Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club (2008)
stage · status: restart
About: Blurbing Book Club, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Catcher in the Rye, 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Going Postal, Nerdfighter Ning, Kurt Vonnegut, LOLbook
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-02-12 | launch | Hank launches the Nerdfighting Blurbing Book Club: a book every two weeks, blurbs of ten words or less, a poll for the best, with a t-shirt and an appearance on the channel as prizes; first book 13 Little Blue Envelopes. | Nerdfighters Blurbing Book Club! 00:02:00 |
| 2008-02-26 | rule-change | John sets the blurb rules: post it as a blog post in your Ning profile; the deadline is Sunday at midnight. | Best Wishes! 00:02:22 |
| 2008-02-26 | milestone | John names the next Blurbing Book Club book: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. | Best Wishes! 00:02:32 |
| 2008-03-08 | milestone | Hank announces the end of the first Blurbing Book Club blurb fest. | Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing 00:00:50 |
| 2008-03-08 | rule-change | New rules for the second club: blurbs go in a specific forum topic (blurbs only, no discussion), one blurb per person, ten words per blurb. | Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing 00:01:26 |
| 2008-03-15 | result | The first Blurbing Book Club (13 Little Blue Envelopes) ends with a winner, who gets special prizes, and a second winner John adds without consulting Hank. | Ruins, LOLBooks, and the Blurbing Book Club 00:01:30 |
| 2008-03-15 | rule-change | From Slaughterhouse-Five on, the club runs two contests, a regular blurb and a LOLbook blurb; entrants may submit both. | Ruins, LOLBooks, and the Blurbing Book Club 00:02:35 |
| 2008-03-22 | milestone | Hank declares the Slaughterhouse-Five round of the Blurbing Book Club complete and names the next book, Going Postal by Terry Pratchett. | Twitter After School Time 00:03:36 |
| 2008-05-30 | propose | John says the Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club will return in the near future. | The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) 00:00:48 |
| 2008-06-26 | restart | John brings back the Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club, with The Catcher in the Rye as the new book. | Don't Suck on That Bone 00:01:47 |
| 2008-07-22 | rule-change | John sets the Catcher in the Rye schedule: read the first half, to the end of chapter 15, by next Tuesday; he will make one video on each half over the next two weeks. | OMFG CATCHER IN THE RYE!!! 00:02:14 |
| 2008-08-02 | milestone | John posts his (late) video on the first half of The Catcher in the Rye for the Blurbing Book Club. | Catcher in the Rye, Part 1 00:00:00 |
| 2008-08-18 | result | Hank announces the winner of the Going Postal Blurbing Book Club. | This Video Comes in Threven Parts 00:00:35 |
| 2008-10-28 | restart | After a long gap, Hank names Paper Towns the new Blurbing Book Club book. | Early Voting with Hank 00:02:20 |