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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

2014 Reading Challenges

Out of the four reading challenges I signed up for, I completed two of them last year, which I guess is pretty good. This year, I'm only doing four again (the fourth one being the Goodreads Reading Challenge, which is located on the sidebar).


2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge!

We all have those books. We buy them, win them, they're gifted to us.. Then we put them up on a bookshelf and there they stay, collecting dust, waiting for the time when we'll finally decide to pick them up..

Join us on a quest to dust off your TBR Pile and read all the books you've been telling yourself you'll read next time you'll get a chance.. This is your chance! And we've got PRIZES!!! :D

Challenge Guidelines:
  1. This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2014 - Dec 31, 2014.
  2. Anyone can enter! You don't have to be a blogger, as long as you review the book you've read! (On your blog, Amazon, Random Buzzers or Goodreads/Shelfari!)
  3. Any genre, length or format of book counts, as long as it is a book that's been sitting on your shelf for some time now. Short stories and novellas are OK, too! Only books released in 2013 and earlier! NO  2014 ARCs and 2014 fresh-off-the-press releases allowed!
  4. You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.
  5. When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the 2013 TBRPILE Reading Challenge. (If you don't have a blog, post about it on Facebook or Tweet!)
  6. You can move up levels, but no moving down.
  7. Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2014, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
  8. On the 20th of each month we will post a wrap-up post, here, on BOOKISH. Every wrap-up will have it's unique theme, a mini-challenge, a giveaway and place for you to link up your reviews from this month. For each review you link up, you will get one entry in a drawing of one book of choice from Book Depository. It's open to INTERNATIONALS. The giveaway will be open until the next wrap up post goes up! (i.e. the entire month)
  9. If you miss a wrap-up post + giveaway, you can link up your reviews next month. Do not, however, try to link up one review twice - we will be checking ;) 
  10. December is a wrap-up for the whole year. All the book reviews you linked up January-November + the ones you'll link up in December will be entered into a GRAND PRIZE giveaway. 
  11. You don't have to follow Bookish Blog to join the challenge, but you do have to follow us to be entered in giveaways!
Levels:
1-10 - A Firm Handshake
11-20 - A Friendly Hug
21-30 - First Kiss
31-40 - Sweet Summer Fling
41-50 - Could this be love?
50+ - Married With Children

You can sign up here!

I'm going to do Could this be love? since I didn't seem to read that many of my old books last year and because I don't plan on buying that many new books this year anyway, I really should focus on trying to get rid of my ridiculously huge stacks of TBR books. 
  1. Death Cloud by Andrew Lane
  2. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
  3. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
  4. Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
  5. The Fallen by Celia Thomson
  6. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 1 by Maki Minami
  7. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 2 by Maki Minami
  8. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 3 by Maki Minami
  9. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 4 by Maki Minami
  10. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 5 by Maki Minami
  11. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 6 by Maki Minami
  12. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 7 by Maki Minami
  13. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 8 by Maki Minami
  14. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 9 by Maki Minami
  15. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 10 by Maki Minami
  16. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 11 by Maki Minami
  17. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 12 by Maki Minami
  18. The Whole Stupid Way We Are by N. Griffin
  19. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
  20. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
  21. Plan B by Jenny O'Connell



2014 Quick Fix Challenge

I find that many times when a reading challenge has to do with a book's size it usually about reading bigger books. Sometimes, because I'm in between books, life is getting out of hand, or things are just getting in the way, there's just not enough time to read a big book. Who says bigger is better anyway? Sometimes things break and all you need is a little tape and it'll hold. So this is the "Quick fix Challenge" whether it's a love for smaller books, or just trying to squeeze in a quick read, or maybe times running out and you need to read in some more books quickly. This is a challenge about reading books with less than 300 pages.

