2024 Challenges

CHALLENGE 1: 2024 Series Enders Reading Challenge

Levels: (how many series enders you are planning to read)

Level 1: 1 – 5
Level 2: 5 – 10
Level 3: 10 – 15
Level 4: 15+

If you have any questions, please contact us at: Sandy's Email or Holly's Email or comment on one of the Series Enders blog posts on either or both of our websites.

To join the challenge:

1. Write a blog post about joining the 2024 Series Enders Reading Challenge on your blog. For those of you who would like to participate but don’t have a blog, post about it on Facebook or Twitter.
2. In your post, please include: the button, a link back to the sign up page, a link to both Somewhere Only We Know and Words Fueled by Love, the level you hope to achieve, and (optional) a list of the series you hope to complete.
3. Place the button for the challenge in your sidebar (use the “grab this code” at the bottom of the post here).
4. Link up in the linky using the direct link to your post/tweet/etc.

Aiming for 5 10 series!

1. Roar of the Tides by Veronica Rossi (Under the Never Sky) [January]
2. Destroy the Day by Brigid Kemmerer (Defy the Night)  [January]
3. Midnight Beauties by Megan Shepherd (Grim Lovelies)  [February]
4. A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair (Hades & Persephone)  [March]
5. Synchronized Sorcery by Juliet Blackwell (Witchcraft Mystery)  [April]
6. Against the Darkness by Kendare Blake (In Every Generation)  [April]
7. Dark Stars by Danielle Rollins (Dark Star)  [May]
8. Wicked Ever After by Delilah S. Dawson (Blud)  [June]
9. The Scent of Salt & Sand by Kristin Cast & P.C. Cast (The Escaped)  [July]
10. These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan (These Hollow Vows)  [July]

 

 

 

CHALLENGE 2: 2024 Discussion Challenge

• Create a sign-up post announcing your intention to participate and link up below. There’s no need to say what your discussion posts will be about–just tell us you’re joining and let us know your goal. (Can be in an update post or a post with other challenges–you’re not required to make a completely separate sign-up post.)
• Please link back to both challenge hosts and include the challenge button in your sign-up posts. Feel free to also link back in your actual discussions (we appreciate it, so more people can find us!), but that’s not required.
• The challenge runs from January 1st until December 31st, 2023. Sign-ups will remain open through December 28th, 2023. So, you can basically sign up all year long. Come join us!
• Share it! The more people we get to participate in this, the more awesome discussions we can all be a part of and the more fun it will be! So, invite your friends to join us!
• On the 1st of every month, a link-up will go up on both Feed Your Fiction Addiction and It Starts at Midnight where you’ll leave your links for that month’s discussions. Every month, I’ll update the Discussion Challenge widget in the sidebar with the new post–so you’ll always know where to find the latest link-up!
• There will also be a big yearly giveaway–multiple winners for multiple things!–so do keep entering and checking back!
• Use the hashtag #LetsDiscuss2023 to share your progress and connect with other participants on Twitter
  

 

 

The Levels:

1-10 – Discussion Dabbler
11-20 – Creative Conversationalist
21-30 – Chatty Kathy
31-40 – Terrifically Talkative
41+ – Gift of the Gab

 

1. Authors Changing Genres  [January]
2. Inspiration from Books  [January]
3. Ignorance is Bliss  [January]
4. Prolonged Sequels  [January]
5. Name Challenge  [January]
6. 15th Blogoversary Post  [January]
7. When Authors Go Silent  [February]
8. Things That Keep Me From Reading  [February]
9. Writing Discussion Posts  [February]
10. Deserted Island Reads  [February]
11. Signing Personalizations  [February]
12. Cover Appeal, but Otherwise Nope!  [March]
13. My Kindle & Me  [March]
14. Does Hype Kill Your Enjoyment?  [March]
15. Blogging Habits & Reminiscing  [March]
16. Which Feeling is Better?  [March]
17. Film-to-Book Adaptations  [April]
18. Genre Burnout  [April]
19. Quarter Year Crisis Book Tag  [April]
20. Deliberate Duplicate Copies  [April]
21. Cherry Blossom Book Tag  [April]
22. Missing the Author Cons  [April]
23. Deck of Cards Book Challenge  [April]
24. The Five Senses Book Tag  [May]
25. My Name in Books  [May]
26. Mid-Binge Reading  [May]
27. Similar Covers  [May]
28. Forgetting Words  [May]
29. Rating on Goodreads  [June]
30. Deluxe vs. Standard Editions  [June]
31. Deckled Edges  [June]
32. Writing Reviews  [June]
33. A Trip Down Memory Lane  [July]
34. Fairy Tale Retellings  [July]
35. Favorite Type of Book  [July]
36. The Olympic Book Tag  [July]

 

 

CHALLENGE 3: 2024 Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge

The challenge runs from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

The rules are simple:

1. The book must have been published in 2023 or earlier.
2. You have to start and finish the book in 2024.
3. And that’s it!

 

My goal is to read 20 25 TBR books!

 

1. Roar of the Tides by Veronica Rossi (3/21/23)  [January]
2. These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall (8/9/22)  [January]
3. Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer (9/14/21)  [January]
4. Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer (9/20/22)  [January]
5. The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen (8/13/19)  [February]
6. The Traitor Queen by Danielle L. Jensen (9/1/20)  [February]
7. Midnight Beauties by Megan Shepherd (8/13/19)  [February]
8. Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert (6/28/22)  [February]
9. The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James (3/6/12)  [March]
10. A Touch of Malice by Scarlett St. Clair (5/25/21)  [March] 
11. A Game of Gods by Scarlett St. Clair (7/25/23)  [March]
12. Bewitched and Betrothed by Juliet Blackwell (6/25/19)  [March]
13. Synchronized Sorcery by Juliet Blackwell (7/6/21)  [April]
14. The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong (5/23/23)  [April]
15. Kiss of the Selkie by Tessonja Odette (12/21/21)  [April]
16. A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley (3/7/23)  [May]
17. Twisted Fates by Danielle Rollins (2/25/20)  [May]
18. Dark Stars by Danielle Rollins (3/2/21)  [May]
19. Belle Morte by Bella Higgin (4/5/22)  [May]
20. Revelations by Bella Higgin (5/9/23)  [May]
21. Wicked Ever After by Delilah S. Dawson (10/5/15)  [June]
22. What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez (10/31/23)  [June]
23. The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout (3/15/22)  [June]
24. Royal Blood by Aimee Carter (3/7/23)  [July]
25. Amber Smoke by Kristin Cast (6/9/15)  [July]
26. Scarlet Rain by Kristin Cast (5/17/17)  [July]
27. The Scent of Salt & Sand by Kristin Cast & P.C. Cast (10/3/16)  [July]
28. Truly, Devious by Maureen Johnson (1/16/18)  [July]
29. The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson (1/22/19)  [July]
30. The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson (1/21/20)  [July]
31. The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson (6/15/21)  [July]
32. Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson (12/27/22)  [July]
33. These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan (7/20/21)  [July]
34. These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan (7/19/22)  [July]