tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post9179889354654814228..comments2024-03-11T00:52:06.529+10:30Comments on MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Sunday Salon 14 Aug 2010 - focus on ChallengesKerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-31584891150135519872010-08-16T19:01:13.034+09:302010-08-16T19:01:13.034+09:30Marg, I think you were the one who introduced me t...Marg, I think you were the one who introduced me to the idea of challenges!Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-1226010464961677832010-08-16T12:37:49.027+09:302010-08-16T12:37:49.027+09:30At the end of last year I had decided to limit my ...At the end of last year I had decided to limit my challenges for 2010. Ha! I've joined at least a dozen, have drop 3 or 4 and feel like I am doing well on the rest. Certain challenges, like the 2010 Global Challenge and the Japanese Literature Challenge have definitely expanded my reading.Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12865699135545209220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-1599723616508909362010-08-16T07:41:27.597+09:302010-08-16T07:41:27.597+09:30Now you've done it! Made me count my challenge...Now you've done it! Made me count my challenges, and there are a lot! <br /><br />I tend to choose challenges that fit what I am likely to read rather than challenges that make me add yet more books to my reading list.<br /><br />You can see my reading challenges <a href="http://readingadventures.blogspot.com/search/label/2010%20Reading%20Challenge" rel="nofollow">here</a>Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-80133297616766135642010-08-15T20:01:29.065+09:302010-08-15T20:01:29.065+09:30I found out I am not very good at completing chall...I found out I am not very good at completing challenges. It is not that I read any less but somehow I found challenges controlling!<br /><br />And yes Kerrie, we do celebrate our Republic Day on 26th of January.gautami tripathyhttp://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-79451799190791471012010-08-15T16:00:27.805+09:302010-08-15T16:00:27.805+09:30I agree Kathy - some of what we learn in doing the...I agree Kathy - some of what we learn in doing the challenges is almost incidental - like where the best place to get the books is.Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-42958718246947844312010-08-15T15:59:21.831+09:302010-08-15T15:59:21.831+09:30As you and I have discovered Bernadette sometimes ...As you and I have discovered Bernadette sometimes it is a good thing to put extra constraints on what we "count" in the challenge - I suspect in some cases the challenge will come when we try again next year - e.g. to do the Scandinavian one with each book coming froma a difefrent country would be quite demandingKerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-41361633034658340832010-08-15T15:56:56.538+09:302010-08-15T15:56:56.538+09:30Margaret - the Global Reading Challenge is a Janua...Margaret - the Global Reading Challenge is a January to December one - but it is definitely not too later to join. You have probably already completed some bits of it. It is a good place to look for recommendations tooKerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-6037100709899911282010-08-15T15:52:39.176+09:302010-08-15T15:52:39.176+09:30Oops: Meant to say if I read what I plan to, adde...Oops: Meant to say if I read what I plan to, added to what I've read, I'll have read 11 Scandinavian mysteries by the end of the year, 9 within the boundaries, 2 before.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-63112591160739363302010-08-15T15:48:31.346+09:302010-08-15T15:48:31.346+09:30I've joined 5 challenges this year, including ...I've joined 5 challenges this year, including the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge. I've completed just 1 - the Cozy Mystery Challenge. I keep track of them on my blog on my <a href="http://www.booksplease.org/reading-challenges/" rel="nofollow">Reading Challenges Page.</a><br /><br />I like challenges for three reasons - to encourage me to read books I already own. Unlike Bernadette I seem to need that, because newer books or library books often get in the way. The other reasons are that it does widen my reading experience and I enjoy looking for books to fit the challenge - either from my own stock or elsewhere.<br /><br />I haven't joined the Global Reading Challenge, but it does interest me. Am I too late to join in?BooksPleasehttp://www.booksplease.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-29020445394038783602010-08-15T15:48:11.387+09:302010-08-15T15:48:11.387+09:30I joined the Scandinavian Book Challenge so that I...I joined the Scandinavian Book Challenge so that I would read at least 6 books from that region this year within the 10 months of it, to push myself to do that. However, if I read what I plan to read, I'll have read 9 Nordics by the end of the year.<br /><br />I informally, just to myself, am fulfilling the basic Global Challenge, to push myself to read books from regions I don't usually read about. <br /><br />And I did plan to read the Dagger shortlist, but my library wasn't cooperative, in that 3 of 6 books were not available. I'm waiting for Theorin's to be available and the system just ordered one copy of 13 Hours, so I'm waiting for that and one is noncirculating, so that ends that. I may just skip that one.<br /><br />The challenges are good for me, expanding my reading choices. I would probably read mostly U.S. crime fiction with a few English, Scottish and Scandinavian books added, and Hyland and Temple's latest books.<br />But that would probably have been it. <br /><br />I'm reading more about global mysteries online, am more aware of what's out there and what I want to read--and I've discovered that great store, the Book Depository.<br /><br />It's all good.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-83412721496653574042010-08-15T14:40:49.486+09:302010-08-15T14:40:49.486+09:30This year has been my first foray into reading cha...This year has been my first foray into reading challenges and I have signed up for 5 so far. What I've learned is that I enjoy the ones that actually challenge me to read books I otherwise wouldn't have read but I only want 1 or 2 of them on the go at any one time. The reason I signed up for the Canadian Book Challenge recently was that I am nearly done with the Global challenge (all my remaining books are here waiting to be read anyway) so I will use the Canadian challenge to keep me going for a few months. Other challenges that I tried - the audio book one, the aussie authors one and even the Scandinavian one have been a bit pointless as they didn't challenge me at all - for all challenges I have simply counted books that I had every intention of reading anyway and I haven't needed to go out and source any new books or authors. I can't see myself doing those again in the future but I can imagine having 1-2 challenging challenge on the go at any one time just to keep things interesting.<br /><br />I have enjoyed the personal challenges like reading all the shortlist for the International Dagger award and can also see myself doing something similar each year - though I will pick my awards because I find most award lists to have a fairly high number of books I am not remotely interested in (or in the case of the Ned Kelly awards there is no shortlist so I can't do it even if I wanted to).Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.com