Over on Book Riot this week…
I also cohosted this week’s episode of “All The Books” with Liberty, wherein I raved about four excellent books that hit shelves this week, including two memoirs, a YA novel, and an adult nonfiction book. Tune in here!
One of my favorite projects for my job at Book Riot is running the tri-annual #RiotGrams Instagram challenge. Three times a year for one month, I develop a series of daily prompts that encourage sharing and highlighting favorite books and reading-related habits. Over the course of doing this now for a few years, I’ve found so many great new books and made some excellent connections with other book lovers, both during the challenge and well after, with roundups like this one.
I did a bit of traveling in February this year, so I implemented a new method that I think worked even better than taking the photos for each of the prompts on the same day. It can be overwhelming and cause creative burnout to take 28 unique photos in a single day. This time, I took them a week at a time, when I had the time and creative zest. That made traveling easier, too, since I had everything on my phone already to upload and share. As you’ll see, too, I found ways to incorporate that very travel into #Riotgrams.
If you’ve always wanted to take part in a fun Instagram book challenge like this, keep your eyes peeled. There will be another one come June. Captions for the images note the prompt theme of the day.
As a bonus, a few other bookish snaps from February worth sharing:
I was in California last week with my coworkers for a retreat and completely spaced on linking last week’s goods. Enjoy an extra helping of links from Book Riot this week…
There’s also a new episode of Hey YA up. Tune in and listen to Eric and I talk about the YA books we’ve read that no one else has read and we highlight a range of excellent books perfect for Women’s History Month.
Over on Book Riot this week…
Lest you worry, there’s some deeper book talk going on, too (not that cross stitching or ebook deals aren’t). Eric and I dug into great adult books for YA readers and discussed books that deserve a cover makeover on this week’s episode of Hey YA.
Just one post this week, but it’s a good one…