2015 New Release Challenge

The 2015 New Release Challenge is a year-long challenge in which we aim to read books released in 2015.  I am lucky enough to have an awesome co-host for the New Release Challenge, Stormi @ Books, Movies, Reviews Oh My! is here to share both the fun and the burden 😉 We have decided that there will be giveaways and linkups all through the year, as well as some read-a-thons and twitter parties to keep us motivated.

In 2014, I read 150 ARCs, many of those were 2014 releases, but I also read quite a few of my favorite authors’ new releases, too, but there was no challenge to help cheer me on, make sure I wrote my reviews, and generally gave me a boost for continuing to read and review all the books I read. This is why I wanted a New Release Challenge, and I searched high and wide for one. After a while of google-fu, I found one, but it’s not exactly the way I wanted my challenge to be, however it is still inspired  by Olivia at Book Comet: 2015 New Releases Reading Challenge. And her challenge might be 100% the way you want a New Release Challenge to be.

The rules for the 2015 New Book Release Challenge are simple:

• Books has to be read and reviewed in 2015, and the book has to be released in 2015
• Other challenges can be used as well, if you are participating in the Netgalley / Edelweiss challenge or in the COYER challenge, books can count towards more than one challenge, as long as the ones you use for the 2015 New Release Reading Challenge qualify.
• The minimum length for a book to qualify is 130 pages, it can be in any format though, physical, e-book, ARC or audiobook.

There are four levels  in the New Book Release Challenge:

1. 1-15 books per year – New Release Newbie
2. 16-30 books per year – New Release Pro
3. 31-45 books per year – New Release Veteran
4. +45 books per year – New Release Enthusiast

To make the 2015 New Book Release Challenge both fun and motivating, there will be monthly giveaways, as well as some possible read-a-thons and twitter parties. To sign up, please link your sign-up post in the linky in my sign-up post, and also make sure you use the monthly linky for your reviews, as that will be the way the giveaway winner will be chosen.

Also, if you’re not sure where you can find out about new releases, I have a Goodreads 2015 Releases shelf to help you get started.

Here’s a list of books I have read for the 2015 New Release Challenge so far this year:

1. Golden Son by Pierce Brown
2. Never Never by Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher
3. Hard Knocks by Lori Foster
4. Flirting with Disaster by Victoria Dahl
5. Three, Two, One by J. A. Huss
6. Burned by Karen Marie Moning
7. Soulprint by Megan Miranda
8. Monday's Lie by Jamie Mason
9. I Was Here by Gayle Forman
10. The Hurricane by R.J. Prescott
11. What a Lady Requires by Ashlyn MacNamara
12. Riding Steele by Opal Carew
13. This Heart of Mine by Brenda Novak
14. Winter's Wolf by Tara Lain
15. Rock Hard by Nalini Singh
16. Holding Strong by Lori Foster
17. Confess by Colleen Hoover
18. Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs
19. Songs Unfinished by Holly Stratimore
20. Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti
21. Cursed by Fire by Jacquelyn Frank
22. Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos
23. Made for You by Melissa Marr
24. Cursed by Ice by Jacquelyn Frank
25. Meet Me in the Dark by J. A. Huss
26. Seduced by Helena Newbury
27. None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio
28. Coming Home by Annabel Kantaria
29. Still the One by Jill Shalvis
30. Uncovering Ray by Edie Danford
31. The Life and Death of Sophie Stark by Anna North
32. Conflicted by Helena Newbury
33. With a Twist by Sawyer Bennett
34. Can't Resist a Cowboy by Elizabeth Otto
35. How to Plan a Wedding for a Royal Spy by Vanessa Kelly
36. Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry
37. Becoming Rain by K. A. Tucker
38. Zack by Sawyer Bennett
39. Rogue by Julie Kagawa
40. Protective Instinct by Katie Reus
41. A SEAL's Pleasure by Tawny Weber
42. Lawless in Leather by Melanie Scott
43. Can't Always Get What You Want by Chelsey Krause
44. Bad Ex Karma by Donna Cummings
45. Paperweight by Meg Haston
46. My Cowboy Promises by Z.A. Maxfield
47. Wicked Ride by Rebecca Zanetti
48. Wasted Lust by J. A. Huss
49. A Buckhorn Summer by Lori Foster
50. The Major's Faux Fiancee by Erica Ridley
51. Sworn to Protect by Katie Reus
52. Undertow by Michael Buckley
53. The Canterbury Sisters by Kim Wright
54. Shades of Treason by Sandy Williams
55. Resonance by Erica O'Rourke
56. Tough Love by Lori Foster
57. The One Thing by Marci Lyn Curtis