challenges

I, like J.Kaye, found the 2008 version of this challenge a little late in the year to participate, so I’m happy to jump in for 2009! The 1st in a Series Challenge is really pretty simple: Anyone can join. You don’t need a blog to participate. Read 12 books that are the first in any series. You may read & list your chosen books any

The Read Your Own Books Challenge is exactly what I need to keep whittling down my TBR pile! I tend to get myself caught up in review copies and library books and forget that I have (more than) a few hundred unread books hanging around my living room and bedroom. The rules for this challenge are super simple: set a goal for how many of

Have I mentioned I’m just a little bit addicted to challenges?  Because I love the idea of fitting the books I read into lists?  Yes, I have a problem. This challenge is the Countdown Challenge, hosted by 1morechapter.com. The goal of this challenge is to read the number of books first published in a given year that corresponds to the last digit of each year

And for my third fabulous trick today, I am signing up for the What’s in a Name Challenge 2, hosted by Annie. The challenge is to read one book from each of the following categories: A book with a “profession” in its title. Examples might include: The Book Thief, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Historian A book with a “time of day” in its