BA Posting Challenge for #BookBloggers {November 2014 – April 2015}

Book Ardour Posting Challenge For Book Bloggers

{November 2014 – April 2015}

{Official Blurb of Origins} This is how BA’s Posting Challenge began.

Now BA’s Posting Challenge has become an annual event spanning the year’s busiest time. November for Wrimos everywhere, December for the holiday season, January for New Year’s and recovery, February for the lovers, and March to finally wind down after all the craziness.

BA’s Posting Challenge is for those book bloggers who want content and can’t think of anything to post, want a break without their blog dying, and just want to join in somewhere with the blogosphere community. This challenge has a focus on books, book blogs, and personal topics scattered throughout.

| Original Goals |

I came to discover this challenge whilst it was already in-progress, but what I appreciated about the challenge is that its a weekly pre-set prompt to where it allows you to flex your thoughts on rather curious topics and subjects that may OR may not have been featured on otherwise! Aside from the regular memes in the bookish blogosphere that I take part in time to time, this is a writing prompt challenge whereupon there will be NO SKIPPING OVER if I am on the fence to post a reply! This will be a lovely progression of posts that even I cannot wait to see start to flourish! Its my full attempt to become current by 1 December in order to post alongside the rest of the participants! I changed the dates to “weeks” as I could not begin on the designated date of 3rd of November, 2013!

| Topic Specific Essays | created by Bonnie @ Bookish Ardour

Post No.1 (3 November, 2014) – Beginnings: How do you prepare for a challenge like long-term reading goals or a good blogging challenge?
Post No.2 – (10 November, 2014) Events Take Over: It happens to everyone at some point, life takes over and you can’t get to your blog, how do you cope with the neglect?
Post No.3 – (17 November, 2014) Book Club Quirks: Did you know there’s book clubs out there focusing on stories full of culinary delights? What interesting quirks would you like a book club to have? Tell everyone if you’ve joined one already or know of one.
Post No.4 – (24 November, 2014) Memes and More Memes: Be honest, what’s your opinion on blogging memes and has it changed?
Post No.5 – (1 December, 2014) Christmas Presents for Book Lovers: Christmas is right around the corner and we all know, when you’re a lover of books, people think the easiest thing to get you is an actual book. Wrong! What have been some of your favourite presents related to your bookish habits and what’s on your bookish wishlist?
Post No.6 – (8 December, 2014) Weather Changes Reading Habits: Wherever you are it’s the heart of Winter or Summer, do you find your reading and blogging habits change with the seasons?
Post No.7 – (15 December, 2014) Print Vs Digital: eBooks and eReaders are becoming more and more popular, what’s your stance on digital reading Vs print?
Post No.8 – (22 December, 2014) Holiday Reading: Not everyone celebrates the holidays, but what do you read when you are on holidays and what do you do about your blog?
Post No.9 – (29 December, 2014) Three Cheers for New Years Part I: 2014 is almost over and 2014 is almost upon us. Take this time to share your triumphs, your reflections, authors you have found, and stories you have fallen in love with. You can either create your own post and topics with this one or I have put together a list of questions to use (to be posted November 13th).
Post No.10 – (5 January, 2014) Three Cheers for New Years Part II: It’s a new year, new reading challenges have begun, and there’s so many new books to look forward to. Take this time to share your goals, expectations, events you’re looking forward to, and new releases you can’t wait to read. (You can either create your own post and topics with this one or I have put together a list of questions to use (to be posted November 15th).
Post No.11 – (12 January, 2015) Holiday Come Down: What reading material helps you to cope with post-holiday blues?
Post No.12 – (19 January, 2015) When You Can’t Be Bothered: What happens when you experience a blogging slump and how to do you get out of it?
Post No.13 – (26 January, 2015) Decisions on Themes: How do you decide on what theme is best for your blog?
Post No.14 – (2 February, 2015) The First Books: It’s February, how many books have you read for the year? Share your reviews, give summaries on what you loved and didn’t love, have you read as many as you were expecting?
Post No.15 – (9 February, 2015) Book Lovers Beyond Blogs: Who do you love to follow, book bloggers and bookish people, on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and other social networks? Take this chance to find new people to follow.
Post No.16 – (16 February, 2015) Did Not Finish: There’s always those books we try to read, but just can’t get through. What have been some of your most memorable DNF’s?
Post No.17 – (23 February, 2015) Must Be Read Lists: Taking inspiration from must read lists like BBC’s The Big Read and NY Times’ Top 100, let’s bring it down a peg and create a list by book lovers. Create a list of twenty books you believe others should read, or attempt, at least once in their life time (break it down by genre if need be).
Post No.18 – (2 March, 2015) Literary Tattoos: If you have one, what’s the story behind it? If you don’t, what would it be if you were ever to get one?
Post No.19 – (9 March, 2015) Blogging Tools and Aides: Blogging can take time and effort, share what you use to help you get your posts finished and published. Think software, note-taking, writing materials, websites, linking…
Post No.20 – (16 March, 2015) Book Hangover Definition: Book Hangovers can and do happen! What are you symptoms of a mad book hangover, and who do you cope with them?
Post No.21 – (23 March, 2015) The Books causing Book Hangovers: As a follow up to the previous topic, what are the books that have given you the worst hangovers?
Post No. 22 – (30 March, 2015)
Post No. 23 – (6 April, 2015)
Post No. 24 – (13 April, 2015)
Post No. 25 – (20 April, 2015)
Post No.26 – (27 April, 2015) Wrapping it Up: It’s our last BAPC post for the first part of 2014! What was your experience with BAPC? Did you have any hiccups? Did it meet your expectations? You can also make this post completely yours and share whatever you like – highlight your favourite posts from the challenge, share your reading experience for the last five months, whatever you would like to do. Remember, BAPC will be back! With questions/topics all in one go! Thank you so much for taking part in my challenge and I hope it’s been able to help you keep blogging.

