4th Annual Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge

Welcome to the 4th Annual Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge hosted by Melissa’s Eclectic Bookshelf!

 

Click on badge for Sign up!

 

Welcome to the 2015 Challenge!!

 

RULES

 

Low commitment…you can sign up to read just ONE book as an INITIATE!!!

Participants who choose to link up reviews will be entered for the end of year prize!!

Challenge Rules:

• This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015. I will be posting a place to link up a sign-up post (below), reviews and a wrap-up post. (Note: You do not have to review the books to participate, but only those who link up reviews will be entered for the prize)
• Grab the reading challenge button (code & button below) and post this reading challenge on your blog to track your progress. Please include a link back to this sign-up post so others can join the reading challenge too. You do not have to be a book blogger to participate- you could track your progress and post reviews on Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, etc.
• Any full length book that includes a witch as a main character or includes major witchcraft elements counts. They may be fiction or non-fiction. However, they should not be reference books which are not read cover to cover-I will leave this to your discretion.
• Books can be any format (bound, eBook, audio).
• Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed.
• You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.
• When you sign up in the linky put the direct link to your post about joining the 2015 Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge, not just a link to your blog.
• You can move up levels, but no moving down.
• Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2015, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
• Have some Witchy Good Fun !!!

LEVEL of READER

 

Initiate: Read 1 – 5 Witchy Books
Maiden: Read 6 – 10 Witchy Books
Mother: Read 11 – 15 Witchy Books
Crone: Read 16 – 20 Witchy Books

 

 

PRIZE

Witchy book of choice up to $10 from The Book Depository!

Participants who have officially signed up by linking up a sign-up post declaring their level will be given one entry for every review they link up. The more reviews you write and link up, the more entries in the contest! Link up your reviews on that month’s Review Link Up Post. Winner will be chosen on Jan 11th 2015 to give everyone a chance to link up their end of year reviews. All Review Link Up Posts can be accessed from my menu bar under my header!

 

 

I plan on signing up as an Initiate but maybe work my way up to Maiden and NOT posting Reviews... and if I do end up doing a review, it will be a VERY short one... we shall see.

 

 

Fast Five & EYM

Fast Five Friday is a weekly blog hop created by, us, Cover Girls. Its purpose is to connect with writers, readers, viewers, and bloggers. With that aim in mind, we would love for you to join us! 

We're suckers for lists, so we thought it'd be cool to do a weekly blog hop where we list things. We've provided the topics for each week below, with five being the focus . 

You're not required to post every week. You can pick and choose which topics you'd like to participate in. 

Whatever topics you decide to do, please include the link to your Fast Five Friday post in the comments section of our FFF post each week, so we can stop by and show our FFF love to you!

I was on vacation last week and totally forgot to blog... it happens. Click here --> Cover Girls.

 

Jan. 2:  Five Favorite Novels Read in 2014

Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

The Lunar Chronicle; Cinder, Scarlet & Cress by Marissa Meyer

Sunrise by Mike Mullin

The Finishing School series by Gail Carriger

 

 

 

Express Yourself  is a weekly meme hosted by myself and Jackie. It's goal is to help our fellow bloggers get to know one another better by being nosey of course.

Each week we will find something different to post about. It will correlate with writing, blogging, and life in general. Then, we hope, you’ll follow suit and post what it is that motivates you.


This weeks question:

 

Jan 5-9: Do you have a New Year's resolution, if so, would you like to share?

 

 

I have several things I would like to accomplish this year. I posted several on FB but blogging wise...

 

1. Catch up on my reading. I did accomplish my Goodreads reading challenge and plan on doing it again.

2. Do the AtoZ Challenge!!

3. Be consistent with my blogging.

 

 

Express Yourself - Battle of the Five Armies

Express Yourself  is a weekly meme hosted by myself and Jackie. It's goal is to help our fellow bloggers get to know one another better by being nosey of course.

Each week we will find something different to post about. It will correlate with writing, blogging, and life in general. Then, we hope, you’ll follow suit and post what it is that motivates you.


This weeks question:

Dec. 15-19: In celebration of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - highlight ONE of your favorite characters from The Hobbit/LOTR film franchise.

Ok, lets be honest, can anyone REALLY pick out just ONE character? Ok, ok, so I know this was one of our questions so I should probably follow the rules... rules are meant to be broken...

Well not actually broken, more like tweaked!

My favorite character is... are... the dwarves. WHAT? I can't just pick one either. Each gruff man brings his own formula for a great character with passion and fight. Some are soulful, some are comedians, some are stubborn to a fault, and all are loyal.