Challenge Details:
  • The challenge runs from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.
  • Sign ups will be open until mid December.
  • You don't have to be a blogger to participate. However, leave a comment and tell me what level you're aiming for.
  • For bloggers, post up a challenge sign up post saying what level you've signed up for. Be sure to sign-up with your sign-up post in the linky.
  • You don't have to review the books you read however if you do, you will be able to post your links to your reviews here.
  • Books have to have less than 300 pages to count.
  • Books such as MG/YA, graphic novels/manga, audio, rereads, anthologies and short stories, can count toward your goal.
  • Feel free to crossover the books you read for this challenge with other challenges.
Now the Levels/It will hold with:
String: 5 books
Paperclips: 15 books
Duck tape: 25 books
Gorilla glue: 30+ books

You can sign up here!

I'm going to do the Gorilla glue level since I know that I am going to read more than 30 books that will qualify for this challenge. The amount of manga I read in a year can probably beat that goal, lol. 
  1. The Fallen by Celia Thomson
  2. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 1 by Maki Minami
  3. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 2 by Maki Minami
  4. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 3 by Maki Minami
  5. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 4 by Maki Minami
  6. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 5 by Maki Minami
  7. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 6 by Maki Minami
  8. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 7 by Maki Minami
  9. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 8 by Maki Minami
  10. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 9 by Maki Minami
  11. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 10 by Maki Minami
  12. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 11 by Maki Minami
  13. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 12 by Maki Minami
  14. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 1 by Robico
  15. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 2 by Robico
  16. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 3 by Robico
  17. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 4 by Robico
  18. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 5 by Robico
  19. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 6 by Robico
  20. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 7 by Robico
  21. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 8 by Robico
  22. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 9 by Robico
  23. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 10 by Robico
  24. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 11 by Robico
  25. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 12 by Robico
  26. The Assassin and the Princess by Sarah J. Maas
  27. The Assassin and the Captain by Sarah J. Maas
  28. Kiss of the Rose Princess vol. 1 by Aya Shouoto
  29. Kiss of the Rose Princess vol. 2 by Aya Shouoto
  30. Kiss of the Rose Princess vol. 3 by Aya Shouoto
  31. Kiss of the Rose Princess vol. 4 by Aya Shouoto
  32. Kiss of the Rose Princess vol. 5 by Aya Shouoto
  33. Kiss of the Rose Princess vol. 6 by Aya Shouoto
  34. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 13 by Robico
  35. Maid-sama! vol. 5 by Hiro Fujiwara
  36. Maid-sama! vol. 6 by Hiro Fujiwara
  37. Maid-sama! vol. 7 by Hiro Fujiwara
  38. Maid-sama! vol. 8 by Hiro Fujiwara
  39. Maid-sama! vol. 9 by Hiro Fujiwara
  40. Maid-sama! vol. 10 by Hiro Fujiwara
  41. Maid-sama! vol. 11 by Hiro Fujiwara
  42. Maid-sama! vol. 12 by Hiro Fujiwara
  43. Maid-sama! vol. 13 by Hiro Fujiwara
  44. Maid-sama! vol. 14 by Hiro Fujiwara
  45. Maid-sama! vol. 15 by Hiro Fujiwara
  46. Maid-sama! vol. 16 by Hiro Fujiwara
  47. Maid-sama! vol. 17 by Hiro Fujiwara
  48. Maid-sama! vol. 18 by Hiro Fujiwara
  49. Plan B by Jenny O'Connell



Manga/Graphic Novel/Video Game Novel Challenge 2014 (M/G/V)

Challenge Details: 
  • This challenge will run from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014. You can sign up at any time.
  • You do NOT need a blog to participate as long as you have a Goodreads page or somewhere that you can review the books that you have read. Nor do you have to live in the United States.
  • You do NOT have to read an ARC, or books published in 2014. And all book formats are acceptable, print, digital/ebooks, etc.
  • Any book counts as long as it fits into one of the 3 chosen categories:Manga (all types of comic books are acceptable), Graphic Novels, Video Game Based Novels (Such as books based off of Warhammer, World of Warcraft, HALO, Mass Effect, Dungeons and Dragons, etc).
  •  If you are participating in more than one challenge, books are allowed to cross over into this challenge.
  • Link-ups will be different this year: Link Up Posts will be posted on January 1st for the months of January-March, April 1st for April-June, July 1st for July-September, October 1st for October-December.

