Welcome to Bookshelf Fantasies’s Book Blog Meme Directory! I thought it might be handy to provide a quick and easy reference guide to the wonderful bookish memes that we all love so much! To add your meme, please fill out your information on the Contact page and I’ll be delighted to add you. (And if you host a blog that’s listed here, I’d appreciate it if you’d add my button somewhere on your blog! Scroll down to the bottom of this page for the code. Thanks!)
To see more about the purpose of this directory — and what exactly is a meme anyway??? — see my introductory post on the topic.
Weekly memes (sorted by day of the week):
Monday
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
Hosted by: Book Date
Description: It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment, and er… add to that ever growing TBR pile!
Mailbox Monday
Hosted by: Mailbox Monday
Description: Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy,
Goodreads Monday
Hosted by: Budget Tales Book Blog
Taken over from Lauren’s Page Turners, Budget Tales Book Blog will now be hosting Goodreads Monday. It will be a chance for you to not only share what is on your Goodreads “To Read” lists, but also the progress you have made on your current reads, the progress on any challenges that you have set and/or any other general Goodreads news!
Word of the Week
Hosted by: The Plain-Spoken Pen
Description: A bookish meme hosted here on Mondays in which we share a word that we find entertaining, enlightening, edifying, or just plain fun to say!
Must Get Monday
Hosted by: The Becca Files
Description: Whether it’s an upcoming release, new release, or even one that has been out for ages that you haven’t purchased a copy of yet, Must Get Monday highlights those books you just can’t wait to get your hands on to dive into.
Tuesday
Top Ten Tuesday
Hosted by: That Artsy Reader Girl
Description: Each Tuesday, a topic is assigned. Create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list, or feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.
Tell Me Something Tuesday
Hosted by: That’s What I’m Talking About
Description: Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. Weigh in and join the conversation by adding your thoughts in the comments. If you want to do your own post, grab the question and answer it on your blog. Feel free to leave your links in the comments if you are participating.
Top 5 Tuesday
Hosted by: Meeghan Reads (created and formerly hosted by Bionic Bookworm)
Description: A weekly top 5 list, with different topics each week. Topics are announced at the beginning of each month.
Wednesday
WWW Wednesdays
Hosted by: Taking on a World of Words
(formerly hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading)
Description: WWW Wednesday is a weekly event where you share (1) What you’re currently reading, (2) What you recently finished reading, and (3) What you think you’ll read next.
Shelf Control
Hosted by: Literary Potpourri. (Shelf Control was started here at Bookshelf Fantasies back in 2015, and as of 2023, Literary Potpourri is taking on hosting duties!)
Description: A weekly feature celebrating unread books on our shelves! Pick a book you own but haven’t read, write a post about it (suggestions: include what it’s about, why you want to read it, and when you got it), and link up.
Top 5 Wednesday
Hosted by: Goodreads T5W group
Description: A weekly top 5 list, with a list of topics updated each month.
Library Loot
Hosted by: The Captive Reader and Silly Little Mischief
Description: Library Loot is a weekly event that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries.
Can’t-Wait Wednesday
Hosted by: Wishful Endings
Description: Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted here to spotlight and talk about the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released.
Thursday
Thursday Quotables
Hosted by: Bookshelf Fantasies
Description: Share a favorite quote, line, or passage from your reading each week! (Note: Taking a break from weekly posts at the moment, but feel free to go ahead without me! Thursday Quotables is on a spontaneous/whenever schedule right now.)
Books From the Backlog
Hosted by: Carole’s Random Life in Books
Description: Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks.
Throwback Thursday
Hosted by: The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog
Description: The Chocolate Lady’s #ThrowbackThursday takes place on the Thursday before the first Saturday of every month. Posts will highlight previously published book reviews, and participants are encouraged to do the same. If you want to participate but have a new blog that doesn’t have old reviews to highlight, you are encouraged to write a post about anything old that strikes your fancy! If you want to tweet or share, please use #ThrowbackThursday! Please add the link to your post to the link party and link back to this page on your post.
