Love-A-Thon 2017 | Let Me Sing You a Love Song.

Now’s the time to let your musical tastes shine! Dedicate a love song (or two or three) to your favorite book characters, and tell us why. Get as creative as you want, whether you decide to film a video, share a playlist or write out some lyrics and snap a photo. Link up at Alexa Loves Books.

Because of this post I've found out that I don't listen to romantic songs at all. Most of them are more about lost loves and broken hearts, but I guess that's also right for some of my sunken ships. Here are the three combinations I came up with:


John Legend – All of Me.
Beast – Dark Triumph (Robin LaFevers). He is described as incredibly ugly and huge, but his heart is so pure and sweet – it would sweep me right of my feet.

Jesper Lindell feat First Aid Kit – Slow down.
Shadow and Bone.

Mumford and Sons – I Gave You All.
Throne of Glass.

Love-A-Thon 2017 | Valentines Care Package.

Is there anything more exciting than receiving a surprise care package from one of your best book buddies? Didn’t think so! If you had the opportunity to surprise one or more of your favorite characters with a care package for Valentine’s Day, what would you be sure to include? Have fun virtually shopping for the character(s) you love and let us know via photos, collages, etc., what you would love to send them! Link up at Super Space Chick

I would send Sybella (Dark Triumph – Robin LaFevers) a new knife for her collection. And to stay in this theme, I would give Lila (A Darker Shade of Magic) a perfect pirate blade.
Nina (Six of Crows) gets a box of chocolate.
Copies of some of my favorite books go to Hermione (Harry Potter)
I want to give Chaol (Throne of glass) a big hug, because he is such a misunderstood character.
Cress (Lunar Chronicles) gets a set of hair products and a fancy hair brush.

Some random ideas:
Alina gets some sense, so she is able to make the right choice at the end of Ruin and Rising.
I would ship an indestructable tank packed with ammunition to Georgia and Shaun (Feed)

Love-A-Thon 2017 | X meets Y.

Mix and match away! This challenge is made for you to combine the books and movies/tv shows that you love in some way, in order for other people to find new recommendations for things to check out. Whether inspired by characters or themes, we can’t wait to see what you come up with!

New Girl / Fangirl.
Reason: Cath and Jess are both a little awkward and they have great support around them.

The Walking Dead / The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Reason: The zombies in the book are just as ruthless as the ones in The Walking Dead.

PRIZE PACK (US):

Passenger	Disney-Hyperion
Vassa in the Night	Tor Teen
Love and First Sight	Little, Brown & Company
Unforgiveable	Harper Collins
Tor Teen pin	Tor Teen
The Dark Talent pin	Tor Teen
Amberlough pin	Tor Teen

PRIZE PACK (INTL):

Passenger	Disney-Hyperion
Truthwitch	Tor Teen
To Catch a Killer ARC	Tor Teen
The Great Pursuit ARC	Harper Collins
Metaltown tattoo	Tor Teen
Tor sticker	Tor Teen
Arabella of Mars paper dolls	Tor Teen
Becoming Bonnie newspapers	Tor Teen

Love-A-Thon 2017 | On The Road (Trip!)

Let’s go on a road trip! Pick 3-4 people—fictional characters, readers/bloggers, authors—you’d love to take on this road trip; a place you’re headed towards like Disneyland, Grand Canyon, Martha’s Vineyard, etc; and what you’ll be doing on this road trip, like topics of discussion, who’s driving, who’s in charge of the road trip music, etc. Link up at The Novel Hermit.

I would love to hang out with Nina (Six of Crows), Sybella (Grave Mercy), Hermione (Harry Potter) and Lila (A Darker Shade of Magic), but it is hard to come up with a destination, since we don't have anything in common as a group. The best I can think of to make sure everyone is having a good time:

1. The first thing we do is go to the bookstore and hang out there. Lila is probably driving although she has no license, because she is easy like that. Sybella can look up books about fighting, Lila can read up on managing your own boat, Nina can drool over all the cook books and I can walk around with Hermione in the fantasy section.
 
2. Then we go and pick up some food, especially for Nina who loves to eat. We definitely need to bring a lot of chocolate, marshmallows and chocolate chip cookies.
 
3. Our hang-out location is probably some castle in a warm country. Sybella and Lila can practice fighting, because there is enough room and there are probably different weapons hanging on the wall as decoration. They can show us some ways to defend ourselves. Afterwards they can explore the castle, while Nina, Hermione and I rest next to the fire place with a book - and of course there will be guy talk.

Love-A-Thon 2017 | Fancy Yourself a Poet?

One of the most popular Love-a-Thon challenges is returning this year! All you have to do is create book spine poetry. You can either take a photo of the books, type out the titles in a post, read them out loud for a video or even get creative and collage it. Get as creative as possible! Link up at Alexa Loves Books.

Poem title: WHEN THE MOON WAS OURS.

FIND ME 

THE CURE FOR DREAMING.

For I am

RUINED

in the

LAIR OF DREAMS.

FEED

THE FORGETTING

of

A WORLD WITHOUT YOU.

There is

A GATHERING OF SHADOWS.

AND I DARKEN.

When the Moon was Ours – Anna-Marie McLemore. 
Find me – Romily Bernard.
The Cure for Dreaming – Cat Winters.
Ruined – Amy Tintera.
Lair of Dreams – Libba Bray.
Feed – MIra Grant.
The Forgetting – Sharon Cameron.
A World Without You – Beth Revis.
A Gathering of Shadows – V.E. Schwab.
And I Darken – Kiersten White.

I suck at this, but I still wanted to participate and try my hand at doing something that sounds enough like poetry. So, here it is.

Love-A-Thon 2017 | Mix and Match.

We all love books, but there are other things we’re passionate about too! All you’ve got to do is mash-up a non-bookish hobby/passion/talent/fandom with your bookish life. Do it through photos, collages, or videos. Get as creative as you’d like to! Link-up at Super Space Chick and take a look at all the other participants.

Bulletjournal and reading. I'm already writing a blog post about this topic, but I couldn't make this post without mentioning my bulletjournal. This is something I discovered in July last year and it has been one of the best things ever. It makes me feel peaceful, because I have a mind that tends to overthink. My anxiety is less now that I have a place where I can write down anything that might bother me. It's practically a diary, to-do-list and wish list in a fancy way. If you want a bit more information you can check out my post about my step into the world of bulletjournaling.