Paranormal Reading Challenge 2013 Wrap Up

Throwing my arms in the air and doing a happy dance!!  I have completed the paranormal reading challenge for 2013!!  

Below is my original posting and all the links to the mysterious paranormal reads.

2013 Paranormal Reading Challenge

Welcome to the 2013 Paranormal Reading Challenge hosted by Megan Likes Booksand Auntie Spinelli Reads! This is my first time EVER hosting anything, so I'm quite excited! The lovely Megan came up with the idea for this, so all credit goes to her (well, I made the purty button!).

[Megan] There are so many awesome sub-genres of paranormal books, that it's easy to find one you like and stick with it. So that's why I decided to make a reading challenge with the goal of reading about all kinds of paranormal creatures.


The goal is to read at least one book featuring each of the following paranormal creatures:

• Vampires
• Werewolves/Shifters
• Fey
• Angels/Nephilim
• Mermaids
• Dragons
• Zombies
• Demons
• Witches/Wizards
• Ghosts
• Aliens
• Other (ie: sirens, unicorns, centaurs, timetravel etc.)

Guidelines:

1. This challenge runs from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013.
2. You must have a blog to able to participate, since reviews must be added to the linky.
3. When you sign up with the linky, please put the link to your post about joining the Paranormal Reading Challenge.
4. You're welcome to list your books beforehand or just add as you go.
5. Sign-ups are open until December 1, 2013
6. At the beginning of each month, I will post a kick-start post, each month featuring a different category of paranormal creature. This post will also include a linky to include your reviews from that month.
7. Each review you link will qualify you for an entry into the monthy giveaway and if your review includes the feature paranormal creature of that month, you get a bonus entry.
8. Each book can only count for one category, even if it contains more than one paranormal creature. For example, Twilight contains both vampires and werewolves, but you can't use it for both the vampires and werewolves/shifters categories.
9. Everyone who completes the challenge will be entered into a grand prize giveaway at the end of the year.
10. If you read multiple books from one category, feel free to add them to the linkies. Don't stop at just one!
11. Book can count for other challenges.

Each month, we'll be featuring one of the creatures on the list at both Megan Likes Books and Auntie Spinelli Reads.

• January - Vampires
• February - Angels/Nephilim
• March - Fey
• April - Demons
• May - Aliens
• June - Zombies
• July - Witches and Wizards
• August - Mermaids
• September - Dragons
• October - Ghosts
• November - Werewolves/Shape-shifters
• December - Other

If you're having trouble finding books for one of the categories, you can try these lists:

Vampires - Adult or YA
Werewolves/Shifters
Fey
Angels/Nephilim
Mermaids
Dragons
Zombies
Demons
Witches/Wizards
Ghosts
Aliens
Other (ie: unicorns, centaurs, timetravelers, seers etc.)

I am going to try to do one a month along with the theme of that month.  :-)  I will track my progress below:

January ~ Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris (Vampires)
February ~ Embrace by Jessica Shirvington  (Angels)
March ~ Not Your Ordinary Faerie Tale by Christine Warren  (Fae)
April ~ A Demon Does It Better by Linda Wisdom
May ~ Night of the Aurora by J.A. Marlow  (Aliens)
June ~ Zombie Chronicles by Chrissy Peebles  (Zombies)
July ~ Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates  (Witches and Wizards)
August ~ Between the Land and the Sea by Derrolyn Anderson  (Mermaids)
September ~ Neverending Story by Michael Ende  (Dragons)
October ~ Ghost Walk by Heather Graham  (Ghosts)
November ~ Wolf's Haven by Ambielle Kirk  (Werewolves)
December ~  Unicorn Western by Sean Platt  (Unicorns)