Time Travel Thursday
Hosted by: Budget Tales Book Blog
Description: It’s Time Travel Thursday! This is where I take a look back at what I was reading this time last year (or the year before or the year before that…) and compare it to what I am reading now.
Friday
Flashback Friday (currently on hiatus – be back soon!)
Hosted by: Bookshelf Fantasies
Description: Join me in highlighting books from our reading pasts! Pick any book you’ve read, published at least five years ago, and write a blog post about why it’s so special to you. Link up and check out other bloggers’ favorite flashback books.
Book Beginnings on Fridays
Hosted by: Rose City Reader
Description: Every Friday we share the first sentence (or so) of the books we are reading, along with initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.
Book Blogger Hop
Hosted by: Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer
Description: Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop’s purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
The Friday Face-Off
(Created by: Books By Proxy – current host?)
Description: This weekly meme pits cover against cover, and publisher against publisher, to find the best artwork in our literary universe. A theme is listed for each week — find covers to match.
F is for Friday
Hosted by: Nomadic Worlds
Description: Close out the workweek and get ready for the weekend by answering four questions: F – Feature your latest book obsession (it doesn’t have to be your current read); I – Indicate which book/s you are looking forward to reading this weekend; F – Favorite quote of the week/day; F – Five things you’re happy or grateful for this week.
First Lines Fridays
Hosted by: Reading Is My Superpower
Description: What are you reading? What is your first line? Open the book nearest you and post the first line…
Let’s Talk Bookish
Hosted by: Book Nook Bits
Description: Let’s Talk Bookish is a meme where participants discuss certain topics, share their opinions, and spread the love by visiting each other’s posts. Topics for each month will be posted a month in advance here on my blog, and will be available in their own posts as well as here in the archive. You can also suggest topics and download the official header images from this page.
Saturday
Stacking the Shelves
Hosted by: Reading Reality
Description: Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
Series on Saturdays
Hosted by: Books of My Heart
Description: This is a new feature I developed where each month we will look at our favorite – the best – series in a genre.
Sunday
The Sunday Post
Hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer
Description:The Sunday Post is a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. This is your news post, so personalize it! Include as muchas you want or as little. Be creative, it can be a vlog or just a showcase of your goodies.
The Sunday SalonHosted by: Reader Buzz
Description: Every Sunday the bloggers participating in that week’s Salon get together–at their separate desks, in their own particular time zones–and read. And blog about their reading. And comment on one another’s blogs. Think of it as an informal, weekly, mini read-a-thon, an excuse to put aside one’s earthly responsibilities and fall into a good book. See the host’s site for how to join the Salon.
Monthly memes:
6 Degrees of Separation
Hosted by: Books Are My Favourite and Best
Description: On the first Saturday of every month, a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. Readers and bloggers are invited to join in by creating their own ‘chain’ leading from the selected book. Books can be linked in obvious ways – for example, books by the same authors, from the same era or genre, or books with similar themes or settings. Or, you may choose to link them in more personal or esoteric ways: books you read on the same holiday, books given to you by a particular friend, books that remind you of a particular time in your life, or books you read for an online challenge. A book doesn’t need to be connected to all the other books on the list, only to the ones next to them in the chain.
Monthly Wrap-Up
Hosted by: Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Description: Every month, at the end of the month, I’ll put up a monthly wrap-up link-up post where everyone can link up their month end posts. There are no specific requirements for what needs to be in your post, as long as you have a book blog and your wrap-up summarizes your month in some way. Then, one week later, I’ll create a giveaway that encourages people to visit YOUR month end wrap-ups, giving entries for commenting and/or sharing.
Best of the Bunch
Hosted by: A Cocoon of Books
Description: Best of the Bunch is a monthly linkup where we can share the best books we read each month and award one of them “Best of the Bunch.” At the end of each month, take a look what you read that month and share your favorites. Then tell us which one is the Best of the Bunch — the one everyone should add to their to-read lists right now. You can use any criteria you want to determine which book to award Best of the Bunch. Then come back here and link up! The linkup will post at midnight Eastern Time on the last day of each month.
