A Challenge To Read More... Annual A to Z Author Challenge 2015

Since joining Goodreads.com I have found many “new to me” authors and series.

As my regular followers will know, I took the site’s general “2014 Reading Challenge” and have signed up again this year. In addition to that I decided to sign up for a few reading challenges that the groups I belong to set.

The group “Who’s Your Author” discusses your favourite PNR (Paranormal Romance) and UF (Urban Fantasy) writers. Including but not limited to: Kelley Armstrong, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jim Butcher, Laurell K. Hamilton, Patricia Briggs, Karen Chance, Lilith Saintcrow, Lynsay Sands, Keri Arthur, Jennifer Rardin, Kimberly Raye, Christine Feehan, Jacquelyn Frank, Ilona Andrews, Karen Marie Moning, Kim Harrison, J.R. Ward, and Charlaine Harris. It's always fun to find out about new authors and give yourself more books to read!

This group also has a Book of the Month and an Author of the Month. While no one is required to participate in these activities, it exposes people to new authors and books and gives people the opportunity to try new things.

So, this post is all about the annual reading challenge that the “Who’s Your Author” group have set for the whole of this year…

WYA 2015 A-Z Author Challenge

Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Read: 26 books
Rules: Use authors' first or last names. You cannot use middle initials. For the letter "X", any author with the letter X in his/her name is acceptable including initials.

You can sign up anytime, and you can backdate books if you know when you finished it, as long as it was done in the year 2015.

A – Annie Bellet – Justice Calling (The Twenty-Sided Sorceress #1)
B – K.F. Breene – Jonas (Darkness #7)
C – Carmen DeSousa – The Library: Where Life Checks Out
D - Dianne Duvall - Phantom Shadows (Immortal Guardians #3)
E - Elizabeth Naughton – Marked (Eternal Guardians #1)
F - Felicity Heaton - Tempted by a Rogue Prince (Eternal Mates #3)
G – Rose Gluck – Triptych: Delusions of Love (Short Affair Series #3)
H - Elizabeth Hunter - Shadows and Gold (Elemental Legacy #0.5)
I – Ilona Andrews – Of Swine and Roses
J - Tenaya Jayne  - Forbidden Forest (The Legends of Regia #1)
K – Kevin Hearne – Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles #1)
L – Jane Lovering – Hubble Bubble
M – William Massa – Fear the Light: Who Murdered Dracula?
N – Neil Gaiman - Stardust
O – John O’Riley – Grumpy Old Wizards
P – Terry Pratchett – Sourcery (Discworld Novel #5)
Q – Gladys Quintal – Man Of My Dreams (The Dream #1)
R – Stephanie Rowe – Darkness Unleashed (Order of the Blade #7)
S – Miranda Stork – Vigilante of Shadows (Scarlet Rain #1)
T – Teresa Gabelman - Slade (The Protectors #6)
U – Simon Kurt Unsworth - Mami Wata (Mammoth Books presents...)
V – Victoria Danann – My Familiar Stranger (Knights of Black Swan #1)
W – Linda Welch – Along Came A Demon (Whisperings #1)
X – Kate Baxter – The Last True Vampire (Last True Vampire #1)
Y – Samantha Young – Drip Drop Teardrop
Z – Rebecca Zanetti – Scorpius Rising (The Scorpius Syndrome prequel)

So, have you read any books written by these authors? 
I am a happy girl because I found a new favourite author or two working my way through this challenge!! You can click on any of the authors' names above and you'll be taken to their website in a new tab.

Oh, and after I read each of the above books, I posted a little review on Goodreads, if you want to know what I thought of them click here.

A challenge to read more... Reading Rainbow (Part 1)

Since joining Goodreads.com I have found many “new to me” authors and series. I took the site’s general “2014 Reading Challenge” and have signed up again this year. In addition to that I decided to sign up for a few reading challenges that the groups I belong to have set it’s members. This post is all about the annual reading challenge that the “Urban Fantasy” Group have set for the whole of this year (2015)…

Reading Rainbow Yearly Challenge

Your goal: 7 to 38 books, depending on your level
 
Duration: January 1 – December 31, 2015 (Honestly, I originally designed this to be an open-ended challenge that would take however long you need to complete it. So if December rolls around and we’re still not done, we could roll it over into next year.)
 
The rules:
- This challenge is divided into four parts. You may choose to do all parts or only one, two or three parts.
- The books may be from any genre, unless specified otherwise in a category.
- Re-reads are allowed as are books used for other challenges.
- You may post your list up front or as you go and you may make changes as you go.
 
Choose your level:
Fingerpaint – Any one part
Watercolour – Any two parts
Acrylic – Any three parts
Oil – All four parts


PART ONE ~ 7 books
 
Roy G. Biv is an acronym for the order of colours in a rainbow. For each letter, read a book in which the title, series name, or author’s name (first or last) begins with that letter  

R: Stephanie Rowe – Darkness Arisen (Order of the Blade #6)
O: Olivia Hardin – Trolling for Trouble
Y: Samantha Young – Drip Drop Teardrop
G: Teresa Gabelman – Duncan (The Protectors #3)
B: Lexi Blake – Steal the Light (Thieves #1)
I: Ilona Andrews – Of Swine and Roses
V: Victoria Danann – My Familiar Stranger (Knights of Black Swan #1)

Have you read any of the above books? I decided to focus on the name of the authors in this part and as always you can see my reviews on Goodreads, some I really liked and some not as much but I love the idea of challenges as they make you source books that you may miss if left to your own devises, a favourite author, book or series could be just around the corner.....

I will post more as I complete each section with the tag/label #ReadingRainbowYearlyChallenge2015 to make it easier for you to find the relevant posts - part 2 is all about the colours of the front covers....
 

Urban Fantasy Group's Reading Rainbow Challenge 2015

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