Book Chick City: Sign Up: Horror & Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge 2012

Sign Up: Horror & Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge 2012

Thursday, December 01, 2011 | Posted by Book Chick City |

Book Chick City's

Horror & Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge 2012!

Welcome to Book Chick City's Horror & Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge 2012! I love horror, it's one of my favourite genres and I adore urban fantasy too. I have done really well on this challenge this year and completed it early. I even read more books than the 24 requested. But I still have so many books in both genres on my shelves I've decided to run the challenge again and I will do so each year. I hope you will join in!

If you would like to keep track of my progress, you can HERE.

Sign Up Details

To sign up you MUST make a post on your blog about participating in the challenge - you then use the DIRECT URL of the post to sign up to the challenge by adding it to Mr Linky below. DO NOT just add your blog URL - this will be deleted.

You must add the button to your sidebar - make sure that it links back to this post so others can join the challenge if they wish. Easiest way to do this is to copy and paste the code displayed below!

Grab the button!

Challenge Details

• Timeline: 01 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012

• There are two levels:

- Read TWENTY FOUR (24) horror & urban fantasy novels in 2012
- Read FORTY EIGHT (48) horror & urban fantasy novels in 2012

• You don't have to select your books ahead of time, you can just add them as you go. Also if you do list them upfront you can change them, nothing is set in stone! The books you choose can crossover into other challenges you have on the go.

• You can join the challenge at anytime. All books read in 2012 count towards the challenge regardless of when you sign up.

• Audiobooks do not count, but all other formats are accepted.

• No non-fiction - only fiction.

• This challenge can crossover to other challenges.

• You DO NOT have to write reviews of the books you read, but if you decide you would like to then Mr Linky will be available each month so you can link up your reviews.

• You don't have to have a blog to join in - for those without a blog but who use Goodreads, Amazon, LibraryThing etc, you can add the URL to where you track your books. If you don't have a URL at all then choose a name you would like to use and then copy and paste the following link:

http://www.bookchickcity.com/2011/12/sign-up-horror-urban-fantasy-reading.html

Please add your DIRECT URL link, not just your blog link. If you have trouble adding your URL link below, just drop me an email.

Labels: Horror and Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge 2012

46 comments:

Hannah said...: *sighs happily* Now that's my kind of challenge. Shall hopefully be signing up in a few days time! :); 1 December 2011 10:37
Cameron Y. said...: Yeah, I'm in. I've got so many books that fall into the Urban Fantasy category that have yet to be read. This is a great excuse to get them read. =^-^=; 1 December 2011 16:12
Carmen said...: Quick question - is the challenge 'just' fiction? I have a couple 'how to draw' books on my shelf I'm hoping to get round to and wonder if they would fall in with the challenge (they are zombies etc) If not - ah well, I'm still signing up ;) Will do a post later and come back to linky :); 1 December 2011 16:31
Book Chick City said...: HI GUYS - GLAD YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE CHALLENGE! ME TOO :D

CARMEN - Yes, only fiction :); 1 December 2011 16:38
Magaly Guerrero said...: Yay for sexy, dark and bloody head ripping fiction. I'm in for this one, too!

