Maybe I’m crazy, but I’m having a really hard time putting together a list for myself of Christmas Christian Historical Fiction reads. Help me by listing any and all suggestions of books you can think of. Also, if there is a book that is not really Christmas, but has a good bit of Christmas in it, tell me about those as well… It’s amazing, but I think that there are a whole lot more contemporary Christmas books rather than historical. Authors, please fix that in future years!
1- Challenge will start Monday, November 15 and will end Friday, December 31.
2- You can read anywhere from 1 to 5 books for the challenge and, of course, if you’re like me, you are more than welcome to surpass that number.
3- And now, here’s the clincher… they must be Christmas Christian Fiction related books.
4- The size of the book does not matter, nor does the genre. It is also okay for the book to overlap with other challenges. YA is okay. Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, and other formats are all allowed. As long as the book can by purchased it counts.
5- To sign up – leave a link back to your challenge post. There will also be a post for review links as well as one for challenge wrap-ups.
6- And…. there will be goodies. That’s right, we’ll call them presents. At the end of every week that the challenge is running I will choose one winner from the review links. Meaning the more books you read, review and link up, the more chances you have at winning a “present”.
If you’d like to sign up for the 2010 Holiday Reading Challenge, please link up your challenge post with the list of books you plan to read (this list is not set in stone and can be changed as you please):
Come back on November 15 for links to review posting and wrap-ups.
Participants sign up here!
Link your reviews here:
Format: MJ @ Creative Madness Mama (A Hope Undaunted by Julie Lessman)
(No spam, I promise. Just creative madness ramblings, reviews and life-stories, with quilting and cross stitch inspiration in between!)
The Creative Madness Mama also known as Margaret is a Christian Stay-at-home Mama, married to the Enginerd, quilter, cross stitcher, avid reader and book-a-holic. As book blogger for various publicists, she loves to share the latest and greatest about books coming out as well as her needle art and other crafty projects with some pictures of her fourteen-year-old AppleBlossom, twelve-year-old OrangeBlossom (the Princess), nine-year-old Almond Blossom (the Rascal boy!), six-year-old (red) Mermaid Warrior, the four-and-a-half-year-old Viking Dragon, and Huckleberry (due in June 2024!) in between. Homeschooling, cloth diapering, breastfeeding, babywearing, bone broth brewing, tea drinking, list making mama full of a little creative and a lot of madness.
My blog here is copy & paste protected, that’s why I link to the CHF@CMM blog to show the html for the button. It is grab-able there. Sorry for the confusion. Let me know if they’re still an issue and I’ll fix it!
Hi, Margaret! So I’m not sure I understand how this works. Do I post that I’m doing this and link that post to your blog here? And then on November 15 you’ll have a linky for reviews. But what are wrap ups? And do I just post a list of the books I’m reading somewhere on my sight? . . . Sorry for all the questions, but I’m new to some of this blog hop stuff! Blessings!
Not a problem at all! Write a post stating that you are jumping into the challenge. Say whatever you want and share a list of books that you might read. Then on November 15th and later you can come back to Creative Madness Mama and share a link to any posts you have written reviews of said books.
A wrap up is a post that you write once you have completed the challenge. Then you can link that back here so people will be able to come and see and comment on your reads/progress etc.
Ask me anything! I’ll help if I can. Did this clarify some?
I am really enjoying this challenge, but as I look over my list of books, I’m thinking that most of them don’t truly meet the criteria — most of the Christmas books I’m finding are either not Christian, or not historical, like the link I added today, really doesn’t fit — it’s not historical. Are you having a hard time finding books that fit, or is it just me?
I’m having a horrid time finding books that fit! That’s actually one reason for the challenge, to see what other people bring to the table. It actually was originally a CHF challenge, but due to the uh… handful of books I thought of I decided to open it up to anything Christian Fiction instead. I’m still just glad you’re participating!
Ironically I have found the opposite. I’ve found tons of Christmas CF but struggled finding regular non CF for another challenge I’m doing. I’m loving this challenge.
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Joy @ Edgy Inspirational Romance
Hi Margaret,
I’d love to participate in this but I can’t get your button to work. Is it just me?!
Joy
CherryBlossomMJ
My blog here is copy & paste protected, that’s why I link to the CHF@CMM blog to show the html for the button. It is grab-able there. Sorry for the confusion. Let me know if they’re still an issue and I’ll fix it!
Joy @ Edgy Inspirational Romance
No, I grabbed it alright, I just can’t get the code to show a button in my sidebar or in a blog post. Maybe I’m doing something wrong.
Renee Ann
Hi, Margaret! So I’m not sure I understand how this works. Do I post that I’m doing this and link that post to your blog here? And then on November 15 you’ll have a linky for reviews. But what are wrap ups? And do I just post a list of the books I’m reading somewhere on my sight? . . . Sorry for all the questions, but I’m new to some of this blog hop stuff! Blessings!
CherryBlossomMJ
Not a problem at all! Write a post stating that you are jumping into the challenge. Say whatever you want and share a list of books that you might read. Then on November 15th and later you can come back to Creative Madness Mama and share a link to any posts you have written reviews of said books.
A wrap up is a post that you write once you have completed the challenge. Then you can link that back here so people will be able to come and see and comment on your reads/progress etc.
Ask me anything! I’ll help if I can. Did this clarify some?
Renee Ann
That definitely helps! Thanks!
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Kati
Sorry Margaret, I messed up that linky I was trying to add for my latest review. Can you delete it and I’ll try again? 🙂
CherryBlossomMJ
All fixed!
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Kati
I am really enjoying this challenge, but as I look over my list of books, I’m thinking that most of them don’t truly meet the criteria — most of the Christmas books I’m finding are either not Christian, or not historical, like the link I added today, really doesn’t fit — it’s not historical. Are you having a hard time finding books that fit, or is it just me?
CherryBlossomMJ
I’m having a horrid time finding books that fit! That’s actually one reason for the challenge, to see what other people bring to the table. It actually was originally a CHF challenge, but due to the uh… handful of books I thought of I decided to open it up to anything Christian Fiction instead. I’m still just glad you’re participating!
Juju at Tales of Whimsy...
Ironically I have found the opposite. I’ve found tons of Christmas CF but struggled finding regular non CF for another challenge I’m doing. I’m loving this challenge.
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amyfishgirl
i think I messed up. I put my links in the top section so #12-16 are are all my reviews.
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