All Other Reading Challenges

This should be my last post for challenges - so that tomorrow I can READ! 

Excellence in Reading hosted by Super Readers Book Club

Challenge Details:

• Reading list to follow is below.
• This is recommended for children K-3
• Parents can read to children - this is what I will be doing

1. Aardema, Verna. Who's in Rabbit's House?.
2. Aesop. Fables.
3. Atwater, Richard and Florence. Mr. Popper’s Penguins.
4. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline.
5. Benchley, Nathaniel. Sam the Minuteman.
6. Blume, Judy. Freckle Juice.
7. Brown, Marcia. Stone Soup.
8. Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon.
9. Brunhoff, Jean de. The Story of Babar.
10. Burton, Virginia Lee. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.
11. Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
12. Cleary, Beverly. The Mouse and the Motorcycle.
13. Collodi, Carlo. Adventures of Pinocchio.
14. Crews, Donald. Freight Train.
15. Daugherty, James. Andy and the Lion.
16. dePaola, Tomie. Strega Nona.
17. Flack, Marjorie. The Angus series.
18. Freeman, Don. Corduroy.
19. Fritz, Jean. The Cabin Faced West.
20. Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats.
21. Galdone, Paul. The Three Little Pigs.
22. Goble, Paul. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses.
23. Grahame, Kenneth. The Reluctant Dragon.
24. Gramatky, Hardie. Little Toot.
25. Hoban, Russell. Bedtime for Frances.
26. Johnson, Crockett. Harold and the Purple Crayon.
27. Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day
28. Kraus, Robert. Leo the Late Bloomer.
29. Krauss, Ruth. The Carrot Seed.
30. Leaf, Munro. The Story of Ferdinand.
31. Lear, Edward. A Book of Nonsense.
32. Levinson, Riki. Watch the Stars Come Out.
33. Lionni, Leo. Frederick.
34. Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad Are Friends.
35. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Paul Revere's Ride.
36. Lopshire, Robert. Put Me in the Zoo.
37. Marshall, James. George and Martha.
38. McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings.
39. McDermott, Gerald. Anansi the Spider.
40. Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh.
41. Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia
42. Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could.
43. Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
44. Rey, H.A. Curious George.
45. Selden, George. The Cricket in Times Square.
46. Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.
47. Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat.
48. Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale.
49. Steig, William. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.
50. Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child’s Garden of Verses
51. Taylor, Sydney. All-of-a-Kind Family.
52. Thurber, James. Many Moons.
53. Udry, Janice May. A Tree is Nice.
54. Van Allsburg, Chris. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.
55. Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
56. Ward, Lynd. The Biggest Bear.
57. White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web.
58. Yashima, Taro. Crow Boy.
59. Zion, Gene. Harry the Dirty Dog.
60. Zolotow, Charlotte. William’s Doll.

• Weekly linky will be posted at host site for sharing

Speculative Fiction Challenge hosted by Baffled Books

Challenge Details:

• Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
• Levels:
• Nosey: 3 novels
• Excited: 6 novels (My Level)
• Content: 12 novels
• In Nirvana: 24 novels
• Obsessed: 48 novels
• No need to list books ahead of time
• Do not need a blog to participate
• Crossovers are okay
• Any book format counts
• Genres:



Science Fiction: hard/soft SF, cyberpunk, time travel, alternative history, space opera
Fantasy Fiction: dark fantasy, urban fantasy, magic realism, quest, mythical fantasy, steampunk
Horror Fiction: paranormal, gothic literature, splatterpunk
Supernatural Fiction
Superhero Fiction
Utopian and Dystopian Fiction
Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

Books:

1.   Airel by Aaron Patterson, Chris White
2.  Pyxis by K.C. Neal
3.  Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
4.  The Thirteen by Susie Moloney
5.  Until Next Time by Amy Lignor
6.  

New Authors Reading Challenge  hosted by Literary Escapism

Detail Challenges:

• Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
• Crossovers are okay
• Authors don't have to be debut authors, just new to you
• Pick 15, 25 or 50 new authors
• Must review and add to Mr. Linky at host site

I am choosing 15 new authors - Books:

1.  Airel by Aaron Patterson, Chris White
2.  Pyxis by K.C. Neal
3.  More Than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay
4. In Search of the Rose Notes by Emily Arsenault
5.  Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
6.  The Legacy of Eden by Nelle Davy
7.  What Happened to Hannah by Mary Kay McComas
8.  Voices of the Dead by Peter Leonard
9.  A Place to Die by Dorothy James
10.  The Color Purple by Alice Walker
11.  One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
12.  Bubba to the Rescue by Jennifer Walker
13.  Sarai by Jill Eileen Smith
14.  How to Eat a Cupcake by Meg Donahue
15.  Shore Excursion by Marie Moore
16.  You're Already Amazing by Holley Gerth
17. The Thirteen by Susie Moloney
18. Aquamarine by Carol Anshaw
19. Sykosa by Justin Ordonez
20. The Song Remains the Same by Allison Winn Scotch
21. Until Next Time by Amy Lignor
22. A Grand Murder by Stacy Verdick Case
23. Banana Split by Josi Kilpack
24. Titanic 2012 by Bill Walker
25. Night Sky by Jolene Perry
26. Paskagankee by Allan Leverone