January 1 – December 31, 2010 Kate at Kate’s Book Blog is reviving her Short Story Reading Challenge for 2010. I loved this challenge in 2008, and Kate gives readers a choice of participation level – so I am in! I’ve chosen: Option 5: This is the custom option under the rubric of which you [...]
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Religious Freedom – Social Justice Challenge
I joined The Social Justice Challenge – and I am really excited about this. Not only will it give me a chance to read more about issues impacting the world, but it will give me an opportunity and incentive to take action on these issues. The first monthly theme is Religious Freedom. Amy writes: To [...]
Last Two Challenges Completed…
I managed to complete two final challenges in the last week of December: Dewey’s Books Reading Challenge hosted by Chris at Stuff Dreams Are Made Of and Robin at A Fondness for Reading . I was really happy to participate in this challenge to honor Dewey by reading from her books list. I completed the [...]
Challenges I Won’t Complete in 2009…
The days of 2009 are dwindling and it is clear that a couple of reading challenges won’t get completed. They are: 2009 Mini-Challenges for A Novel Challenge Yahoo Group hosted my ME! Yes, you read that correctly. I won’t finish a challenge for which I was actually the host. Oh well. I just lost steam [...]
Two More Completed Challenges
As 2009 winds down, I am reading and reading…and still finishing a couple of challenges just by the skin of my teeth. Here are two more that I can check off the list: My Year of Reading Dangerously hosted by Estella. I set out to read 12 “dangerous books” – you can see my list [...]
Wrap Up Post for Notable Books Challenge
The Notable Books Challenge is a perpetual challenge to read books from The Notable Books lists. At the beginning of 2009, I challenged myself to read at least 6 books from the Notable Lists on the challenge blog. Here is how I did: Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill (from NYT Most Notable – 2008) – COMPLETED [...]
Thriller-Suspense Challenge 2010
January 1 – December 31, 2010 Book Chick City is hosting the Thriller-Suspense Challenge for 2010. The goal is 12 books – no lists necessary. There is a nice list of all the sub-genres which fit this challenge too. To see links to from participants for ALL REVIEWS for this challenge, go here. Although I [...]
Year of the Historical Challenge
January 1 – December 31, 2010 Lurv A La Mode is hosting the Year of the Historical Challenge and I am signing up because I have a ton of these kinds of books waiting to be read. The goal is 12 books in 12 months. No problem! Here is my list which is subject to [...]
2010 Chick Lit Challenge
January 1 – December 31, 2010 Twiga at The Twiga Blog is again hosting this fun challenge – and I can’t resist because Chick Lit is a guilty pleasure of mine which I won’t deny. The goal is a mere 8 books…and I have at least that many on my shelves which meet the requirements [...]
ARC Reading Challenge 2010
January 2 – December 30, 2010 See that huge stack of books in the button above? That is not that far removed from my stack of ARCs begging to be read. I admit that in 2009 I went a bit overboard in accepting copies of books for review…and so I need Teddy’s ARC Challenge to [...]
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