Don't Fear The Reader, Halloween book bingo!!

IT'S SPOOPY SEASON!!! (Or, if you're not weird, spooky season.) HELLA COOL BLOGGER AMBER-ELISE AND I HAVE COLLABORATED ON A HALLOWEEN BOOKISH BINGO. AND ALSO NO I WILL NOT CEASE WRITING IN ALL CAPS.

Well, okay fine, sentence case it is. (But just know, I am literally vibrating with excitement!!)

This bingo runs the month of October, and everyone can join. Read as many books as you like - aim for a line! I'm aiming for two because I have no limit. The bingo squares range from serial killer to paranormal to murder mystery, and I'll bet you can find a bunch of books on your to-be-read shelves that coordinate with some of them. So round up your spooky reads, save/print out/post on your blog this bingo card, and join us!

There'll be more things celebrating Halloween posted through the month (which I'm bound to RT, so follow me on Twitter), and I'll be scheduling a couple posts to mark my progress and to shout my love of a certain witchy Halloween film. October's gonna be fun.

Tweet me or comment if you join, and have fun!

~Saruuh

Halloween bingo + signups

Breaking news: I have an addiction to bingos. Actually this is probably not news. It's probably pretty obvious by now. But that's beside the point. I have created the ultimate of reading bingos: the Halloween bingo.

I took nine spooky things, put them in a square, and made them bookish. Feel free to share this on whatever social media is your thing and cajole your friends into joining.

Ghost

A book with ghosts

Witch

A book with witches

House

A book with a haunted (or creepy) house

Gravestones

A book with the dead (reanimated corpses, zombies etc.)

Spiderweb

Free square

Moon and Star

A gothic novel

Cat

A book with animals (shifters count for this square)

Bats

A horror novel

666

A book with a number in the title

Info:

This challenge runs from 1st October to 31st October

You can read absolutely anything, any genre, any age bracket, as long as it matches the square.

You can participate even if you don't have a blog - just tweet or tumblr or instagram your progress. (use the hashtag #halloweenbookbingo)

Sign ups close never.

Link up your progress on 31st October (check back here for the post) so everyone can see how you did.

Add your sign up post (or tweet) in the comments below, and if you've got any questions, just ask. I look forward to seeing all your spoooky reads!

~Saruuh

Challenges galore!

Is it already halfway through April? What is happening to this year - it's just flying. I thought, since the first quarter of the year has passed, that I'd write an update on my reading challenges. 

At the beginning of the year I took on five challenges - two reading bingos, two of my own goal challenges, and a challenge over at Worlds Without End. I think I'm doing pretty great so far. While I may be behind on my overall goal, I'm much better than I thought I would be on the individual challenges.

Bingo 1

This is one of the challenges I think I'm doing pretty awesome with. Not to brag or anything. I've read 9 books towards it and have completed about a quarter ish, if my maths is correct (which it probably is not...) so I'm on track to finish on time.

Here are the books I've read:

The Immortal Rules | Julie Kagawa

Sworn To Raise | Terah Edun

The Castle Behind Thorns | Merrie Haskell

Rebel | Amy Tintera

Proxy | Alex London

Fragile Eternity | Melissa Marr

Radiant Shadows | Melissa Marr

Stolen Songbird | Danielle. L. Jensen

Black Dog | Rachel Neumeier

Bingo 2

11 books down!! Only 13 to go. This is by far my favourite bingo of all time. Each square is different and inventive. Here are the books I've read:

The Murder Complex | Lindsay Cummings

Riot | Sarah Mussi

The Blood List | Sarah Naughton

Ignite Me | Tahereh Mafi

Altered | Jennifer Rush

The Vanishing Season | Jodi Lynn Anderson

Daughter of Smoke and Bone | Laini Taylor

Infinityglass | Myra McEntire

The Gathering Dark | Leigh Bardugo

Days of Blood and Starlight | Laini Taylor

The Winner's Curse | Marie Rutkoski

Science Fiction challenge

This is one of the goals I set for myself. I want to read 10 sci fi books by the end of the year. So far I have read:

1 - Infinityglass | Myra McEntire

2 - Erased | Jennifer Rush
3 - Rebel | Amy Tintera
4 - The Murder Complex | Lindsay Cummings

Dystopia challenge

Another challenge I set for myself to make myself actually read the dystopic books on my shelves, specifically 25 books. As you can see, I'm doing shit on this challenge. Here's what I've read:

1 - Riot | Sarah Mussi

2 - Ignite Me | Tahereh Mafi

3 - The Immortal Rules | Julie Kagawa
4 - Proxy | Alex London

Women writers of genre fiction challenge

I haven't done so good with this one, mostly because there's only a few specific women writers listed on the Worlds Without End database and the books I've been writing aren't listed. But I have read:

1 - Laini Taylor (Daughter of Smoke & Bone)

2 - Leigh Bardugo (The Gathering Dark, A.K.A. Shadow & Bone)

General stats:

Books read as of 20/4: 21

Did not finish: 6

Series started: 9

Series completed: 4

Favourite so far: Daughter of Smoke & Bone / Days of Blood & Starlight | Laini Taylor

Least favourite so far: The Blood List | Sarah Naughton