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Thursday, November 15, 2012

2013 Self-Published Reading Challenge

Hi, everyone! Time for a 2013 Reading Challenge!!



This challenge is being hosted by Sarah at Workaday Reads!

Here are the details copied from Sarah's blog:
2013 Self-Published Reading Challenge


Challenge Guidelines:
  1. This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013.
  2. Anyone can join, you don’t need to be a blogger. If you don’t have a blog, feel free to sign-up in the comments. You can post reviews to any book site (i.e. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, Goodreads, etc).
  3. Any genre, length or format of book counts, as long as it is self-published by the author.
  4. You can plan your books in advance or as you read them.
  5. When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the Self-Published Reading Challenge.
  6. You can move up levels, but no moving down.
  7. Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2013, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
Levels:
  1. Sentence – 5 books
  2. Paragraph- 10 books
  3. Page – 25 books
  4. Chapter – 50 books
  5. Short Story – 75 books
  6. Novel – 100 books
  7. Series – 150 books
At the beginning of each quarter there will be a roundup post for you to add your reviews. If you forget, feel free to add your reviews in the following quarter.

There will be a giveaway at the end of the year for everyone who achieves their goal level (or  higher). If you are an author and want to contribute to the prize, please contact me.

If you would like to join me in the challenge, click on the challenge badge at the beginning of this post.

So far this year, I have read only five self-published books. I am afraid that I might not reading my 2012 goal! For 2013, I'm signing up for SENTENCE LEVEL (5 books).

I will keep track of my progress below and link up my reviews:
  1. Death Comes Home by Rhiannon Frater (In Darkness We Must Abide, Episode #1)
  2. The Terrible Wave by Marden Dahlstedt 
  3. Twenty-Five Years Ago Today by Stacy Juba 
  4. Pretty When She Kills by Rhiannon Frater (Pretty When She Dies, Book #2) 

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