Sign In and Challenge Rules
As in the past, the Global Reading Challenge (GRC) challenges you to expand your reading boundaries, go where you haven't been before, move a little outside your comfort zone.
You may read any genre so long as the books are fiction.
Decide which level you will attempt, although you can change that later if you wish.
Use the Mr Linky to sign up with your name, the level you intend to attempt, and your blog URL.
Feel free to include the logo in your blog posts or on your blog (with a link to this page)
Your reading will take place in the calendar year 2012.
Return to this page to add the books you have read into the relevant Mr Linky - see the sections below
You may like to consult Global Reading Challenges for 2011 and 2010 for suggestions of books.
You might be interested in creating your own map showing where you have been using World66
My final post for GRC 2010 shows you what it can look like.
If you need to make a comment please do so here
The Easy Challenge
Read one novel from each of these continents in the course of 2012:
Africa
Asia
Australasia/Oceania
Europe
North America
South America (please include Central America where it is most convenient for you)
The Seventh Continent (here you can either choose Antarctica or your own ´seventh´ setting, eg the sea, the space, a supernatural/paranormal world, history, the future – you name it).
From your own continent: try to find a country, state or author that is new to you.
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The Medium Challenge
Read two novels from each of these continents in the course of 2012:Africa
Asia
Australasia
Europe
North America
South America (please include Central America where it is most convenient for you)
The Seventh Continent
Try to find novels from fourteen different countries or states.
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The Expert Challenge
Read three novels from each of these continents in the course of 2012:Africa
Asia
Australasia
Europe
North America
South America (please include Central America where it is most convenient for you)
The Seventh Continent
Select novels from twenty-one different countries or states if possible. (For Australasia, selecting a different state for your last book will be acceptable)
Sign Up here
Africa
This is where you will link books you have read that relate to Africa.
If you are reading 3 books for Africa, try to make them all from different countries.
Asia
This is where you will link books you have read that relate to Asia.
If you are reading 3 books for Asia, try to make them all from different countries.
Australasia/Oceania
This is where you will link books you have read that are set in Oceania, e.g. Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea.
If you are reading 3 books for Oceania, try to make them all from different countries, but you may decide simply to read books set in different Australian states.
Europe
This is where you will link books you have read that relate to Europe.
If you are reading 3 books for Europe, try to make them all from different countries.
North America
This is where you will link books you have read that relate to the United States and Canada.
If you are reading 3 books for the United States, try to make them all from different states. You may also decide to include Central America here (or include it in South America)
South America
This is where you will link books you have read that relate to South America.
If you are reading 3 books for South America, try to make them all from different countries. You may also decide to include Central America here (or include it in North America)
The Seventh Continent
The seventh continent is for reviews of books from Antarctica - or the sea, space, the supernatural, history, the future - or whichever alternative setting you can come up with for this wildcard category. Have fun!
Challenge completed!
If you've completed the challenge, write a post on your blog and then link to it in the Mr Linky below.
5 comments:
I'll sign on as Medium, which was my level completed for 2011. I read books from 20 countries.
I want to do this again this year.
Thanks Kathy
A few suggestions for U.S. reading: Of course, Michael Connelly, who has a new book out, The Drop.
Also, Sara Paretsky has a new book out.
And Sue Grafton's new one, V is for Vengeance is quite a pleasant read, just right for me for the holidays, no stress, no gratuitous violence, humor, decent writing.
I'll take a stab at the EASY level - I figure I can manage seven books in a year...
Two down - admittedly the easiest two - with 11 days gone. I think I might manage this before the end of the year...
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