Saturday, 1 January 2011

Spec Fiction Challenge: January Review Link Up!

Welcome to everyone who signed up for the Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge!

This is post where you can link up your reviews posted on your blogs in January 2011 to be in with a chance of winning the first prize pack.

The prize pack this month consists of finished copies of Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch and Blonde Bombshell by Tom Holt, and a shiny ARC of Nightshade by Andrea Cremer (all very exciting books, I think you'll agree!)

All of the reviews you post to Mr Linky below will equate to an entry into the prize draw.

Below is the link widget. Please make sure that your link goes directly to your review and not to your main homepage. Thanks! (This is not the post to use to sign up for the challenge. If you want to do that, please go HERE.)

Good luck to you all, and I look forward to seeing your reviews for January!

Posted by Magemanda at 11:31
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28 comments:

  1. Tea and Tomes1 January 2011 at 13:30

    This challenge is going to be awesome! I'm looking forward to seeing all the reviews, too!

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  2. Jamie Gibbs1 January 2011 at 14:42

    This is gonna be kick ass :D Happy New Year too!

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  3. Magemanda1 January 2011 at 23:56

    Happy New Year to everyone!

    Teehee, I thought I would leave from the front and put my first Speculative Fiction review up on Mr Linky! Obviously, I won't be counting my own reviews when it comes to picking a winner for the prize pack ;-)

    I started with a Black Library book - science fiction - and all I can say is that it's only up from here ;-)

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  4. Benni2 January 2011 at 06:38

    Thanks again for hosting this. Looking forward to this year of speculative fiction!

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  5. Mary3 January 2011 at 06:43

    Posted a review already! Can we post multiple times in one month? I will anyway probably. Looking forward to it :)

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  6. Magemanda3 January 2011 at 12:51

    Of course you can post multiple reviews! In fact, every review posted gives you more chance of winning the prize pack ;-)

    I have posted my second Speculative Fiction read!

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  7. Julie7 January 2011 at 04:08

    I posted my first book. I have a feeling I'll be posting more this month too! Are we allowed to post more than 12 total over the course of the year??

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  8. Magemanda9 January 2011 at 11:43

    Hi Julie - of course we're allowed to read and link more than 12 spec fiction books :-) This is a big old celebration of speculative fiction, so the more we highlight it the better it will be!

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  9. Lucie9 January 2011 at 14:32

    My first review for the speculative fiction reading challenge is now up. Blood & Ice by Robert Masello. I'm not completely sure what qualifies as Spec Fiction so if I'm off the mark then do let me know!

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  10. Stephanie Lorée10 January 2011 at 20:04

    1 down... so many more books to love!

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  11. Brenda11 January 2011 at 21:01

    Just posted a review. I also hit enter too soon, so if you can delete entries, can you delete the one that says Brenda (To)--that one didn't even link to the right review.

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  12. Mieneke van der Salm12 January 2011 at 12:12

    Just posted my first speculative review of the month!

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  13. Mieneke van der Salm12 January 2011 at 12:13

    Gah and I did it wrong too :S Do I repost or leave it?

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  14. Salt-Man Z12 January 2011 at 23:21

    My review's up, also for Card's The Lost Gate.

    Mieneke: No, I think you did it right--it just might not be the best way to do it. ;)

    Amanda, is there any way to add a third field (book being reviewed) to the widget? And is there an easier way to get to these review pages than clicking the signup post, scrolling down and clicking the "spec fic reading challenge" tag?

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  15. Magemanda12 January 2011 at 23:25

    Heya,

    I will check the widget - can't change it for this month but might be able to adjust for February :-)

    If you check on my 'Challenges' page - link along the top of the blog just under my header - you will find links to everything challenge oriented, which should make it easier for you :-)

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  16. Anonymous13 January 2011 at 17:35

    Alas, I was not a big fan of the first book finished for the challenge. Hopefully the next one will be better.

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  17. Angel14 January 2011 at 11:08

    Just posted my first review - The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton. Serious sci-fi!

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  18. Anonymous16 January 2011 at 16:26

    I'm not an over-achiever. Promise!
    Second book review is up and this time it's about Day By Day Armageddon by J.L Bourne.

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  19. Mary16 January 2011 at 17:59

    Posted a second book review; technically it's a series review because I read the whole series and reviewed it in one go.

    Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld; it's a YA sci-fi series about being pretty. No, really.

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  20. Ruacach17 January 2011 at 19:15

    I just posted my first review on "The Native Star" By M.K Hobson. It took ages... 8)

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  21. Mieneke van der Salm18 January 2011 at 15:28

    Second Speculative review of the month. Finding the Way is the newest Valdemar anthology.

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  22. Jim Black19 January 2011 at 04:36

    My first speculative review of January is posted. It is Roger Zelazny's classic "Nine Princes in Amber"

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  23. Salt-Man Z19 January 2011 at 20:02

    Number two for me. Gene Wolfe's Citadel of the Autarch.

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  24. Unknown20 January 2011 at 15:50

    Added link to my first review: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

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  25. Jodie Robson21 January 2011 at 18:01

    Loved my first book for the challenge - if the rest are as good as A Madness of Angels it will be a fantastic year!

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  26. Mieneke van der Salm31 January 2011 at 20:41

    Just posted my third review in the nick of time ;)
    If all the books I read this year are as good as the last two I read, I'm in for a great year!!

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  27. Bluestocking1 February 2011 at 01:18

    Just posted my January review of MT Anderson's book Feed. http://thebluestockingblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-feed-by-m-t-anderson.html

    Thanks so much for hosting this!

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  28. Steve Halter1 February 2011 at 16:29

    Just posted my January reviews--now I'm all caught up, so I'll actually post the February one's in February :-).

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