Series Catch-Up Challenge Info & Sign-Ups!

So I absolutely love series. There's just something about being able to follow a story and its characters over the course of multiple books. Some of my favorite books are parts of series and sometimes the fact they are part of series is what makes it so I like them so much. But there is a downside to series. It seems to me that books in series come out faster than I can read them. As a result I am behind on so many awesome series that I actually really love. To remedy this, I decided I would challenge myself to catch up on some of the series I am behind on over the course of the next year. And I figured, why not encourage other people to do the same. So after many discussions with the wonderful Ciara from Lost at Midnight Reviews, we have come up with the Series Catch-Up Challenge.

The Details:

- Runs from January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013

- Goal is to catch up on as many series as possible 

- Two ways to meet your goal: number of books you've read to catch up series/number of series you've caught up on.

- On the first of each month there will be a post here and at Lost at Midnight Reviews so you can link up your reviews. For every review you link, you get one entry into a monthly giveaway.

- There will be a big giveaway at the end of the year.

Goals - Series Caught Up On
1 - 5: Series Newbie
6 - 10: Series Lover
11 - 15: Series Expert
15+: Series Fanatic

Goals - Books Read to Catch Up on Series
1 - 5: Book Novice
6 - 10: Book Aficionado
11 - 15: Book Connoisseur
15+: Book Maniac

I know I'm excited, just looking at my bookshelf I can count 21 series that I need to catch up on, some I've started, some I haven't started but just own all the books. I'm hoping to definitely finish some or catch-up with others so I will be ready for the release of the next title. 

So if this is something you are interested in, be sure to sign up below and tell everyone what series you are hoping to catch up on. If you have any questions, just e-mail me (emiliebookworld@gmail.com) or talk to me on Twitter (@emiliebookworld).

(Sign-ups appear here and at Lost at Midnight Reviews.)



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2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge

So I think I may have possibly found a solution to my ever growing TBR Pile being cut down some. Ten amazing bloggers have decided to host the 2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge from January 1st, 2012 to December 31st, 2012. The idea is that you read books that have been sitting on your shelf for some time, the key is that they have to have been published in 2011 or earlier. If you are interested be sure to check it out and it's awesome hosts:

Evie from Bookish - http://www.evie-bookish.blogspot.com @SeoEvie

Nicole from All I Ever Read - http://www.nicoleabouttown.com/ @Nicoleabouttown

Bonnie from Hands and Home - http://www.handsandhome.ca/ @HandsHomeBlog

Donna from Book Passion For Life - http://bookpassionforlife.blogspot.com/ @BookPforLife

Caitlin from WatchYA Reading - http://whatchyareading.net @caitlingss

Rie from Mission To Read - http://missiontoread.com/ @missiontoread

Vicky from Books, Biscuits & Tea -http://booksbiscuitsandtea.blogspot.com/ @alouetteuette 

Christa from Hooked On Books - http://christashookedonbooks.blogspot.com @ChristasBooks

Jenna from Fans Of Fiction - http://fansoffiction.blogspot.com/ @fansoffiction

Angel from Mermaids Vision - http://mermaidvision.wordpress.com/ @mermaidvisions

There are different levels to the challenge and so to not get ahead of myself, I'm going to say I'm aiming for the "A Firm Handshake" level which means I need to read between 1 and 10 books that are on my TBR Pile but I can always increase that number as the year goes (and let's be honest it probably will go up).

So here is my tentative list of 10 books for the challenge (and it will most likely definitely change):

- Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

- Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz (I own most of them so I may read them all)

- Evernight by Claudia Gray (again I own the whole series)

- As You Wish by Jackson Pearce

- Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce

- A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford

- Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready

- Firelight by Sophie Jordan

- Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson

- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

With some luck I'll at least get around to reading those 10!