BA Reading Challenges

Dystopia Completion Mishap

2011-11-28T09:41:00.001+11:00

Hey guys, I was updating the challenge completion posts and noticed the Dystopia one didn't have a Mr Linky! I have no idea what happened there, but it has one now. I've also added the links from those who have commented and left their completion list links. If on the other hand you came to list your link, saw Mr Linky had vanished, and decided to come back later you can now! I hope you

2012 Challenges & Closing This Blog Update

2011-11-07T14:00:00.000+11:00

Hey everyone! I have some updates! 2012 As I mentioned in this post I planned on moving the challenges here to my website Bookish Ardour. Well I've gone ahead and done that. I'm already accepting sign ups! I've gotten rid of a couple, but replaced them with new ones, and kept a few of the older ones. So now it will be Off The Shelf!, Get Steampunked!, Dystopia, Free Reads, and Go Indie. If

Planning For Next Year and This Blog

2011-10-19T16:37:00.000+11:00

Hey guys! I thought I'd drop in with some updates and let you all in on the plans I have for the future of this blog. So I've got my main book blog over at Bookish Ardour, which has now turned into a group effort so I can take more time to write, but that also means extra goodies going on over there. I've added a few new features, giveaways and events, two new memes, to the blog and plan on

eBook Giveaway!

2011-06-29T09:43:00.000+10:00

Hey guys! I wanted to let you know, that over at the main blog, I have a giveaway going at the moment. It's for an eBook copy of Angelfall by Susan Ee. Angelfall is a YA Post-apocalyptic featuring angels, with some humour and some horror. I rated it 5 stars and it is the first in a series. If you're interested check it out and it's easy to enter! It'll run till Friday 11:30 Australian EST.

Hello! Facebook, Giveaways, and Interviews

2011-06-27T13:30:00.000+10:00

Hi everyone! I wanted to drop by and post because I realised it has been ages. I see we are still getting people signing up (awesome!), lots and lots of people are actively participating with posting their reviews, and we have some people who have completed challenges! Congratulations to those who have! I hope you were able to find some great reads, had fun, and will consider that challenge or

Catching Up and Giveaway!

2011-04-19T08:45:00.000+10:00

Hey everyone! How are we all doing? It's been over a month since my last post. Over a month! I can't believe it. Time goes by far too quickly, especially the more commitments you have to get to. Have you noticed that? My health is a bit better now, but I still have a lot on, so I will start working on fixing up broken or wrong links slowly till they're all fixed and then hopefully I'll be able

Two Week Break

2011-03-04T12:56:00.000+11:00

Hey everyone, Unfortunately I'm having a bit of bad health and I'm going to be taking a two week break from blogging and going online because of it. I haven't been on here or been able to catch up with comments, check links, or fix anything, but I wanted you all to know that I haven't forgotten about the blog or requests. I wanted to let you all know what was going on and that I have been saving

News That Is Suspending aka Why I'm Behind on Things To Do

2011-02-09T10:35:00.000+11:00

Hey everyone, Some of you may have noticed I haven't really been around in the past week or at least anyone who has left a comment with a question or a request to fix one of the links. The reason I have been on the absent side is because we've had a tragedy on the homefront, it's not something I really want to get into details about or discuss, but it's bad enough that it is affecting everyone

A Collection of Reviews

2011-02-01T09:49:00.000+11:00

As per my last post, I have posted a collection of people's reviews for January on Bookish Ardour if you want to check it out or if you just want to be up to date with what's going on. Looking at the reviews separated by pages, it appears to be a lot, but not as many as I was expecting when I put them all together. I checked out blogs and read reviews as well. I couldn't help myself with all

A Collection of Reviews and A Writing Meme

2011-01-26T09:13:00.001+11:00

Hey everyone! How's the reading going? How's life for that matter? It can't always be about the books... Or can it? I have been offline for a little bit and not reading. A combination of health, stupid weather (the heat knocks me about and is it humid at the moment here in Oz!), and my partner being back from overseas has kept me pretty preoccupied and away from the books (and blogging), but I

Did You Enter The Link Wrong?

2011-01-12T10:08:00.000+11:00

This happens occasionally and it's fine if it does (even I've done it), entering the links wrong on the Mr Linky. I just wanted to let you all know that if you do, just ask me to change it because I don't mind and it's really not a hassle. The best way to do it will probably be to comment on the submission page of the challenge that you're doing with the number of the link and make sure the

Challenges Are On A Roll

2011-01-10T10:27:00.000+11:00

Hey everyone! It's been just over a week since the challenges (and the new year) has started and people are still signing up (I love that!). At the risk of making everyone sick of me because I'm repeating myself, but I really mean it because it is exciting for me that everything is going so well and so many are joining up. Thank you to everyone who has signed up before and who has recently and

Happy New Year and Challenge Time!

