Michelle and Berls have done it again! They have created another challenge for us to participate in, and of course, even if I don’t really like to plan ahead, I want to participate! The sense of community for these challenges is so strong, and I love checking up on other bloggers throughout the year. This challenge is a little different, though. We decide in advance what books to read, and the challenge lasts for the whole year 2015. There are more details, as well as all the rules over at Fantasy is More Fun and Because Reading is Better than Real Life.
The main gist of The Reading Assignment Challenge is that we choose 12, 24, 36 or 48 books in advance that we will read during 2015. We have to read the same amount of books each month (if you choose level 2, 24 books, you need to read and review two books from your list each month). Because I truly have too many books on my kindle and on my shelves that have been collecting dust for a while, I’m going to go with level 5 which means 48 books, or 4 books per month for 2015.
My Reading Assignment Challenge list:
And I really hope I don’t have to read this books in the same order as I mention them here… Because that would probably not be possible for me at all!
- Unhinged (Splintered #2) by A.G. Howard
- Married Lovers by Jackie Collins
- Forgotten Sins (Sin Brothers #1) by Rebecca Zanetti
- The Archived (The Archived #1) by Victoria Schwab
- Shakespeare’s Landlord (Lily Bard #1) by Charlaine Harris
- The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles #3) by Anne Rice
- The Host (The Host #1) by Stephenie Meyer
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- Isprincessan (Patrick Häderström #1) by Camilla Läckberg
- Fair Game (Alpha & Omega #3) by Patricia Briggs
- Evermore (The Immortals #1) by Alyson Noel
- Jacob (Nightwalker #1) by Jacquelyn Frank
- Les Enfants de la Liberté by Marc Lévy
- Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones
- The Iron Hunt (Hunter Kiss #1) by Marjorie M. Liu
- Devil’s Punch (Corine Solomon #4) by Ann Aguirre
- Original Sin (Personal Demons #2) by Lisa Desrochers
- Double Play (Pacific Heat #1) by Jill Shalvis
- Embracing the Wolf by Felicity Heaton
- Samson’s Lovely Mortal (Scanguards Vampires #1) by Tina Folsom
- Hex Hall (Hex Hall #1) by Rachel Hawkins
- Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock #1) by Faith Hunter
- Hunted by the Others (H&W Investigations #1) by Jess Haines
- Once Bitten Twice Shy (Jaz Parks #1) by Jennifer Rardin
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
- Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels #7) by Ilona Andrews
- Talon (Talon #1) by Julie Kagawa
- Girl of Nightmares (Anna #2) by Kendare Blake
- The Fallen Star (Fallen Star #1) by Jessica Sorensen
- World After (Penryn & The End of Days) by Susan Ee
- Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer
- Obsidian (Lux #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater
- Rapture (The Fallen Angels #4) by J.R. Ward
- Kinslayer (Lotus War #2) by Jay Kristoff
- Tempt the Stars (Cassandra Palmer #6) by Karen Chance
- Soul Walker (Touched Girl #1) by Robyn Jones
- Clutch (I am Just Junco #1) by J.A. Huss
- Reaver (Lords of Deliverance #5) by Larissa Ione
- Born of Fury (The League #7) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Archangel’s Legion (Guild Hunter #6) by Nalini Singh
- A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cove #2) by Tessa Dare
- Darkhouse (Experiment in Terror #1) by Karina Halle
- Night’s Darkest Embrace by Jeaniene Frost
- Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8) by Patricia Briggs
- Biting Bad (Chicagoland Vampires #8) by Chloe Neill
- The Boys of Summer (Summer #1) by C. J. Duggan
- The Angel (Original Sinners #2) by Tiffany Reisz
Wow, that actually wasn’t all that difficult – I guess the fact that I have around 800 books on my kindle helps quite a bit, eh? So, are you joining in the 2015 Reading Assignment Challenge? I’m sure we’ll have a lot of fun, because Michelle and Berls are truly fantastic hosts, and the bloggers who participate in their challenges are awesome, too.
About Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms
Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.
I knew something great was coming! 😉 I missed the details being offline most of last week. But I will absolutely being doing this challenge. It will fit in nicely with the Read What You Own challenge! *haha* And COYER! Gosh, I may actually make a dent in the ~1400 (I have multiple ereaders!) I have on my shelves. Oh, I can I read some of those on my physical shelves as well, huh?!?
I’m happy you’re participating, Lexxie. It will be fun and I know you’ll accomplish your goal. 🙂
Yes, it will work towards COYER, too, I have to make sure that the four books I choose from this list for January also work for COYER, if not I won’t be able to read as much of those books as I wanted.
And yes, physical shelves work, too! I had so many to choose from it almost felt too bad to ‘only’ choose 48 ha!
These are all books I really look forward to reading, so hopefully, I’ll be able to reach my goal, Brandee 🙂 I look forward to seeing your list soon!
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Wow, that number works for you cause your a pretty fast reader. 🙂 I am thinking of doing the two books a month and will be making my list after work today. :)Good luck with your reading assignment!
I look forward to seeing your list, then, Stormi! And I’m really happy you’re participating in this challenge as well 🙂
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Woot! Thanks for joining us – you most certainly DO NOT have to read them in any order 😉 I see several there that I want to read. I was scared, but once I made my list I was like ok, I really do want to read these, S it shouldn’t be too hard! We’ll see and have fun along the way!
I really want to read all this books, too, Berls. They have been on my kindle or my shelf for quite a while, but then I got caught in the net of ARCs and other new releases and left these poor stories to collect dust instead of enjoying them.
Oooh, great list! The Host is one of my all-time favorites so I hope you love it too! 😀
I have no idea why I haven’t read The Host before now, I’ve owned the book since it was released. I’m glad to know it’s one of your all-time favorites, Angie!
That’s some list! A few of those I have read and think you will enjoy them. Others, I am looking forward to your reviews to see if I will add them to my list or not. 🙂
Happy reading!
Yeah, I figured I have all these books, and this is a good way to help me to read them, Xyra 🙂
I hope we don’t have to read them in the order we listed them either! I hate reading books in the same series next to each other sometimes, I think it interferes with writing a review just about one book!
We don’t have to read them in order, Laura, Michelle has answered me over on her own sign-up post 🙂
World After!! I really hope you love it!
I hope so, too, Lyn! I really loved the first in this series, and I really don’t know why it’s taken me so long to continue.
I think I am going to join this challenge as well, but it’s goign to be difficult as I am a mood reader and the thought of choosing a book I am going to read in a year just seems daunting. I will have to think about it some more.
You have a great line up of books to read next year! I have read The Host and really enjoyed it. If only read a few of the books listed here, although I have heard of quite some. I hope it’s going to be a fun challenge and you get all these books read!
btw I like how you tweaked your blog design a bit, I like the two column design. Your tweaks gave me the motivations to make some tweaks to my own design as well. The Tweak Me theme is so fun to play around with!
I think the fact that the books are chosen for the year, and not in a particular order is going to help me, Lola. Especially because I only have to read four of those books per month, and I usually read five or six books every week. I think I’ll stil be able to be a mood-reader that way 🙂
I hope you’ll decide to sign up!
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Good for you! I could not do 48 just 12 has me in a bit of a panic. Good Luck with this challenge! I am so excited about it 🙂
I think because I read five or six books every week, deciding on four in advance every week wasn’t too difficult for me, and all these books have been on my kindle for a very long time 🙂
This is a great list and we have some of the same series on our lists!! It was hard to narrow down the list because there are so many books I want to read lol. Good luck and I hope you enjoy all these books!!
I agree, Kathy! It was very difficult to narrow it down, but all of these books have been on my kindle for ages! And I really want to read them all – I just need to figure out how to fit them in and when 🙂