Bookarijn

1. Bookarijn

Make a three minute clip where you review the book you've read. You can give your honest opinion, but we need to know WHY we need to either read that book, or leave it on the shelf.

2. Comic, Illustration, Song or Poem

Make a comic or an illustration about a chapter, or an important scene in your book. Tell us or show us why this is so important.

You can include your feelings about this scene or chapter, by either showing or telling us.

3. GossipGirl

Write a blog or make a vlog about a juicy piece of gossip about one of your characters or things that happen in the book. 

Get creative with it!

4. Headcanon

Headcanon is a slang term for someone’s personal interpretation of or belief about the details of a fictional story that aren’t part of the “official” account.

In pop culture, the word canon refers to the aspects of a story or fictional “world” or “universe” that are considered to be “official”—meaning they have been confirmed within the story or in some other way (for example, an author or director might confirm something to be canon in an interview or in bonus material).

In contrast, headcanon is simply what a fan believes (or wants) to be true about a story. It can involve backstory, what happens after the story ends, or any other aspect.

Tell me your headcanon. Write that story for me. (Yes you can ship your characters)

5. Digital Library Recommendation

Give us a 3 minute clip in which you recommend the book you're reading to future Bookarijn generations. 

Or, make a 3 minute trailer for the book, like you would see for movies.

6. Alternative Ending

Didn't like the way your book ended? Or did it have a happy ending and you hate one of the characters and you wish they fell off a cliff? Well then, make it happen. Write me an alternative ending. 

7. The Therapist

What is your characters biggest fear? 

Therapists work to uncover their clients’ fears based on their words and actions. When we read books, we must learn to use a character’s actions and dialogue to infer their fears. Many plots revolve around a character’s fear and the work it takes to overcome that fear. Identify a character’s fear and find 8-10 scenes that prove this fear exists. Then write about ways the character overcame the fear (or didn’t) in the story. What might the character have done differently?

8. Dear Diary

Write or record a diary entry. Pretend you're one of the characters in the book. Tell us what happened, how you felt about it.

This can be about an event in the book, or something you made up, or a headcanon about the book.

9. Ten years later/ Epilogue

Write me an epilogue about one or several of your characters. Where are they, ten years later? What are they doing? What does their life look like?

10. Make a pubquiz

For the people who have actually read the book thoroughly. Make a pubquiz of about 15 to 20 questions (and answers!) about your book. Really get into it!