Tuesday, December 28, 2010

National Just Read More Novels Month 2011


It's hard to believe it has been five years since the first ever National Just Read More Novels Month (or NaJuReMoNoMo for the abbrevophillic) and it has grown bigger every year. Celebrated every January, it is devoted to the appreciation of fiction. Just in case you are new to it or need a refresher, here is this year's version of the official rules:
  1. Must Be A Novel. Works of fiction only, please. Memoirs, non-fiction, how-to books, and Doonesbury collections, no matter how thick, don't count, no matter how obviously fictional.
  2. Memoirs Aren't Novels. No matter how made up the story, anything ostensibly true isn't a novel. This used to be known as The James Frey Rule, but is now called the Decision Point.
  3. Start and Finish in January. I guess if you got some cool books for Christmas, Hanukkah or some other gift-giving event and jumped the gun, you can't be blamed. But I only count books I start and finish within the 31 day window.
  4. Re-reading Doesn't Count. Try something new. Read something by your favorite author or try an entirely new author. This is a great chance to cut down on the height of the nightstand stack.
  5. Have Fun. Nobody is grading you or paying you or judging you. Read what you like and like what you read.
Last year we started the Facebook group, which anyone can join. It has several dozen members and it just keep growing.

This year NaJuReMoNoMo is expanding to Twitter. Anytime you finish a novel, just tweet about it with the hashtag #NaJuReMoNoMo.Someone will be curious enough to try to figure it out.

In the past, people have claimed to not have enough notice about the start, so I am posting this a few days early so you can clear the decks and get those novels ready to be read at the stroke of midnight on New Years. It only takes one novel to declare yourself a winner.

As always we have a fine selection of badges and logos which can be downloaded from Photobucket or just swiped from this page.



And have a great month of reading.

16 comments:

gautami tripathy said...

well, i am in!

Thumper said...

Read, I will...and I won't even count my own, which must be reread for research purposes...

yellojkt said...

I know I can always count on guatami and Thumper.

LizzySiddal said...

I'll join in too this year. This is my first ever NaReMoNoMo!

Nely said...

This is my third year participating in the challenge. Thanks for the reminder email. I'll have a post up shortly. :D

Sharon said...

Please count me in, this will be my 4th year! Thanks!
My post is here:
http://abookwormsjourney.blogspot.com/2010/12/national-just-read-more-novels-month.html

ReadWriteSnap said...

hi! count me in! Ill try my best as I'm not yet busy with studies..

ReadWriteSnap said...

btw, its in http://leafthroughbooks.blogspot.com/

Jan in Edmonds said...

Sure! I'll join. Can't promise I'll do well but sounds like fun. Thanks for hosting Yell!

Julie Cornewell said...

What a great challenge! I'm in! http://booksareportablemagic.blogspot.com/

Jules said...

I'm in again! A couple of days late, but I'm in!

http://bkwrmjchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/01/najuremonomo-2011.html

Claire said...

Whoah! I only found about this now but hey! It's still not too late, right? Count me in!! I hope I can cope up!

yellojkt said...

Never too late. You just have to finish a novel by January 31.

Sharon said...

Finished with 13 books! Thanks for holding this every January, it gets my reading for the year off with a great start!
My list is here:
http://abookwormsjourney.blogspot.com/2010/12/national-just-read-more-novels-month.html

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