Challenge List ~ 2011

 

2011 Challenge List ~ is a page to keep track of current challenges. It will also include links to our book reviews which will be updated periodically.

Clicking on the challenge host badges will lead you to our original challenge announcement page, where you can find a bit more info then link to the host site.

2011 Challenges

Read A Myth Challenge  ~  January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011.  Challenge site review page link. 

Level 4 Ogma: The God of all Myths. 8 books to cover more than 3 different countries, and at least 1 non-fiction book.

1. Delirium ~ by Lauren Oliver (Shellie)

(links up to date)

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LGBT Book Challenge 2011 ~ from January, 1st  to December, 31st 2011.

Goal ~ We read so many different types of books that many will over lap into this category, so as many as we can!

Shellie:

1. Possession ~ A. S. Byatt
2. Willy ~ Robert Dunbar

 

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Haruki Murakami Reading Challenge 2011 ~  Hajime - Read one book. Shellie - hope to read more.

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2011 Eastern-Europe Reading Challenge ~ Regions:  Choose titles about or by an author from any of the following regions:  Croatia, Ukraine, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Hungary, Belarus, Estonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Czech Rep., Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Romania, Moldova, and Kosovo.

Goal ~ tourist:  4 books over 12 months

The Oracle of Stamboul ~ Michael David Lukas (?)

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Graphics Novel Challenge 2011 ~ January 1, 2011 and ends December 31, 2011.

Goal ~  We will be doing the beginner level 3 books each.

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2011 Book Bucket Reading Challenge ~ Make a list of any number of books that are in your bucket - books from on your shelf. 

Goal ~  10 books currently sitting on my shelves to read by the end of December 31, 2011.

The Afflicted Girls – Suzy Witten  (links needed)

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War Through The Generations ~ US Civil War 2011 is from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011. 

Goal ~ Dip: Read 3-5 books

1. The Killer Angels ~ by Michael Shaara (JD)
2. The March ~ EL Doctorow (JD)

(links up to date)

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Chivalrous Deeds: Historical Fiction Challenge 2011 ~ from 1 January 2011 and finish on 31 December 2011. 

You can visit any court from any point in history as long as the book you are reading is Historical Fiction.  Review post link.

The Oracle of Stamboul ~ Michael David Lukas (Shellie)

(links up to date)

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Historical Tour de Genre Reading Challenge ~  January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. Goals:  Read 6 books with at least one book from each category or sub 2 with Alternatives:  GLBT – Fantasy  - Western – Paranormal - True Crime. 

Categories:

1. Historical ~ Mystery, Whodunnit, Gas-Lit Century, Victorian
2. Historical Horror
3. Historical Romance/Regency: England or European continent
4. Historical Young Adult ~ ages 14 to 21 yrs
5. Historical Plantation ~ life on a plantation/setting
6. Historical Thriller

Alternatives: GLBT – Fantasy - Western – Paranormal - True Crime.

John:

• The Killer Angels ~ by Michael Shaara (JD)
• The March ~ EL Doctorow (JD) 

Shellie:

• The Oracle of Stamboul ~ Michael David Lukas (fantasy -Shellie)
• The Afflicted Girls – Susy Witten (historical horror - Shellie)
• Wuthering Heights ~ Emily Bronte (Historical Romance/Horror/Victorian)
• Possession ~ A. S. Byatt (Historical Romance – England/Mystery/Victorian)

 

(need to add link updated on Goodreads group)

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2011 Global Reading Challenge: The Easy Challenge: (8 books) ~ Read one novel from each of these continents in the course of 2011.

 

1. Africa
2. Asia ~ (Tibet/China, Japan, Middle East, India/Pakistan) – finished by JD and Shellie
3. Australasia ~ Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Islands – finished by JD 
4. Europe ~ (Eastern, Western, UK/Ire, Nordic, Mediterranean) - finished by JD x 3 and Shellie
5. North America ~ (Canada, Native American, CA – the United States) - finished by JD x 2 and Shellie x 3
6. South America ~ includes Mexico and Central America 
7. The Seventh Continent ~ Antarctica or a ´seventh´ setting, eg the sea, the space, a supernatural/paranormal world, history, the future (Arctic)  - finished by JD and Shellie
8. From your own continent ~  John (UK/Ire) and Shellie (CA and North America) finished by JD x 3 and Shellie x 2

John:

1. Seven Years in Tibet ~ by Heinrich Harrer (Asia #2)
2. The Healers ~ by Thomas Heric (Australasia #3)
3. Beware of the Dog ~ by Brian Moore (Europe #4; #8)
4. Mr. Toppit ~ by Charles Elton (Europe #4; #8)
5. Life ~ by Keith Richards (Europe #4; #8)
6. The Killer Angels ~ by Michael Shaara (North America #5)
7. The March ~ EL Doctorow (North America #5)

Shellie:

1. The Oracle of Stamboul ~ Michael David Lukas ( Asia #2)
2. Enough About Love ~ by Hervé Le Tellier (Europe #4)
3. Wuthering Heights ~ Emily Bronte (#4)
4. Possession ~ A. S. Byatt (#4)
5. Bury Your Dead ~ Louise Penny (#5; #8)
6. Willy ~ Robert Dunbar (#5; #8)
7. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making ~ by Catherynne M. Valente (#7)

Both need Africa and South America – Shellie needs Australasia

 

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Get Steampunked! We have chosen the level Geared ~ 5 books to read.  review page, completion page

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Dystopia Challenge ~ 2011:  Asocial with  5 books to read. review page, completion page

1. Wither ~ Lauren DeStefano (Shellie)
2. Delirium ~ by Lauren Oliver (Shellie)
3. The Healers  ~ by Thomas Heric (JD)

(links up to date)

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42 Challenge 2011 ~ (January 1, 2011 till  December 3, 2011)  read, watch, listen, and (possibly) review 42 sci-fi related items.