2011-01-01T10:01:00.000+11:00

The challenges have started! At least in some countries and with more to hit that time soon. I wanted to wish everyone a great night/day whether you celebrate the occasion or not (like myself who prefers to go to bed at the normal time after reading a good book. Oh the excitement) and yes! Challenges to start! Have fun everyone! I look forward to checking out your progress, any reviews you'll

The Time Is Almost Here!

2010-12-30T13:30:00.000+11:00

Oh! Is anyone else excited about the imminent start to the challenges? I'm guessing by the comments people have been leaving, that yes, quite a few of you are and I love to see that I'm not the only one. I bought a new bookcase ages ago and have only put it together this week. The challenges starting next year have been motivation for me and I've been arranging as many of my TBR books on that

BA's Birthday Giveaway and Wow

2010-12-13T15:07:00.000+11:00

Hey everyone, I'm going to be having a giveaway later this week, but first let me say wow! I just noticed that there are now over 50 followers and I keep forgetting how many have signed up for all of the challenges because there are now that many signing up I am having a hard time keeping track! I never dreamed more then a few at maximum would sign up so this is awesome. I really look forward to

Connections

2010-12-01T11:14:00.004+11:00

I was wondering to myself about how many people want to connect with other book bloggers outside of their blogs on social networks and yet can't always find the links to them because I know that happens to me sometimes. So I thought, why don't we all share linkies? To GoodReads, Shelfari, and Twitter? If there are any others let me know and if they're popular enough I'll make a linky box just

Two Month Comic Challenge

2010-11-30T09:50:00.000+11:00

It's the last day for the Two Month Comic Challenge so I am removing the page for it and creating a post for future reference. This is that post (You'll be able to find it in the side bar under the category Past Mini Challenges) and next year I may be hosting a new mini challenge, perhaps eariler in the year, but I'll post about that sometime after today. ______________________ Just like the

Welcome and Links Not Correct

2010-11-29T14:27:00.000+11:00

Hey everyone! I want to welcome all our new participants because we have had quite a few joining up in the last week or so, welcome and thanks for joining in! I'm really excited because some of you may not realise it, but this is my first time hosting any challenges and it's great to have so many people joining in. I've been participating in NaNoWriMo all of November so have not been blogging

More and More...

2010-11-08T09:14:00.000+11:00

Hey everyone, Guess what?! It's starting to seem like every day we have a new fellow reader amongst us! I thought I'd post about it and point it out because I know I am pretty excited about that. Off The Shelf is the most popular at the moment, bookworms and hoarding books go together, we're like dragons apparently. The Steampunk challenge and the Dystopia challenge are on almost equal footing

Thank You and Slight Adjustment.

2010-10-29T09:56:00.000+11:00

Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that I have made a slight adjustment with the numbers in the Dystopia, Steampunk, Comic, and Off The Shelf Challenges. It's nothing major. It's only with the two levels that are for the extra hard challenge. What I've done is adjusted the following from; 175 - 176 125 - 126 Only to avoid any confusion at all. The main point of those two

It's On!

2010-10-01T09:20:00.000+10:00

The Two Month Comic Challenge has started folks! That's pretty much all I've got to tell you... I'm already reading away myself.

What's Your Challenge?

2010-09-14T10:08:00.000+10:00

We're closer to the end of the year, but there's still plenty of challenges running and some even starting. What challenges have you been doing this year and what have been your top ones or are you still deciding? I have been doing an Aussie Author challenge and am now taking part in the R.I.P. V (readers imbibing peril) challenge while I wait for my comic challenge to begin. So far I've

Three Weeks Till The Comic Challenge

2010-09-09T11:22:00.002+10:00

It's just three more weeks to go until the Two Month Comic Challenge begins. There's still time to sign up if you haven't already. Have you decided what you're going to read or are you just going to wing it?

Watch This Space

2010-09-05T10:53:00.003+10:00

I'm probably not going to be posting on this blog that much seeing as I already have a book related blog, but occasionally I may post updates or anything to do with the challenges. This blog is mainly for the challenges though and I plan on adding one more which I'm doing as a personal challenge in a couple of months (hopefully November otherwise it will be in December) to read comic books or

Off The Shelf Completion

2010-09-03T15:08:00.004+10:00

So you've set out to do the Off The Shelf! challenge, completed it, and are wondering what to do now? First - Congratulations! Now, create a completion post on your blog either listing the books you have read or letting everyone know how many you have read, if you've reached your goal or exceeded it, and any other thoughts you might want to add. Then go ahead and post the link into the

Off The Shelf Reviews

2010-09-03T15:06:00.003+10:00

If you're participating in the Off The Shelf! challenge and want to share your reviews you can do so on this page using the Mr Linky widget. Don't forget to enter the title of the book you've reviewed so people know what to expect!

Dystopia Challenge Completion

2010-09-03T14:49:00.003+10:00

So you've set out to do the Dystopia challenge, completed it, and are wondering what to do now? First - Congratulations!