January 1, 2008 – June 30, 2008
SIGN UPS EXTENDED through January 2nd – Due to Mr. Linky being down (due to exceeding their bandwidth) until January 1st, I am extending sign ups for this challenge until midnight (PCT) January 2nd.
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**UPDATE August 17, 2007: When signing up below, please link to your post about this challenge on your blog (not just to your main page). If you have already signed up and have not created a list yet, that is okay. Just come back when you post your list and re-sign up on Mr. Linky, making the link directly to your challenge list (I will delete your link to the main blog at that time). Thanks for all the enthusiasm about this challenge! It is really fun to host a challenge that gets people excited!
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If you’re like me, you have a stack of TBR books a mile high and you are just looking for an excuse to read them! I’m hosting a Themed Reading Challenge beginning January 1st and running 6 months. Here are the rules:
1. Choose at least 4 books that share a theme – such as historical romances or books with animals as the central character or books set in a particular part of the country or books about family secrets. It doesn’t matter what the theme is – your choice!
2. Sign up here using Mr. Linky to link to your post of book selections by DECEMBER 31, 2007.
3. Write a review about each book you complete and a final wrap up at the end of the challenge.
4. Feel free to use the banner above on your blog.
5. Come back in January when I will have a Mr. Linky set up for you to link to your reviews of the books you have read.
Sound like fun? Sign ups below:
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yay another challenge!and it only starts in january so it’s perfect!I’m gonna join.
I have signed up – any challenge which helps me reduce the towering TBR pile is one for me
What a great idea! Hopefully my life will not be too crazy next year and I’ll be able to join. If I do, I’ll probably make my theme WW2, since that’s something I’ve been meaning to read more about.
Nymeth: Great idea for a theme! Hope you’ll come back and sign up later
This is one for me! Thanks for hosting. I will give it some thought and time to see where my TBR stands (besides just being tall and ominous).
=) Jill
I’m in!
Great idea! I was putting my massive TBR list into LibraryThing today and I noticed quite a few themes, so this will be fun and easy!
My first challenge for 2008!
Glad you’ll be joining us!
LOL, Jill – glad you’ll be joining in!
Tiny Librarian – It’s amazing how we amass books, isn’t it?!??! Thanks for joining!
I knew I could count on you joining up, Alisia!
Ooops, just noticed I didn’t actually make a link to my themed list (don’t have it yet) just to my regular blog. Sorry about that!
I’m in! I’m reading books about buildings (both non fiction and fiction). My list is on my livejournal site but my reviews will be both on my main blog: http://www.pussreboots.pair.com and syndicated on livejournal: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/caligula03/
I definitely want to participate. I’ve even announced the challenge on my blog. But I don’t have a list ready, and probably won’t for quite a while!
Becky (Becky’s Book Reviews)
Becky, You have plenty of time to sign up! Whenever you come up with your list, just come back and sign up then. You can change your list until the challenge actually starts
Well I am very excited. I saw this a while ago but just had too many choices and possiblities of what to read about. Hopefully I will have chosen well. Maybe you have some feedback on my choices? Let me know here. Thanks for the great challenge. -Julie
What a cool challenge! I’m in!
Glad to have you aboard Chris and Julie!
I’ll get a list up well before December 31. I tend to read in themes anyway, so this will be fun!
Glad you’ll be joining us!
Question… Can it be a combination of fiction and non-fiction on the same theme?
Hi, Wendy: I finally decided on a theme! =) Can you delete my original link (#9)? I entered a new link in, which goes to my choices. Thanks for hosting!
=) Jill
Sorry to have posted my name to Mr. Linky twice, but I’ve now put up a proper post about the challenge — it will contain my list by December 31st.
(so please delete the first link, and keep the most recent… thanks!)
MizB17 of The Book Zone
I can’t believe I haven’t already signed up for this. I know I decided to do it in my head, I even ordered some books, I just haven’t written about it yet. I’ll update with a link when I get it written, on paper, not just in my head. I’m reading books about books, or with books as a theme.
glad to have you on board…. I’m in the process of possibly moving blogs. follow the link in the sidebar to the new sign up place
Does this get me in? Still having problems joining, i have 400 unread books in my bedroom. Will pick from them.Post later.
Lindy, You’re all set – You are listed #25 on the list and don’t need to do anything else to sign up
Looking forward to this one – hope I’m up to the challenge. I’m hoping joining these challenges, my TBR pile will drop
Please delete #33. I now have my page set up.
Would love to be able to use the graphic also.
Woo Hoo! I’m in! I have a lame theme, but it helped me make book selections.
Hi Wendy! I finally posted my list for the challenge. Thanks for hosting it
I’d love to join in the fun! I’ve got my books listed already!
I’m in! I’ve chosen my theme. Not the most inspired one…
My list.
Finally settled on a theme. I bought a new book and desperately needed to weave a theme around it ;>). You can find my list here. I also signed up with Mr. Linky.
Kristi
I’m in! Here’s my list.
Amanda
This was a lot harder than I thought it would be, but count me in. See my list here.
I joined
i posted –now to wait for mr linky
you know if some people didn’t go out of town at this CRUCIAL time of year in the life of a crazy reader
I changed my theme to books in translation.
Michelle – no problem
Dana – I know … can you believe anyone would be so self-centered as to leave town!??!?! Geez.
Can you change my link to:
http://1morechapter.com/2007/08/13/themed-reading-challenge/
Or, if not, just delete that one, and I’ll enter the new one.
Thanks!
All fixed, Michelle
I have discovered reading challenges and am totally addicted! Can’t wait to get started. Here’s my link to my list: http://neelia76.wordpress.com/reading-challenges-2008
My theme is books set in Asia or about Asian Culture.
Thanks!
I am so excited to have found this reading challenge and others. I’m still deciding on my theme as I’m somewhat of a serendipitous reader. I’ll post back when I can state for certain.
I think I will finish reading Picoult! I already read seven of her book.
I really hope I’m not too late to join in. Here’s my list and my theme is “Guys” – all the books I’m reading for this challenge have a male name in the title.
Thanks so much for hosting this.
Good to have you on board
Thanks for joining!
My theme is cats in honor of my four fierce felines. I’ll be reading three cat mysteries by Lilian Jackson Braun and Roger Caras’ Treasury of Great Cat Stories.
um… I can’t remember if I officially signed up for this challenge or not. I posted a list last year, but I don’t see me anywhere… So, yeah, I am doing this challenge.
I posted my first review and everything in the linky for it.