Challenge Guidelines: 
  • If you have a blog, create a post announcing your participation in the challenge. Please include a link back to this post (from your actual post announcing your participation in the challenge, not a link to your blog) and grab a challenge button.
  • Non bloggers: participate by linking up your profile URL from the site you plan to post your reviews on such as Facebook, Goodreads, Shelfari, LibraryThing, Amazon, etc.
  • You can list your books in advance or list them as you read them, the choice is yours.
  • Crossovers to other reading challenges are acceptable.
  • You can choose to read  books from each of the categories (as explained below) or you can read books from a combination of 1 or 2 of the categories (ex: if you are not interested in reading Video Game Tie-in’s but read a lot of Manga or GN’s). For instance you can read 11 graphic novels and 1 video game based novel. Or, all the books can come from one category. The choice is yours as long as you are reading!

5 Challenge Levels (Based on Video Game Settings):
  • Level 1 Arcade Gamer – Casual Player
    • Read a total of 12 books (1 for each month).
  • Level 2 Tomb Raider- Normal Player
    • Read a total of 15 – 25 books.
  • Level 3 Warcraft – Hardcore Player
    • Read a total of 25 – 35 books.
  • Level 4 Call of Duty – Veteran Player
    • Read a total of 35 – 45 books.
  • Level 5 HALO Style – Legendary Player
    • Read a total of 45 – 55 books.
You can sign up here!

Like the past two years, I'm going to do the HALO Style.
  1. Rockin' Heaven vol. 1 by Mayu Sakai
  2. Rockin' Heaven vol. 2 by Mayu Sakai
  3. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 1 by Maki Minami
  4. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 2 by Maki Minami
  5. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 3 by Maki Minami
  6. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 4 by Maki Minami
  7. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 5 by Maki Minami
  8. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 6 by Maki Minami
  9. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 7 by Maki Minami
  10. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 8 by Maki Minami
  11. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 9 by Maki Minami
  12. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 10 by Maki Minami
  13. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 11 by Maki Minami
  14. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy vol. 12 by Maki Minami
  15. Sword Art Online - Aincrad by Reki Kawahara & Tamako Nakamura
  16. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 1 by Robico
  17. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 2 by Robico
  18. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 3 by Robico
  19. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 4 by Robico
  20. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 5 by Robico
  21. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 6 by Robico
  22. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 7 by Robico
  23. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 8 by Robico
  24. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 9 by Robico
  25. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 10 by Robico
  26. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 11 by Robico
  27. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 12 by Robico
  28. Kiss of the Rose Princess vol. 1 by Aya Shouoto
  29. Kiss of the Rose Princess vol. 2 by Aya Shouoto
  30. Kiss of the Rose Princess vol. 3 by Aya Shouoto
  31. Kiss of the Rose Princess vol. 4 by Aya Shouoto
  32. Kiss of the Rose Princess vol. 5 by Aya Shouoto
  33. Kiss of the Rose Princess vol. 6 by Aya Shouoto
  34. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol. 13 by Robico
  35. Maid-sama! vol. 5 by Hiro Fujiwara
  36. Maid-sama! vol. 6 by Hiro Fujiwara
  37. Maid-sama! vol. 7 by Hiro Fujiwara
  38. Maid-sama! vol. 8 by Hiro Fujiwara
  39. Maid-sama! vol. 9 by Hiro Fujiwara
  40. Maid-sama! vol. 10 by Hiro Fujiwara
  41. Maid-sama! vol. 11 by Hiro Fujiwara
  42. Maid-sama! vol. 12 by Hiro Fujiwara
  43. Maid-sama! vol. 13 by Hiro Fujiwara
  44. Maid-sama! vol. 14 by Hiro Fujiwara
  45. Maid-sama! vol. 15 by Hiro Fujiwara
  46. Maid-sama! vol. 16 by Hiro Fujiwara
  47. Maid-sama! vol. 17 by Hiro Fujiwara
  48. Maid-sama! vol. 18 by Hiro Fujiwara

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