Well you may remember my Paris Weekend, my Cornish Week or my Greek week (amongst others), but this time I have an event that is bigger and better and hopefully that everyone will enjoy.
Presenting my Booklympics!
I am a huge fan of the Olympics which starts properly tomorrow evening, although the opening matches of the football have already started in a rather low key way. I love watching the opening and closing ceremonies, and will for the next 16 days attempting to watch as much of the Olympics as I can...while still functioning and going to work etc..
Due to my love of all things sport I have put together and extravaganza for you all, I have many authors coming over to the blog talking about their experiences with sports, loads of giveaways and a whole bunch of reviews.
The books I have chosen to review all have a link somewhere to sport, not necessarily Olympic sports, and not necessarily a big link may just be a mention of something sporty in the blurb, although some are a bit more obvious than others.
I will of course be supporting Team GB, and really hope we do well. I was going to use this post to explain my love of the Olympics, but Aven Ellis' post tomorrow does just that, so I will leave it to her to share her love of the Olympics which mirrors my thoughts precisely.
For a full list of what is going on over the next couple of weeks, please check out my Booklympics page from the top navigation links, as it will have an updated schedule of events on it, and I'll make the links live each day, when I get a chance.
So without further ado...welcome to my Booklympics, I really hope you enjoy and please do enter my giveaway below!
Giveaway - Win a random book (open to Europe Only)
To celebrate the start of the Olympics, and being a Team GB eternal optimist, I am going to give away 1 book per 5 medals (of any colour) that Team GB win! With a predicted medal count of between 49 and 79 medals that could potentially be 10-16 books up for grabs from my shelf of giveaway prizes!
The final number of prizes will be locked in, after the closing ceremony, when the final medal table is known. I will round to the nearest 5. Books will be sent out at random, and they are a a real mixed bag as to what is potentially available.
Giveaway open to Europe Only, all options are voluntary, but please do what they ask, as I will be verifying the winner. Giveaway closes 23:59 23/8/2016. Winner will be announced on twitter and emailed, and they will need to reply within 7 days, or forfeit the prize, and I will re-draw for a new winner. Good luck everyone.
Who am I supporting? That's easy. Alan Sinclair who is rowing in the heavy weight men's coxless pair's. I work with his mum so everyone is so proud and excited for him and the family. I would be watching the rowing anyway along with the swimming, tennis and cycling. Lx
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea Rachel, I love the Olympics xx 😄
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea Rachel, I love the Olympics xx 😄
ReplyDeleteI will be supporting my new country, Germany! :) I love watching the Olympics, so many interesting sports that normally don't get much TV coverage! Alba in Bookland
ReplyDeleteI'll be watching the athletics, diving and swimming. especially looking forward to watching our local girl Jessica Ennis Hill and willing her to victory.
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I love the olympics and can't wait for the gymnastics and athletics in particular to start! I'll be supporting team GB, and Ireland too
ReplyDeleteI watch Olympics,I support my country Macedonia :)
ReplyDeleteI think GB will be awesome!
Thanks for the super awesome event Rachel :)
I watch Olympics,I support my country Macedonia :)
ReplyDeleteI think GB will be awesome!
Thanks for the super awesome event Rachel :)
I do love the Olympics and will be supporting team GB. I hope team Refugee does well and I have a soft spot for underdogs so any David/Goliath team situations will have me rooting for the Davids!
ReplyDeleteI'll be supporting Team Ireland, but also Team Refugee as well :)
ReplyDeleteI support Team Slovenia. We already have 3 medals :)
ReplyDeleteTeam GB all the way and in the
ReplyDeleteI am supporting Team GB, they are doing very well. I enjoy watching the swimming and gymnastics the most xxx
ReplyDeleteIt's just finished and I'm so proud of the GB team. Bring on Tokyo!
ReplyDeleteWe loved the olympics, loved the gymastics mainly and the diving. Team GB did so well :-)
ReplyDeleteSupporting Team Ireland and love the athletics
ReplyDeleteI love running, so I proudly supported Mo Farah during the Olympics.
ReplyDeleteI love the olympics. I am supporting Team GB. I loved watching the Rugby Sevens and Mo Farah! We done so well! Proud of them all.
ReplyDeleteHas to be team GB
ReplyDeleteHas to be team GB
ReplyDeleteI loved it. Nothing but admiration for what all the athletes go through to achieve their goal :)
ReplyDeleteWell I was casually supporting Team GB until your enthusiasm & excitement encouraged me to enjoy it all with you :)
ReplyDeleteI've LOVED the Olympics and Team GB have been outstanding, not only on their sporting performance, but their personal conduct. I'm currently going through Olympics withdrawal symptons😉. 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🇬🇧
ReplyDeletei loved watching the gymnastics and swimming, supported team GB all the way! They were amazing
ReplyDeleteI have really enjoyed watching the Olympics. Our athletes have done amazing and are such an inspiration for the younger generation.
ReplyDeletei'm surporting team GB
ReplyDeleteI was so happy when Nick Skelton won the show-jumping gold. He's an amazing rider and came back from a career-ending (and life-threatening) injury. Amazing man, have been a fan of his since the 80's and always wanted a brown hat as he used to wear one. I remember meeting him (we went for a new hat for myself and funnily enough he was there at the time - that fact was well-hidden from me, by my parents until they showed me why we had gone that day) and met him a few years later and he actually said "I've met you before" - unless he says that to everyone, I was so happy. :)
ReplyDeleteTeam GB did amazing and i love to watch the Olympics . My favourite is the womens gymnastics
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed watching the Olympics. I was particularly rooting for Max Whitlock as I thought he looked promising in 2012 but reporting was focused around others. I'm so pleased for him and the rest of #TeamGB!
ReplyDeleteI've loved watching the Olympics and Team GB performing so amazingly!
ReplyDeleteThoroughly enjoyable and didn't Team GB do so well X x
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