It’s day two of Bout of Books and I hope you’re having fun. Or at least haven’t succumbed to any readathon related injuries… For today’s challenge, I’d like you to write me a bookish or bloggish limerick.
Our novels get longa and longa
Their language gets stronga and stronga
There’s much to be said
For a life that is led
In illiterate places like Bonga
H. G. Wells
A limerick is basically a 5 line poem, where lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme, along with other rules that you may wish to break. You can read much more helpful tips on writing your limerick here. The sillier the better!
Your limerick will gain you an entry into the draw for a paperback novel of your choice from The Book Depository. Only those of you signed up for Bout of Books will qualify for the prize. It’s INTERNATIONAL and ends tomorrow @ 00:00 CST (06:00 BST). Please link to your limerick in the linky list below.
Once you’re done, don’t forget to stop by Once Upon a Time and The Grammarian’s Reviews who are also hosting challenges today.
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I don't know if you're trying to enter but that's not about books nor blogging and you need to add your link to the linky list.
Thanks for such a great challenge! Have linked mine up (it's under the Tuesday part of my daily updates). Here's my limmerick:
For all those who love of a good book,
Whether it’s paper or on a nook,
The thrill of a great write,
Keeps us up late at night,
But we’re always glad we partook!
Jo @ Urban Fangtasy
Drat, just realised I typed a random 'of' in the first line!
It should read:
For all those who love a good book,
Whether it’s paper or on a nook,
The thrill of a great write,
Keeps us up late at night,
But we’re always glad we par-took!
lol sorry, Jo @ Urban Fangtasy
That's too cute!
I am so not a poet 🙂
There once was a book
That had a huge hook
When I got to the end
I wanted to hit send
To everyone on my Nook
Dystopian, paranormal, horror oh my!
None of these will I ever deny.
So much reading and so little time
having a bad plot is a crime!
DNF! You are the weakest link, good bye!
Ok, Took me a little bit, but that was FUN! And definitely different. Thank you 😀
This was fun. At first a panicked a little but then I wrote one 🙂 I am not sure it's good but it was fun!
The first book was very good
The second starred robin hood
I think I like funny
I think I like punny
I would read them all if i could
Here's mine xD
Oh my God, you have so many books! they say
I look at my three little bookshelves, and for them I pray
First of all, there’s no such thing
And second, I wish I had the library of a king!
Fools! Don’t stare in shock at my treasures, go away!
There once was a girl from Nantucket
Who carried her books in a bucket
she wondered around
trying not to be found
so she could read and tell people to Suck it.
um…that's the best i got. i plagarized. 🙂
~dixie
Lol, this was fun. 🙂
This was a fun challenge! I added my link to the list.
Cute challenge, for some reason I can't figure out how to skip lines on my blog entries, lol. But I think you can understand it still. can't wait to read everyone's!
I put it on my blog and it was a lot of fun. I forgot how much I like to right things like this.
Reading is what I do
When I can't I cry boo hoo!
When the day is done
I grab a book for fun
To escape to a world anew
By bookrockgoddess
Eeeek… I am so not good at anything poetic but here's my shot.
When people really want to know
Why I read wherever I go
I say books take me to new worlds
And I become a new girl
But the hot boys are a plus side also
Haha this was a fantastic challenge! Here's the limerick I was able to come up with:
My to-be-read list just keeps growing
While A.D.D. keeps me from knowing
How to sit in a nook
And just open a book
I wish that damned bird would stop crowing
What a fun idea! Added mine to the Linky. Thanks for hosting this challenge; it was a blast!
Added mine to the linky. 🙂
Linked mine above, but here is my limerick:
Oh how I love, love, love reading
There's nothing like stories enchanting
the soul and the mind and the dragons and the flies
one just has to give several tries
until we leave the world and our worries to enjoy our bookish fling!
Thank you for the fun challenge!
There once was a girl named June
On her shelves she had little room
So instead of a book
she bought a Nook
but that was filled up too, soon.
Oh man this was hard!!!! HARD!! Here is mine:
Here is the one I came up with:
Reading is like being on the moon
Pages like falling stars
Riding there on a balloon
From here I can see Mars
Wait, is that a reddish baboon!
Here is one my friends and I came up with while sitting here
Reading is often misleading
It leave the mind ajar
Like the smile of a Walmart greeting
It makes life feel subpar
Life without a book has no meaning
OK so I did two!
Angie
Okay okay my iPad is doing my head in officially after taking two hrs to a post that would take me thirty mins normally, it just doesn't work as it should and now it won't let me post my limerick into here, sorry xx
My limerick is on the page I have linked which is the day 2 update too 🙂
Sorry xx
Linked up!
Thanks for the super fun challenge! 🙂
So much fun! I linked up!
FUN! Here's mine, and a link to the update page :).
A bibliophile at heart
For me reading is an art
My passion is books
I don't care who looks
Now leave, so I can start! 😉
Thanks for the great challenge!
I used to love writing limericks in school. 🙂 Fun challenge, thanks!
To blog is like exposing your guts
To the curious people in their curious huts
We try to read, to do it all!
We will succeed! We will not fall!
We will always blog, because we must
I really enjoyed this challenge