Bloggin' 'bout Books: A Little (Okay, A Lot) Challenged

2026 Literary Escapes Challenge

- Alabama

- Alaska

- Arizona

- Arkansas

- ~~California~~ (2)

- Colorado

- ~~Connecticut~~ (1)

- Delaware

- Florida

- Georgia

- Hawaii

- Idaho

- ~~Illinois~~ (1)

- ~~Indiana~~ (1)

- ~~Iowa~~ (1)

- Kansas

- ~~Kentucky~~ (1)

- Louisiana

- ~~Maine~~ (2)

- ~~Maryland~~ (1)

- Massachusetts

- ~~Michigan~~ (2)

- ~~Minnesota~~ (2)

- Mississippi

- Missouri

- Montana

- Nebraska

- Nevada

- New Hampshire

- New Jersey

- New Mexico

- ~~New York~~ (2)

- North Carolina

- North Dakota

- ~~Ohio~~ (2)

- Oklahoma

- Oregon

- Pennsylvania

- ~~Rhode Island~~ (1)

- South Carolina

- ~~South Dakota~~ (1)

- Tennessee

- ~~Texas~~ (1)

- Utah

- ~~Vermont~~ (1)

- ~~Virginia~~ (1)

- Washington

- West Virginia

- Wisconsin

- Wyoming

- Washington, D.C.*

International:

- England (6)

- Ireland (1)

-Scotland (1)

A Little (Okay, A Lot) Challenged

9:28 AM

Another of my favorite things about New Year in the book blogging world is that it means new reading challenges. Who cares that I rarely actually complete the challenges I sign up for? They're a fun way to help me expand my reading horizons. For 2015, I'm going to limit myself to two (at least for now):

For the last few years I've had fun keeping track of the states that the books I read take place in, so I'm going to continue to do so via the Reading Road Trip Challenge. Hosted by She's Got Books on Her Mind, it encourages participants to read books that take place in each state. You don't have to commit to all 50 states—there are different levels to enjoy. I'm going to go for broke and be an Adventurer!

FYI: The Where Are You Reading Challenge? hosted by Sheila over at Book Journey is very similar to this one.

Since I get tons of reading ideas from other bloggers, I think GeekyZooGirl's Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge is right up my alley:

The challenge involves reading books from a long list of bloggers' favorites. You can choose different levels. I'm going for Platinum—25 books from the list. I've been meaning to read all of these anyway:

1. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

2. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

3. Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

4. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

5. If I Stay by Gayle Forman

6. Where she Went by Gayle Forman

7. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

8. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

9. Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

10. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

11. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

12. The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

13. Landline by Rainbow Rowell

14. Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King

15. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

16. One Plus One by Jojo Moyes

17. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

18. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simison

19. The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

20. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

21. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

22. Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis

23. Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

24. Pointe by Brandy Colbert

25. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

As always, I'll keep track of my progress on all reading challenges on the right sidebar of my blog. Wish me luck!

6 comments:

Katherine P02 January, 2015 13:08
I'm doing the Road Trip Challenge as well. I've never really kept track of WHERE the books I was reading are located so I'm excited. It sounds like such fun! The Blogger Recommendation Challenge sounds like lots of fun. There's so many great books on that list! Good luck!
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Jenny02 January, 2015 15:26
You must read Cruel Beauty. Have fun with your challenges!
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Adriana @ BooksOnHerMind03 January, 2015 14:48
Awesome another Adventurer! Welcome to the challenge.
I actually should mention that Where Are You Reading is similar. A couple of people are pairing both challenges up which should result in some fun reads (:
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