Click on the link to Magaly's Blogging Circle to see the button on my scroll box.; 1 December 2011 23:11
Kika283 said...: Great challange!!!
I'm in (^__^); 2 December 2011 04:48
Amber said...: Grrr.... Can you delete the Amber @ Sanity's Overrated link. It's not the right one. The Amber @ Views from the Reader Side, however, IS the correct one. Sorry about that!; 2 December 2011 22:56
Keltikmystique said...: I'm in! WOOT! I have created a separate page just for my reading challenges... but I'm having issues with my side buttons; they are there but they may not work :(; 6 December 2011 14:55
Teipu said...: I also signed-up (and will do for two more challenges aswell).
Now I'm really exited~; 6 December 2011 18:22
Aleksandra said...: Signed up :) Thanks for hosting!; 7 December 2011 13:35
Healielle said...: Is eagerly waiting for 2012 to arrive. ^-^
I'm definitely going to do this one!; 9 December 2011 07:23
Jasmyn said...: Signed up for level 1. Cant' wait to get started.; 9 December 2011 17:00
Kelly said...: Awesome challenge, looking forward to this one!; 10 December 2011 20:04
BabyLove said...: Well, I am in! I hope this will give me an opportunity to read more books and check out more authors.; 18 December 2011 05:09
Candis said...: Yay, more challenges for me to do! :D; 19 December 2011 21:40
Kinkycherry said...: looking forward to this challange :); 20 December 2011 19:44
mia said...: signed up! Thanks for hosting.; 21 December 2011 01:18
Mariana Coelho said...: I just signed up! Amazing challenge! (:; 22 December 2011 17:42
Diana (@Offbeat Vagabond) said...: I loved doing this last year, so I am definitely on board for this year. Thank you so much for doing this again. I had a blast :); 28 December 2011 00:47
the cautionary tale said...: I'm in and excited!; 29 December 2011 03:34
Angela said...: 48 UF or Horror books in 2012 should be no problem. Most of the books I read in 2011 were UF.; 30 December 2011 02:02
Angela said...: Great challenge! 48 UF books in 2012 should be no problem for me as I'm pretty sure half of the books I read in 2011 were UF.; 30 December 2011 02:04
Sherri said...: I hope to find some new awesome books/authors from everyone else. Plus this fits my goal of writing at least 25 book reviews this year. :-); 30 December 2011 11:52
Sherri said...: Looking forward to finding a new author or two. Plus, it fits my goal of trying to write at least 25 reviews this year.; 30 December 2011 11:54
Gråbekka`s Blogger said...: Hei Im signed up and can`t wait too start reading:); 31 December 2011 16:29
Shelagh said...: I loved this challenge in 2011, so I'm definitely joining in again this year!; 31 December 2011 20:47
Falcata Times said...: I'll sign up for the 48 books.; 31 December 2011 23:11
Christina @ Casa Luna said...: I absolutely Looove Urban Fantasy books, so I am totally tackling this challenge!! Cheers!!; 1 January 2012 09:37
funga said...: I love this one!!
24 books :-); 1 January 2012 16:55
Tessa Conte said...: Already started reading... ; ); 2 January 2012 12:49
Mikaela said...: I decided to sign up for 48 books, mostly Urban Fantasy. ( Not sure if it is a good sign, or a bad sign that I can pick most of them from my Unread pile O_o.); 4 January 2012 11:58
Mel said...: I love horror. Signed up to read at least 24 books.; 5 January 2012 00:35
Candis said...: Hi ladies! Is there a Mister Linky for our reviews for this one? I saw the 100 and the zombie. Did I miss the one for this one? :); 5 January 2012 04:41
Michelle @ The True Book Addict said...: Thanks for hosting again! Hopefully, I won't fail again this year. Now that I have my horror review blog, it should be easier to complete the challenge. =O); 5 January 2012 11:03
Carla B. said...: I'm in! I don't know if I'll can even read 25 books, but I'll try! :); 12 January 2012 13:41
Carla B. said...: I'm not sure if I can read the 25 books, but I'll try! :); 12 January 2012 13:42
literati after dark said...: This sounds exciting! Thank you for the invite. I have not attempted all horror and urban fantasy before, this will be a challenge. Can't wait to start. I will be browsing everyone's reads for referrals.; 12 January 2012 22:28
druidgirl said...: Since this is my first Horror/Urban Fantasy Challenge I go for 24 books; 13 January 2012 00:53
Emmy Lou said...: Sounds great! :D; 13 January 2012 01:51
WildAboutBones said...: Great challenge. Thanks for hosting it. I love Urban Fantasy and the blog I do reviews for just does Paranormal Romance so I don't a chance very often to log in UF books in a challenge. I don't have a blog but I do have a Goodreads bookshelf set aside just for this. Where do we put the 24 vs 48?; 13 January 2012 19:29
FLIP the PAGE said...: Signed up for 24 books! I have been reading fantasy for years, can't believe I'm finally going to add Horror to my genre list. Can't wait!; 14 January 2012 09:34
Sarah Mäkelä said...: I'm all signed up, and I've already read 2 so far! Woot! :-D; 16 January 2012 05:46
Jennifer Fischetto said...: What a great challenge. I'm already doing Fifty.Fifty.Me at http://www.fiftyfifty.me/, so this fits in nicely. I'm a huge horror fan. :); 20 January 2012 03:26
Linda Gail Walters said...: I have set a lot of goals for my reading and writing in 2012 - this is a good one to add as I had planned to read the entire Anita Blake series anyway.; 21 January 2012 07:49
Liz @ Fictional Candy said...: Is there a book length requirement?; 12 February 2012 04:28
Alisha (MyNeedToRead) said...: I'm most looking forward to the "horror" part of this challenge. I'm a bigtime scaredy cat, but I've found horror can be fun and thrilling. So here we go!; 16 February 2012 01:23