doesn’t even have to be a word–it can be a proper noun, the letter used as a symbol, or the letter itself. The theme of the day is the letter scheduled for that day.
Since we do books around here, we’ve tried to make our posts either focus on books with titles or authors that use the letter of the theme. For example, tomorrow, Britt will post on Billy Collins‘ Ballistics, so a double whammy–both the title and the author have the ‘B’.
Will you join us for the ride? We’d love to hear from you along the way, as well as your ideas and feedback.
Also, if you’ve got a few minutes, drop by some of the other blogs participating in the challenge (find the full list below–we’re #578). Leave them a note of encouragement on their blog, tell them how you found them (by way of our blog), and tell them what you like about their post.
Thank you for stopping by, and we hope you’ll come again!
On to the challenge!
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I’ll definitely be back! I love books too much NOT to read a month full of posts about them 😀
Best of luck in the challenge!
Jen
Thanks for stopping by, Jennifer. We appreciate it. We’d love to hear what books you recommend, as well.
Have you guys done this before? So much fun! I’m highlighting women’s fiction on my blog this year 🙂
Nope, this is our first time. We’re not aiming for any particular month long theme–we’re novices, still, and we’ll save that for next year, perhaps.
I look forward to seeing what you highlight, though, during the month. You consistently make good recommendations, and I can’t imagine that being any different this month.
Nope, this is our first time. We’re not aiming for any particular month long theme–we’re novices, still, and we’ll save that for next year, perhaps.
I look forward to seeing what you highlight, though, during the month. You consistently make good recommendations, and I can’t imagine that being any different this month.
excellent theme! will have to come back to see who is spotlighted!
Thanks, Tara. Any recommendations that you’d like to offer?
The list is huge this year. Great theme. Looking forward to those posts.
And we are looking forward to yours. Any recommendations along the way are always appreciated.
I am excited to read your posts for the A-Z! All books all the time sounds good to me. 🙂
If only we could spend as much time reading great books as we wish. Thanks for stopping by, ocdReader. Any recommendations?
Great, I look forward to seeing what books you’ll pick for all the letters (especially the tricky ones like Q, X and Z).
Q, X, and Z will be fun…a challenge within the challenge, perhaps?
Sounds like a great theme!
A to Z Participant
Cherie Reich – Author and Surrounded by Books Reviews
We hope so. Thanks for stopping by.
I look forward to reading your book suggestions! I’m here from A to Z as well. 🙂
Thanks, Stacey.
Oh, excellent. I love book review sites. Happy to meet you during the A to Z Challenge.
Thanks, Patricia.
I’m so excited to have found your blog. I’m looking forward toto reading bout all of yofavorite books.
Thanks, Marcy.
It is a huge list this year. I need to clone myself to read them all especially with working this year. I figure I’ll read in chunks through out the day. I’m looking forward to what you post on books for the alphabet.
It IS a large list this year. I’m still wondering how I’ll get through it all, let alone go back to the ones that catch my interest.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by ours, and I hope you’ll come back soon.
It’s awesome how the challenge has grown. I love it and plan on doing it as long as I’m blogging.