I did OK last year on some challenges. My worst problem was posting reviews on everything I read and linking back to the challenge site. I did finish over 100+ books for the 100+ Reading Challenge. I finished the Chunkster Challenge and the Southern Reading Challenge. I got about 1/2 of the Suspense & Thriller Challenge finished. Where I failed miserabley was the TBR challenge and the TL;DR Challenge. It doesn't surprise me on those two because I am terrible about reading my own TBR pile when I am constantly going to the library and picking up new books.
For 2009 I have found a few challenges that fit my reading style so I have high hopes for them. I have only read a few books so far and I haven't posted my progress yet. I will be working on this area through-out the months.
J. Kaye's 2009 100+ Reading Challenge- I usually read at least 100 books a year and I hope I can get my groove back and manage to accomplish the same this year. The place to link up is here.
1. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
3. Belle Weather:Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits by Celia Rivenbark
4. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
5. Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway
6. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
7. Paper Towns by John Green
8. Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon
9. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
10. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
11. Fool by Christopher Moore
12. The Wave by Todd Strasser
13. The Help By Kathryn Stockett
14. Revenge of the Spellmans By Lisa Lutz
15. The Forest of Hands and Teeth By Carrie Ryan
16. On the Way Home By Laura Ingalls Wilder
17. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built By Alexander McCall Smith
18. Persepolis By Marjane Satrapi
19. No Choice But Seduction By Johanna Lindsey
20. In Odd We Trust By Dean R. Koontz
21. The Underneath By Kathi Appelt
22. A Man without a Country By Kurt Vonnegut
23. Maus By Art Spiegelman
24. Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress By Susan Jane Gilman
25. Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
26. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox By Maggie O'Farrell
27. The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
28. Bad to the Bone By Jeri Smith-Ready
29. Jumped By Rita Williams-Garcia
30. Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree By Lauren Tarshis
31. How Shall I Tell The Dog? By Miles Kington
32. Marked By P.C. Cast
33. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County By Tiffany Baker
34. Betrayed By P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
35. Chosen By P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
36. Aleutian Sparrow By Karen Hesse
37. The Shipping News By Annie Proulx
38. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill By Mark Bittner
39. Pretty in Plaid By Jen Lancaster
J. Kaye is also hosting the 2009 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge- Since I do pick up so many books from the library I am not worried about finishing this one, I am going for the 50 book goal. For more info and to sign up click this link.
1. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
3. Belle Weather:Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits by Celia Rivenbark
4. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
5. Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway
6. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
7. Paper Towns by John Green
8. Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon
9. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
10. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
11. Fool by Christopher Moor
12. Revenge of the Spellmans By Lisa Lutz
13. The Forest of Hands and Teeth By Carrie Ryan
14. On the Way Home By Laura Ingalls Wilder
15. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built By Alexander McCall Smith
16. Persepolis By Marjane Satrapi
17. No Choice But Seduction By Johanna Lindsey
18. In Odd We Trust By Dean R. Koontz
19. The Underneath By Kathi Appelt
20. Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress By Susan Jane Gilman
21. The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
22. Bad to the Bone By Jeri Smith-Ready
23. Jumped By Rita Williams-Garcia
24. Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree By Lauren Tarshis
25. Marked By P.C. Cast
26. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County By Tiffany Baker
27. Betrayed By P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
28. Chosen By P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
29. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill By Mark Bittner
30. Pretty in Plaid By Jen Lancaster
And my other J. Kaye hosted challenge is her 2009 Young Adult Book Challenge. I am a big fan on Y.A. novels, some of my favorite books fall into this catagory. The goal is to read 12. The link to join this challenge is here.
1. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
3. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
4. Paper Towns by John Green
5. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
6. The Wave by Todd Strasser
7. The Forest of Hands and Teeth By Carrie Ryan
8. On the Way Home By Laura Ingalls Wilder
9. Persepolis By Marjane Satrapi
10. The Underneath By Kathi Appelt
11. The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
12. Jumped By Rita Williams-Garcia
*****COMPLETED!********(BUT I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO LIST)
13. Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree By Lauren Tarshis
14. Marked By P.C. Cast
15. Betrayed By P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
16. Chosen By P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
17. Aleutian Sparrow By Karen Hesse
MzB is hosting a 2009 Read-Your-Own-Books Challenge- This is another go for me to read some of my books but this challenge lets me pick my own number I want to go for and I don't have to list the ones I read in advance so I will go conservative on this one and have decided on a goal of 5 books. Not a lot I know but if I read more it will be a bonus and still beat this years dismal performance. If you want to sign up the link is here.
1. The Wave by Todd Strasser
2. The Help By Kathryn Stockett
3. A Man without a Country By Kurt Vonnegut
4. Maus By Art Spiegelman
5. Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
******COMPLETED!!******* (I AM EXTENDED IT TO 15 BOOKS)
6. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox By Maggie O'Farrell
7. How Shall I Tell The Dog? By Miles Kington
8. Aleutian Sparrow By Karen Hesse
9. The Shipping News By Annie Proulx
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Books and Other Stuff is hosting the 9 Books for 09 Challenge. It's quirky and a little different and sounds like a lot of fun. You can link to it here for all the details and there will be prizes!!
Hopefully this will allow me to join a few quick little challenges through the year if something comes up, like the RIP Challenge next Halloween.
11/22/08
2009 Challenges
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Not sure yet which challenges I'll join. I'm so far not doing so hot on the ones I joined this year!
Lenore- I didn't do well this year either! I am keeping it simple next year :D
I totally understand how you feel! I did horribly on the TBR challenge. I don't think I even finished one book on my own shelf. I basically gave up on most of my challenges this year. I did finish the R.I.P. and Once upon a time challenges though.
On your question about children's books: I love reading the books of Oliver Jeffers, Holly Hobbie, Arnold Lobel, old classics like The Secret Garden, fairy tales, and almost any picture book. I subscribe to The Horn Book magazine which tells you about new children's books coming out.
I'm considering joining the Read-Your-Own-Books Challenge since I have SO many unread books that keep getting pushed farther onto the shelves. I did join the other two though.
I know that I am taking my sweet time with the welcome wagon. You know me, Ms. Day Late and a Dollar Short...lol! So glad you are joining these two.
I'm a new blogger and was wondering which challenges to take on. I like the looks of the 9 for 09. It'll take a little thought to pick out my titles, but that'll be part of the fun! Good luck with your challenges!
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Dang girl, you are all about the challenges - go you!
I'm also doing J. Kaye's library challenge and thinking about adding the YA since I too love that genre. There's gonna be a lot of overlap though, which might be boring for my blog readers. Ah well, one challenge at a time for me then!
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