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April 24, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

#SecondChanceChallenge

April 24, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS   5 comments

One Friday night Mary Hinson (@knoxdiver), The Tween and I were at Half Price Books, as we do, when we realized that Mary had not read The Raven Boys. She started it, but didn’t finish. And to The Tween, those were fighting words.

So we began talking on Twitter about the books we DNFed for various reasons and the idea of a #SecondChanceChallenge came about.

It reminded me of my experience reading Jane Eyre in my early 20s. I was going through my pretentious “read all the classics” phase and started with Jane Eyre, which I DNFed. I set it half read in a drawer where it collected dust for a little over a year. Then one day I tried reading it again and had a totally different experience with the book, really loving it this time. I gave it a second chance and had a very different experience with it that second time.

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This is what we’re going to do and we hope you’ll join us.

During the week of April 27th through May 1st, write a post or Tweet us using the hashtag #SecondChanceChallenge about a book you DNFed that you are willing to give a second try reading.

Anytime between May 1st through the 9th try reading it again. You can tweet updates using the tag #SecondChanceChallenge. It’s okay if you DNF it again, we just want to try giving books a second read. It’s an experiment.

Keep us updated the week of May 1st through the 9th and tell us how your #SecondChanceChallenge is going. Did you like it better this time? Did you DNF it again? You can tell us in a blog post or on Twitter/Tumblr, just use the hashtag so everyone can read about your experience.

It’s a grand experiment and we’ll hope you’ll join us.

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About Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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  1. Ashley at Belletristic Books says

    April 24, 2015 at 10:40 pm

    I really like the idea of this challenge! However, I don’t think there’s been any book I’ve ever stopped reading. I have such a hard time putting down a story since I always think it’ll get better or I want to know the ending.

    • Karen Jensen, TLT says

      April 26, 2015 at 1:06 pm

      For the longest time I always finished every book. For years. But I have been better able to let go of that some in the last few years. But I understand what you are saying here completely.

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  1. I DNFed These Books… But Now I Want to Try Them Again! | Deadly Darlings says:
    April 27, 2015 at 10:01 am

    […] you didn’t know, Teen Librarian Toolbox is hosting the #SecondChanceChallenge, which is a challenge for readers to try rereading books they put ‘on-hold’ or DNFed, […]

  2. Then Now Next Thursday (April 30, 2015) | perfect worry says:
    April 30, 2015 at 8:05 am

    […] Jensen on Teen Librarian Toolbox proposed the #SecondChanceChallenge, to give a book you dropped a second chance. I signed up and said I would try to read and […]

  3. Then Now Next Thursday (May 7, 2015) | perfect worry says:
    May 7, 2015 at 9:02 am

    […] week blew by me pretty quickly because it was a vacation, so I still have to start my #SecondChanceChallenge books, Pantomine and The Twistrose Key. Plus, I have a library meeting coming up tomorrow where […]

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