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Showing posts with label 2012 Reading Challenges. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

April Challenge Update

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So - here is the monthly update for all my reading challenges - completed challenges are in red.  I have deleted some of the challenges as the hosting bloggers are no longer blogging.

Miscellaneous Challenges:
Excellence in Reading  - 3 books (off of list of 60)
Speculative Fiction Challenge - 5/6
New Author Challenge - 19/15
Read to Me Picture Book challenge  -32/400

Library Centered Challenges:
Dewey Decimal Challenge 2/5
Non-Fiction (Non-Memoir) Challenge 2/5
Library Challenge 3/12
Around the Stacks Challenge 9/20 Genres

Location Specific Challenges:
Reading the Winter Olympics 3/15
Southern Literature Challenge 2/4
Where Are You Reading Challenge 14/50 states

Title and Cover Specific Challenges:
Antonym Reading Challenge
Find the Cover/Coversuch 15/17
Read Your Name Challenge 0/8
What's in a Name Challenge 2/6
Color Coded Reading Challenge 1/9
Rainbow Reading Challenge 3/12
A to Z Reading Challenge 18/26

Prizewinners or Lists Reading Challenges:
1001 Books to Read 1/5
Alex Awards Challenge 0/3
Reading the Awards 0/5
That's What You Think Challenge 1/6

Cozy, Mystery and Suspense Reading Challenges:
Cruisin Thru the Cozies 5/6
Cozy Mystery Challenge 5/6
Mystery and Suspense challenge 14/12

YA Reading Challenges:
YA Contemporary Challenge 2/
YA Audiobook Challenge 0/12
Just Contemporary Reading Challenge 2/6
Completely Contemp Challenge 1/3

Dystopian and Paranormal challenges:
Vampire Reading Challenge 0/5
Paranormal Romance Reading Challenge 3/5
Paranormal (No Vamps) Reading Challenge 5/5
Witches and Witchcraft 1/5
Immortal Challenge 2/?
Dystopian Post-Apocalyptic 0/12
Read Dystopia Challenge 0/3
The Dystopia Challenge 0/5

Series Reading Challenges:
TV Addict Reading Challenge 0/4
1st in a Series Challenge 6/6
Welcome to Cedar Cove Challenge 0/12
The Dark Tower Reading Challenge 0/8
Stephani Plum Reading Challenge 1/?
Sookie Stackhouse Challenge 0/4
Rizzoli and Isles Reading Challenge 0/9
Kinsey Millhone Reading Challenge 0/?
Dean Koontz Reading Challenge 0/3

TBR Reading Challenges:
Mount TBR Challenge 1/12
Unread Book Challenge 2/?
TBR Pile Challenge 2/10
Read Your Own Books Challenge 1/5
Off the Shelf Challenge 2/5
Free Reads Challenge 28/5
Ebook Challenge 10/10
Books Won Challenge 0/3
ARC Reading Challenge (So Many Precious Books) 27/24

Romance Reading Challenges:
Speculative Romance Challenge 3/6
Romance Reading Challenge (the bookworm) 11/5
Reading Romances Challenge 8/?
Harlequin Silhoutte Reading Challenge 1/6
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Friday, April 6, 2012

March Challenges Update

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I have been sitting here this evening feeling like I have been forgetting something.  Then I ran across a couple of new challenges that are just starting and realized that I haven't updated any of my challenges for the last couple of weeks in March - and hadn't done a March Challenge Update page!


So - here is the monthly update for all my reading challenges - completed challenges are in red.

Miscellaneous Challenges:
Excellence in Reading  - 3 books (off of list of 60)
Speculative Fiction Challenge - 4/6
New Author Challenge - 19/15
Read to Me Picture Book challenge  -28/400

Library Centered Challenges:
Dewey Decimal Challenge 2/5
Non-Fiction (Non-Memoir) Challenge 2/5
Library Challenge 3/12
Around the Stacks Challenge 2/20 Genres

Location Specific Challenges:
Reading the Winter Olympics 3/15
Southern Literature Challenge 2/4
Where Are You Reading Challenge 10/50 states

Title and Cover Specific Challenges:
Antonym Reading Challenge
Find the Cover/Coversuch 10/17
Read Your Name Challenge 0/8
What's in a Name Challenge 2/6
Color Coded Reading Challenge 1/9
Rainbow Reading Challenge 3/12
A to Z Reading Challenge 16/26