Full Archive of BA Posting Challenge on Bookish Ardour

| ORIGINAL Plan B Idea |

Although, in theory I was meant to begin the BA Posting Challenge in *November!*, I was only able to stitch together half of my first post on 18 November, 2013! I picked up the reins of the challenge by resuming where I had left off on 16 March, 2014! For each week until 29 April, 2014 I scheduled a BA Posting Challenge Question to be answered on four days throughout the week: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday! I had decided to undertake the blog challenge “A to Z Challenge” in which you post a topical essay for each letter of the alphabet, equating out to 26 total posts throughout the month of April; all days feature a ‘letter’ except for Sundays! I felt the best way to achieve my original goals with the BA Posting Challenge would be to combine it into my posting schedule for the A to Z Challenge; thereby giving readers quite a heap to chew on whilst they are visiting Jorie Loves A Story!

| NEW Plan B Idea |

This November is a month full of redemption and second chances, from my second attempt at Sci Fi November to creating an entire event to spotlight Indie Writers of whom I never had the proper chance to highlight prior to now from Spring – end of Summer 2014. I decided that since this is a month most writers are participating in Nanowrimo, I decided to return back to my love of the idea for the BA Posting Challenge. I truly love book blogging, but I have lost my path a bit for the spontaneous posts in-between the blog tours, book reviews, & author features. I’ll always be a book cheerleader for authors, but I want to add-in the other bits that give me the most joy to share which are a direct reflection of who I am outside the main components that frequently alight on my blog. I want to participate in this event, even if I am in effect a year late. I even contacted Bonnie to see if she could provide me with the four missing questions in order to have a full set. Let’s see how my second chance pans out!

Write on!

Always continue to cultivate your muse even if it’s twelvemonths after you planned to create!

Reader Interactive Question:

IF your a book blogger and/or a writer (of fiction, short story, etc) what do you love the most about writing challenges that aim to get you thinking outside the box of where you would normally alight your thoughts and muse?! What are your favourite challenges you’ve come across for either a book blogger and/or a writer!? Share links!

