B.O.B. 20

Bout of Books 20

I can't believe that Bout of Books is moving into the 20th cycle of this reading challenge!  That's insane...and it just keeps growing in participants.  Kudos to Kelly and Amanda for one kick ass read-a-thon.
The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal.  It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 21st and runs through Sunday, August 27th in whatever time zone you are in.  Bout of Books is low-pressure.  There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.  For all Bout of Books 20 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.  - From the Bout of Books team
I have been completely absent and non-blogging for a little over a year.  Yikes!  I was so incredibly burnt out on all things blog related and checked out hardcore.  There have been a lot of new developments outside of blogging over the past year and my attention was focused elsewhere, so blogging took a very distant backseat in my struggle bus.  However, I'm feeling like I'm just about ready to get back into the groove of posting more regularly and actually participating in reading challenges again.  This will be my first activity back and I'm rather excited about it.

I'm not quite sure what my challenge picks will look like at the moment, so that post will come later.  I do know that I will attempt to participate in as many mini challenges as I can and visit other participants to encourage them along the way.  Yay!

There's still time to sign up for the challenge; just head over to the sign up post!

Happy Reading, fellow Bout of Bookers!

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