Sign Up: The Anita Blake Challenge 2010

The Anita Blake Reading Challenge 2010

(Plus Contest!)

I have been thinking about hosting my own challege for a while now, but I didn't know what or to be honest how. But when J. Kaye (of J. Kaye's Book Blog) asked me to take over the Thriller & Suspense Challenge, I took it as a sign. So I decided on Anita Blake by Laurell K Hamilton as it was the first ever 'urban fantasy' type book I ever read and I just loved the character. If you haven't read Anita Blake before then this will be the perfect challenge for you. If you are like me and have read up to a certain point in the series but would like to re-read and catch up then join now!

Timeline: 1st Jan 2010 - 31st Dec 2010
Rules: The goal is to read or re-read the entire Anita Blake series in 2010.
Details:
• At present there are 17 books in the series (if you include Micah), with a planned novella, flirt and the novel, Bullet, in 2010. I will be including these when they have been released. If you don't want to re-read the books you have already but would like to join in the challenge then start from where you left off. It's that easy!
• If you decide to participate in this challenge please use the links I have set up below with the buttons to post on your sidebar, this way others can find their way back to this post and join in the fun. You can choose either button.
• If you decide to join this challenge be sure to create a post telling others, please make sure you add a link back to this post so others can join in.
• You can join anytime between now and the later part of next year.
• There will be a place for you to link your reviews, but this is optional.
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Anita Blake series in Order:

1. Guilty Pleasures

2. The Laughing Corpse

3. Circus of the Damned

4. The Lunatic Cafe

5. Bloody Bones

6. The Killing Dance

7. Burnt Offerings

8. Blue Moon

9. Obsidian Butterfly

10. Narcissus in Chains

11. Cerulean

12. Incubus Dreams

13. Micah

14. Danse Macabre

15. The Harlequinn

16. Blood Noir

17. Skin Trade

18. Flirt (Jan 2010)

19. Bullet (June 2010)

CONTEST DETAILS:

I received an email from Headline Review, who publish the Anita Blake books here in the UK, offering the entire series as a prize for The Anita Blake Challenge!

Because this is such an amazing prize there are rules ;)

To be entered into the draw you must:

• Obviously sign up for the challenge

• Own a blog and be able to post reviews

• Display one of the buttons on your sidebar

• Review each of the 19 novels/novella's in the series.

• At the end of 2010 you must email me the links to all of your reviews and your name will then be placed into the draw. The winner will be announced in January 2011! If you do not review every book then you will not be entered.

Because the US publisher has the rights to this series it means that the US and Canada are not eligible for this contest, but other than that it is open worldwide!

Thank you so much to Headline Review for offering such an amazing prize!

NB: If you do not wish to be entered into the draw that's fine, just carry on as you would have. Remember, you do not have to enter the contest to sign up for the challenge!

If you have trouble signing below, please email me the name you want posted below with your blog's link HERE

NB: When signing up for Mr Linky, please add the direct link to your post where your Anita Blake books will be listed as it makes it much easier for others to find. If you don't have a blog, leave the URL blank. Thanks!