{"id":1596,"date":"2009-05-23T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-23T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:31:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:31:07","slug":"sbbt-winds-down-48-hour-book-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1596","title":{"rendered":"SBBT Winds Down, 48-Hour Book Challenge Winds Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed yesterday&#8217;s Summer Blog Blast Tour stops, like (ahem) somebody who is trying to hide a sheepish and embarrassed expression as she types, please go check out the final day of fabulous interviews: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chasingray.com\/archives\/2009\/05\/davidson.html\" target=\"new\">Jenny Davidson<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chasingray.com\/\" target=\"new\">Chasing Ray<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoollibraryjournal.com\/blog\/1790000379\/post\/1170044517.html\" target=\"new\">Rebecca Stead<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoollibraryjournal.com\/blog\/1790000379.html\" target=\"new\">Fuse #8<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kellyrfineman.livejournal.com\/427330.html\" target=\"new\">Ryan Mecum<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/kellyrfineman.livejournal.com\/\" target=\"new\">Writing and Ruminating<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/slayground.livejournal.com\/499735.html\" target=\"new\">Lauren Myracle<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/slayground.livejournal.com\">Bildungsroman<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/hipwritermama.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/sbbt-empowerment-with-kristin-cashore.html\" target=\"new\">Kristin Cashore<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/hipwritermama.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"new\">HipWriterMama<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theyayayas.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/22\/summer-blog-blast-tour-rachel-caine\/\" target=\"new\">Rachel Caine<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/theyayayas.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"new\">The YA YA YAs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, the Book Fair for Boys over at Guys Lit Wire is winding down, but it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/guyslitwire.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/dont-forget-book-fair-for-boys.html\">up through Memorial Day<\/a>, so if you haven&#8217;t contributed yet, please consider making a donation (<a href=\"http:\/\/guyslitwire.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/putting-our-money-where-our-mouth-is.html\">full instructions here<\/a>). It&#8217;s been an incredible success thanks to donors from all across North America and even across the Pond. Not only that, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\">Powell&#8217;s Books<\/a> themselves made a contribution tot he cause. It&#8217;s the kind of thing that makes me so proud to be part of the kidlitosphere. <\/p>\n<p>Once these great events wind down, you might be looking for something to do with your time. Though I never seem to have that problem these days, I still might take the plunge and participate in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherreader.com\/2009\/05\/fourth-annual-48-hour-book-challenge.html\">MotherReader&#8217;s Fourth Annual 48-Hour Book Challenge<\/a>, just for the fun of it. <\/p>\n<p>Lastly, check out the great podcast on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justonemorebook.com\/2009\/05\/11\/rock-stars-of-reading-part-20-advice-for-aspiring-readers\/\">Advice for Aspiring Readers<\/a> that&#8217;s part of Just One More Book!&#8217;s Rock Stars of Reading series&#8211;there are some awesome literary folks taking part, including Norton Juster, Mo Willems, Jane Yolen, and tons more. <\/p>\n<p>Happy gorgeous weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed yesterday&#8217;s Summer Blog Blast Tour stops, like (ahem) somebody who is trying to hide a sheepish and embarrassed expression as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,18,10,86],"class_list":["post-1596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-af","tag-happenings","tag-views","tag-web-wanderings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5618,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596\/revisions\/5618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}