#FreeReadsWeek reading challenge!

If you're anything like me, you've been downloading free books onto your ereader for years and acquired a pretty hefty stack of unread books. I wanted to dedicate a week to reading as many of these free books as possible in a week, and thought you guys might like to join me.

The challenge takes place 15th July - 21 July

Begin reading whenever it's 00:00 in your time zone. For me it runs from 00:00 GMT on 15th July to 11:59 GMT on 21st July.

The rules are simple:

Read as many free books as you're capable of

This includes books you got during a free promotion and permafree books

Post as many reviews as you can! If you don't have a blog, twitter reviews, Goodreads, and Instagram are all awesome!

(Reviews are massively important to indie authors and help readers find these books, even when they're as short as one line, but if you're not able to write a review please at least rate the book on the retailer you purchased from.)

Use the hashtag #FreeReadsWeek whenever possible

And feel free to save the above banner and share it

Let me know if you're joining me!

~Saruuh

2015 challenges

I promised myself a few months ago that I wouldn't join too many challenges in 2015, but I already have two that I'm taking part in and it's bound to get worse from here on out. As long as the challenges don't force me to deviate from my two 2015 goals (conquer the TBR mountain, and whittle down my review copies) I figure I'm good to join.

Here are the challenges I plan to do in 2015:

Syntax Reading Bingo 2015

This is a bingo I put together myself because I am obsessed with them. I tried to include elements of every genre. If you want to join this bingo, just save the image above and get reading! Tweet your progress to @luxguardians or leave a comment below.

COLUMN ONE

Romance:

Magic:

Dystopia:

Undead/Zombies:

COLUMN TWO

Gothic:

Free Square:

Fairy Tales:

Fantasy World:

COLUMN THREE

Badass Protagonist:

Murder:

Free Square:

Aliens:

COLUMN FOUR

Angels:

Vampires:

Mystery:

Shape-Shifters:

Fairy Tale Challenge 2015

The challenge runs from January 1st – December 31st 2015.


The goal is to read fairytale retellings, but if you want you can also pick other retellings. It’s up to you what you count as a fairytale. Here are a couple of books you can pick from: my bookshelf with fairytale retellings and Fairytale lists on Listopia. You can read Middle Grade, Young Adult and Adult books for this challenge. 


There are 6 different levels you can aim for:

-Prince Charming: 1 – 4 books.
-Magic mirror: 5 - 9 books.
-Big bad wolf: 10 – 15 books.
-The wise princess: 16 – 20 books.
-Wicked fairy Godmother: 21 – 25 books.
-Bluebeard: you are killing it! 26+ books.

Going on the fairy tale books I read this year (5) this is the level for me. I'm aiming for 9 in 2015!

Monthly Key Word Challenge 2015

Rules:
The title you choose can be a variation on one of the key words. For example- your title could include the word 'snowing' or 'snowflake' even though the key word is 'snow.'

Key words can be tweaked. For example- You could read "Cinder" or "Ashes" for the key word 'Fire' and that would be just fine. If the key word is 'family' then your title could include the word 'sister' or 'mother.'If the key word is 'food' then your title could include the word 'cake.'

MONTHLY KEY WORDS:

JAN- Bird, Girl, Ever, Silence, Bad, Truth, End    

FEB- Key, Water, Lie, Chase, And, Once      

MAR- KInd, Face, Power, City, Blue, Night, To

APR- Dream, Prince, Long, Wind, Rose, The, Rock

MAY- Ash, Road, Thief, Bend, In, Far

JUN- My, Together, Whisper, Win, Soul, Sleep

JUL- Sun, Unto, Energy, Fate, High, Look

AUG- Fall, Boy, Glass, Heart, Lost, Now

SEP- Color, Touch, Life, Day, How, Sweet

OCT- Ghost, Home, Beach, Away, Test, Number

NOV- Rise, Holiday, And, Little, Call, Dark

DEC- Space, Mirror, Over, Flower, Trap, Cold