Search This Blog
April Reviews Link-Up
May Reviews Link-Up
June Reviews Link-Up
July Reviews Link-Up
August Reviews Link-Up
September Reviews Link-Up
October Reviews Link-Up
November Reviews Link-Up
December Reviews Link-Up
2024 Literary Escapes Challenge
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California (3)
- Colorado (1)
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho (2)
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana (1)
- Maine (1)
- Maryland
- Massachusetts (1)
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York (1)
- North Carolina (1)
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon (2)
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee (1)
- Texas (1)
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia (1)
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Washington, D.C.*
International:
- Australia (1)
- Canada (1)
- England (5)
- France (1)
- Ireland (1)
- Scotland (1)
- The Netherlands (1)
2024 Build Your Library Reading Challenge
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Okay, I Admit It: I'm A *Little* Challenged
7:52 AM
As much as I've always loved reading challenges, I sort of suck at them. Does that stop me from signing up for some every year? You'd think the answer would be yes, but it's actually a resounding NO. They're fun for me, even if I never actually get around to actually completing them. So, here are the three I'm going to do this year:
Dystopia 2013, hosted again this year by Bonnie over at Bookish Ardour. Since I did not do well on this in 2012, I'm going to try again. Because I rocked this challenge last year (oh wait ...), I'm signing up for the Contagion level. It involves reading 15 dystopian books, which should be a cinch for me. You don't have to make a list at all, but here are the books I'm hoping to read:
1. Orleans by Sherri L. Smith
2. Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum
3. 1984 by George Orwell
4. The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
5. The Death Cure by James Dashner
6. Crossed by Allie Condie
7. Reached by Allie Condie
8. Light by Michael Grant
9. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
10. The Giver by Lois Lowry (re-read)
11. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
12. Messenger by Lois Lowry
13. Son by Lois Lowry
14. Fragments by Dan Wells
15. The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer
2013 50 States Challenge, hosted by Book Obsessed. This challenge is one of my favorites because all I have to do is keep track of the states in which the books I read are set. Easy and fun—totally a win-win for me!
Monthly Key Word Challenge -- This one is hosted by Bookmark to Blog, one of my favorite new book blogs. It just looks like fun. You're given a short list of key words each month and you have to read one book with that word (or a variation of it) during that month.
Here's what I plan to read:
January (key word: freeze): Frozen by Mary Casanova
February (key word: family): True Sisters by Sandra Dallas
March (key word: gold): Grace, Gold and Glory: My Leap of Faith by Gabrielle Douglas
April (key word: light): Enduring Light by Carla Kelly
May (key word: shatter): Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
June (key word: island): The Island by Victoria Hislop
July (key word: dream): Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
August (key word: tree): The Secret Tree by Natalie Standiford
September (key word: shade): The Shades of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer
October (key word: inside): Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
November (key word: number): Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum
December (key word: ring): The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
So, what do you think? I should be able to do these, right? Right? How about you? Do you love or loathe reading challenges? Are you doing any this year?
Dystopia 2013, hosted again this year by Bonnie over at Bookish Ardour. Since I did not do well on this in 2012, I'm going to try again. Because I rocked this challenge last year (oh wait ...), I'm signing up for the Contagion level. It involves reading 15 dystopian books, which should be a cinch for me. You don't have to make a list at all, but here are the books I'm hoping to read:
1. Orleans by Sherri L. Smith
2. Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum
3. 1984 by George Orwell
4. The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
5. The Death Cure by James Dashner
6. Crossed by Allie Condie
7. Reached by Allie Condie
8. Light by Michael Grant
9. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
10. The Giver by Lois Lowry (re-read)
11. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
12. Messenger by Lois Lowry
13. Son by Lois Lowry
14. Fragments by Dan Wells
15. The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer
2013 50 States Challenge, hosted by Book Obsessed. This challenge is one of my favorites because all I have to do is keep track of the states in which the books I read are set. Easy and fun—totally a win-win for me!
Monthly Key Word Challenge -- This one is hosted by Bookmark to Blog, one of my favorite new book blogs. It just looks like fun. You're given a short list of key words each month and you have to read one book with that word (or a variation of it) during that month.
Here's what I plan to read:
January (key word: freeze): Frozen by Mary Casanova
February (key word: family): True Sisters by Sandra Dallas
March (key word: gold): Grace, Gold and Glory: My Leap of Faith by Gabrielle Douglas
April (key word: light): Enduring Light by Carla Kelly
May (key word: shatter): Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
June (key word: island): The Island by Victoria Hislop
July (key word: dream): Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
August (key word: tree): The Secret Tree by Natalie Standiford
September (key word: shade): The Shades of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer
October (key word: inside): Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
November (key word: number): Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum
December (key word: ring): The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
So, what do you think? I should be able to do these, right? Right? How about you? Do you love or loathe reading challenges? Are you doing any this year?
1 comment:
Comments make me feel special, so go crazy! Just keep it clean and civil. Feel free to speak your mind (I always do), but be aware that I will delete any offensive comments.
P.S.: Don't panic if your comment doesn't show up right away. I have to approve each one before it posts to prevent spam. It's annoying, but it works!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments
(Atom)
Reading
Listening
Followin' with Bloglovin'
-
-
Daily Prompt 18 March monday1 hour ago
-
-
-
-
-
-
Harris, Robert "Fatherland"14 hours ago
-
Breath as Prayer16 hours ago
-
-
The Magic All Around By Jennifer Moorman19 hours ago
-
-
Books from the Backlog #81 day ago
-
-
Don’t Foget Me by Rea Frey1 day ago
-
-
-
-
Sunday Post2 days ago
-
-
Timeline by Michael Crichton3 days ago
-
-
33. Ferris4 days ago
-
-
Persistence: A Review of Ghost Coach4 days ago
-
-
-
-
-
-
Witch Hat Atelier: Kitchen, Volume 11 week ago
-
Catching up1 week ago
-
Review: Dating Dr. Dil1 week ago
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
What Happened to Summer?5 months ago
-
6/25/23 Extra Ezra8 months ago
-
-
-
Sundays with Sam – The Sunday Post11 months ago
-
-
Are you looking for Pretty Books?1 year ago
-
-
-
-
-
Grab my Button!
Blog Archive
- ► 2021 (159)
- ► 2020 (205)
- ► 2019 (197)
- ► 2018 (223)
- ► 2017 (157)
- ► 2016 (157)
- ► 2015 (188)
- ► 2014 (133)
- ▼ 2013 (183)
- ► 2012 (193)
- ► 2011 (232)
- ► 2010 (257)
- ► 2009 (211)
- ► 2008 (192)
I definitely think you can do these. Have fun. I want to read Fragments and 1984 too.
ReplyDelete