I've persisted in taking on reading challenges because I believe they give me some points of comparison from year, some sense of direction, and prevent me from focussing just on one form of the genre. I do vary the challenges from year to year.
So how am I going this year? Pretty well actually, although there are some like the Global Reading Challenge, New Zealand authors, and "not crime fiction" that need a bit of specific attention.
The reading challenges I've joined
- Agatha Christie Reading Challenge - ongoing - 8 /12 this year
- 2012 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge: aiming for 166+ currently: 80
- 2012 e-book challenge currently 41/75
- Nordic Challenge 2012 currently 13/20
- Aussie Author Challenge 12/12 - completed - but aiming for 20
- 2012 Global Reading Challenge currently 11/21
- Canadian Book Challenge 2011-2012 13/13 - completed
- Canadian Book Challenge 2012-2013 - 0/13
- Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge 8/16
- Historical Fiction Challenge at Historical Tapestry 13/10- completed - have decided to go to 20 books.
- British Books Challenge 35/12- completed, now just tracking
- American authors: currently 11/20
- translated, currently 13/20
- New Zealand, currently 0/4
- new to me: currently 29 - last year 60
- not crime fiction: currently 0
So how are your reading challenges going?
4 comments:
That is very impressive.
I can in no way read that quickly, but on my Global Book Challenge, I've read 10 of 14 needed and am reading a number of Australian women authors and Canadian writers.
I see that my pile of U.S.-written and -published books is the largest, but that isn't intentional.
It's harder to get global books in the library here. It takes a long time and due to austerity budgeting, not that many global books are purchased.
I expect that by the end of the year, I'll accomplish what I set out to do.
Yes, very impressive. I am hopeless. But I suppose it depends in part if you are allowed to count the same book in more than one challenge ;-)
Kerrie - Well done you! I am impressed. There's no way that I could keep up with all of those challenges.
Wow, you have 80 books read this year already! I have read half that many this year. My goal for the year is 52 (one a week), so at least should surpass that goal.
I am new to challenges this year and just started blogging. I am doing 15 challenges and have completed three. I have completed 24 mysteries for the Mystery and Suspense challenge, 5 books for the European challenge, 6 books for First in a Series challenge and still tracking all of those. Doing pretty well on the others, except...
Worried about hitting 15 new authors this year for the New Authors Challenge, because I am also working on Finishing a Series challenge, with 14 more books to finish there. But it is all fun.
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