Now, for the challenge!
We all enjoy a good love story (don't deny it!), but sometimes the two (or three or four) characters involved in a love story struggle so much, that I just want to say, 'hey, _____ would be so much better for you!' So in the spirit of matchmaking, I'm setting you with the task of playing cupid and shooting your arrows at two characters from different books in, what I'm calling, LET'S PLAY MATCHMAKER!
For example:
Ethan from the Caster Chronicles (Beautiful Creatures & Beautiful Darkness) by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
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Briony from Chime by Franny Billingsley.
Why? You might ask. Well, Ethan seems to like a girl who needs a little fixing up and Briony definitely could use a little repair, so . . . PERFECT MATCH.
It's not an exact science, but it works in my head. So make a post about what two characters work in your head and why, then link it below for your chance to win either your choice of three of the books pictured below (US/Canada)
or any book $15 and under from The Book Depository (international - if they ship to you)
You MUST be participating in the Once Upon a Read-a-Thon
Normal contest policy applies
Open to US/Canada if you pick from the pile or internationally if it's from The Book Depository
Giveaway closes at 11:59 PM EST on July 13th
*If there's no way to contact you on your blog, make sure you leave a comment below!
Hey! Great mini-challenge, I just got my post up! I love your blog, and wanted to let you know that I’m also a new follower!
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Reader's play cupid! What a cute idea! <3 it!:D
ReplyDeleteSuper mini challenge. It took me lots of thinking! :P
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great challenge! I chose to do only this one simply because I liked it the most - nice thinking! :)
ReplyDeleteKarla @ Karla Reads
PS. My challenge can be found here: http://karlareads.blogspot.com/2011/07/once-upon-read-thon-kick-off.html
Here is my post! I loved this challenge! So fun :)
ReplyDeletehttp://acornerofmybookshelf.blogspot.com/2011/07/mini-challenges-day-3.html
Great challenge! Had to really rack my brains though because alot of books have couples already!
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smileess_ox(at)hotmail(dot)com
Great challenge!
ReplyDeleteNikita
bookworm.nikita (at) gmail (dot) com
Such a fun challenge, I love it! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat challenge (: My blog is currently down, so I'm posting my answer on Twitter!
ReplyDeleteThis was surprisingly difficult, but also a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteBekka
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I really enjoyed this question, but I feel like the perfect answer will suddenly hit me 3 days from now!
ReplyDeletechristina(dot)behe(at)gmail(dot)com
Love this challenge, and it really was a challenge. Went with pairing similar traits, versus the two opposites attract angle. Posted my answer on my goodreads profile, scroll to bottom.
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candicerjames [at] gmail [dot] com
Challenge was hard but fun! Good times.
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Fun challenge!
ReplyDeleteThe Bawdy Book Blog
This was such a fun challenge! I kind of want to play matchmaker with all my books now...hmmmm
ReplyDeleteMy challenge is 10 minutes late because my computer crashed on me, but I'll go ahead and post it on here anyway in case you want to take a look!
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http://jennakleinsblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/once-upon-read-thon-final-update.html
ReplyDeleteHere's my mini-challenge response!
angelalwayz26(at)hotmail(dot)com
This one was a lot of fun:)
Omg why is it closed? I hope I get to be entered still
ReplyDeletehere's my update...
http://wefancybooks.blogspot.com/2011/07/update-once-upon-read-athon.html
My updates :)
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