Dystopia Completion Mishap

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 remember so we can check out your books.

Sorry about that everyone! If that ever happens again please bring it to my attention and I'll get onto it right away.

Cheers,
Bonnie

2012 Challenges & Closing This Blog Update

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 you want to check out the challenges, sign up, and read the updated FAQ, you can do so here.

This Blog 

Now, what's going on with this blog? I will be closing it, so to speak, in that I won't be posting here or hosting challenges. However, I will be leaving it here for everyone's links from 2011. I'm going go be exporting all your links and pasting them into the posts so they're easier to find, including in search engines, which hopefully means more traffic for you even though the links are old!

2011 Challenges

You can still join in until the last two weeks of December, if you think you can read enough books in that time.

When it comes to accepting links for reviews and completion posts, that will be open until the end of January 2012. After that I will be taking down the Mr Linky widgets and then exporting all the links. So you have until the end of January to get your posts and links sorted out.


Thanks guys, and thank you so much for everyone who participated, including those of who have shared the challenges around in forums and on other websites. I appreciate all your effort and everything you've done! It's been a very interesting experience and I hope you join in again next year!

Planning For Next Year and This Blog

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 moving these challenges over there as well.

It won't be for this year's though, only for next years, which I'm already setting up to start taking sign ups and all that jazz  (last year I started in September for these ones, talk about eager!). If you want to take part next year you can start checking it out soon. I'll continue Off The Shelf, Dystopia, and Steampunk next year, but I'm ending The Comic Challenge, and The Century Challenge. I'll be adding two new ones though to replace them.

eBook Giveaway!

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.

Here's the synopsis;

Hello! Facebook, Giveaways, and Interviews

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 another one next year.

I know I'm very quiet on here, so what I'm going to do is start posting about the challenges on my Facebook page for my main blog. If anyone would like to come along and share what they're reading with others, give updates on their challenges, or just drop by to chat, please feel free to do so. It may be a fan page, but I feel that being a place to get together feels much better.

Catching Up and Giveaway!

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 to keep up with it.

I want to apologise for not being around and for not updating for so long. Thank you for everyone for still taking part, posting your reviews, commenting, and being patient with this host of yours! I really do appreciate it.

Two Week Break

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 the email notifications I get of the comments everyone leaves for when I'm well enough to go through them again.

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

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

A Collection of Reviews

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 those links. I see a link I must click on it! Ok, maybe not counting spam... Sorry I didn't leave a comment when I stopped by, but so many blogs...

A Collection of Reviews and A Writing Meme

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 have found the time to come and let you all know about an idea I've had and want to implement.

Did You Enter The Link Wrong?

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

Challenges Are On A Roll

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 to those who are going to! It's awesome and I really hope you're all having fun with it.

So how are you going with it? Having fun?
Are there any books you're really looking forward to?

Happy New Year and Challenge Time!

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 have, and just reading with you all.

Have a great one!

The Time Is Almost Here!

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 book shelf (goes to show how much of a ridiculous amount I must have if I can't fit all of them on there...) so I have what books I can for next year all set to go!

BA's Birthday Giveaway and Wow

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!

Connections

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 for it.

Two Month Comic Challenge

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.

Welcome and Links Not Correct

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!

More and More...

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.

Thank You and Slight Adjustment.

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.