2015 Prequel & Sequel Reading Challenge

This challenge is being hosted by Novel Heartbeat and Writer Grrl Reads.  I did this challenge in 2014 and found it the perfect way to read through series.  I like it particularly because it doesn't make it mandatory to finish a series.  There are many ways to earn points.  Click on over and read the fine print.

For each prequel and sequel read this year, points will be awarded as follows:

• 1 point for each prequel or sequel novella read and reviewed
• 2 points for each full-length sequel read and reviewed
• 10 points for completing and reviewing a full series (doesn’t require novellas)*†
• **You do not get points for the first book in a series

To get points, you must review the book/novella somewhere. If you want to earn points, please link up your reviews at the end of each month, and enter the number of points earned (we will give examples in the linky).  Each point earned is an entry into the giveaway at the end of the year for all participants who completed the challenge.  So, the more sequels you read, the better your chances of winning the giveaway!  Plus, we are also considering one prize for the “overacheiver award” — the person who gets the most points!

*The 10 bonus points is for finishing a full series. That means that all books must be published (unless you got an advance reader copy early). i.e. If you are completely caught up on a series, and the next book is not releasing until 2016 (and you do not have an advance reader copy), that does not count toward the 10 bonus points.

†If you started the series before 2015, you can still get the bonus points for finishing it if you reviewed the other books in the series at some point. For example: You read The Hunger Games in 2014, but read Catching Fire and Mockingjay in 2015 – you would get 2 points for both sequels and 10 bonus points for finishing the series (14 points total). You don’t have to start the series in 2015 to get the bonus points.

10-25 points: Newbie

25-50 points: Amateur

51-75 points: Advanced

76-100 points: Professional

101+ points: Veteran

So let this year be the year that we stop whining about how many sequels are sitting on our TBRs or cluttering up our shelves! Take control of your reading destinies and sign up to read with us!

I think I will enter this at 76 - 100 points:  Professional.    

Completed December.  102 points

Sherryl Caulfield Iceberg Trilogy

#2  Come What May     2 pts

Marie Force 

Green Mountain Series

#3 I Saw Her Standing There   2 pts

 Fatal Series

#8  Fatal Scandal                        2pts

Treading Water Series

#2 Marking Time                             2 pts

Sarah Addison Allen   Waverley Family

#2 First Frost   2pts

Graeme Simsion    (Don Tillman )

#2 The Rosie Effect   2pts 

J D Robb

#15 Purity in Death  2pts

#16 Portrait in Death  2 pts

#17 Imitation in Death  2 pts

#18  Divided in Death  2 pts

#19 Visions in Death          2pts
#20  Survivor in Death   2pts
#21  Memory in Death  2pts
#22  Born in Death    2pts
#24  Innocent in Death 2pts

Nora Roberts - (Cousins O'Dwyer trilogy)

#2 Shadow Spell  2pts

#3  Blood Magick  2pts

Sign of Seven Trilogy
#2 The Hollow   2pts
#3  Pagan Stone 2pts

Emily March  (Eternity Springs)

#9 Teardrop Lane    2pts

Linda Lael Miller    (Brides of Bliss County)

#2 The Marriage Charm  2pts

#3  The Marriage Season   2pts
#4  Christmas in Mustang Creek 2pts

Sherryl Woods  (Sweet Magnolias)

#4  Sweet Magnolias      2pts

#5  Home in Carolina     2pts

#6  Sweet Tea at Sunrise   2pts

#7  Honeysuckle Summer  2pts

#8  Midnight Promises   2pts
#9  Catching Fireflies   2pts
#10 Where Azaleas Bloom  2pts

Lily Everett (Sanctuary Island)

#3  Heartbreak Cove  2pts
#4  Home For Christmas   2pts

Rachael Johns

The Road to Hope  2pts sequel to Jilted.

Bunyip Bay

#2 Outback Blaze 2pts

Robyn Carr   (Thunder Point)

One Wish       2pts

A New Hope   2pts
Wildest Dreams  2pts

Bette Lee Davis  (Wyattsville)

#2  Jubilee's Journey                2 pts

#3  Passing Through Perfect  2pts

Jodi Thomas (Harmony)

#8 One True Heart   2pts

Donna June Cooper (The Kindling)

#2 Mostly Magic   2pts

Anne Bishop

Murder of Crows  2pts

Vision in Silver      2 pts

Nalini Singh Psy/Changeling

Shards of Hope   2pts

Luanne Rice   (Hubbards Point/Blackhill series)

Safe Harbor  2pts

Tracey Alvarez    Far North

Know Your Heart   #2  2pts

Mary Alice Monroe

The Summer Wind   #2  2 pts
The Summer's End   #3  2pts

Emilie Richards

The Color of Light  #4 in Goddesses Anonymous  2pts

Lisa Kleypas

 Brown Eyed Girl  #4  2pts

Susan Wiggs

Lakeshore Chronicles
Starlight on Willow Lake #11  2pts