photo credit: Love Of Books by George Hodan Christine at Buckling Bookshelves is hosting a Banned Books Challenge. Here’s what she has to say: Since Banned Books Week 2012, I have been trying to make an effort to read more banned and challenged books, particularly classics, but want to make a more organized and formal Continue Reading…
2013 European Reading Challenge
Rose City Reader is hosting the 2013 European Reading Challenge again this year and I’m signing up. I intend to do much better on my own Books in Translation Reading Challenge again this year, so that should help me with this challenge as well. Rose City Reader says, The idea is to read books by Continue Reading…
Immigrant Stories Challenge
Colleen at Books in the City is hosting the Immigrant Stories Challenge again in 2013. I’ve enjoyed the books I’ve read for this challenge over the past two years, so I’m signing up again. Colleen says, The only requirement of the challenge is that the books read for it include an immigrant story. The immigrants Continue Reading…
Audio Book Challenge
I’m signing up for the Audio Book Challenge at Teresa’s Reading Corner again this year. I’ve become a huge fan of audio books over the past couple of years, surprising myself! The goal is simply to listen to audio books. I’m signing up at the Going Steady level–12 audio books. It may be close, but Continue Reading…
Eclectic Reader Challenge
Shelleyrae at Book’d Out is hosting the Eclectic Reader Challenge again this year. I truly enjoyed this challenge in 2012, so I’m signing up again. Here’s what Shelleyrae has to say: The aim of The Eclectic Reader 2013 Challenge is to push you outside your comfort zone by reading up to 12 books during the Continue Reading…
Off the Shelf Challenge 2013
I’m signing up for the Off the Shelf Reading Challenge hosted at Bookish Ardour again this year. I’m slowly making a dent in my stacks of unread books, although I’m sure my husband can’t see my progress! From Bookish Ardour: About: The Off the Shelf Reading Challenge is probably the most popular challenge there is on BA. The […]
2013 Nonfiction Reading Challenge
The Challenge: Read any non-fiction book(s), adult or young adult. That’s it. You can choose anything. Memoirs? Yes. History? Yes. Travel? Yes. You get the idea? Absolutely anything that is classified as non-fiction counts for this challenge. I always like levels in my challenges, so here are mine: Dilettante–Read 1-5 non-fiction books Explorer–Read 6-10 Seeker–Read Continue Reading…
2013 Books in Translation Reading Challenge
Details: I’ll be hosting the Books in Translation Reading Challenge again for 2013. I failed pretty miserably at it last year, reading only two when my goal was 4-6. Oops. I hope to do better this year. The goal is obviously to read translations of books, from any language into the language(s) you’re comfortable reading Continue Reading…
2013 Southern Literature Reading Challenge
I’m a little late to post this, but I am hosting the 2013 Southern Literature Reading Challenge this year. Sign up and link your reviews below. The rules: Read a book(s)–non-fiction or fiction of any genre, for any age group–written by an author from the South and set mostly in the South. Definitions of the Continue Reading…