Welcome to the
Manga/Graphic Novel/Video Game Novel
Challenge 2012 (M/G/V)
Hey Everyone! I don’t know if there’s anyone doing a challenge quite like this for 2012, I didn’t find one when I searched, however, if you are hosting a similar challenge and my challenge interests you or sounds somewhat similar, contact me and maybe we’ll join together!
Since my blog is a combination of geekiness with Video Games, Graphic Novels, and the like, I thought it would be fun to try and incorporate some type of challenge that will allow me to tie all of that together into some form of awesomeness. So for 2012 I decided to create the M/G/V Challenge.
Challenge Details:
- This challenge will run from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012. You can sign up at any time.
- You do NOT need a blog to participate as long as you have a Goodreads page or somewhere that you can review the books that you have read. Nor do you have to live in the United States.
- You do NOT have to read an ARC, or books published in 2012. And all book formats are acceptable, print, digital/ebooks, etc.
- Any book counts as long as it fits into one of the 3 chosen categories: Manga (all types of comic books are acceptable), Graphic Novels, Video Game Based Novels (Such as books based off of Warhammer, World of Warcraft, HALO, Mass Effect, Dungeons and Dragons, etc).
- If you are participating in more than one challenge, books are allowed to cross over into this challenge.
- Every month in 2012, I will make a post for the Manga/Graphic Novel/Video Game Novels Reading Challenge 2012 (M/G/V for short) on the last day of the month so you can link your reviews. Based on participation, monthly link ups may be combined.
Prizes:
- We are now offering a Mid Challenge Giveaway of a $25 iTunes or Barnes & Noble Gift Card in July!
- There is GRAND PRIZE, open Internationally, at the end on December 31st for one person who completes one challenge level (and links their reviews each month), which would consist of $60 worth of free books, or the equivalent of 1 video game (So spread the word, I would need at least 8 to 10 participates to have a drawing).
PLEASE READ THE CHALLENGE GUIDELINES AND ENTER YOUR LINK BELOW TO BE ENTERED IN THE CHALLENGE!
Challenge Guidelines:
- If you have a blog, create a post announcing your participation in the challenge. Please include a link back to this post (from your actual post announcing your participation in the challenge, not a link to your blog) and grab a challenge button.
- Non bloggers: participate by linking up your profile URL from the site you plan to post your reviews on such as Facebook, Goodreads, Shelfari, LibraryThing, Amazon, etc.
- You can list your books in advance or list them as you read them, the choice is yours.
- Crossovers to other reading challenges are acceptable.
- You can choose to read books from each of the categories (as explained below) or you can read books from a combination of 1 or 2 of the categories (ex: if you are not interested in reading Video Game Tie-in’s but read a lot of Manga or GN’s). For instance you can read 11 graphic novels and 1 video game based novel. Or, all the books can come from one category. The choice is yours as long as you are reading!
5 Challenge Levels (based on Video Game Settings of Course):
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Level 1 Arcade Gamer – Casual Player
- Read 4 books from each category or Read a total of 12 books from 1 or 2 categories.
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Level 2 Tomb Raider- Normal Player
- Read 8 books from each category or Read a total of 24 books from 1 or 2 categories.
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Level 3 Warcraft – Hardcore Player
- Read 12 books from each category or Read a total of 36 books from 1 or 2 categories.
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Level 4 Call of Duty – Veteran Player
- Read 16 books from each category or Read a total of 48 books from 1 or 2 categories.
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Level 5 HALO Style – Legendary Player
- Read 20 books from each category or Read a total of 60 books from 1 or 2 categories.
The objective is to challenge yourself and see how many books in the above genres you can read next year. You can always go up a level but you can never go down. This is a great challenge for people who have never tried a Graphic Novel or Video Game based novel, for people who are discovering them for the first time, and for those of us who are gamers that read books based off of some of our favorite games! If you are unsure if a book will fit into any of the aforementioned categories or you have general questions, don’t hesitate to CONTACT ME.
Thanks everyone in advance for your participation. And don’t forget to spread the word!
I am thinking about doing this challenge–but I have a question for the manga thing, do light novels count? They are either the original works for some manga/anime series or created based from a manga/anime series.
Yes, if you join you can read those types of novels. I hope to see you for the second half of the challenge!!’
I forgot to mention as long as it pertains to the above genres: graphic novels, manga, anime, and video game adaptations.
A little late to the party but I’m all in as well 🙂 This should be fun!
Hi MGW,
I’m an avid manga reader, but have never done any book reviews before.
Will I still be eligible to join in this challenge, as I want to try my hands at doing book reviews?
Yes, you are more than welcome to join. Just link to send me the link to the post announcing your participation and I will add it to our submissions. If you want contact me directly via email and we can talk about it more. s.diayll(at)gmail.com
Hi. Just wanted to stop by to say I added your banner/link to my sidebar. If I didn’t already have 100s of books needed to be reviewed I would join in with you all for this fun challenge. Hope you get lots of people to join in this cool challenge!
Anya
That’s awesome Anya! Thanks for the support!!
I decided to try for the level 1 goal since I’ve never done reading challenge before! Kinda nervous, but it looks like fun! 🙂
Thanks for Joining us!! Once you start reading I’m sure you will find its easy to breeze through the books. Good luck and see you in 2012!
Huh, maybe I should have check the comments before joining the challenge because it looks like very tough competition is here. Lol, I’m not going chicken out but man, do I have to pick up some manga and graphic novels soon. Thanks for hosting this challenge.
HA! Yes, it appears we are all very competitive. But don’t get discouraged, the main objective is to have a good time. Thank you for joining and see you in 2012!
Sooo…where do we send the reviews?? I had no idea about this but I’m a total freak for Graphic Novels and I’ve read a LOT this year =P
I will post a link-up post at the end of each month for the participants to link their reviews. Let me know if you have any more questions! Hope you join us!
Merry Christmas to everyone,
Thanks to Cassandra, I’ve discovered this challenge and I’ve very excited about entering it.
But I have a question: I usally review some manga series but not volume by volume. Is it ok or do you prefer a book by book review ?
Lucie
Hi and welcome aboard! In this feature each volume/book counts as just 1. So if you read a series with 24 books then you have pretty much completed one challenge level. As far as reviews go I do not have a preference, as long as you post a link to a review each month you will be eligible for the giveaway next year. Thanks and let me know if you have any more questions!
:D! Really excited about this one! I can’t wait to start!
Hi Leah! Thanks for joining!!
I am an avid Fantasy/Sci-Fi novel reader, and had been looking for an excuse to dive back into these different sub-genres. I love a good story, no matter what the source. I already had several favorite authors from D&D, Battletech, and Shadowrun that I’ve been meaning to catch up on. I can’t wait! What a wonderful idea you’ve come up with MGW 😀
Thanks Lauren! I read a few of the Shadowrun books and have wanted to jump back into them and finish the series. I am excited to have you aboard!
This sounds like a fun challenge but I got to warn you so far I own over 700 manga books and more comes in every month ^^ meaning every month i get a max of 2-5 books sometimes more so hopefully at the end of the year i will have 60 new books, More then likely XD
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Awesome and thanks for joining! I think I may just have to up my game and beat you! 🙂