Book Chick City: Sign Up: The Anita Blake Challenge 2010

Sign Up: The Anita Blake Challenge 2010

Thursday, November 19, 2009 | Posted by Book Chick City |

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!

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31 comments:

Larissa said...: LOVE this... I have read the whole series 2 times and been planning on a third read... I am soooo in hehe :); 19 November 2009 14:06
Rex Robot Reviews said...: I'm with Larissa- I could read this series again, no problem! =); 19 November 2009 15:05
cait045 said...: I am so in. I haven't started this series I am have wanted too so this is perfect; 19 November 2009 15:05
elnice said...: This series has been sitting in my attic for about 6 months. I just may have to pull them out and think about this challenge. Great idea!

Elie (Ellz Readz); 19 November 2009 15:20
GFDesignz said...: I have most of these boxed up but never got to read them. Now got to go find them and see which ones I still need. lol; 19 November 2009 17:59
Jackie (Literary Escapism) said...: I've been thinking about re-reading this series...this gives me the perfect reason to. I'm in!; 19 November 2009 22:26
Karen Mahoney said...: I should really be writing in 2010, but...... I am tempted!!

(Found my way here via Literary Escapism.)

Even if I don't do the AB Challenge, I <3 your blog. Glad I found it! :); 19 November 2009 22:43
Rasberryswrlgirl said...: I have read the whole series but have wanted to reread it recently. Count me in!; 20 November 2009 02:12
Sandra Fowke said...: I've read I think about half the series so I'm looking forward to rereading and catching up on the ones I missed :); 28 November 2009 09:12
stacy stew said...: This series was the first series that I read too. It's hard to believe that I started the series in the 90s. I have not reread the books, so I wonder if my experience would be different the second time around.
Stacy; 29 November 2009 16:02
Anna ♥ said...: I have been wanting to read this series for forever. Great challenge! I remember starting to read the first book but I never finished it. Perfect opportunity to start reading this series.; 1 December 2009 11:41
TJ said...: Thanks for the list of book in order! I'll probably be giving the challenge a shot.; 2 December 2009 00:37
fionaskye said...: Oh, I absolutely adore LKH! She is a major source of inspiration for me. This is a great challenge...but I'm so sad I can't enter the contest!; 8 December 2009 20:34
TJ said...: Also, I made my own button (I'm particular about sizes) and linked the challenge at my blog: http://www.bookloveaffair.com/; 18 December 2009 03:54
Anu said...: I have always wanted to read those but somehow never did. Is good to have a motivation like that so! (I'm new in blogging.); 2 January 2010 00:55
Ines said...: I've been thinking of revisiting the series for a while now and this is just a great opportunity. :); 13 January 2010 12:56
purplegirl said...: I have reviews on my blog through "Bloody Bones" -- been meaning to get to the rest! Wish I were eligible for the giveaway, I love the UK covers.; 4 February 2010 08:22
~*Jessica Rabbit*~ said...: Just signed up for the challange. :); 16 February 2010 05:00
Marion said...: OMG! my BF showed me this. I have already read books 1-7, reading 8 now and if I continue at this rate, I have finished them before summer :); 3 March 2010 11:46
Marion said...: first review of books 1-7 is on my blog www.compumarion.com/blog + the button in my sidebar :); 3 March 2010 14:12
obsidiantears83 said...: I just realised I don't think I have EVER read these in order before! Despite being a LKH fan! I don't own all the books, so I think this will be a great challenge for me! :D Thankyou for suggesting it! Oh, and I am shocked and impressed that for once a competion is everywhere BUT the US and Canada! Being an Australian, I find that bias extremely frustrating... Kudos to Headline Review!; 8 March 2010 23:55
Roselight said...: You know Im working on it, its getting hard, but Im trying and its FUN!!; 29 April 2010 04:26
Sophie said...: This is so much fun!; 7 May 2010 17:20
BookElf said...: Just egan this series for the first time in Feb this year, read two so far. Not sure if I'm gonna be able to do all 17 (!) but will give it a dan good go!; 11 May 2010 10:41
An Abundance of Books said...: I'm coming to this rather late, but I'm excited. I've been curious about the Anita Blake series for awhile, but never picked it up. Now there are no excuses!; 26 May 2010 13:53
Obsidian Ink said...: Having just read Flirt I was awesomely excited to join in this!; 27 May 2010 09:20
Ladytink_534 said...: I knew I remembered seeing a challenge for Anita Blake somewhere! I've decided to particpate. Right now I've started re-reading the 5th book.

http://ladytinksblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/anita-blake-series.html; 4 July 2010 21:23
Tessa Conte said...: Great challenge! I'm totally up for that!; 1 August 2010 22:41
Ladytink_534 said...: I'm done!

http://ladytinksblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/anita-blake-series.html; 14 August 2010 09:14
iamjenai said...: love love love to join this challenge! yay im in!

~iamjenai~; 6 September 2010 01:50
BlackEyedDog said...: Cool...would really like to read these books...I probably will, as soon as I finished reading the other 30 on the pile beside my bed^^

I'm a new follower =)

xoxo; 11 September 2010 17:54