This one's for the book bloggers :-) It's Bloggiesta time - a weekend long event hosted by Suey @ It's All About Books and Danielle @ There's a Book, with mini-challenges where the goal is to help you understand this blogging thing a little more, and to encourage you to make positive changes to your little corner of the internet. I'm participating by sharing a list of 20+ ideas for discussion posts on your book blog. And there's a GIVEAWAY if you participate in this mini-challenge!
20+ Discussion Post Ideas For Your Book Blog {Bloggiesta Mini Challenge & GIVEAWAY}
Inspired by the Seasons & Holidays
1) 10 Books on Your Winter/ Fall/ Spring / Summer Reading List (at the beginning of the season).
2) 5 Favorite Books of Winter/ Fall/ Spring/ Summer (at the end of the season).
3) 10 Book Covers That Terrify {Halloween Reads}.
4) 5 Books To Get Cozy Under the Covers With in Winter.
5) 5 Books With Tragic Romances That Everyone Should Read (around Valentine's Day)
6) 5 Books With Love Triangles Where The Right Guy Won (or Where I Wish The Other Guy Had Won (one more for Valentine's Day)
A good resource of holiday observances (even the weird & wacky ones) is The Ultimate Holiday Site and Brownielocks.
Inspired by Movies
7) 10 Must See Book To Movie Adaptations in 2012
8) 10 Book to Movie Adaptations Coming in 2013
9) Book vs. Movie eg. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, The Help, etc.
10) 5 Books to Read If You Like The Movie XXX - The Avengers for example - or any other blockbuster movie.
Favorite Books of 2012
11) Top 10 Favorite Books Read During 2012.
12) 10 Favorite YA/ Dystopian/ Paranormal/ Mysteries/ Thrillers etc. Books of 2012.
13) 10 Books From the "Best of 2012" Lists {On My Reading List} (choose books mentioned by other bloggers "best of 2012" lists, Goodreads, Amazon, Kirkus Reviews etc).
14) 10 Favorite Book Covers of 2012.
15) 10 Most Memorable Characters from Books Read in 2012.
16) 5 Favorite Books From 2012 Debut Authors.
17) 10 Authors I Read For the First Time in 2012 And Want to Read More From.
18) 5 Books That Almost Made Me Cry This Year.
*** How about a Theme Week of Favorite Books ***
Looking to the Future
19) 10 Most Anticipated Books Of 2013 On My Reading List (or break it up into Winter, Spring, Summer of Fall - 4 different lists).
20) A Bookish Timeline of the Next 100 Years.
21) 5 Dystopian (or Apocalyptic) Novels That Will Make You Scared For the Future.
22) 5 Chilling Dystopian Government Systems in Books.
23) 5 Horrible Apocalyptic Events From Books That Left Me Scared For the Future.
More Books
24) 5 Dystopian Books That Are Better Than The Hunger Games ... repeat for any popular book.
25) 10 Young Adult Books That Even Grown-Ups Will Like.
26) 10 Adult Fiction Books That Young Adult Readers Will Like.
27) 5 Books With Surprise Endings That Will Blow You Away.
28) 5 Book Series That You Will Not Be Able to Put Down Until The Last Page of the Last Book is Finished.
29) Book vs Book - eg. Vampire vs Vampire (Eli from Let The Right One In vs. Allison from The Immortal Rules); or Spy vs Spy; Vampire vs Werewolf etc.
Challenge & Giveaway
I would really like to know if this post was helpful to you - did it give you some ideas for your blog? Leave a comment with a link to a discussion post that you've recently published on one of the topics above, or share one list idea that you'll be using on your blog! On Monday (October 1st, 2012), one commenter will be selected to receive a $10 Amazon Gift Card - comments close Sunday, 11:59PM.
Hints on Creating an Eye Catching Discussion Posts
- Use images of the book covers - helps break up text, as well as provide an interesting visual.
- Give a brief (very brief) summary of the book.
- State your opinion of the book if you've already read it - even if you've already done a review for it.
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What an awesome post!! Thanks for sharing this list, it's definitely getting my wheels turning. I love the 5 Books to Read If You Liked XXX Movie...I might have to write that one soon!