I've decided to post my Reading Challenges for 2008 & try to get a bit organized here. I'm a Reading Challenge Addict as you can see :)
Here goes (any text with a line through it means I've read the selection):
1. 
Numbers Challenge
The challenge is to read 5 books whose titles have a number in them from Jan 1, 2008 to June 1, 2008 This includes written numbers like "one" or "forty."
Here's my picks (re-done):
- 1984 by by George Orwell
- Fahrenheit 451 by by Ray Bradbury
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- 44 Scotland Street by Alexander Mccall Smith
-One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
2. 
Mini Austen Challenge
'These "mini-challenges" are not as open-ended as most challenges. But they're not strict either. One would be to read and/or watch at least two Jane Austen novels/movies in 2008. Masterpiece Theatre is showing all 6 movies in the 2008 season. I am going to be aiming for all 6. But if you want to just watch two movies and blog about them, that is fine too.'
My choices are:
- To re-read 'Pride & Prejudice' just because I haven't read it in a few years and it's one of my favorites. I own the DVD so I can watch it and compare it to the book.
- to read and watch the movie versions of 'Mansfield Park', 'Persuasion' & 'Northanger Abbey'
- to re-read 'Sense & Sensibility' and watch the movie version
3. 
suspense & thriller challenge
yahoogroups discussion is here
Rules of this challenge:
* Read SIX (6) different (one from list above to total six) sub-genres of thrillers in 2008.
* Read SIX (6) different (one from the list above to total six) sub-genres of thrillers in 2009.
By the end of this challenge, you will have read 12 different sub-genres of thrillers. Don't worry about when you start this challenge. It officially ends on the very last day of December 2009. You have plenty of time!
picks, so far:
-Duma Key by S.K.
- Darkest Evening of the Year by D. Koontz
-An Absolute Gentleman by R. M. Kinder
-The Good Guy by D. Koontz
- Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
-The Hollow: The Sign of Seven Trilogy by Nora Roberts
-Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner
4. 
Anything Agatha
Read 10 of ANYTHING by AGATHA Christie
(any combination)
~ January - December, 2008 ~
picks so far: anything Agatha that strikes my fancy
5. 
TBR
For this challenge you should....
** Pick 12 books - one for each month of 2008 - that you've been wanting to read (that have been on your "To Be Read" list) for 6 months or longer, but haven't gotten around to.
** OPTIONAL: Create a list of 12 "Alternates" (books you could substitute for your challenge books, given that a particular one doesn't grab you at the time)
** Then, starting January 1, 2008, read one of these books from your list each month, ending December 31, 2008. :o)
The books on the other challenges can fit this, as well as my TBR list on my blog sidebar.
6.
Romance Reading Challenge
You just choose 5 Romance Novels and read them in 2008.
"Romance" isn't limited to steamy Harlequin novels. There is a huge selection of books in this category such as contemporary romance, historical romance, romantic suspense and paranormal romance to name a few.
picks:
- Twilight, Eclipse & New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
-Cold Mountain
-Entangled by Kathleen Dante
-Enticed by Kathlee Dante
-Love in the Time of Cholera
-Where The Heart Is
-Breakfast at Tiffany's
-The Princess Bride
-The Notebook
- Key of Light by Nora Roberts
- Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts
-Key of Light by Nora Roberts
ongoing since I'm usually reading Romance...
Twisted Fairy Tales Reading Challenge
Read 4 books about twisted fairy tales by May 5, 2008
And here are the exceptions:
You may read a book that is not directly based on a fairy tale,
but has a very fairy-tale theme (i.e. Sarah Beth Durst's Into the Wild)
You may read more than 4 (duh)
my choices:
1. Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
2.Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
3. Princess Bride by William Goldman
4. The Constant Princess
by Philippa Gregory
5. Zel
by Donna Jo Napoli
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Triple 8 Challenge
1. Challenge runs from January 1 through December 31, 2008.
2. Choose 8 categories of your own that you would like to read 8 books EACH in.
3. You will be allowed 8 overlaps, for a total of 56 unique book titles.
4. You may overlap these 56 titles with any other challenge.
5. You may change your list or your categories at any time.
my lists (not finished yet):
Historical Fiction
1. Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
2. Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
4. Atonement by Ian McEwan
5. The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
6. ...
7. ...
8. ...
Horror/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
1. Real Murders (An Aurora Teagarden Mystery) by Charlaine Harris
2. Darkest Evening of the Year by D. Koontz
3. Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
4. The Hollow: The Sign of Seven Trilogy By Nora Roberts
5. Demons Are Forever : Confessions of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner
6. California Demon : The Secret Life of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner
7. Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
8. Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Books that were made into movies:
1. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
2. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
3. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
4. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
5. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
6. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
7. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
8. ...
Books With Numbers in the Titles:
1. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
2. One for the Money (Stephanie Plum Mystery Series #1) by Janet Evanovich
3. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
4. In the Tenth House by Laura Dietz
5. 44 Scotland Street by Alexander Mccall Smith
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Classics
1. Persuasion by Jane Austen
2. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
3. Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen
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Romance
1. Princess Bride by William Goldman
2. Master of the Night by Angela Knight
3. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
4. Beyond the Dark by Angela Knight
5. Dawn's Awakening by Lora Leigh
6. Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts
7. Entangled by Kathleen Dante
8. Enticed by Kathlee Dante
Random Picks:
1. Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
3. An Absolute Gentleman by R. M. Kinder
4. The Testament by John Grisham
5. On the Street Where You Live by Mary Higgins Clark
6. Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine
7. The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
8. ...
Books I want to re-read:
1. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
2. How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney Otto
3. A Sight for Sore Eyes by Ruth Rendell
4. Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz
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