Looking Ahead to 2009 (Part I) …

There are plenty of books to choose from in my towering stacks. This photo was taken in the summer of 2008 – it is a bit neater now. But there are just as many, if not more, books there. I decided to pare back on time-limited challenges this year and focus more on my perpetual challenges which include reading from the prize lists and reading around the world.

Here is a list of time-limited challenges I have decided to do in 2009:

Dewey’s Books Reading Challenge (Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2009) – goal is to read 5 books (see my list)

My Year of Reading Dangerously Challenge (Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2009) – goal is to read 12 books (see my list)

New Authors Challenge 2009 (Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2009) – goal is 50 new authors (see the details of the challenge)

The 2009 PUB Challenge (Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2009) – goal is to read 9 books (see my list)

Lost in Translation (Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2009) – goal is to read 6 books (see my list)

2009 ARC Reading Challenge (Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2009) – goal is to read 12 books (see my list)

2009 Mini Challenges (Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2009) – goal is to complete 12 literary mini-challenges (see the list)

2009 Themed Reading Challenge (Feb 1 – July 31, 2009) – goal is to read 6 books (see my list)

That is a total of 8 challenges. I know I will also be doing Michelle’s 1% Well Read Challenge and the Chunkster Challenge as well. So that is a total of 10. Considering I joined more than 30 in 2008 and completed 24, this is actually quite scaled down!

There are a few challenges I joined in 2008 which finish in 2009. They are:

BookAwards II Challenge (ends June 1st). Goal is 10 books. I’ve read 5 (see my progress)

Suspense-Thriller Challenge (ends Dec 31st). Goal is 12 books. I’ve read 6 (see my progress)

Soups On Cookbook Challenge (ends March 30th). Goal is 6 books. I’ve read 2 (see my progress)

What An Animal Challenge (ends June 30th). Goal is 6 books. I’ve read 1 (see my progress)

Unread Authors II Challenge (ends January 31st). Goal is 6 authors. I’ve read 5 (see my progress)

My goal for 2009 is to join only challenges which do the following:

1. Promote reading ARCs or Early Review Books
2. Encourage me to read books from around the world (including books in translation)
3. Encourage me to read from the prize lists or notable lists (my perpetual challenges)

I will only choose books I already own for any time-limited challenges. If they are not on my shelf, then I won’t join the challenge.

Those are my resolutions…now let’s see if I can stick to them!!