I had a lot of fun with the Challenges I joined last year and decided to join more this year. (My 2008 Wrap Up is here.)
The Challenges I've chosen to join or continue this year are:
1. The 100+ Reading Challenge + The Read & Review Challenge (below) Finished! :)
2.The 5X4 Self Challenge (below) Finished! :)
3. The Audiobook Challenge (below) Finished! :)
4. The 2009 Read-Your-Own-Books Challenge (below) Finished! :)
5. Books Around the States (Continued from 2008) (below)
6. Suspense & Thriller 2009 Challenge (below) Finished! :)
7. Support Your Local Library Challenge 2009 (below) Finished :)
8. Chunkster Challenge (below) Finished! :)
9. What's In a name Challenge (below) Finished :)
9. The Daniel DeFoe Mini-Challenge (below) Finished :)
10. John Steinbeck Mini-Challenge (below) Finished! :)
11. The Southern Reading challenge (below) Finished! :)
Reading Around the World (see the sidebar)
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Opposites Attract Challenge
Look at this fun challenge! I found it at Jen's Book Talk. To play just read books that have at least one word in the title opposite to another book title's word. You can only use a book once though; not in 2 different sets. And be sure to use some of these with your other challenges if you can! (ex: salt, pepper - good, bad - this, that, - angry, happy - angel, devil - empty, full.) Click here or on the button above to go to Jen's for the rest of the guideline>
I won't make a list ahead of time. Instead I'll just list as I go.
My opposites:
Hold Tight by Harlen Coban
Three Weeks to Say Goodbye by C. J. Box
Fire Me by Libby Malin
Wild Rain by Christine Feehan
I won't make a list ahead of time. Instead I'll just list as I go.
My opposites:
Hold Tight by Harlen Coban
Three Weeks to Say Goodbye by C. J. Box
Fire Me by Libby Malin
Wild Rain by Christine Feehan
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Monthly Mixer Mele
Since I have finished all my challenges for 2009 I thought I might start a new one a little early. this is it: Monthly Mixer Mele hosted by Jen's Book Talk.
Rules right from Jen's Book Talk:
All you have to do is read a book that begins with a letter of each month or read a book that begins with the authors name (first or last name, doesn’t matter). There are 74 letters so you will have to have 74 different books to complete the challenge. Books can however be used to complete other challenges.You don’t have to do the months in any kind of order, just fill in books as you go along until you have each letter a book by it.Challenge begins November 1, 2009 and ends November 2, 2010 so you have a whole year to complete! Lets break out them books and get busy!
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E Elegance of the Hedgehog
M Murder Packs a Suitcase
B Three Weeks to Say Goodbye by C.J. Box
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F Fire Me by Libby Malin
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C Wild Rain by Christine Feehan
H Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
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G The Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen
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S Why Beulah Shot Her Pistol.... by Clayton Sullivan
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If you decide to join Jen in the 2009/2010 Monthly Mixer Mele, create a post on your blog telling others about this event. In your post, be sure to include the link to Jen's post on your blog. That way others can find their way theree and join in the fun!When you sign up under Mr. Linky, list the direct link to your post where your books will be listed in the URL spot.
Rules right from Jen's Book Talk:
All you have to do is read a book that begins with a letter of each month or read a book that begins with the authors name (first or last name, doesn’t matter). There are 74 letters so you will have to have 74 different books to complete the challenge. Books can however be used to complete other challenges.You don’t have to do the months in any kind of order, just fill in books as you go along until you have each letter a book by it.Challenge begins November 1, 2009 and ends November 2, 2010 so you have a whole year to complete! Lets break out them books and get busy!
N
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E Elegance of the Hedgehog
M Murder Packs a Suitcase
B Three Weeks to Say Goodbye by C.J. Box
E
R
J
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F Fire Me by Libby Malin
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M
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C Wild Rain by Christine Feehan
H Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
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G The Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen
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S Why Beulah Shot Her Pistol.... by Clayton Sullivan
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If you decide to join Jen in the 2009/2010 Monthly Mixer Mele, create a post on your blog telling others about this event. In your post, be sure to include the link to Jen's post on your blog. That way others can find their way theree and join in the fun!When you sign up under Mr. Linky, list the direct link to your post where your books will be listed in the URL spot.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Southern Reading 2009 Challenge
Finished!
