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Monthly Theme 2: Entries & Winner
Photo by Museums Victoria on UnsplashThe Reviewsday Tuesday Monthly Theme for July 2023 was “Family.” Reviewers were asked to submit reviews based on this theme for the opportunity to win a small cash prize.
The winner will be announced at the bottom of this post, but first, let’s review all the wonderful entries. I hope you’ll join me in reading, clapping for, and commenting on the other entries in the contest below!
(Note: I’ve included my own stories in this wrap-up, but don’t worry, I didn’t consider myself in the running for the prize! Can you imagine?)
Book, Movie, and TV ReviewsBook, movie, and TV reviews are the core of Reviewsday Tuesday. When you think of “reviews,” this classic format is probably what comes to mind. This month we got quite a few classic reviews that were on-theme:
Meet Me Halfway, reviewed by Margherita Reads
[ book review ] Meet Me Halfway by Lilian T. James
Dealing With Dragons, reviewed by Willow Dickerson
A Lie for a Lie, reviewed by Margherita Reads
[ book review ] A Lie for a Lie by Helena Hunting
Liar Liar (1997), reviewed by Casey Lawrence
Liar Liar (1997): You Can Trust Me
Morbidly Yours, reviewed by Margherita Reads
[ book review ] Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks
A Place for Us: A Memoir, reviewed by Denise Lance
Talking to Dragons, reviewed by Willow Dickerson
When Life Gives You Lemons, reviewed by Margherita Reads
[ book review ] When Life Gives You Lemons by Noor Sasha
Jeopardy! Reruns, reviewed by Casey Lawrence
Other ReviewsHere at Reviewsday Tuesday, we are open to reviews of all kinds. That means that not everything will be able to fit nicely into one of our regular tagged categories, which is why we have this “Other” section. Some of the most surprising, unique, and heartfelt stories submitted to Reviewsday Tuesday are “Other Reviews,” so don’t count them out!
Pigeons, reviewed by Madelaine Bell
23 and Me, reviewed by Casey Lawrence
Quordle Jigsaw Puzzles, reviewed by Grace Mary Power
A Review of Quordle Jigsaw Puzzles
🏆 🖼️ 🧬 🕰️ 🧵 📷 🏆 The Winner 🏆 🖼️ 🧬 🕰️ 🧵 📷 🏆As always, I had my work cut out for me this month! It was very difficult to decide who to award the prize to after reading all these wonderful stories.
WINNER: Pigeons , reviewed by Madelaine BellThis review was creative, innovative, and educational in addition to being extremely well-written, funny, and downright whimsical. I really enjoyed the points system Madelaine devised, adding points for pigeons being “a dinner-motivated species,” “letting [her] reenact [her] Disney princess dreams,” or inspiring “father-daughter bonding time” and subtracting points for “ick” and property damage. Madelaine’s review of pigeons not only teaches a lot about the species itself, their environmental impact, and the ‘sport’ of pigeon-racing, but interweaves the story of her relationship to her father in a way that makes this review really unique and personal. Well done!
Congratulations Madelaine! Reach out to me in a private note with your PayPal address to arrange payment.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this month’s Monthly Theme contest! I would have liked to have seen even more entries, but I am very happy with the quality of the ones that were submitted.
Our loyal readers and writers make these contests possible. Whether you’ve submitted one review or a dozen, I appreciate each and every one of you, so let’s take a moment to thank all the writers for Reviewsday Tuesday:
Grace Mary Power ▪️ JamieWrites ▪️ Willow Dickerson ▪️ Andrew Pretzel ▪️ Ann Ogochukwu ▪️ Barney Abramson ▪️ Casey Lawrence ▪ ️Chidera G. Marizu ▪️ Coriander Wolfgang Rainbeaux ▪️ Denise Lance ▪️ David Perlmutter ▪️ Elin Melaas ▪️ Frances A. Chiu ▪️ Greenland Genealogy ▪️ Heather Lawrence ▪️ Julia A. Keirns ▪️ Jenna Franzese ▪️ Kenny Minker ▪️ Ken Yie ▪️ Madelaine Bell ▪️ Margherita Reads ▪️ Molly Willett ▪️ Molly Miller ▪️ petrichor ▪️ Prtorcangabe ▪️ Rabiawahid ▪️ Sally Morem ▪️ Walter Bowne ▪️ Tovah Rainsong ▪️ Transylvanian ▪️ Yalım
And a special shout out to Willow Dickerson, who has stepped up to help me edit and post entries while I’ve been traveling this summer. Thanks!
If you have suggestions for future Monthly Theme topics, please leave them in the comments of this post.
There’s still lots of time to submit an entry or two for the August Monthly Theme:
Reviewsday Tuesday Monthly Theme: August 2023
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