The Challenge:
- For readers to read retellings of stories we know well from their chosen level in 2016:
- You must share your thoughts/reviews on the retellings you read for the book to count. You can post anywhere: your blog, Goodreads, Amazon, YouTube, Tumblr, etc.
- Join whenever, but before 31st December 2016, obviously.
- You can read any retellings you want, they do not need to be recent releases to count.
- There won't be any giveaways, this challenge is just for fun!
- Use the hashtag #RetellingsRC2016 so we can follow your participation in the challenge!
- You can read retellings of any of the following (if I've left anything out, please let me know!):
- Classics & Children's Classics
- Fairy Tales
- Myths and Legends
- Folk Tales
- I will also accept prequels/sequels - I.E. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige is a sequel series to The Wizard of Oz, and would count.
- Feel free to re-read any retellings! They will also count, as long as you review them somewhere.
- All age categories are accepted; middle grade/young fiction, YA, NA, adult.
- All books count; physical books, audiobooks, eBooks.
- ARCs/Proofs count, as do self-published books.
- Write a blog post or page/record a video about your participation in the challenge (if you're using Goodreads, Amazon, or any other platform that doesn't allow you to do this, in the link up below, just link to your public profile.)
- If you wish, in that post/page/video you can compile a list of retellings that you hope to read and review for the challenge - but this isn't compulsory. Also, the titles you list do not have to be set in stone. If you'd like some inspiration, Goodreads has a number of lists on retellings you can browse.
- Fill out the InLinkz form below. If you have a blog/channel, please make sure the link you add goes directly to your sign up post and has your blog/channel name as the title. If you're participating via Goodreads or Amazon, etc, as the title please put your "screename @ platform" - I.E. If I was participating via Goodreads, I would put "Jo @ Goodreads".
- As you review the books, update the monthly link up pages with a link to your review.
I'm not brilliant at thinking up all the information required for a reading challenge, so I used the sign up pages of That Artsy Reader Girl's Debut Author Challenge 2015 & Fluttering Butterflies' British Books Challenge 2015 sign up pages as guides. Thank you, ladies, for your awesome sign up pages!
Ooh, I'm tempted but I'll need to think about it! :P I'm doing Mel's retelling challenge this year and I don't know if I'll have enough books I want to read for next year. I MEAN THEY ALWAYS MAKE MORE. But still. hehe. I love how yours is all the retellings instead of just fairy tales though! :D
ReplyDeleteThat's ok! :) It'll be great to have you on board, but I understand if there aren't enough books, haha!
DeleteDefinitely taking part! Will do my post hopefully by the end of the month :)
ReplyDeleteMeant to say I absolutely adore retellings at the moment, have various in ebook and audiobook format. Roll on 2016! I'm going to go for the Hard option, ^o^
ReplyDeleteAwesome, thanks Jessica! Looking forward to reading your reviews! :)
DeleteI'm in. Here is my sign up post on my blog:
ReplyDeletehttp://jannghi.blogspot.com/2015/10/my-first-challenge-ive-signed-up-for.html
And please check out the challenge I'm hosting next year on my blog.
Hi Jamie, sorry, there was an error with my link-up, but I've now added you to the widget! Thank you for signing up! :) I'll check out your challenge too.
DeleteHi Jo,
ReplyDeletePosted all about this at my place. Looking forward to some great reading. Have a great day!
Awesome, thanks, Sherrie! Good luck with the challenge! :)
DeleteThis will get me reading a whole new genre! rmmercer@goodreads.
ReplyDeleteHi Rebecca, thanks for signing up! However, you're supposed to link to your Goodreads page in the link up above.
DeleteTo be honest, I am not sure how to link from goodreads, doing some research on it now. Have a great day, hope to be linked up soon.
DeleteYou go to your profile on Goodreads (click on your photo in the top right-hand corner), and copy the URL - the web address to your profile in the address bar at the top of the screen, and that's the link you use in the link you use. Hope that's helpful! :)
DeleteI'm signing up! I'll pick the Medium option! <3 https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13734129.Julia_Ember
ReplyDeleteThanks for signing up, Julia! :)
DeleteAll signed up!
ReplyDeleteAwesome, thank you! Good luck!
DeleteWill you be doing this again next year?
ReplyDeleteI will be! I'm currently in talks with publishers about sponsoring monthly giveaways next year, to make the challenge even more exciting! :)
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