{SOURCES: Bookish Ardour provided the badge for participants to use in order to keep solidarity amongst our posts! Post dividers by Fun Stuff for Your Blog via Pure Imagination.}

A long overdue update:

I’m more than a bit surprised to have learnt tonight, the list I originally received for this particular challenged was either edited/changed since I initially started working on the essays & finding myself struggling to write content for the prompts. Though in part it was due to the topics themselves and partially it was due to a lack of motivation to find a way to actually respond to the topics – I guess I was in a *funk!* back then, and simply gave up before it began.

I tabled the idea before it even posted into the cosmic sphere of the book blogosphere but I always held out hope I’d resume where I left off and re-attempt the challenge – either in full or in part – which brings me to #blogtober 2018. I’ve decided to participate in this event – curating a new *list!* of topics from Bonnie’s topic list & Jenn’s (@jenniely).

This is the new list of topics I spied on Bonnie’s site 20th September, 2018:

14th of April – Loving Blogging: What do you love about book blogging and book blogs?

21st of April – Book Lies: Have you ever lied about reading a book (if so, what was it)? Would you?

28th of April – Disgruntled Blogging: What are some of the cons you’ve discovered when it comes to blogging?

5th of May – Meet and Greet: Who are some of the authors you have met or would love to meet and why?

12th of May – In the Design: How did you come to have your current blog design and what do you love about it?

19th of May – Other Loves: What else do you love to talk about besides books, on your blog or off it?

26th of May – Nooks: Share a photo of your reading space/nook/area (if not possible then describe it instead). What do you love about it? How did it come to be your reading space? Is it missing anything?

2nd of June – Blog Love: Share some of the other book blogs you love to follow, who have inspired you, or who have become your online besties.

9th of June – Keeping Place: When it comes to keeping place in the book you’re reading, what’s your favourite method and has it changed over the years?

16th of June – Blog Meme Love: Share some of the memes others have created that you enjoy and take part in. What do you enjoy about the ones you’ve chosen to share?

23rd of June – Picture Perfect: Share a photo of your books. Can be your TBR pile, your read pile, favourite books, least favourite books, books to donate, gifts, or your bookcase. What’s going on in the picture and why have you chosen to share these books?

30th of June – Your Changes: How have you changed since your blog began?

7th of July – Cha, Cha, Changes: What has changed with your blog since it began?

14th of July – Ice Breaker: How do you get on to the topic of books when socialising, especially with new faces?

21st of July – Share or Overshare: Do you think there is a limit to how much personal information people should share on a book blog?

28th of July – Decisions, Decisions: Do you have a method of choosing what to read next? Has it changed over the years?

4th of August – Finding and Buying: Where do you find new reading material and how has it changed with the internet?

11th of August – Obsessions, Obsessions: We all do it; get carried away by something new or revisit something we once loved. What have you been obsessed about lately?

18th of August – The Bookish-Social Network: What do you think the pros and cons are of using social networking sites, such as Goodreads and Twitter, for book lovers (feel free to share all your profiles in the social networking universe)?

25th of August – Collections: Do you have a special section in your personal library? Is there bookish memorabilia you save or covet? Share your collections or collections you wish you had the time to amass. Include photos!

1st of September – Challenges: Do you host or take part in reading challenges? If you do, share them, and if not what’s your views on challenges?

8th of September – Reading Quirks: Do you have any quirks or habits you have to follow when it comes to books and reading?

15th of September – Intense Reactions: What are some books that have given you intense emotional reactions and why? Can be rage, crying, skipping born from happiness, laughter… well you get the idea!

22nd of September – Recommendations: What are your feelings and reactions towards being asked for reading recommendations, especially when it’s from those who either don’t read your prefered genres or you’re not up to speed on what they would love?

29th of September – Movies to Books: It’s quite common for books to be adapted to film, but are there movies you think would have made better books?

6th of October – It’s a Wrap: It’s the last post for the challenge! Oh noes! What was your experience like? Do you have any thoughts you’d like to share about the challenge? How do you feel now it’s ending?