Prizewinners or Lists Reading Challenges:
1001 Books to Read 1/5
Alex Awards Challenge 0/3
Reading the Awards 0/5
That's What You Think Challenge 1/6

Cozy, Mystery and Suspense Reading Challenges:
Cruisin Thru the Cozies 3/6
Cozy Mystery Challenge 3/6
Mystery and Suspense challenge 9/12

YA Reading Challenges:
YA Reading Challenge 4/12
YA Contemporary Challenge 1/?
YA Audiobook Challenge 0/12
Just Contemporary Reading Challenge 1/6
Completely Contemp Challenge 1/3

Dystopian and Paranormal challenges:
Vampire Reading Challenge 0/5
Paranormal Romance Reading Challenge 2/5
Paranormal (No Vamps) Reading Challenge 4/5
Witches and Witchcraft 1/5
Immortal Challenge 1/?
Dystopian Post-Apocalyptic 0/12
Read Dystopia Challenge 0/3
The Dystopia Challenge 0/5

Series Reading Challenges:
TV Addict Reading Challenge 0/4
1st in a Series Challenge 5/6
Welcome to Cedar Cove Challenge 0/12
The Dark Tower Reading Challenge 0/8
Stephani Plum Reading Challenge 1/?
Sookie Stackhouse Challenge 0/4
Rizzoli and Isles Reading Challenge 0/9
Kinsey Millhone Reading Challenge 0/?
Dean Koontz Reading Challenge 0/3

TBR Reading Challenges:
Mount TBR Challenge 1/12
Unread Book Challenge 2/?
TBR Pile Challenge 2/10
Read Your Own Books Challenge 1/5
Off the Shelf Challenge 2/5
Free Reads Challenge 19/5
Ebook Challenge 10/10
Ebook Reading Challenge 10/10
Books Won Challenge 0/3
ARC Reading Challenge (The Eclectic Bookshelf) 18/21
ARC Reading Challenge (So Many Precious Books) 18/24

Romance Reading Challenges:
Speculative Romance Challenge 2/6
Romantic Suspense Challenge 1/4
Romance Reading Challenge (Eclectic Bookshelf) 5/?
Romance Reading Challenge (the bookworm) 7/5
Reading Romances Challenge 6/?
Harlequin Silhoutte Reading Challenge 1/6
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Friday, February 10, 2012

Read-to-me Picture Book Challenge

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Finally, a challenge were I can keep track of all those books that I read with my son! This challenge is being hosted by There's a Book.

  • The objective of the Read to Me Challenge is to read with the kiddos in your life and/or enjoy picture books in general.  I will be reading with my 7 year old.
  • Books must be ones written expressly for children ages 9 and under. Board books, early readers, picture books, etc.
  • Print or eBook format is acceptable.
  • Anyone can join. You don’t have to be a blogger, and you don’t have to live in the United States. Open worldwide.
  • You do not have to have an blog to participate.
  • You can join at anytime. Deadline to join is November 20, 2012. (Not 2011, so you still have PLENTY of time to sign up!) The challenge runs from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012.
  • Choose a Level - (see challenge host for levels)  I am choosing "Observing"  which is to read 400 books with a child, with only a wrap up post each month.  I am choosing to not review these as I have a hard enough time keeping up on my adult book reviews!

  1. Schnitzel's First Christmas by Hans Wilhelm
  2. Garbage Trucks by Terri DeGezelle
  3. Street Sweepers by Terri DeGezelle
  4. Pigs (Animals Are Not Like Us) by Graham Meadows
  5. Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
  6. Snow Dude by Daniel Kirk
  7. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
  8. Little Toot by Harold Gramatky
  9. Minerva Louise on Christmas Eve by Janet Morgan Stoeke
  10. Buildings: Community Helpers by Jordan McGill
  11. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
  12. DK Readers: Big Machines by Karen Wallace
  13. Let's Do Nothing by Tony Fucile
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Monday, February 6, 2012

January Challenge Update Page

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Here is the monthly update for all my reading challenges:

Miscellaneous Challenges:
Excellence in Reading  - 2 books (off of list of 60)
Speculative Fiction Challenge - 3/6
New Author Challenge - 5/15

Library Centered Challenges:
Dewey Decimal Challenge 0/5
Non-Fiction (Non-Memoir) Challenge 0/5
Library Challenge 1/12
Around the Stacks Challenge 1/20 Genres

