50 Bookish Things You Must Do Before You Die

In March of 2013, I was chatting with Allison @ The Book Wheel and somehow we came up with the idea for a sort of bookish bucket list, which we’re titling 50 Bookish Things You Must Do Before You Die.

Most of the list we had in common, like these 35:

1. 20 DIY bookish (& sophisticated) crafts
2. Participate in creating or create my own Little Free Library
3. Read 50+ classics
4. Visit author/book locations (homes, parks, etc.)
5. Do 10 new activities inspired by books
6. Go to a book blogging conference
7. Have cards in 10+ countries
8. Stamp 100+ books – Completed!!!
9. Send/Receive 100+ PostCrossing cards
10. Do 10+ video blog posts – Frankenstein,
11. Plan a few book-themed dates
12. Have a book-themed party
13. Host an in-person book club
14. Meet 20 authors – Stephen King, Jodi Picoult, Ayana Mathis, Debbie Berkelhammer, Junot Diaz, Michelle Obama
15. Make blog bookmarks
16. Consistently volunteer or work at a bookstore or library
17. Work a Friends of the Library sale
18. Guest post for a big deal book website or magazine
19. Edit a published book
20. Write thank you notes to authors whose books make a difference
21. Make postcards for the blog for PostCrossing
22. Get 1,000 Likes on Facebook – yay!!!!!  
23. Get 1,000 followers on the blog
24. Have a review posted/published by a national publication/website
25. Be asked by Amazon to be a Vine member
26. Be invited as a guest speaker for a blog/book-related conference
27. Make enough money from blog to break even with blog costs
28. Get 1,000 books donated to a cause
29. Participate in online author discussions – Piper Kerman,
30. Plan a trip to meet other book bloggers
31. Read the top most banned books
32. Participate often in BookCrossing
33. Have a stamped book/leave a card in every state
34. Have a stamped book in 10+ countries
35. Participate in as many blogging events (Bloggiesta, read-a-thons, YoRWtFIW, etc) as I can

Then, there were some that we decided on independently.  Here are my 15 individual goals:

1. Make a deeper, personal connection with an author
2. Read 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
3. Visit as many libraries as I can in as many cities as I can
4. Read a book in another language (besides English)
5. Read 10 books of poetry
6. Read 20 books of short stories
7. Write a children’s book
8. Fill my wall of bookshelves with books
9. Keep my Goodreads To Read list up to date and accurate
10. Record videos of children’s books being read aloud for the internet
11. Give out ALL business cards
12. Volunteer more than once for Librivox
13. Create my own blogging event (like Bloggiesta, read-a-thon, YoRWtFIW) – Weekday Read-a-thon with The Book Wheel
14. Read 10+ graphic novels – Maus, Persepolis
15. Host a book swap party

So Allison and I are challenging you!  Create your own bookish bucket list!

Can’t think of 50?  Think of however many you can!

Feel free to take my logo (below) or Allison’s logo and create your own 50 Bookish Things You Must Do Before You Die!  Just make sure to link it back to Love at First Book or The Book Wheel!

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Then share it with us (there’s a linkup below)!!!!!  And check out Allison’s list of 50 Bookish Things You Must Do Before You Die!

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