Yea! The Southern Reading 2009 Challenge is here. this was so much fun last year and I have been waiting anxiously for it again. Maggie makes it so much fun with friendship, projects, and prizes. Go visit her and sign up. To participate you simply sign up then read three southern books between May 15th and August 15.
Here are the three books I plan to read:
1.Bless Your Heart, Tramp and Other Southern Endearments by Celia Rivenbark review here
2.From Dead to Worse Charlaine Harris review here
3. The Help by Kathryn Sockett review here
and I just might read The Color Purple by Alice Walker extra.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
100+ Book Challenge 2009 + the Read & Review Challenge
Finished
Click on the picture above to go to J. Kaye's rules for this challenge.
I'm combining the 100+ Book Challenge with MizB's Read & Review Challenge. Click on the above picture to go to MizB's for the rules.January
2. Swan Peak by James Lee Burke review here
3. Dead Over Heels by Charlaine Harris review here
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick review here
5. Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch review here
6. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger review here
7. Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez review here
8. Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith review here
9. No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews review here
10. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown review here
11. Just Another Judgement Day by Simon R. Green review here
February
13. A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah review here
14. The Memorist by M. J. Rose review here
15. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch review here
16. Adam by Ted Dekker review here
17. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich review here
19. Night of the Loving Dead by Casey Daniels review here
20. Just the Two of Us by Will Smith review here
March
21. Chill Factor by Sandra Brown review here
22. Heart of Stone by C.E. Murphy review here
23. Breath of Scandal by Sandra Brown review here
24. Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons review here
25. Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler review here
26. Angel's Tip by Alafair Burke review here
27. Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen review here
28. Fool by Christopher Moore review here
29. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows review here
30. Horton Hears a who by Dr. Suess review here
31. Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett review here
April
32. The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell review here
33. Mean Streets by Jim Butcher, Simon R. Green & More review here
34. Tarzan and the Golden Lion by Edgar Rice Burroughs review here
35. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DeFoe review here
36. Deader Still by Anton Strout review here
37. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson review here
38. 1776 by David McCullough review here
39. White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison review here
40. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson review here
41. In the Company of Ogres by A. Lee Martinez review here
42. Borderline by Nevada Barr review here
43. Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey review here
44. Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie review here
45. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith review here
May
46. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher review here
47. Power Play by Joseph Finder review here
48. Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits by Celia Rivenbark review here
49. Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs review here
50. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith review here
51. The Little Painter of Sabana Grande by Patricia Maloney Markun review here
52. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe review here
53. Darkness Falls by Kyle Mills review here
54. Kiss by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy review here
55. The Christmas Day Murders by Sheriff J.B. Smith review here
56. The Mystery of Grace by Charles De Lint review here
57. Divine Justice by David Baldacci review here
58. The Help by Kathryn Stockett review here
59. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald review here
June
60. A Breed Apart by Pierre Davis review here
61. Eternity in Death by J.D. Robb review here
62. Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker review here
63. Resolution by Robert B. Parker review here
64. Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck review here
65. Glory In Death by JD Robb review here
66. The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen review here
67. Thanks For the Memories by Cecelia Ahern review here
68. The Lost City of Z by David Grann review here
69. Bless Your Heart, Tramp by Celia Rivenbark review here
70. The Golden Buddha by Clive Cussler and review here
71. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb review here
72. The Camel Club by David Baldacci review here
July
73. Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child review here
74. Savage Run by C.J. Box review here
75. Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson review here
76. Death Match by Lincoln Child review here
77. The Collectors by David Baldacci review here
78. Sail by Patterson and Roughan review here
79. Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie review here
August
85.Fingerlickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
86. Made in the U.S.A by Billie Letts
87. The Girls He Adored by Jonathan Nasaw
88. When She Was Bad by Jonathan Nasaw
89.Marked Man by William Lashner
September
90. Staying Dead by Laura Anne Gilman
91. Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
92. Nuclear Jellyfish by Tim Dorsey
93. The Judas Strain by James Rollins
94. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
October
109. The Zookeepers Wife by Diane Ackerman review here
110. Battle on the Bay by Edward T. Cotham, Jr. review here
110. Battle on the Bay by Edward T. Cotham, Jr. review here
November
112. The Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen review here
113. Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen review here
114. Hold Tight by harlan Coben review here
115. Fire Me by Libby Malin review here
116. Three Weeks to Say Goodbye by C.J. Box review here
December
5 X 4 Self Challenge 2009
FINISHED!!