Location Specific Challenges:
Reading the Winter Olympics 0/15
Southern Literature Challenge 0/4
Where Are You Reading Challenge 5/50 states

Title and Cover Specific Challenges:
Antonym Reading Challenge
Find the Cover/Coversuch 4/17
Read Your Name Challenge 0/8
What's in a Name Challenge 1/6
Color Coded Reading Challenge 0/9
Rainbow Reading Challenge 1/12
A to Z Reading Challenge 5/26

Prizewinners or Lists Reading Challenges:
1001 Books to Read 0/5
Alex Awards Challenge 0/3
Reading the Awards 0/5
That's What You Think Challenge 0/6

Cozy, Mystery and Suspense Reading Challenges:
Cruisin Thru the Cozies 0/6
Cozy Mystery Challenge 0/6
Mystery and Suspense challenge 1/12

YA Reading Challenges:
YA Reading Challenge 3/12
YA Contemporary Challenge 1/?
YA Audiobook Challenge 0/12
Just Contemporary Reading Challenge 0/6
Completely Contemp Challenge 0/3

Dystopian and Paranormal challenges:
Vampire Reading Challenge 0/5
Paranormal Romance Reading Challenge 2/5
Paranormal (No Vamps) Reading Challenge 3/5
Witches and Witchcraft 0/5
Immortal Challenge 1/?
Dystopian Post-Apocalyptic 0/12
Read Dystopia Challenge 0/3
The Dystopia Challenge 0/5

Series Reading Challenges:
TV Addict Reading Challenge 0/4
1st in a Series Challenge 3/6
Welcome to Cedar Cove Challenge 0/12
The Dark Tower Reading Challenge 0/8
Stephani Plum Reading Challenge 0/?
Sookie Stackhouse Challenge 0/4
Rizzoli and Isles Reading Challenge 0/9
Kinsey Millhone Reading Challenge 0/?
Dean Koontz Reading Challenge 0/3

TBR Reading Challenges:
Mount TBR Challenge 0/12
Unread Book Challenge 1/?
TBR Pile Challenge 1/10
Read Your Own Books Challenge 0/5
Off the Shelf Challenge 1/5
Free Reads Challenge 5/5
Ebook Challenge 3/10
Ebook Reading Challenge 3/10
Books Won Challenge 0/3
ARC Reading Challenge (The Eclectic Bookshelf) 4/21
ARC Reading Challenge (So Many Precious Books) 4/24

Romance Reading Challenges:
Speculative Romance Challenge 2/6
Romantic Suspense Challenge 0/4
Romance Reading Challenge (Eclectic Bookshelf) 2/?
Romance Reading Challenge (the bookworm) 4/5
Reading Romances Challenge 2/?
Harlequin Silhoutte Reading Challenge 0/6
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Come Back to Me by Melissa Foster (Book Review)

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Title: Come Back to Me
Author: Melissa Foster
Publisher: Greenforge Books

About the Book: Tess Johnson has it all: her handsome photographer husband Beau, a thriving business, and a newly discovered pregnancy. When Beau accepts an overseas photography assignment, Tess decides to wait to reveal her secret—only she’s never given the chance. Beau’s helicopter crashes in the desert.

Tess struggles with the news of Beau’s death and tries to put her life back together. Alone and dealing with a pregnancy that only reminds her of what she has lost, Tess is adrift in a world of failed plans and fallen expectations. When a new client appears offering more than just a new project, Tess must confront the circumstances of her life head on.

Meanwhile, two Iraqi women who are fleeing honor killings find Beau barely alive in the middle of the desert, his body ravaged by the crash. Suha, a doctor, and Samira, a widow and mother of three young children, nurse him back to health in a makeshift tent. Beau bonds with the women and children, and together, with the help of an underground organization, they continue their dangerous escape.

What happens next is a test of loyalties, strength, and love.

My thoughts: I pretty much read this book in one sitting, and that doesn't happen very often with me.  I was very much caught up in the storyline and there were times when I was actually holding my breath, waiting to see what would happen.  Tess, Beau, Alice, Kevin, Louie, Samira and her family - these are all real people, with real lives - not sugar-coated characters in a book.  Life is messy.  Relationships are messy.  Sometimes we are not in control of what happens in our life, but somehow have to work with what is left when the dust settles.  Melissa Foster makes her characters dig down deep, through the pain and the reality, and swim through it all back to the surface. 