But if we were to look back at LOTR, Legolas is definitely my favorite! And a close second, Aragorn. But by far the arrow wielding elf can cupid my ass any day!

Have a great day fellow bloggers! Who will be making it to the theater this week?

Cover Girls Top Ten... Honorable Mention

At the end of each year I love to look over some of my favorite book covers.

 

My choices are based strictly on the covers alone, since I have not read any of them. However, I plan to cause the covers look that good!

 

Each one has that IT FACTOR which draws me in and holds my attention.

 

This is my Honorable Mention...

I LOVE the way the wintery hawk looks and how it's shrouded in what seems to be frost. It really is appealing.

 

Winter Falls (Twin Willows Trilogy #1)  by Nicole Maggi

 

Blurb

 

Alessia Jacobs is a typical sixteen-year-old, dying to get out of her small town of Twin Willows, Maine. Things look up when a new family comes to town, but when she falls for the hot, mysterious son, Jonah, her life turns upside down.

Weird visions of transforming into an otherworldly falcon are just the beginning. Soon she learns she’s part of the Benandanti, an ancient cult of warriors with the unique power to separate their souls from their bodies and take on the forms of magnificent animals.

Alessia never would’ve suspected it, but her boring town is the site of an epic struggle between the Benandanti and the Malandanti to control powerful magic in the surrounding forest.

As Alessia is drawn into the Benandanti’s mission, her relationship with Jonah intensifies. When her two worlds collide, Alessia’s forced to weigh choices a sixteen-year-old should never have to make.

 

 

Are you interested in my Top Ten 2014 covers I loved the most? Click here!

 

 

Express Yourself - Beverages

Express Yourself  is a weekly meme hosted by myself and Jackie. It's goal is to help our fellow bloggers get to know one another better by being nosey of course.

Each week we will find something different to post about. It will correlate with writing, blogging, and life in general. Then, we hope, you’ll follow suit and post what it is that motivates you.


This weeks question:

Dec. 8-12: Coffee, tea, soda... what's your favorite beverage?

My ultimate drink of choice is Mountain Dew but that starts to taste WAY sugary after a while or I'll switch back and forth from MD to Pepsi, depending on my mood.

But I also love lattes, though they don't usually like me. I frequent the bathroom a-many-a-times after drinking half of a latte.

Alcohol wise, Vodka, I heart me some Vodka and Malibu Rum. Yummy!!




What's your favorite drinks?!

New Blog Hop: Fast Five Friday

NEW 2015 WEEKLY BLOG HOP

 

 

Use This Badge

Fast Five Friday is a weekly blog hop created by, Cover Girls. Its purpose is to connect with writers, readers, viewers, and bloggers. With that aim in mind, we would love for you to join us! 

We're suckers for lists, so we thought it'd be cool to do a weekly blog hop where we list things. We've provided the topics for each week below, with five being the focus . 

You're not required to post every week. You can pick and choose which topics you'd like to participate in. 

Whatever topics you decide to do, please include the link to your Fast Five Friday post in the comments section of our FFF post each week, so we can stop by and show our FFF love to you!

 

FAST FIVE FRIDAY TOPICS

Jan. 2:  Five Favorite Novels Read in 2014

Jan. 9:  Five 2014 Adored Book Covers

Jan. 16:  Five Most Anticipated 2015 Novels

Jan. 23:  Five TV Character Crushes 

Jan. 30:  Five Favorite Authors

Feb. 6:  Five Novels You Wish You Wrote

Feb. 13:  Five Romantic Movies You Love

Feb. 20:  Five Book Characters You’re Crushing On 

Feb. 27:  Five Top TV Shows

Mar. 6:  Five Book Characters You Relate To

Mar. 13:  Five Books You Recommend

Mar. 20:  Five Best Writing Songs

Mar. 27:  Five Movie Character Crushes


We post Fast Five Friday topics quarterly so make sure to stop by and get the new list then.

 

EYM December List is Here - Grinch

Express Yourself  is a weekly meme hosted by myself and Jackie. It's goal is to help our fellow bloggers get to know one another better by being nosey of course.

Each week we will find something different to post about. It will correlate with writing, blogging, and life in general. Then, we hope, you’ll follow suit and post what it is that motivates you.


This weeks question:

Dec. 1-5: What Holiday themed show/movie/book are you most looking forward to? Don't celebrate the Dec. Holiday - then name something you're watching/reading this month.

Pretty much any Christmas themed show or movie gets me giddy. But I think I'm really looking forward to Grinch (Not the cartoon version).


What are you guys looking forward to?!