Challenges
Chunkster (and Book Club)
January 1 – December 2012
450 pages+ Adult fiction
I’m going Chubby by trying to read 4 this year
Essay Reading
January – November 30, 2012
10 Essays seems like a reasonable goal
Participants who post at least one review are entered for a drawing
Historical Ficton
January – December 2012
Any type of HF (Fantasy, YA, etc.)
I’m going with Struggling The Addiction: 10 books
Non-Fiction (Personal Challenge)
January – December 2012
Read 5 non-fiction books
(1 Autobiography or Memoir, 2 History, 1 Current Affairs, 1 Other)
Off The Shelf
January – December 2012
Dig deep, dust off, and read one that’s been sitting around a while
Level chosen can change at any time
I’m going to “Try” reading 15
Get Steampunked!
January – December 2012
Level can be changed at any time
Going for Geared: 5 books
Projects
1001 Books To Read Before You Die
Clicking the above link will bring you to a list. To check out the challenge for 2012, please visit the Pub Writes blog. I did this for 2011 and it was a great incentive to read more from the list. It’s a great project to help diversify your reading. I’ve read 53 so far.
Award Winners (other than the Pulitzer)
- Man Booker Prize
- National Book Award
- National Book Critics Circle Award
- Newbery Medal
- PEN/Faulkner
- PEN/Hemingway
- Orange Prize for Fiction
- Orange Prize for New Writers
Challenged Books
Links to reviews can be found on the Challenged Book Review page. If you have one to add, please use the form at the bottom of the post, I’ll be happy to list it.
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5-Year Project to read 100 books
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Runs April 1, 2009 to April 31, 2014
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The project carries a 25% forgiveness feature, meaning if you finish 75 titles in 5 years, you may consider yourself to be victorious
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List should be made up of books you feel “fill in the gap” between what you read, and have read, and what you feel you should read or should have read.
A perpetual project. To find out more, click on the link above.
To see my list, check out my Notable Books project page.
Another perpetual project. The blog is linked above.
To see what I’ve read, visit my Pulitzer Project page.
I see that we’re both participating in the some of the same challenges: Chunkster, Essay Reading, and Project Fill-in-the-gaps. Good luck with all of your goals.
Thank you Vasilly!
Welcome to the Essay Challenge!
Thanks Carrie, I’m really looking forward to this challenge. I used to read essays quite a bit, but got away from it. This should help me get back into the groove.