In all the years I've been reading I've never planned it out. I read books that catch my fancy, that appeal to me from the shelf at the library, bookstore or garage sale, or that friends talk about. I found last year when I joined the 888 challenge I felt.......cornered. It DID help me to broaden my reading to new genres and helped me to see I could enjoy reading them. However, I didn't finish the challenge by 3 books. This year in an effort to widen my reading range but still have lots of room for the books I come across that I want to read, I've created this pared down version, The 5X4 Self Challenge. Four books in each of five categories. These are books I wouldn't normally read or that I want to read and never get around to. That's a quarter of my 100 book reading goal for this year. I'm going to plan the books, but will change if something else comes along that catches my interest. Who knows, I may read more than four in each category. Of course, I already own all these books. The categories I've chosen are:
Classics
1 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald review here
2 Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe review here
3 Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck review here
4 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DeFoe review here
Non-Fiction
1 Me Talk Pretty Some Day by David Sedaris review here
2 The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson review here
3 The Lost City of Z by David Grann review here
Books Older Than Me That Are Sitting on My Shelf
1 Kazan The Wolf Dog by James Oliver Curwood review here
2 Brewster's Millions by G. B. McCutcheon review here
3 Tarzan and the Golden Lion by Edgar Rice Burroughs review here
4 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith review here
Award Winners
1 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson (Mcavity Best First Novel)
3 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick review here
4 The Killing Floor by Lee Child ( Anthony Award for Best First Novel) review here
Histories
1 1776 by David McCullough review here
2 The Zookeepers Wife by Diane Ackerman review here
3 Battle on the Bay by Edward T. Cotham, Jr. review here
4 The Lost City of Z by David Grann review here
Audiobook Challenge 2009
Finished!
Click on the picture above to go to J. Kays rules for this Audiobook Challenge! Our goal is to listen to 12 audiobooks in 2009.
1. Swan Peak by James Lee Burke review here
2. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audre Niffeneggar review here
3. Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith review here
4. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown review here
5. Adam by Ted Dekker review here
6. Chill Factor by Sandra Brown review here
7. Breath of Scandal by Sandra Brown review here
8. Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler & Dirk C. review here
9. Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen review here
10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows review here
11. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DeFoe review here
12. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by bill Bryson review here
The challenge ended at 12, but I'll keep list all audiobooks I "read" this year.
13. Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie review here
14. Power Play by Joseph Finder review here
15. Belle Weather by Celia Rivenbark review here
16. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe review here
17. Kiss by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy review here
18. Divine Justice by David Baldacci review here
19. Eternity in Death by J.D. Robb review here
20. Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck review here
21 Thanks For the memories by Cecelia Ahern review here
22. The Camel Club by David Baldacci review here
The What's In a Name Challenge
Finished!
In this fun challenge you must read a book from each of 6 categories. The challenge runs form Jan. 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2009. Click on the picture to go the host's site.
My Books
Title with a profession: (Fool)
Fool by Christopher Moore review here
Title with a time of day:
Night of the Loving Dead by Casey Daniels review here
A Title with a relative:
Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen review here
Title with a body part:
Heart of Stone by C.E. Murphy review here
Title with a building:
Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez review here
Title with a medical condition:
Deader Still by Anton Strout review here
Read Your Own Books Challenge 2009
Click on the picture to read the rules at MizB's Challenges You. I've chosen to set my
goal at 50 of my own books. Should be easy,
I have TONS of books here at home
that I haven't read.