1. Wither ~ Lauren DeStefano (Shellie)
2. Delirium ~ by Lauren Oliver (Shellie)
3. Home Fires ~ Gene Wolfe (JD)
4. WWW: Wake ~ by Robert J. Sawyer (JD)
5. The Healers ~ by Thomas Heric (JD)

  (links needed)

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Mind Voyages 2011 ~  From January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011

Pluto Voyage:   Mix it up, choose the number of books you want to read from each voyage, include some new books you pick up along the way and enjoy the ride.

WWW: Wake ~ by Robert J. Sawyer (JD)

(links needed)

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Continuing Challenges from 2010

Understand My Sorrow: Rules - Four (4) books, one nonfiction,  with one each for Depression, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder,  and OCD

2010

1. The Handbook for Lightening Strike Survivors ~ by Michele Young Stone (depression)
2. Then Came Evening ~  Brian Hart (ptsd/drepression)
3. Our Tragic Universe ~ Scarlett Thomas (depression/ocd)
4. In the Wake of the Boatman ~ by Jonathon Scott Fuqua (depression)
5. The Principles of Uncertainty ~ Maira Kalman (depression)

(links needed)

Five books down ~ more to come  - Mr. Linky review link – (not working 3/24)

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Steampunk Challenge ~ October 2010 to October 2011. Link for Steampunk reviews.

2010

1. Voltaire’s Calligrapher ~ by Pablo De Santis
2. “Sun of Suns”: From Virga: Cities of the Air ~ by Karl Schroeder
3. Hawkmoon: The Sword of the Dawn ~ by Michael Moorcock
4. The Half-Made World ~ by Felix Gilman

(links up to date)

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Continuing Perpetual ~  Five Year Challenges (Shellie only)

The Basics Challenge – Exploring Speculative Fiction: A personal project located at The Basics Challenge site. It is a 100 book challenge (with a 25% forgiveness rate.)

2011

1. The Oracle of Stamboul ~ Michael David Lukas (magical realism)
2. Wither ~ Lauren DeStefano (Shellie)
3. Blue ~ Lou Aronica
4. Delirium ~ by Lauren Oliver (dystopian)

2009 ~ 2010

1. The Things That Keep Us Here - Carla Buckley (adult apocalyptic)
2. The Magic Warble – Victoria Simcox (children’s fantasy)
3. RELEASE by Nicole Hadaway – (horror, vampire)
4. Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan – (dark fantasy, fairytale retelling )
5. Soulless by Gail Carrigan – (urban fantasy, steam punk, vampire, werewolf)
6. The Metamorphosis by Frank Kafka (horror, classic, literature)
7. The Stupidest Angel - by Christopher Moore (horror, humor, zombie)
8. Life As We Knew It
9. The Dead and The Gone
10. This World We Live In (all linked here in one post) – (apocalyptic, young adult)
11. Inside Out by Maria Snyder (young adult – girls science fiction)
12. Cursed by Jeremy Shipp (horror- bizarro)
13. Keeper by Kathi Appelt (young adult/tween, mythic - slipstream)
14. The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight by Gina Ochsner (slip stream, literary)
15. The Song of The Whale by Uri Orlev (fant/myth)
16. Post-Human by David Simpson (sci fi)
17. The Passage by Justin Cronin (horror)
18. Alone by Marissa Farrar (vamp horror/uf)
19. One Bloody Thing After Another by Joey Comeau (lgbt horror)
20. The Reincarnationist by MJ Rose (all three are in one post) - (paranormal)
21. The Memorist
22. The Hypnostist
23. The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist (dystopian sci fi)
24. Hothouse Flower by Margot Berwin (magical realism)
25. The Handbook for Lightening Strike Survivors ~ by Michele Young Stone
26. Haunted Legends ~ edited by Datlow and Mamatas
27. Dracula by Bram Stoker
28. My Name is Memory ~ Ann Brashares
29. Our Tragic Universe ~ Scarlett Thomas
30. The Arrival ~ (a wordless novel) by Shaun Tan
31. The Tempest ~ rewritten by Ann Keay Beneduce
32. Buddha’s Orphans: a novel ~  by Samrat Upadhyay 
33. The Healer's War ~ by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
34. Pathfinder ~ by Orson Scott Card

38 completed, 64 more to go 

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Fill in the Gaps - This is a 100 book challenge which includes classics or books that already exist on your shelves.

1. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (read - review link)
2. Something Wicked this way Comes - Ray Bradbury (complete - review link)
3. The Road - Cormac McCarthy (complete - review link)
4. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 
5. The Metamorphosis - by Frank Kafka
6. Dracula by Bram Stoker
7. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
8. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (abandoned)
9. Lolita ~ by Vladimir Nabokov
10. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie ~ by Alan Bradley

10 completed, 1 abandoned - 64 to go (reviews coming on two)

Links to review site.

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• Completed Challenge List 2010
• 2009 Completed Challenge Link list

Yes, I do admit I am a bit of a nut, which is why I created the different sort of nut badge on the top of the post. I am sure we will be adding a few more just to complicate things a bit. Ah the tangled webs we weave…. who is that by?

If your not a book blogger and are surprised by this list you should see the real nuts. And if you are a book blogger you know who you are!  lol….. Let the reading begin!