Activity #15 Winner

Congratulations to Scott Rader from Scott Rader, Library Dictator. He is the winner of the Create-A-Cover Activity. Scott - email me at karinlibrarian@gmail.com with your prize choice and mailing address.

Activity #15 Create-a-Cover

I've done this one before and LOVE it!!!!

1 – Go to “Fake Name Generator” or clickhttp://www.fakenamegenerator.com/

The name that appears is your author name.

2 – Go to “Random Word Generator” or clickhttp://www.websitestyle.com/parser/randomword.shtml

The word listed under “Random Verb” is your title.

3 – Go to “FlickrCC” or click http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/index.php

Type your title into the search box. The first photo that contains a person is your cover.

4 – Use Picnik, or something similar to put it all together. Be sure to crop and/or zoom in.


5 - Link your Book Cover using Mr. Linky.

In terms of the activity for the Reading Challenge, I’m asking the participants to create the cover and write a short synopsis to go along with it.  

Here is my example:

"Judy Boom" has "owned" the skating rink for a couple of years.  As the youngest girl on her roller derby team, she has earned the respect of her teammates and other players from the league. Every spare moment she has is devoted to training or competing causing her to get a reputation at school for being rough, tough, and scary.

When Michael Williams comes to school in the middle of the semester, Judy finally sees someone she'd like to get to know, but will her reputation send him running away before she can even talk to him?  

Will "Judy Boom" find a way to balance the roller derby and her life outside the rink? 

Activity #14 Winner

Congratulations to Diana at Books By Their Story. She is the winner of the Top Ten List Activity. Diana - email me at karinlibrarian@gmail.com with your prize choice and mailing address.

Activity #14 Top 10 of 2010

I've been posting my Top 10 of 2010 since December 22nd, revealing one book at a time until December 31st when I post my #1 book of the year. Now it is your turn.  I want  you to look back at all of the books you've read this year and pick your favorite ten. Create a post with Top 10 of 2010 somewhere in the title and come back and link it here using Mr. Linky. Here is my list (minus my #1 title since it won't be revealed until tomorrow).

#10   PRISM by Faye and Alexa Kellerman

#9     DEMON'S COVENANT by Sarah Rees Brennan

#8     RISE OF RENEGADE X by Chelsea Campbell

#7     DASH & LILY'S BOOK OF DARES by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn

#6     ROT & RUIN by Jonathan Maberry

#5     MONSTERS OF MEN by Patrick Ness

#4     HOW I LIVE NOW by Meg Rosoff

#3     FIRE by Kristen Cashore

#2     THE DUFF by Kody Keplinger

#1     ??????? Check my blog on December 31st to find out. (http://www.karinsbooknook.com)

Activity #13 Winner

Congratulations to Alexa at Pages of Forbidden Love. She is the winner of Activity #13. Alexa, email me at karinlibrarian@gmail.com with your prize choice and mailing address.

Activity #13 Book Character Best Friends

You may think I'm crazy, but oh well.....I probably am.  Sometimes when I read a book I love a character so much that I think, "You know, if he/she were a real person I could really be friends with him/her." Some authors just have a knack for writing lovable characters. So, think about some of the characters you have gotten to know over your years of reading. Who would be your best friend (or at least a friend of some kind) if he/she were real?  Here are some of mine:

• Shane Collins from THE MORGANVILLE VAMPIRE Series could totally be my boyfriend. 
• Jace Wayland from THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS Trilogy could also be my boyfriend.
• I think I could get along with Scarlet and Rosie March from SISTERS RED.
• I loved Nastasya from IMMORTAL BELOVED. Her sense of humor would really mesh with mine.

Activity #12 Winner

Congratulations to Jessi from The Elliott Review. She is the winner of the Status Update activity. Jessi - email me at karinlibrarian@gmail.com with your prize choice and mailing address.