All through out the book, just the way that relationships were forming and situations were evolving, I knew that someone would probably be hurt in the end.  I did not know how it could resolve itself so that everyone would be happy.  Even coming to that conclusion, I definitely did not see this ending coming.  My advice to you?  Keep a box of kleenexes handy!  

~I received a complimentary ebook from the author in exchange for my review.~

You can connect with Melissa in many places - on her blog, website, facebook, goodreads, and at WoMen's Literary Cafe.





Publisher/Publication Date: Greenforge Books, Nov 1, 2011
ISBN: 978-0984716517
316 pages


Challenges:
Where Are You Reading?
A to Z Reading Challenge
ARC Reading Challenge (So Many Precious Books, So Little Time)
ARC Reading Challenge (The Eclectic Bookshelf)
Free Reads (Bookish Ardour)
Ebook Challenge (Workaday Reads)
E-book Reading Challenge (The Eclectic Bookshelf)
Find the Cover/Coversuch
Romance Reading Challenge (the bookworm)
Romance Reading Challenge (The Eclectic bookshelf)
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

All Other Reading Challenges

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



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





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
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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

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Monday, January 9, 2012

Reading Challenges Centered Around the Library

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For me, the majority of these books will be found at my local library, so that is why I am putting them together.




Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • Levels:
    • Dilettante: 1-5 non-fiction books (My level)
    • Explorer: 6-10 non-fiction books
    • Seeker: 11-15 non-fiction books
    • Master: 16-20 non-fiction books
  • Any non-fiction book, adult or young adult, counts
  • Do not need to be a blogger to join.

Books:
  1.  You're Already Amazing by Holley Gerth
  2. Samplers and Samplermaking
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Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31,2012
  • Sign-ups until Nov 30, 2012
  • Levels:
    • Elementary: 5 non-fiction books (My Level)
    • Diploma: 10 non-fiction books
    • Bachelor's Degree: 15 non-fiction books
    • Master's Degree: 25 non-fiction books
  • Following books DO NOT count: Reference books, cookbooks and instruction manuals that are not meant to be read cover to cover; Essays and articles; How-to, self-help or travel books that are not read cover to cover; Memoirs, journals and autobiographies;  Books written for children; Re-reads don't count since the point is to learn something new
  • Books can be any format
  • Crossovers are okay
  • Not necessary to list books ahead of time
  • Reviews are not required, but there will be quarterly link-up for those who do
  • A wrap-up post at year end is required to be considered for the giveaway
Books:
  1. You're Already Amazing by Holley Gerth
  2. Samplers and Samplermaking





Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • Goal is to read 1 book per month
  • There will be main challenges and mini challenges each month (these are to push you out of your comfort zone)
  • Books will be fiction and non-fiction
  • Crossovers are allowed
  • Must complete main monthly challenge; mini challenges are optional
  • Rereads are okay
Books:
  1. Jan challenge - New to you author - Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
  2.  Feb challenge - Crime novel - One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
  3. Mar challenge - Book about a hobby -  Samplers and Samplermaking
  4. April challenge - Comedy book - 






Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • Levels:
    • Hiker: Read 5 genres
    • Backpacker: Read 5-10 genres (My Level)
    • Traveler: Read 10-15 genres
    • Palin-esque: Read 20+ genres
  • Read as many different genres as you can - list of genres can be found at host site.
  • Review copies are okay to use
  • Crossovers are okay
  • Blog not required
Books:
  1. Gothic - Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
  2. Crime/Mystery - Shore Excursion by Marie Moore
  3. Thriller - Gods and Fathers by James LePore
  4. Drama - Aquamarine by Carol Anshaw
  5. Kids - Bubba to the Rescue by Jennifer Walker
  6. Fantasy - Until Next Time by Amy Lignor
  7. YA - Night Sky by Jolene Perry
  8. Horror/Ghost Story - Paskagankee by Allan Leverone
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Location Specific Reading Challenges

