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?
That is very impressive.
ReplyDeleteI 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 ;-)
ReplyDeleteKerrie - Well done you! I am impressed. There's no way that I could keep up with all of those challenges.
ReplyDeleteWow, 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.
ReplyDeleteI 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.