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Have you found an outdated listing above? If you click on a link that no longer works, please let me know! I do periodic checks to make sure all meme listings are still active, but I appreciate the heads-up if you find anything out-of-date.
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More memes to come! I’ll keep adding content — let’s keep this directory growing!
And don’t forget to grab the Book Blog Meme Directory button!
NOTE: At the advice of some lovely folks who were kind enough to share their thoughts and opinions, I’m happy to include meme information provided by the host or by a participant. If you host a meme listed here and would prefer to have it removed, just let me know and I’d be happy to oblige.
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I love this!!
Thanks! I’m having fun putting it together! 🙂
Are you going to add Top Ten Tuesdays to the list? If I could figure out how to get the button posted on my blog I would certainly post it. 🙂
I think if you grab the code under the button and post it into a text widget, it should work (look at me, acting as if I understand this stuff!!!) For Top 10 Tuesday, I’d like to add it — but I’m only adding memes once I hear from the host that they’d like to be listed. I emailed the Broke & Bookish folks, so once I hear back, I’ll add them in. (If you have contact w/them and want to mention it as well, that would be great!)
Well done for putting all these together in one spot. It’s handy having a current list with active memes 🙂
Thanks
Thanks, Brona! It’s a work in progress, so feel free to send me info on anything you think should be added. 🙂
Hi! One of my readers suggested I tell you about a weekly alphabet meme I host! This is our seventh round of it and its quite entertaining! Thank you!
Jenny, that’s great! Can you please send me the info via my Contact page? I’d be glad to add it to the directory!
Great list. Nice work!
Thank you! And definitely let me know if you have something for me to add!
Great list honey. Is the StorySiren’s In My Mailbox still running? Think that was on a Sunday.
Hi Annie – I just visited the Story Siren site, and it looks like IMM was on break, but is coming back! I’ll reach out and see if she’d like to be added. Thanks!
No problem. Glad it’s coming back – Sundays are good for me! 🙂
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I’ve just started a new Thursday link up, called Quote Me Thursday. It’s where people can link with an inspirational quote or their favorite passage from a book they are reading!
I would love my new meme to be added to the list! Quote Me Thursday.
Hi Brenda – Can you please send me all your info via my Contacts page? Thanks so much. 🙂
This is a really great list! I love finding new memes to participate in! Most of the ones I think of creating are already out there somewhere, but I’ll keep trying (; Do you have Feature and Follow Friday? Its hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read I think.
Oh, definitely keep trying! There ARE a lot of memes already, but I keep being surprised by the new twists people come up with! I don’t have Feature & Follow Friday yet, but I’ll reach out to the hosts — thanks! And thank you for the nice comment. Let me know any time you have (or find) something to be added. 🙂
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Thanks for putting my meme on the list 😀
I’m happy to!!
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Thank you so much! I am a newbie in the book-blogosphere and this shure helped a lot! ^^ You are awesome!
I am newbie in this whole book-blogosphere and this list sure helped! Thank you ❤ you are awesome
I’m glad it helped! I hope you’re having fun checking out some of the sites listed! 🙂
Hi. I’m Jordan. I recently restarted my blog and started a weekly meme. It was created for other people to join in, but I’m not that known. Here is the link to my blog, in case you are willing to add it to your list: http://jordansjewels.wordpress.com/ The link to the page is at the top of the blog. It’s called Middle Grade Monday.
Thank you in advance,
-Jordan
Hi Jordan,
It would be really helpful if you’d use my Contact page to send me your information. I’ll be happy to add Middle Grade Monday, but getting the info through the Contact page helps me keep track of everyone I’m listed for updates, etc.
Thanks!
Lisa
Hi Lisa,
I’d love if you were able to add my new meme ‘Fictitious Fridays’ . All details here : http://mortalmoments.blogspot.co.uk/p/fictitious-fridays.html
It starts this week! 🙂
Thank you for this directory – it’s really helpful!
