chopped – Home | The Blind Scribe

Strawberries – a book with a red cover

I know it doesn’t look very red here but I was very lucky to be sent a proof copy of this book and that one has a red cover, so I am going to count it.

That’s it for my February TBR, I hope you all enjoyed seeing what I plan to read. Let me know in the comments if you plan to join us with the readathon – there are prizes! – and what you plan to read for it.

Happy Friday bookish people! Today I am bringing you something extremely exciting. Earlier this month I teamed up with @Plaid_Reader is writing on Twitter to create a readathon. This readathon is based off the TV show Chopped and we have created book prompts to match different items of food and drink that could be found at a romantic dinner. The point of the readathon is to choose prompts by picking foods that you would have at your dinner. The readathon will run from February 1st – February 28th with a celebration on March 1st.

The Rounds

Like the real show the readathon will be broken into three rounds: Appetiser, Entree and dessert. You are welcome to take the rounds in whichever order you like but we have built them so the prompts get tougher as you go along.

Appetizers

1) Pizza

2) Strawberry

3) Milkshake

4) Leftovers

Entree

1) Steak and Lobster

2) Edible Glitter

3) Spaghetti

4) Dark Chocolate Truffles

Dessert

1) Champagne

2) Ring Pops

3) Baked Alaska

4) Yuzu

The Prompts

The Prompts
Spaghetti	Good Friendships or Multiple Points of View
Champagne	A Protagonist with Anxiety
Steak and Lobster	An expensive book or one that looks fancy
Ring Pops	A book where someone gets married or a wedding shapes the plot.
Yuzu	A book with a sweet and tart protagonist.
Dark Chocolate Truffles	A book from a ‘darker’ genre horror, mystery, thriller.
Leftovers	A book you started but didn’t finish
Baked Alaska	A book with a surprise
Edible Glitter	A book about magic or a fantasy
Milkshake	Two people must go on a quest
Pizza	A comfort read
Strawberry	Red Cover

The Reading:

We will be counting the pages that you (and we) are reading so make sure to enter the pages you read each day and make note when you finish each book. There will also be some cute prizes along the way…but remember everyone is a champion no matter how many pages or books you read.

The Points and prizes

Everyone will get a prize for participating but the top 3 readers may get a special prize. There will be two top winners, one from the US and one International, we will be doing a random draw for both. The US winner will receive a signed copy of A Place At The Table by Laura Shovan and Saadia Faruqi. The International winner will get £20 in Book Depository credit as long as it ships to your country.

Here is a link to the announcement video :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NK_btUJHPI

And if you have any questions leave a comment below or contact me on Twitter at @oliviatempleto6 or my co-host at @Plaid_Reader is writing. All of this information and the sign up form is on the Chopped Readathon Twitter: https://twitter.com/choppedread

Also, we would love to see your TBR’s for this readathon!

Tag: chopped

February TBR – Chopped Readathon

Spaghetti – A book with a friendship or multiple points of view

Champagne – A character with anxiety

Steak and Lobster – A book that looks expensive or has a fancy cover

Ring Pops – a book featuring or revolving around a wedding

Yuzu – a sweet and tart character

Truffles – A darker genre book e.g mystery or thriller

Leftovers – A book you DNF’d

Baked Alaska – a book with a surprise

Edible Glitter – A book with magic or fantasy in it

Milkshake – a book where two characters have to go on a quest

Pizza – a comfort read

Strawberries – a book with a red cover

Chopped: Romantic Dinner Readathon!