'The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.'- The Awakening by Kate Chopin
the 2009 challenge has begun!
I've been wanting to do a reading challenge for a while now and after giving it some thought I came up with a theme.
I hope other bloggers might be interested. I haven't seen any romance themed reading challenges, and I enjoy reading this genre so I'm doing a 'Romance Reading Challenge'. It's easy. You just choose 5 Romance Novels and read them in 2008.
Read on for the 'rules'. This challenge runs from January 1-December 1.
1. Now, "Romance" isn't limited to steamy Harlequin novels. There is a huge selection of books in this category such as contemporary romance,
historical romance, romantic suspense and paranormal romance to name a few. As long as the story has romantic love between the two main characters your selection will fit this challenge. The novels do not need to have a happy ending either, there can also be unrequited love.
Here are just a few examples for this challenge.
Rebellion by Nora Roberts
Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Stephenie Meyer's 'Twilight'
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 1) by J.R. Ward
A Hunger Like No Other (The Immortals After Dark Series, Book 1) by Kresley Cole
Thrill of the Knight by Julia Latham
2. 
Choose at least 5 novels read them sometime in 2008.
You can change your choices at any time.
3. Read them at your own pace in 2008 then come here and post the link to your review(s). This challenge runs from January 1-December 1.
4. Link your "RRC" choices here with any of these graphics:
http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/2007/10/romance-reading-challenge.html
5. Ready? Please leave a comment to this post also if you are joining us, in case 'mr. linky' ever goes down.
I will be having prize drawings with this challenge:
click here for the first prize giveaway!
click here for the second givewaway...
participants (sign ups are closed, stay tuned for the next sign up, coming December 2008):
reviews so far:
POST the link to your reviews below!
