Great Books Week- Day 1 Blog Challenge
Here’s the blog challenge question for Monday, October 4, 2010:
What book has had the greatest impact on your life? In what way?
If you’d like to participate in the challenge,write a post on your own blog on the topic of the day, then visit the Great Books blog to leave your post title and link in the comment section so that others can enjoy what you’ve written. Be sure to share your posts in Facebook, Twitter, and other social media!
Background: In honor of Great Books Week, a holiday that is celebrated annually the first full week in October, Excellence in Literature and the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE) is hosting a Blog Challenge with a specific daily topic Monday through Friday.
Each blogger that posts a response to each day’s challenge (a total of five posts) will be entered into a drawing for a $20 gift card to Amazon.com. The winner will be announced in the next issue of The Edge, NAIWE’s e-mail newsletter. (If you don’t receive it yet, you may subscribe at the NAIWE homepage). Remember to write the post on your own blog, adding a link to this post. Return to this page and add a comment on this post, with the title of your response and a link to your post.
“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.”
-James Bryce
October 5th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
[...] post for the Great Books Week blog challenge is on the question, “What book has had the greatest impact on your life? In what [...]
October 5th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
This is a challenging question for a lifelong reader, so I took the easy way out: http://www.janice-campbell.com/2010/10/04/great-books-week-2010-blog-challenge
October 6th, 2010 at 1:39 am
Sorry I didn’t discover this until too late to participate in the daily blog challenge. I am writing a post about Great Books Week to let others know about it. It would be helpful to have the list of daily questions in advance of the week—I like to post several days ahead. I’m making a note on my blog editorial calendar for next year.
October 6th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Lillie, if you like, you can still write on each topic and be eligible for the prize– the posts don’t have to be on the exact day; just linked to the correct post. I’ll look forward to your participation next year, for sure!
October 6th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Posted a response to the Day 1 Question, but couldn’t figure out how to add it here until now. This first one is about WG Sebald, a terrific writer whose books have changed how I read.
http://elirosswriter.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/are-books-getting-enough-press/
October 6th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
I just posted! LOL, though, Janice, as I just read your post. Ummm, mine sounds similar.
http://debrakb.blogspot.com/2010/10/great-books-week-book-with-greatest.html
October 6th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
We have our response to Monday’s topic up on our blog, at :
http://simplepleasuresbooks.wordpress.com/
We did our best with the limitation of seven… and only fudged a little at the end.
October 6th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Just realized I goofed and was responding to last years topics. Corrections are being posted and will be up shortly.
October 6th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Our response to the *current* Monday Topic is up on our blog at:
http://simplepleasuresbooks.wordpress.com
October 6th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
I love reading other people’s responses! My response to Day 1′s challenge is at:
http://booksandfire.blogspot.com/2010/10/greatest-book-challenge-day-1.html
October 8th, 2010 at 12:44 am
[...] Day 1 Challenge (yes, I’m doing them out of order): [...]
October 8th, 2010 at 12:44 am
Here is my response to the Day 1 Challenge:
http://dreasnotebook.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/the-book/