For this challenge, hosted at GoodReads, you read a book, then for your second book the author's first name has to start with the same letter as the first book's author's last name.
Example
(title) by R F DelderfielD
(title) by David neviN (DelderfielD ends with d, so this author's first name starts with d also)
(title) by Nancy FairbankS (neviN ends with n, and Nancy starts with it.)
This one is kind of tricky to plan out because lots of writers' first names start with J but almost no last names end with it, etc. But it might be a good way to whittle the TBR list!
PROGRESS: 4 out of 10 as of 1/8/2012
1. Desolate Angel - Chaz McGee (4 stars) 1/1/2012
2. His Dark Kiss - Eve Silver (3 stars) 1/3/2012
3. The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury (3.5 stars) 1/6/2012
4. Witchling - Yasmine Galenorn (5 stars) 1/8/2012
5. Nina Bangs - An Original Sin
6. Seth Grahame-Smith - Abraham Lincoln Vampire Slayer
7. H.G. Wells - Food of the Gods
8. Prayers for Sale - Sandra Dallas
9. 11/22/63 - Stephen King
10. Gaston Leroux - Phantom of the Opera
Book Chick City is hosting the 100+ Reading Challenge.
Not sure I'll make 100 in 2012. I'd be thrilled with 80 but we'll see.
Rules:
•Starts January 1, 2012 and ends December 31, 2012
•Anyone can join
•You don’t have to have a blog to participate.
•Non-Bloggers feel free to share your list of books in the comment section of the monthly link up post.
•Reviews though not required are always nice.
•Audio, E-books, Bound and re-reads all count
•There is no need to come up with your list of books in advance.
•Challenge crossovers ok
•Create a sign up post and link up in the linky below.
•The goal of this challenge is to read 100+ books during 2012.
PROGRESS: 2 out of 100 as of 1/3/2012
1. Desolate Angel - Chaz McGee (4 stars) 1/1/2012
2. His Dark Kiss - Eve Silver (3 stars) 1/3/2012
3. The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury (3.5 stars) 1/6/2012
4. Witchling - Yasmine Galenorn (5 stars) 1/8/2012
5. Changling - Yasmine Galenorn (4 stars) 1/10/2012
6. Darkling - Yasmine Galenorn (4 stars) 1/13/2012
7. An original Sin - Nina Bangs (3.5 stars) 1/15/2012
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Make a resolution to read only the books in your To Be Read stack from January 1, 2012 to April 1.
The TBR Double Dare hosted by Ready When you Are C.B. is not a book buying ban. You can still buy books during the double dare, you just can't read them until April 1, 2012.
I'd like to say I would get 24 books read in this time period. However I will be thrilled if I get 15 read. So that is what I am going to push for at least 5 books each month for January, February and March.
PROGRESS: 2 out of 15 as of 1/3/2012
January
1. Desolate Angel - Chaz McGee 1/1/2012
2. His Dark Kiss - Eve Silver 1/3/2012
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Details:
•Runs January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012 (Sign up on The Book Vixen’s blog.
•The goal is to outdo yourself by reading more books in 2012 than you did in 2011. See the different levels below and pick the one that works best for you. Nothing is set in stone; you can change levels at any time during the challenge.
•Books can be any format (bound, eBook, audio).
•Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed.
Levels:
Getting my heart rate up – Read 1–5 more books
Out of breath – Read 6–10 more books
Breaking a sweat – Read 11–15 more books
I’m on fire! – Read 16+ more books
I will do the I'm on Fire! level and will read 16+ more books than I did last year. I only read 24 in 2011 so I will need to do at least 40 books in 2012
PROGRESS: 2 out of 40 as of 1/3/2012
1. Desolate Angel - Chaz McGee 1/1/2012
2. His Dark Kiss - Eve Silver 1/3/2012
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The A to Z Reading Challenge, hosted by Strawberry Splash Revies, challenges you to read and review one book starting with every letter of the alphabet. There are three possible challenges you can partake in.
1. Author - A to Z by authors last name, 26 books.
2. Title - A to Z by book title, 26 books.
3. Double Whammy - Do both Challenge 1 and 2 for a total 52 books.
Note: There is no option to do some by author and some by title and read only 26 books.
Deadlines?
The deadline to register is May 31, 2012
What books count towards this challenge?
Anything you want. Well not anything. It has to be a book. You can count books you are reading for other challenges if you would like and rereads are perfectly fine. The only thing is you have to have read the book between January 1,2012 and December 31, 2012. Part of this challenge is also reviewing the books and if you finished a book on December 31, you probably aren't going to review it that night. So the deadline for reviews is January 31, 2013.
And to reiterate, for books read, it only counts through the December 31
I've tried this one before. It's not as easy as it sounds, but I'm going to give it another try in 2012.
PROGRESS: 2 out of 52 as of 1/3/2012
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S. Silver, Eve - His Dark Kiss (1/3/2012)
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From every book invisible threads reach out to other books; and as the mind comes to use and control those threads the whole panorama of the world's life, past and present, becomes constantly more varied and interesting, while at the same time the mind's own powers of reflection and judgment are exercised and strengthened. ~Helen E. Haines
2012 Challenges Finished
Challenges finished for 2012 and # of books read for each challenge.
Year after Year - ongoing readings
Books by Year
Books Read in 2011
Books Read in 2010
Books Read in 2009
Books Read prior to 2009
(that I can remember)
Books by Category
Fantasy books Read
Mysteries Read
Author Reads
Future addition
