Thursday, January 01, 2015

British Books Challenge 2015 - Link Your January Reviews





Hello and welcome to 2015! I am slightly surprised and a little bit bewildered that 2014 is over already. I feel a bit like I blinked and missed it.  Oh well, here we are in another year and it's a new beginning!  Let's start it off in the right way with this (hopefully) brilliant reading challenge.  I'm so glad that so many of you have decided to either stick with the challenge or that you've been really brave and made a start of something entirely new and different. Old or new, I am hugely appreciative that you're doing this challenge with me.  We'll have fun, I promise.

This is my first time running a reading challenge and my first organising monthly giveaways, so please bear with me.  I'm doing the best I can and luckily for me (and for you!) I've been in touch with some lovely people at different UK publishing houses. Which means that you will be receiving some incredible books in the next 12 months. I also hope to sponsor some international prizes as well AND (if it's something many participants want?) some non-book prizes as well? Let's see.  If you are a publisher or author who would like to sponsor a monthly prize pack, please do get in touch with me via email. Thank you.

January Prize Pack:



January's prize pack has been kindly donated by Random House! I'm very excited to be giving away 5 copies of the amazing The Last Leaves Falling by Sarah Benwell. Which means that for January, there will be *five* winners and because I'm posting the books myself, this will be available to international participants as well!

One winner will be picked at random from the list of valid reviews submitted each month and will be announced in the following month's review link up post. The winner(s) will then have 1 week to contact me to claim their prize or a new winner(s) will be chosen. Obviously the more reviews you enter the greater your chance of winning but it doesn't matter if you only review one book (or even skip a month or two in the challenge!) you'll still be entered for each review you do write.


Important Information:
  • Please make sure you sign up for the challenge before you start linking your reviews, I will delete links from people who aren't registered. You can sign up HERE if you haven't already.
  • When you add your link to the Mr. Linky below please make sure you link directly to your review, not just to your blog (invalid links will be deleted)
  • Books must have been read in 2015 to count towards the challenge so those books you read in December but reviewed in January don't count!
  • Also, please make sure that the reviews you link are for books written by British Authors - they can be born in Britain (living here or abroad) or they can be adopted British Authors (who were born elsewhere and now live here) but if they don't fit into one of those categories then they don't count. (as above invalid links will be deleted and won't get you an entry into the prize pack). Please note that Britain includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, I'm afraid authors from Southern Ireland don't count.
  • If you need ideas for books by British Authors check out the FAQ page for lots of suggestions. You don't have to choose books from these lists though - they are just to give you ideas if you need help!


Link Your Reviews:

Now for the important part, make sure you link all of your reviews using the Mr. Linky form below. In the Your Name field please include your blog name, the title of the book and the author. Make sure the link takes me directly to your review or your entry won't count and will be deleted from the list.



39 comments:

  1. I cannot wait to get started! And what a fab book prize. I have The Last Leaves Falling on my kindle approved by netgalley but there's nothing like an actual physical copy of a book :-)... This is my first year of setting challenges thank you so much for hosting :-)

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    1. The Last Leaves Falling is seriously amazing! You should read it straight away :) Good luck to you this year!

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  2. First one for my January reads is up :) And now on to reading the sequel!

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    1. Amazing! I I absolutely ADORE that series. Happy reading :)

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    2. Glad you like it :) Definitely one of my favourite trilogies!

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  3. I just linked up with The Silkworm but forgot to add the title :-( If you would like to add it after Novel Meals that would great!

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  4. 2 linked book reviews up for January and I'm currently reading Jessica Cole Model Spy Code Red Lipstick...really enjoying it and loving the British Books Challenge so much 😄

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  5. Really enjoying being part of the British Books Challenge again this year! Thanks for hosting :-)

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  6. Can't wait to learn about all these titles I've never heard of! Thank you!

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  7. I've done two in the last two days. I'm doing excellent reading!

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  8. Love taking part in this book challenge, can't wait to read more new books! Hopefully a YA one next :)

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  9. 3rd review up.... I seem to be on a roll this month! I'm loving a The British Book Challenge! Some fab reviews posted on the January link already! Loving finding new books to read

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    1. Yes, I'm so glad that so many people are taking part and linking reviews! Thank you :)

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  10. Links for The Door That Led To Where and No True Echo posted - thanks for hosting! x

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  11. I've put my first one up! Hopefully a second one up soon :D

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  12. If I want to share my review, but not be part of the giveaway since I'm not from the UK, should I just leave a link here for people to check out if they'd like?

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    1. Yep. Leave your link whether or not you'll be eligible for the giveaway :)

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  13. First one done! This has been a challenge so far but I'm really excited about next month. :D

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  14. I've just put a review up for Love Hurts. It's not all completely UK authors though so you'll have to let me know if it doesn't count

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    1. Yes, there are enough British authors who contributed towards that book that I'm definitely counting it! x

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  15. Found another wonderful series to enjoy
    Love January's Linkup as I tend to find my authors for the next few months here :)
    Anyone else love Maisie Dobbs?

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    1. Thanks, I'm really enjoying the variety of books/authors so far as well :)

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  16. Hi Michelle! Quick question, does Sarah Crossan count as a British book author? She's on many UKYA lists but she's Irish and she lives in New York (according to Goodreads) :) Thanks.

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    1. YES! She counts. Goodreads is out of date :) She did live there for a few years but now she lives near London and totally counts.

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  17. First review so far: Winnie-the-Pooh!

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  18. Linky was working for me today! :-) Thanks Michelle. (Chrissi Reads)

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  19. I think that'll be the last one from me this month :)

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