Thanks, Aiysha! I’ll get it updated this week. If you have a moment, can you please give me your info via my Contacts page as well? It’s a big help to me for keeping track of new additions and future updates. Looking forward to checking out your meme!
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This is awesome! Thank you very much for making this!
I love this compilation of link ups! We started a new Travel the World in books reading challenge, I would love for you to add it to your page. It’s a flexible challenge so participants set their own rules and goals about how long they want to participate, how many countries to visit, how to track their progress, etc. Find more info here: http://momssmallvictories.com/travel-the-world-in-books-reading-challenge/
Thanks! It’s listed!
Thanks so much Lisa!
Thanks so much for this! I’ve been intrigued by the book meme challenges and finally have a list to choose from 🙂
You’re welcome! I hope you find some that you’ll have fun with!
Great Directory!! Very Helpful 😀
Just visiting once again to get some ideas for a blog post to create on this fine Sunday. 🙂 Sunday Shout Out is brilliant, btw :). Thanks for the ideas!
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Really helpful page–thank you!
That’s great to hear! Thanks so much. 🙂
Sorry, if this comes out double, wordpress is acting up.
Could I use 1 or 2 of the memes from here? I am all new to the meme stuff, so I thought I would ask before I use them. Thanks in advance. 🙂
Yes, of course! I keep up this directory as a resource — anyone can participate in any of the memes listed here!
Sorry for the late reply. Thanks so very much answering! I will credit you and link to your site when I use the memes the first time. 🙂 That way more people will find out about this handy directory.
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Thank you. 🙂 I was happy to see some bloggers participate in my meme! 🙂
That’s great!
Holy Smokes… I had no idea there were so many. It gave me some ideas of ones to join in that I didn’t know about. Thanks!
I hope you find some that you really enjoy! And if you come across any others that aren’t listed here, let me know! 🙂
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I always welcome new additions to the directory! 🙂
Lisa! I love your new header!
Thank you! You inspired me to make it happen! 🙂
Sweeet! It fits nicely with your blog name too! “Bookshelf fantasies” It looks fantastical!
That’s what I was going for! Thanks — I really appreciate the nice feedback.
I love this directory, Lisa! I am launching a new meme tomorrow on my blog. It’s called Thirsty Thursday and Hungry Hearts, and it’s been made to share either food or drinks we have read about in books, either something we’d like to try, or something that really creeped us out (zombies, anyone?).
I’d appreciate it if you could add it to your list 🙂
Thanks in advance!
Lexxie, that sounds great! If you don’t mind, could you please send me the info via my Contact page as well? That really helps me stay organized and keep track in case I need to follow up. Thank you!
Could you add my meme? It is jut starting this month! http://bookbabble.weebly.com/wrap-ups-and-tbr-meme.html
I’d love to! Can you do me a favor, please — I’d appreciate it if you’d send your info via my Contact page as well. It works a lot better for me that way in terms of organizing all the entries and making it easier for me to follow up. Thanks!
Bookmarked! I’m new to blogging and I’m trying to find ideas on what to post besides book reviews and I’m happy I’ve stumbled upon your blog. 🙂
That’s great to hear! Good luck, and have fun!
Thank you for adding me to the list 🙂
My pleasure!
Thanks for this! So handy 🙂
I’m glad you like it! Thanks so much!
Hi Lisa! -Benchwarmers and Kindle Candy Every Friday and the link stays up through the week.
Terrific! Thanks for letting me know!
Thank you Lisa for posting up ‘Fictitious Friday’. I am well into Week 5 as of today! 🙂
That’s awesome! I’ll come check it out!
Thanks for including WWW Wednesday here! It’s helping spread the word!
My pleasure!
Thanks for this list. I like to find new memes (and some that I had forgotten about to participate in).
Love this! Thank you so much for the list! Check out my MM https://devouringfictions.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/musing-mondays-what-im-currently-reading-july-20-2015/