All right, 2013 is here! On your mark, get set---Read! This is the place to track everyone's progress for this year's Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge and also to link reviews, if you review the books you read. There will be two linkys--one for reviews and one for a wrap-up post. If you do not have a blog, please submit a final tally of books read in a comment below. I will accept updates through January 6, 2014.
ALSO: As a special incentive for me as your host to get out there and really check out your wonderful reviews** AND as an incentive for YOU to keep an eye on what your fellow challengers are reading....This year I will be making a list and checking it twice in preparation for Christmas 2013. Well...the end of the challenge year, anyway. As I make my way through the linked up reviews, I'm going to take notes and prepare a Challenge-Ending Scavenger Hunt. Taking a cue from John at Pretty Sinister Books and his devious trivia contest, there will be a quiz and prizes to win. I haven't quite decided whether I'll be looking for quotes or plots or just send you all on a cover scavenger hunt. But I promise to make it worth your while.
**I really fell down on the job this year--my apologies to all my returning challengers. I just didn't get around to peek at the reviews in 2012 the way I had previously. It had nothing to do with the quality of your reviews or the books you read--it was all a time crunch. I'm hoping to relocate those lost hours in 2013.
***UPDATE: Review Copy Offer for Vintage Mystery Challenge Participants! Bello (an UK imprint of Pan Macmillan) has offered up review copies. Please my post-- Attention Vintage Mystery Challengers -- for details.
Please enter your review links below. For Name Display, please use the following format as an example:
Bev@My Reader's Block (Book Title)
Please enter your wrap-up links below. For Name Display, please use the following format:
Bev@My Reader's Block (Wrap-up)
13 comments:
Dear bev,
belatedly posted my first contribution to the contest - for some reason on my browser all the entries of the third column on the right are totally squished though - is this just me?
All the best.
Sergio
Bev, I am spacey today and linked my first vintage mystery in the wrap-up post area. I apologize. Can you remove it?
I did add the link in the correct place, #21.
TracyK: Done!
Since I'm not writing reviews, can I just leave a comment with the titles and what categories they fit. I already have a few of them read.
Hello mystery fans! I'm done the whole thing! With membership in over 30 themes, it's great to check off groups early in the year. I imagine a closing post is unrequired, with my page showing all review links?
I avoid traffic on my blog and scaring away readers of my articles (sign-up posts were a blur alone). I have Bev's mountain to tackle, so I'm still with her and ALWAYS welcome comments from all of you. :-)
Happily, Carolyn!
http://cmriedel.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/vintage-quick/
Oh dear, have to switch one of my planned categories as I misunderstood where the book took place! Had assigned "The Moonstone" to World Traveler but it really is Cops and Robbers.
Hi Bev - apologies, but I posted my review of THE GREEN PLAID PANTS in the wrap up section by mistake so it's now in both sections - sorry that my incompetence strikes again!
Thanks,
Sergio
Debra: No problem! feel free to change categories as necessary.
Sergio: I will take care of the errant post asap.
I messed up on the link on #110...it was a link to your category page!! Sorry! and Thanks if you can fix it!!
jmisgro: Taken care of! No problem.
Oops! Apparently I put up one of my reviews as a wrap-up. I'm sorry. Any way you can delete it?
Carol...will fix asap.
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