Read-A-Thon to Clear Away the Clutter!

Got some clutter? Don't we all. We've been swamped, fallen behind, blah, blah, blah. You know the drill.

Well, Kate at The Neverending Shelf is having a Clear Away the Clutter Read-A-Thon this week to help you clean up any kind of clutter.

Our Goals:

• Get caught up on writing current book reviews
• Finish our current reads
  
• Write up long term reviews.
• Get caught up on guest post/interview requests
• Determine what books we won't be reading and give away/donate them.

We'll be hosting on Thursday but several blogs are participating. The full scoop direct from Kate follows:

Welcome to Day ONE of the Clean Away the Clutter Read-A-Thon. This read-a-thon is designed to help participants hit that book clutter hard. There are no real goals... just the ones that you may set for yourself. So this will be a nice easy week for you to just focus on your books and clutter. A few bloggers and myself have set up some really fun activities for the week. You can participate in as many or as few of the activities as you like.

Schedule for the week:
Monday, April 5th
Bookworming in the 21st Century:

Activity #1: Clutter and Hording Rehab

Tuesday, April 6th
Red House Books

Wednesday, April 7th
A Passion for Books

Thursday, April 8th
Teens Read and Write

Friday, April 9th

The Neverending Shelf

Saturday, April 10th
La Femme Readers

Sunday, April 10th
The Neverending Shelf

Currently, links lead to the host's blog. As the week continues, I will be updating these links to the actual activity posts. ____________________________________
Prizes: What is a read-a-thon without some kind of incentive? Throughout the week, some of the hosts will be giving away prizes associated with a particular activity. However, there will also be grand prize packs for the week.

Grand prize pack #1 Will include an ARC (advanced reading copy) of:

• Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George
• Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry Trilogy, #2) by Simone Elkeles
• Deception by Lee Nichols
• Blood Feud by Alyxandra Harvey

Grand prize pack #2 (4 of these up for grabs) Will include an ARC (advanced reading copy) of:

• Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George
• Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry Trilogy, #2) by Simone Elkeles
• Blood Feud by Alyxandra Harvey

Grand prize pack #3 (2 of these up for grabs)
Will include an ARC (advanced reading copy) of:

• Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George

In total, we will have 7 winners. Special thanks to Terry and Bloomsbury for providing these copies. ____________________________________ Rules:

• You must be registered for the Clear Away the Clutter Read-A-Thon to be eligible for any prize. If you have not yet registered, and are interested in participating, please see this post for more information.

• Must be at least 13 years of age to win.
• Neither the hosts or I are responsible for lost or damaged prizes.
• Open to residents of US and Canada.
• All contests and activities close at 11:59 pm CST Sunday, April 11th.
• Winner information will be released on April 12th.

How to Enter: Participants will be entered for the prize packs upon signing up for the Clean Away the Clutter Read-A-Thon as long as the above criteria is met. Extra Entries: Participants can earn the following extra entries: +1 For participants who signed up for the read-a-thon prior to 12:00 AM Monday, April 5th. +1 For each activity completed. Please note that I have a record of those participating and will keep track of all the extra points. ____________________________________ For Non-Bloggers: I realize that there are some non-bloggers participating in the read-a-thon. I have tried to make ev ery activity as user friendly to you as possible. If there is an activity which requires more than just leaving a comment, please feel free to email me your entry. I have a page set up specifically for non-blogger entries for this event.

So be sure to sign up and head over to Bookworming in the 21st Century to get started today!
Good Luck!