Sunday, February 19, 2012

March Madness Schedule of Awesome


The Fault in Our StarsMARCH 5TH-9TH:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
*Optional Gallagher Girl Challenge: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Mayhem Challenge: Gift or lend TFiOS to a member of your family. Video tape yourself spreading TFiOS love and submit it as a video response to the March 5th Mayhem YouTube video (lots of 'videos' in that sentence -.-).
Tweet! Tweet! Show the author, @realjohngreen, your love! Use the hashtag #teamelsewhere and spread the word about TFiOS.
Wednesday Writes Challenge: TFiOS prompts are-
Prompt 1A: What's your opinion of Hazel's monologue on pages 12-13? Do you agree? Disagree and why?
Prompt 1B: Write a scene from An Imperial Affliction or its "sequel." As the book does not exist, you get to be as creative as you want.
If you want to learn more about what Wednesday Writes is, visit this page. Original works ONLY.
Share your Thoughts! If you read TFiOS you should write a review of your own! Comment on my Sunday review with your thoughts or with the link to a blog post you did responding to the book and it could be featured in the Thursday Thoughts post.
Finale... Finally! Mayhem winner will be announced. A recap of the week's events will be given. And you can join me here from 5-6 P.M. PST to talk about TFiOS and/or LOVE YOU, KILL YOU.


MARCH 12TH-16TH:
Ditched by Robin Mellom
*Optional GGC: Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
Mayhem Challenge: Submit a video response (to the March 12th Mayhem video) of you recommending DITCHED to someone in a convenience or grocery store.
Tweet! Tweet! Show the author, @robinmellom, and her agent, @jillcorcoran that you care! Use the hashtag #teamelsewhere and spread the word about DITCHED.
Wednesday Writes Challenge: DITCHED prompts-
Prompt 2A- Did you go on a date that went horribly wrong? What was that experience like and how did it measure up to Justina's?
Prompt 2B- Write a creative piece about a girl who wanders into liquor store with no recollection of the events leading up to her getting there.

Share your Thoughts! If you read DITCHED you should write a review of your own! Comment on my Sunday review with your thoughts or with the link to a blog post you did responding to the book and it could be featured in the Thursday Thoughts post.
Finale... Finally! Mayhem winner will be announced. A recap of the week's events will be given. And you can join me here from 5-6 P.M. PST to talk about DITCHED and/or CROSS MY HEART.



MARCH 19TH-23RD:
One Day by David Nicholls
*Optional GGC: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
Mayhem Challenge: For one day, walk around with a sign around your neck promoting the book ONE DAY. Submit a video response to the March 19th Monday Mayhem post of your attempt to spread the awesome.
Tweet! Tweet! Share what you loved about @CBGbooks' release, ONE DAY with us by using the #teamelsewhere hashtag on Twitter.
Wednesday Writes: ONE DAY Writing Prompts-
3A- What did you think of the telling of this book? Did it work? Did it not work? Was it practical? Would you have done it differently?
3B- Write a creative story about a particular day, revealing the significance of this day to us gradually through action and dialogue only.

Share your Thoughts! Comment on my Sunday review with your thoughts or with the link to a blog post you did responding to the book and it could be featured in the Thursday Thoughts post.
Finale... Finally! Mayhem winner will be announced. A recap of the week's events will be given. And you can join me here from 5-6 P.M. PST to talk about ONE DAY and/or DON'T JUDGE A GIRL.


MARCH 26TH-30TH:
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
*Optional GGC: Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
Mayhem Challenge: Leave index card with quotes from THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX around your school, neighborhood, and workplace and on the back, be sure to write "From Kate DiCamillo's THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX" so that whoever finds it might be curious enough to pick up the book, themselves. Submit a video response of you dropping off index cards of awesome in reply to the March 26th Mayhem Video.
Tweet! Tweet! Share what you loved about @candlewickpress' release, THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX with us and with your followers. Use the hashtag #teamelsewhere so we can find your tweets!
Wednesday Writes: DESPEREAUX Writing prompts-
Prompt 4A- The story deals with darkness and light both literally and figuratively within the characters. What did you think of this? Could you relate? What about this spoke to you or what did you learn (or disagree with) from these monologues?
Prompt 4B- Write a short story that takes two seemingly unrelated plots and makes them meet up somehow (can be up to 1,000 words).

Share your Thoughts! Comment on my Sunday review with your thoughts or with the link to a blog post you did responding to the book and it could be featured in the Thursday Thoughts post.
Finale... Finally! Mayhem winner will be announced. A recap of the week's events will be given. And you can join me here from 5-6 P.M. PST to talk about DESPEREAUX and/or GOOD SPY YOUNG.


*So this month, we're featuring one book a week according to the schedule, above, BUT, in honor of Ally Carter's fifth Gallagher book, OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF TIME coming out in March, I wanted to give everyone a chance to "catch up" before we read that together in April. That's why, if you want to take up what I'm calling the Gallagher Girl Challenge, you can tack on an extra book a week for the entire month of March so that you'll be ready to talk OSOT with us the second week of April (spoiler for the April calendar. Sorry!). So here it is! The March Calendar. Happy reading, everyone! See you again on the first!

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