1. Swan Peak by James Lee Burke review here
2. Dead Over Heels by Charlaine Harris review here
3. Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch review here
4. Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez review here
5. Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith review here
6. No Nest for the Wicket by Donna andrews review here
7. Just Another Judgement Day by Simon R. Green review here
8. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch review here
9. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich review here
10. Night of the Loving Dead by Casey Daniels review here
11. Just the Two of Us by Will Smith review here
12. Heart of Stone by C.E. Murphy review here
13. Fool by Christopher Moore review here
14. Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett review here
15. The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell review here
16. Tarzan and the Golden Lion by ERB review here
17. Deader Still by Anton Strout review here
18. I am Legend by Richard Matheson review here3
19. 1776 by David McCullough review here
20. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson review here
21. In the Company of Ogres by A. Lee Martinez review
22. Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey review
23. Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie review
24. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith review
25. Belle Weather by Celia Rivenbark review
26. The Little Painter of Sabana Grande by Patricia Maloney Markun review here
27. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe review here
28. Darkness Falls by Kyle Mills
29. Divine Justice by David Baldacci review here
30. The Help by Kathryn Stockett review here
31. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald review here
32. Thanks For the Memories by Cecelia Ahern review here
33. Bless Your Heart, Tramp by Celia Rivenbark review here
34. The Camel Club by David Baldacci review here
35. Cemetery Dance by Douglas and Child review here
36. Savage Run by C.J. Box review here
37. Sundays at Tiffany's review here
38. Death Match by Lincoln Child review here
39. The Collectors by David Baldacci review here
40. Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie review here
Support Your Local Library Challenge
Finished :)
I am adding J Kaye's Support your Local Library Challenge to my list of challences. Click on the picture to read the rules. I love the library and read lots of books from there every year. Boy does that save a ton of money! I think I'll set my goal at 25 library books.
1. Dragonheart by Todd McCaffrey review here
2. Swan Peak by James Lee Burke review here
3. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick review here
4. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown review here
5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson review here
6. A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier review here
7. The Memorist by M. J. Rose review here
8. Adam by Ted Dekker review here
9. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle review here
10. Chill Factor by Sandra Brown review here
11. Heart of Stone by C.E. Murphy review here
12. Breath of Scandal by Sandra Brown review here
13. Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons review here
14. Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler & Dirk C. review here
15. Angel's Tip by Alafair Burke review here
16. Pandora's Daughter review here
17. Fool by Christopher Moore review here
18. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows review here
19. Mean Streets by Jim Butcher etc review here
20. White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison review here
21. Borderline by Nevada Barr review here
22. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher review here
23. Power Play by Joseph Finder review here
24. The Christmas Day Murders by Sheriff J.B. Smith review here
25. The Mystery of Grace by Charles De Lint review here
May 22, 2009 - YEA! I've finished another challenge. I love going to the library so I know I will be getting more books from the library. I will keep track of the rest of them for the year below.
26. Eternity In Death by JD Robb review here
27.Tortilla Flat
28. Glory in Death by JD Robb review here
29. The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen review here
30. The Lost City of Z by David Grann review here
31. Sail by Patterson and Roughan review here
32. The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly
33. Relentless by Dean Koontz
Chunkster Challenge
Finished April, 2009
Ok. Only one more challenge. I decided to join the chunkster challenge. Several reading plans are offered. I have opted for the "Do These Books Make My Butt Look Big" plan, mostly because I thought it was funny. Rules from the Chunkster site:*A chunkster is 450 pages or more of ADULT literature (fiction or nonfiction)
*No Audio books in the chunkster
*If you read large type books your book will need to be 525 pages or more
*Books may crossover with other challenges
Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big? - this option is for the slightly heavier reader who wants to commit to 3-5 Chunksters over the next ten months.
Here are my chunksters:
1. Dragonheart by Todd McCaffrey review here
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo review here
3. The Memorist by M. J. Rose review here
4. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle review here
5. White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison review here
John Steinbeck Mini-Challenge
Finished!!
The second challenge from Mini-challenges Hosted by Becky I've decided to join is the John Steinbeck Mini-Challenge.
This mini-challenge, the John Steinbeck Mini-Challenge, is for the 2009 year. It will be from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.The goal of the challenge is to read TWO books by John Steinbeck. (Audio books are welcome.) One movie can be substituted for one of the books if you prefer.My two choices for this challenge are:
1. Tortilla Flat. – New York 1935 review here
2. Cannery Row. – New York : Viking, 1945 review here
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