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Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • Must set up a Map under Google Maps - see host site for details
  • Blog not necessary to participate
  • You can just list the states if you don't want to/can't figure out how to use Google Maps
  • Goal is to read a book set in each of the 50 states.  Anyone who does will go in a drawing at the end of the year.  Locations outside the 50 states are bonus and anyone reading from 10 or more locations will also go into a drawing.
  • Here is a link to my map.
Books:
  1.  Come Back to Me by Melissa Foster - Maryland/Iraq
  2.  Airel by Aaron Patterson, Chris White - Idaho/Arabia
  3.  More than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay - New York
  4. In Search of the Rose Notes by Emily Arsenault - Connecticutt
  5.  Lovesick by Spencer Seidel - Maine
  6. The Jerk Magnet by Melody Carlson - California
  7. The Legacy of Eden by Nelle Davy - Iowa
  8. What Happened to Hannah  by Mary Kay McComas - Virginia
  9. Not in the Heart by Chris Fabry - Florida
  10. The Color Purple by Alice Walker - Georgia
  11.  Sykosa by Justin Ordonez - Washington
  12. Banana Split by Josi Kilpack - Hawaii
  13. A Grand Murder by Stacy Verdick Case - Minnesota
  14. Night Sky by Jolene Perry - Nevada








Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • Levels:
    • C'mon in the house - 1 book
    • Pull up a seat and stay awhile - 2 books
    • Have a glass of sweet iced tea, honey - 3 books
    • Y'all come back now, y'hear? - 4 books (My Level)
  • Books can be any genre, but must be set in the South and written by a southern author
    • South Carolina
    • Georgia
    • Alabama
    • North Carolina
    • Virginia
    • Tennessee
    • Mississippi
    • Louisiana
    • Kentucky
    • West Virginia
    • Texas
    • Arkansas
    • Florida - as long as you find a book by a Florida author and/or set in Florida that feels Southern
  • Do not need a blog to participate
  • Host has listed some Reading suggestions - Goodreads - Best Southern Literature 
  • Each review linked will get one entry into prize drawing
Books:
  1. What Happened to Hannah by Mary Kay McComas
  2. The Color Purple by Alice Walker









Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: March 1, 2010 - Feb 6, 2014
  • Levels:
    • Gold - Read a book from every country that won a medal
    • Silver - Read a book from every country that won a Gold medal
    • Bronze - Read a book from every country that won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals (My Level - this would be 15 books)
  • Book lists for other countries - BiblioTravel - Books Set In
  • Below is a List of the 26 Countries with Medals from the 2010 Winter Olympics(* means the country got gold, silver and bronze medals).
    • Australia - Gold & Silver (no Bronze)
    • Austria *
    • Belarus *
    • Canada *
    • China *
    • Croatia - Silver & Bronze (no Gold)
    • Czech Republic - Gold & Bronze (no Silver)
    • Estonia - Silver (no Gold or Bronze)
    • Finland - Silver & Bronze (no Gold)
    • France *
    • Germany *
    • Great Britain - Gold (no Silver or Bronze)
    • Italy *
    • Japan - Silver & Bronze (no Gold)
    • Kazakhstan - Silver (no Gold or Bronze)
    • Latvia - Silver (no Gold or Bronze)
    • Netherlands *
    • Norway *
    • Poland *
    • Russia *
    • Slovakia *
    • Slovenia - Silver & Bronze (no Gold)
    • South Korea *
    • Sweden *
    • Switzerland - Gold & Bronze (no Silver)
    • United States *
Books:
  1.  Voices of the Dead by Peter Leonard - Germany
  2.  A Place to Die by Dorothy James - Austria
  3.  Aquamarine by Carol Anshaw - United States
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Reading Challenges - Specifics Based on Title or Cover

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All of these challenges have something specific that they are looking for in either the title of the book, or the cover.  I like these kind of challenges because sometimes you have to hunt for just the right book!


What's In a Name 5 Challenge hosted by Beth Fish Reads


Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • Read one book from each of the following categories: (books are just examples)
    • A book with a topographical feature (land formation) in the title: Black Hills, Purgatory Ridge, Emily of Deep Valley
    • A book with something you'd see in the sky in the title: Moon Called, Seeing Stars, Cloud Atlas
    • A book with a creepy crawly in the title: Little Bee, Spider Bones, The Witches of Worm
    • A book with a type of house in the title: The Glass Castle, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Ape House
    • A book with something you'd carry in your pocket, purse, or backpack in the title: Sarah's Key, The Scarlet Letter, Devlin Diary
    • A book with a something you'd find on a calendar in the title: Day of the Jackal, Elegy for April, Freaky Friday, Year of Magical Thinking
  • Books can be any format
  • Crossovers are allowed
  • Must be a different book for each category
  • List not needed ahead of time
  • Blog not necessary and reviews are mandatory
  • There is a different post for each category with a link up for reviews
Books:
  1. Something you'd carry in a backpack - "Notes" - In Search of Rose Notes by Emily Arsenault
  2. Something you'd find on a calendar - "One" - One for the Money by Janet Evanovich









Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • For every letter in the word "2012" (two thousand twelve) you should find something on the cover that starts with that letter.
  • Books can be from all genres
  • Crossovers are allowed
  • Can read in any order
Books:
  7.  "U"
  11.  "D"



Antonym Reading Challenge hosted by Book Obsessed


Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • Levels:
    • Diploma: 6-10 books (My Level)
    • Bachelors: 12-20 books
    • Masters: 22-30 books
    • Doctorate: 32+
  • Read books by matching antonyms in the title (i.e. Hot Ice by Nora Roberts and Cold Fire by Dean Koontz)
  • Any genre and any format allowed
  • Rereads and crossovers allowed
  • Do not need to list books in advance
  • Blog not necessary to participate - see host site for details
Books:





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The Color Coded Challenge hosted by My Reader's Block


Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • Sign up until Nov 30, 2012
  • Read nine books in the following categories:
    • A book with "Blue" in the title.
    • A book with "Red" in the title.
    • A book with "Yellow" in the title.
    • A book with "Green" in the title.
    • A book with "Brown" in the title.
    • A book with "Black" in the title.
    • A book with "White" in the title.
    • A book with any other color in the title (Purple, Orange, Turquoise, Pink, Magneta, etc.).
    • A book with a word that implies color (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Paisley, Stripe, etc.).
  • Crossovers are okay
  • There is a review page to post links to reviews
  • Blog not necessary
  • Prize drawing for those completing the challenge

Books:
  1. Any other color - In Search of the Rose Notes by Emily Arsenault 












Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2011
  • Spell out your name in book title first letters.
  • You can use your whole name, your first name, blogger name, nickname, pet's name, favorite literary character's name, etc.
  • Blog not necessary
  • If you do review, link your review to host site
  • Must use names only
  • Any book format okay
  • Crossovers are okay
  • Should read books in the order to spell out your name.

Books: My real name is Kristina, but I go by Kristi - so I am committing to Kristi and will add the "na" as a bonus.
  1. "K"
  2. "R"
  3. "I"
  4. "S"
  5. "T"
  6. "I"
    7. Bonus books:
  7. "N"
  8. "A"




A to Z Reading Challenge hosted by Strawberry Splash Reviews

Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • Sign ups through May 31, 2012
  • Levels:
    • Authors: A-Z by last names (26 books)
    • Titles: A-Z by Titles (26 books)
    • Double Whammy: Do both authors and titles (52 books)
  • Crossovers are okay
  • Must review - books must be read by Dec 31, reviews completed by Jan 31, 2013.
  • Probably will be mini challenges and giveaways
  • X is tough so if you can't find an author or title beginning with X, having an X in the author's name or title is okay

Books:
D
E
K
Q
R
U
X
Y
Z




Rainbow Reading Challenge hosted by Books Make Me Happy

Challenge Details:
  • Timeline: Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • Colors per month:
    • January - Red (burgundy, claret, crimson, fuschia, garnet, magenta, maroon, ruby, scarlet, rose, cherry)
    • February - Purple (violet, lavendar, amethyst, lilac, plum, periwinkle)
    • March - Aquamarine (teal, turquoise)
    • April - Clear (transparent, translucent, crystal, diamond)
    • May - Green (emerald, jade, malachite, lime, pine, sage)
    • June - Black
    • July - Pink (blush, carnation, mauve)
    • August - Brown (chocolate, tan, bronze)
    • September - Blue (cobalt, cerulean, navy, indigo, sapphire)
    • October - white (snowy)
    • November - Orange (peach, salmon, coral, tangerine, copper)
    • December - Silver (sterling, platinum, chrome, gray)
  • Read a book each month with the assigned color in the title. 
  • There will be a prize for EVERYONE who posts EACH MONTH and completes ALL COLORS.
  • One grand prize winner
  • Books must be at least 200 pages or ebook equivalent.
  4. April - Didn't read "Clear" book
  5. May - 
  6. June -
  7. July -
  8. August -
  9. September -
  10. October -
  11. November -
  12. December -

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