#readit2011 - #goreads in June

Throughout June the #readit2011 theme has been travel, using the hashtag #goreads.

Added to this has been the further challenge to the #readit2011 team of stepping up to blog every day of June.

And what a challenge it has been!

Jenn ( @wateryone) summed it up pretty much with her tweet

blogging every day this month with the #readit2011 team made me realise how many different types of journeys and travels there are! #goreads

It has also been a wonderful journey of its own. Challenging in working together to ensure that posts are up each day, exciting considering the nature of travel and all its forms - fiction and nonfiction (ooh, and games!), and rewarding - at the end of the day each of us has come away with a deeper understanding of each other, ourselves, our shared experiences, and how the idea of 'travel' or 'travelling' can be applied to so many forms of expression - from travel guides, to cook books, from console games, to movies, from verbal narrative, to journeys of the soul.
 
My favourite post? Mmmmm, I really can't pick just one, they all offered so much. I will admit though it was fun to use the challenge as an excuse to write a post involving Halo: combat evolved. Ellen had written an earlier post touching on game-play but I knew I could slot one in referencing both that and Star Wars. Cheeky but fun!
 
I've really enjoyed this month. Even though making sure we had a post to go each day and using a googledoc to track who was doing what had its moments, in the end it worked and it showed that with just a little organisation and committment we can pull it off. I don't think I could have personally committed to blogging every single day but being able to share the workload made it so much more achievable and allowed the converstaions to flow in exciting ways. Being responsible for maybe 5 or 6 posts was something I could handle (along with all my other committments) and being able to use the blog's functions to draft them and schedule their publication meant I could write when I had the chance, reducing a lot of the pressure.
 
I look back on this month and I think I can say with all honesty "we done good". Congratulations team.