So Berls @ Fantasy is more fun and I are at it again… This time it was my fault! But Berls thought it was a great idea, so she totally enabled. We have a month long challenge for you and if you’re doing COYER it will be a great way to sprint in to the end of COYER. So…
Can You Read a Series in a Month?
Remember the days before book blogging, when you didn’t have a COLOSSAL list of books to read, because you didn’t know about all of them yet? When you discovered a great series and literally just gobbled it up because you had no review book commitments and, quite often, nothing else to read anyway? When you didn’t know about a series until long after it was published from beginning to end and you COULD just binge read the whole thing? Wouldn’t it be fun to do that again? Not to mention, I KNOW you have a least half a dozen series you’ve been dying to read and just haven’t made time for. Which is why Berls and I are challenging you to read an ENTIRE series in a month.
The Rules
- Pick 1 series. Yes, just 1. Announce which series you’ve picked on your sign up post.
- Read EVERY book in the series. You don’t have to read novellas or short stories, just the core books.
- Read them all between 12am (your time) August 1st and 11:59pm (your time) August 31st. They MUST be marked (on Goodreads) as started and finished in the month of August to count.
- Enjoy bragging to everyone about how you’re all caught up on whatever series you read (AKA – have fun)!
The Nitty Gritty / Inevitable questions
Here’s some questions that we’ve anticipated (and asked each other as we figured it out) and we can update this section as we get more questions (assuming there will be).
- Q: Can I read more than 1 series?
- I know we have some reading over-achievers out there who want to do more. Go ahead, we’ll cheer you on, but there’s no bonus points or higher levels for reading more than 1.
- Q:How many books constitutes a series?
- We’re going to say 3 published books – so if it’s a trilogy it counts. If you want to take on a 40 book series, be our guest. And good luck!
- Q: Can I have started the series?
- You can’t reread an ENTIRE series. But if you have less than three books remaining in a series (so 2 or 1) you may reread 1 or 2 books, so that you’re reading 3 books. For example, if you’ve read 3 books in a 5 book series, you could reread 1 book and then read the 2 unread books, bring your total to three.
- Q: Does the entire series have to be published and complete?
- No. But there must be at least 3 books published for it to count (or if you’ve already read 1 book, 4 published). So if there’s going to be six books, but only 4 are published and you’ve read the first one, it counts. So if it’s a trilogy that not yet complete, that wouldn’t count.
The giveaway!
Bragging rights! Nah, just kidding. We will be awarding $5 Gift Cards to Amazon, selected randomly from everyone who successfully completes the challenge. I think I MAY be able to make a “I Read a Series in a Month logos” too, to help with the bragging. π
Sign up and Grab our Button!
So it’s time to sign up! We just need to you make a simple sign up post (on your blog, Goodreads, Facebook, etc) declaring your intention to participate and letting us know what series you will be reading. I’ll have my sign up post next week if you need an example… I have to decide which series I’m going to pick of the MANY I’m considering!
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Ooh, I might try this. Just have to see what series I haven’t already started that would work! Great idea!
I’m in!!!! I love challenges
Alrighty! I finally narrowed down my backup series selection (for that possible “just in case”), but to be totally honest, I really am looking forward to reading my main chosen series! Thanks for hosting another one!
Yay!! I have to come check what you picked. I am actually getting excited for mine also π
Oooh! I might do this just for the logo. Will it say “I read a series in a month and survived” or will it say “I read a series in a month and all I got was this logo.” or something else…lolololol
Now that you brought it up, that might possibly be what it says. It might even say “I read a series in a month and this is my bragging right”
*groans* the few series I’m not more or less up to date on I have read much more than one book in… and the new series I have started only have two books published so far. I’m going to have to search! Because bragging rights π
Bragging rights are the most important reason for joining π all those series, I’m sure you can find something π
You guys and your challenges. π
This was totally my fault
it usually is :p
Okay, I officially signed up…lol. Now I hope I can read all three in one month…not did many series reads back to back. π
Me either but you know I like to make things a challenge π
This is a great idea. I wish you guys well. I’m already doing a different series challenge to finish up a series and I’m down to the last three books to be caught up. Feels good. π