Week 0 - Quick Updates from the Inbetween

[Joanna]

Welcome to Week 0, that weird time between the end of the old year and beginning of the new. Here are a few quick updates.

- First, thank you again to everyone who participated in 2019. I hope you found the challenge fulfilling and fun and I really hope you join us in 2020.

- December 31st at 11:59pm is your deadline to log 2019 books.

- January 5th is your deadline to log Take It or Leave It books.

- January 13th all prizes will be drawn and winners contacted.

- BookQuest 2020 should be live January 1st; however, I will be off the next couple days so if you don't see the program, don't panic. At latest, it will be live by January 6th.

- IMPORTANT, you do not need to create a new account to access the BookQuest 2020 program! The option to join that program should show up on your Beanstack account when the program goes live.

- Goodreads won't be updated until January 6th. Expect to see the first 2020 weekly thread and January's Take It or Leave It on that date.

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!

Is everyone ready for the new year? Any last minute reading going on? I managed to read 3 books this weekend! A huge end of the year accomplishment for me. I received a couple of reading planners as gifts and I've already started plotting out my 2020. I'm excited for the new year and for all my reading.

Happy New Year, everyone!

[[deleted user]]

Hello. Happy New Year as well! I am currently still reading Joel Osteen's "Your Best Life Now" book set. I am also still reading James Patterson's "Instinct" and "The 13 Minute Murder." I am hoping to finish them early next month.

Thank you for the updates! Please everyone enjoy your holiday!

[Joanna]

Joanna wrote: "Welcome to Week 0, that weird time between the end of the old year and beginning of the new. Here are a few quick updates.

- First, thank you again to everyone who participated in 2019. I hope you..."

For some reason, I can never remember to actually list the prizes when I make posts. My apologies for that.

The grand prize for the BookQuest challenge is an Amazon Kindle Fire with a $15 Amazon gift card.

The prize for the Take It or Leave It Challenge is a book journal. I'm really excited about this one because the journal contains 12 challenges with actual recommendations to fulfill those challenges.

[Justine]

I’ve never heard of reading planners - I’ll have to look into that!

[Joanna]

Justine wrote: "I’ve never heard of reading planners - I’ll have to look into that!"

They are surprisingly useful! The one I have has pages not only to log your books and write out your thoughts about them, but actual weekly calendar pages and pages to write out your monthly tbr and wish list. I'm trying to use it to keep myself on track this year.

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Sounds interesting. I would have to look into getting one myself!