Confessions of a Bibliophile

The fourth What’s in a Name Challenge is being hosted by Beth Fish Reads. Here’s how it works: Between January 1 and December 31, 2011, read one book in each of the following categories: A book with a number in the title: First to Die, Seven Up, Thirteen Reasons Why A book with jewelry or a gem in the title: Diamond Ruby, Girl with a

The 2011 TBR Pile Challenge is hosted by Roof Beam Reader. And there’s prizes! The goal is to finally read 12 books from your "to be read" pile, within 12 months. The rules of the challenge are: Each of these 12 books must have been on your bookshelf or "To Be Read" list for AT LEAST one full year. Caveat: Two (2) alternates are allowed,

I’m running out of days in December, so I’m going to summarize the rest of my challenges here!  Unfortunately, there are only 2 more that I completed — the rest are the challenges that were not meant to be… 2010 100+ Reading Challenge – 108 books This one is technically completed, but it wasn’t completed based on my personal goal.  I was aiming for 144