Showing posts with label Because Reading is better than real life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Because Reading is better than real life. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

#COYER Summer Vacation!!!!






Summer’s around the corner and you know what that means? SUMMER VACATION! It’s time to take a break from the work and rules and just let loose! And COYER’s going on Summer Vacation too!

What does that mean exactly?

That we’re throwing away all most the rules again! You ready?!

COYER Summer Vacation

COYER Summer Vacation will run all summer, June 18th – September 2nd!

On September 4th we will announce the winners of THREE $10 Gift cards for Amazon or Barnes & Noble. There will be several opportunities for other prizes throughout the event with our social media games.

The Rules

You must create a sign-up post anytime between now and August 1st – on blog, goodreads, fb, google+, etc.Yes, that means you can sign up until August 1st! But don’t wait, you’ll miss most of the fun!
You must link to the sign-up post below (don’t link to your blog, link to the sign-up post).
You must review books somewhere & link the reviews to the review linky to be eligible for one of the grand prize giveaways.
Have Fun!
Normally you’re only allowed to read eBooks that were less than $5 for COYER, but since this is Summer Vacation you can read whatever you want! To be clear, here are some questions you may be asking…

Can I read a book that cost $10? Yes!
Are Tour books and Author Review books ok? Yes! Yes!
Can I read a paperback? An audio book? An eBook? Yes! Yes! Yes!
Getting the idea? There really are very few rules here. We won’t even have a rafflecopter, to keep things as easy as possible. Instead we’ll be using random.org with the sign-up and review linky (each entry on a linky will be worth 1 entry). So if you’ve added your link there, you’re in the giveaway.

Note: You MUST have a sign-up post! You sign up once, with your sign up post. You can have a post just declaring your intention to participate and you can later update (or repost) with your goals. Or if you know your goals now, go ahead a post them. Here’s an example of both kinds of sign-up post:

Declaring your intention, but no goals? Check out Berls @ Fantasy is More Fun’s post from a couple years ago.
Have some goals already? Check out Michelle @ Because Reading’s post from a couple years ago.
Other Fun Challenges for COYER Summer Vacation

As usual, we never just read books with COYER. For us, COYER is about the amazing community we’ve built. So there’s will be fun social media games in our Facebook Group (join us) and via instagram. We’ve added a fun social media game that’s like BINGO. We hope you’ll love it when we share those details June 18th. We’ll also have a few twitter parties, which are a great chance to chat, plus win lots of prizes.

Are you ready to sign up…? Hold on….
Big news

On June 18th we’ll be unveiling the new home of COYER… coyerchallenge.com ! That’s right folks! No more trying to figure out whose blog you need to visit for the update. No more wondering which one of use said what. It’ll all be in one place. coyerchallenge.com !! We’re super excited and can’t wait to give COYER it’s own home 🙂 So next month when it’s time to kick off and post your first review, don’t come here. Go to:

coyerchallenge.com

Okay, now it’s time to sign up. Add your sign up post link to the linky below. And don’t forget to grab your button!
Link up your sign-up posts here! This must link to your post, not just your blog (or goodreads, facebook, etc). On blog posts, include button (below) - all posts should include link to this post. Have Fun! Sign up open May 21 - August 1.


I've got to get my list together - I think I will try to clear out my children's ABC books - I download most of these in 2012 -2014 when my nephews were younger. It's time to get rid of.

I'll be adding some real books also - just got to go to my Amazon list to see what's out there.






Friday, November 1, 2013

Clean Out Your E-Reader Challenge (Nov 1st - 30th)



Clean out your E-reader Challenge Sign-up

Have you been a little over eager with your mouse when browsing Kindle Freebies? Or maybe those books on Netgalley were just too hard to resist? Are your free reads sitting in your E-reader, neglected, just waiting for when you have time to get to them? Well now is the time with the “Clean out your E-reader Challenge”!

Join us November 1st – 30th with the Clean out your E-reader Challenge hosted by Fantasy is More Fun & Because Reading is better than real life and start cleaning out your free E-reads! Not only will you get to those reads that have been sitting unread for too long, but two bloggers will have a chance to win a $10 Gift Card from Amazon or B&N in our Review Posts Giveaway AND everyone will drive more traffic to your blog!

The Rules:
• Go through your E-readers and select the FREE OR NEARLY FREE (up to $5 will be accepted) books you’d like to read during the challenge. The book must have been free, (Kindle Deals, Netgalley, Etc.) Anyone caught not using a free book or a book that is pirated will be removed from challenge.

• Sign up with the linky below letting us know that you plan to participate. Then,on November 1st create a post announcing your participating with a list of books you plan to read during the challenge. A starter post will be posted at 8am on November 1st with the review link. Link your participation blog post there. Links not live by the end of the day (11:59 PM PST) November 1st will be removed. Your book list doesn’t have to be set it stone it can change along the way, just be sure you’re still reading FREE books.

• Start reading your free books (starting November 1st) and reviewing them, either on your blog or Goodreads (blog will give you more traffic). Put the link to your review (to the review URL, not your Web Address) on the review linky available November 1st, listing your blog name and the name of the book you reviewed. When you write your review, be sure to include the challenge logo and linky at the end so that we can all check out the reviews.

• To enter the giveaway: every day you post a review of a free E-book, enter the link (to the review URL, not your Web Address) on the Rafflecopter available November 1st (1 link per blog, per day) to get an extra entry in the giveaway.

We’ll also be having a Twitter Party (Date TBD) – while your reading your free E-books or posting your reviews be sure to update us on Twitter with #COYER!

Please feel free follow us so we can keep an eye on your progress we will follow you back!

Follow Berls: Bloglovin, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads

Follow Michelle: Bloglovin, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads

And don’t forget to check out as many of the reviews on the linky as you’d like! Stop by and say hi in their comments. And if someone follows you, be sure to follow back.

Winners will be announced December 3rd. Each person that participated will even get award ribbons at the end to put up on your blog announcing your accomplishment.

What will your goal be?

Lightly Clean – 1 to 5 E-books

Spring Clean – 5 to 10 E-books

Deep Clean – More than 10 E-books - this is what I want to do

We hope you’ll join us and have a great time!!

Berls & Michelle






I need to clear out my Planet Collection books. I’ve listed all of them and hope to try to do one a day for the month.
1. Amazon Realized I already read - need to delete from ereader
2. Amish Realized I already read - need to delete from ereader
3. Backyard Critters
4. Camping Realized I already read - need to delete from ereader
5. Caribou (downloaded 11/12/12) - read 11/1/13

6. Chameleon
7. Chipmunks Realized I already read - need to delete from ereader
8. Cuba
9. Dogs
10. Egypt Realized I already read - need to delete from ereader
11. Estonia
12. Ethiopia Realized I already read - need to delete from ereader
13. Fiji
14. Gazelle
15. Germany
16. Giraffes (downloaded 9/23/11) - read 11/2/13

17. Guinea
18. Halloween
19. Helicopters
20. Insects
21. Instruments
22. Jamaica Realized I already read - need to delete from ereader
23. Kangaroos
24. Malaysia (downloaded 9/23/12) - read 11/10/13

25. Manta Rays
26. Michigan
27. Mozambique
28. Mumbai
29. New Mexico
30. New York
31. Nigeria
32. Octopus
33. Spain
34. Spiders
35. Sports
36. SriLancha
37. Thailand
38. Thanksgiving
39. Tigers
40. Turkey
41. Turtles
42. Washington
43. Wolves
44. Yeman