Reading Romances Challenge 2012

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The Reading Romances Challenge is not about the amount of books you read, but the variety of titles you’ll have read when the challenge is over! Our goal is to read a bit of everything related to romance and open our minds to new genres we wouldn’t usually read.

Challenge Guidelines:

  1. The 2012 Reading Romances Challenge will run from Jan 1, 2012 – Dec 31, 2012.
  2. Anyone can join, you don’t need to 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, Librarything, Shelfari etc).
  3. I’ll post a list of romance sub-genres and a few cool themes for you to choose from each month (you can read all of them or just a couple).
  4. You can list your books before reading them (by leaving a comment on the post with the topics for that month) or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, don’t feel obligated to read them, changes are welcomed!
  5. When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the Reading Romances Challenge. If you don’t have a blog, please link it to the page where you post your reviews (Goodreads, Shelfari, Amazon etc).
  6. You don’t have to participate every month, but please try to!
  7. Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2012, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
  • I will never tell you to read one specific author, but I might suggest a few titles and authors to give you some ideas.
  • You can read the same author more than once and the books can be old or new, but they must be read during the course of the challenge.
  • Books used in this challenge may be used in other challenges.
  • Books can be in any format – paper, audio, ebook.
  • Post the button to post on your sidebar, this way others can find their way back to this post and join in the fun!

At the beginning of each month there will be a roundup post for you to add your reviews for that month. If you forget, feel free to add your reviews in the following month. It can be something simple and short, please don’t worry about it!

There will also be random giveaways during the year for everyone who is actively participating on the challenge. There might be special giveaway by the end of the year for those who read all (or most of) the topics during each month . If you are an author and want to contribute with prizes, please contact me.

Sign-up:

Sign up for the 2012 Reading Romances Challenge! Please use the direct URL to the post where you state that you’ll participate in the challenge.


86 thoughts on “Reading Romances Challenge 2012

  1. Hi Nat! I added my blog, then realized you wanted the direct link (whoops – I clearly need more coffee) I’ll be posting about joining this challenge on Thursday. *shuffling off to refill the mug*

    I’d also like to add to the prizes…

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  2. Hi Nat, please count me in. I’m thrilled to be entering this challenge.

    Here´s my blogue: http://sarinhafarinha.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/literary-challenges-first-reading-challenge-for-2012-is-chosen/

    And my Goodreads account: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5361140.Sara_Farinha

    I’ll be posting my reviews on both. Could you please send me the badge code and the Genre list we can read for the challenge. I’m a little bit lost in this. Thanks.

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  3. any way to get this fixed or just keep trying to submit my site?
    thanks for any info, Julie

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