The Master List of Recurring Bookish Memes [The 2019 Edition]

Updated for 2019 – Here’s a comprehensive list of bookish memes hosted online.

The Master List of Recurring Bookish Memes [The 2019 Edition]

Monday

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? @ Book Date. Weekly. Link to your post about what you’ve read recently, are currently reading & plan on reading next … not active on Sheila’s blog right now.

Mailbox Monday @ Mailbox Monday. Weekly. Link to your post about the books you recently received.

Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Weekly. Writing prompts (posted in advance) for “10 Books That …”

Tell Me Something Tuesday @ Rainy Day Ramblings. Weekly. Post about the weekly question on your blog and link up (topics are up 1 week in advance).

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros @ I’d Rather Be at the Beach. Weekly. Share the first paragraph (or a few) of a book you’re reading or thinking about reading soon.

Fit Readers @ Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About. Weekly. A weekly event where we share workout stories, goals, successes, and challenges.

Wednesday

Can’t Wait Wednesday @ Wishful Endings. Weekly. Let’s shine a spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read.

Library Loot @ The Captive Reader and Real Life Reading. Weekly. Share the books etc that you got from the library each week.

My Favorite @ Bookishly Rebecca. Weekly. Discussion topics are posted for each week of the upcoming month. Join in and put your own spin on it.

Shelf Control @ Bookshelf Fantasies. Weekly. Let’s talk about a book that we want to read AND already own.

Top 5 Wednesday @ Goodreads. Weekly. Discussion topics are posted in advance for the month so you can write about it and link up to it in the group.

WWW Wednesday @ Taking On a World of Words. Weekly. What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next?

Wondrous Words Wednesday @ Bermuda Onion. Weekly. Share new words that you’ve encountered or spotlight words you love.

Thursday

Bookish (and not-so Bookish) Thoughts @ Bookishly Boisterous. Weekly. Write what’s on you mind and link up at the host blog every week.

I Heart Characters @ Perspective of a Writer. Weekly. Each week a topic is provided, and you’ll supply the character.

Thirsty Thursday & Hungry Hearts @ (un)Conventional Book Views. Weekly. Write a post that features a quote with food or drinks that showed up in a recent read, as well as if it’s something you think you’d like or not. Then share it in the link-up at the hosts’ blog.

Friday

Book Beginnings @ Rose City Reader. Weekly. Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.

Book Blogger Hop @ Coffee Addicted Writer. Weekly. A weekly writing prompt for you to answer on your own blog. Prompts are posted well in advance.

F is for Friday @ Nomadic Worlds. Weekly. Answer these four questions: F – Feature your latest book obsession; I – Indicate which book/s you are looking forward to reading this weekend; F – Favorite quote of the week/day; F – Five things you’re happy or grateful for this week.

First Impression Friday @ J.W. Martin. Weekly. Based on this sampling of your current read, give a few impressions and predict what you’ll think by the end.

First Line Fridays @ Wandering Words. Weekly. Pick a book off your shelf and open to the first page. Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet. Finally… reveal the book!

The Friday 56 (with Instagram 56) @ Freda’s Voice. Weekly. Grab a book, any book, and turn to page 56. Find a sentence that grabs you and post it either on your blog or on Instagram tagged with #Friday56.

Friday Face Off @ Lynn’s Book Blog. Weekly. Each week, following a predetermined theme (list below) choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favorite.

Saturday

Weekend Cooking @ Beth Fish Reads. Weekly. Open to anyone who has any kind of food-related post to share: Book (novel, nonfiction) reviews, cookbook reviews, movie reviews, recipes, random thoughts, gadgets, quotations, photographs.

Saturday Situation @ Pure Imagination. Weekly. Link up your giveaways and posts you want to promote – that you posted during the week.

Saturday Review of Books @ Semicolon. Weekly. Link to a book review you’ve written during the past week.

Stacking the Shelves @ Team Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality. Weekly. A link-up of the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual.

Sunday

Cinema Sunday @ Escape 2 Fiction. Weekly. Showcase a favorite on the screen – tv show or movie – and then go back to the host to link up.

The Sunday Post @ The Caffeinated Book Reviewer. Weekly. Write a post to recap the past week and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blogs. Then link-up with the hosts.

Monthly

Best of the Bunch @ A Cocoon of Books. End of the month. Take a look what you read that month and share your favorite book read.

The Book Nook @ Create With Joy. Monthly. Join in on the 1st Friday of every month to share any of your book-related posts – reviews, news, round-ups. You can add many links as you like.

Monthly Recommendations @ Goodreads. Monthly. A monthly theme for book recommendations is provided for you to share on your BookTube channel or blog. Then come back and link to your post.

My TBR List @ Because Reading. The 1st Saturday of every month. Each month, make a post with three books from your To Be Read List and ask your readers to choose which book you should read next. The following Saturday you should announce the book that won. Then read the book and on the last Saturday of the month, post a review.

Quick Lit @ Modern Mrs. Darcy. Monthly on the 15th. Link to your post with short reviews of what you’ve read lately.

The Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction. Monthly at the end of the month (date varies). Every month, at the end of the month, there’s a monthly wrap-up link-up post where everyone can link up their month end posts. There are no specific requirements for what needs to be in your post, as long as you have a book blog and your wrap-up summarizes your month in some way.

Tell me – Do you currently participate in any memes? Do you do it all the time, or do you just drop in occasionally? Were you able to get ideas for posts on your own blog from any of the memes above? Have you found any memes that you might participate in – in the future?