COYER: Red, White & Blue Read-a-Thon

Coming up soon is the Red, White, and Blue read-a-thon. It's running from 4 July through 10 July, adding a little bit more socializing to the COYER Challenge.

Celebrate The 4th of July by reading a book with red, white, or blue on the cover or the words red, white or blue in the title. Read-a-thon is from July 4th – 10th. See more at: Red, White, and Blue read-a-thon sign-ups.

I'm planning on participating. I'll be ending my short vacation and road trip, so I'll set aside a couple of books which meet the read-a-thon criteria and make sure to read them during this particular week.

Will you join us?

COYER Summer 2015, Goals

The Summer COYER (Clear Out Your E-Readers) challenge began on Saturday. There are actually two simultaneous challenges. The first is just to read as many of the books currently in your possession—free or nearly free books. The second is a scavenger hunt. COYER participants can choose one or both of the challenges, so I've been thinking about goals.

I intend to complete at least one freebie every week. (Did I mention that the challenge includes writing a review?) If a book meets the criterion for one of the scavenger hunt categories, then I'll record that as well. And, there are five read-a-thons scheduled for COYER, and I plan to participate in at least three of them—all of them if I can manage it.

I still have some library books on hand that I need to read before their return date; I have a couple of significant year-long challenges that I can't ignore all summer long. So, while I'm going to be participating in COYER throughout the summer, I am not going to be reading exclusively for it.

To summarize:

• Read one freebie each week
• Record qualifying books in scavenger hunt
• Participate in at least three COYER read-a-thons
• Join the discussion in the COYER Facebook group

Monday Motivation

I started reading Mark Schweizer's The Christmas Cantata on Saturday afternoon. I received the Kindle edition as a gift (that counts as free, right?). Next up is The Lost Concerto by Helaine Mario. The eBook came from NetGalley; publication date is July 1, so I need to read it fairly soon. And I'm starting to listen to Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. This was a freebie in the 2015 SYNC audiobook give-aways. Those should give me plenty to read along with the library books I've borrowed—which don't count as part of the COYER challenge

If COYER sounds interesting to you, hop on over and sign up so you don't miss out on any of the fun. It's all hosted by Because Reading, Fantasy is More Fun and Books, Movies, Reviews Oh My!

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COYER, Summer 2015

Hi all. The Summer COYER (Clean Out Your E-Reader Challenge) starts this weekend. As the name implies, it's a reading event with a focus on those free or nearly free books which we all tend to accumulate. But, it appears that instead of the typical challenge lasting just a couple of weeks, this will be a summer-long event, and there are activities galore. Give-aways, read-a-thons, twitter parties, and keeping up with each other in a Facebook group are all part of the planned activities. And...AND...there's a Scavenger Hunt. Yeah! Fun, fun, fun.

Oh yes, I'm participating! Did I forget to say that? Now, not EVERY book I read from 20 June through 4 September will be reviewed for COYER, but I will be making sure to put extra focus on those eBook freebies and eGalleys now cluttering up my Kindle. And, I'm going to be chatting it up with other participants in COYER. For now, that's all the goals I have. I'll think about it a bit more between now and Saturday when it all kicks off.

Are you joining COYER this summer? If it sounds interesting to you, hop on over and sign up so you don't miss out on any of the fun. It's all hosted by Because Reading, Fantasy is More Fun and Books, Movies, Reviews Oh My!