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Dec 09

22

Arc Reading Challenge 2010-Completed

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on December 22, 2009
Posted in 2010 Challenges  | 7 Comments

January 2 – December 30, 2010
Yours truly, is hosting this challenge.  I decided to post about my joining the ARC Reading Challenge separately from where I posted about the challenge and how everyone can join.

I am signing up for the Bronze level but may move up to the next level later.  The Bronze level is to read and review at least 12 ARCS.

It is here I must list all of the ARC’s I have to read and keep updating the list as I get more ARCs.

Here are the ARCs that I have to read presently:

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Testimony by Anita Shreve
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Rainbows End by Peter Webb
The Glimmer Palace by Beatrice Colin 
Now the Drum of War by Robert Roper

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
The Lost City of z by David Grann

American Rust by Philipp Meyer

Rocket Man by William Elliot Hazlegrove
Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst

People of the Book by Gerldine Brooks
Bedlam South by Mark Grisham and David Donaldson
An Obsolete Honor by Helena P. Schrader

My Little Red Book Edited by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff

Giv The Story of a Dog and America by Boston Teran
Stand the Storm by Breena Clarke (this was unsolicited but wanted)
Sway by Zachary Lazar
The Impostor’s Daughter by Laurie Sandell
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer
Matrimony by Joshua Henkin
Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant
The Engine 2 Diet by Rip Esselstyn
The Anti-Alzheimer’s Prescription by Vincent Fortanasce
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
In the Land of Cotton by Martha A. Taylor
Stolen Crown by Susan Higginbotham
The Adventures of Snip in Oregon by Betty Moir
The Inconvenient Adventures of Uncle Chestnut by Paul Nowark
Crash by Mayra Calvani
Her Name Was Beauty by Deborah A. Williams
The Founding by Cynthia Harrod Eagles
The book of Fires by Jane Borodale
The Green Bronze Mirror by Lynne Ellison
Admit One by Emmett James
The Summer Before the Storm by Gabriele Wills
The Founding by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Yep, I bow my head in shame.  I have way too many ARC’s!  I may be taking a couple off this list before the challenge begins because I will have finished them already.

These are the books I have read so far for the challenge:

1.Sometimes we’re always real same- same by Mattox Roesch
2.The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
3.O, Juliet by Robin Maxwell

8.Book of Fires by Jane Borodale
9.Her Name Was Beauty by Deborah A Williams
10.The Stolen Crown by Susan Higginbotham
11.The Concise King- Dr. Martin Luther King-Audio
12.The Founding by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
13.Grease Town by Ann Towell
14.The Green Bronze Mirror by Lynne Ellison
15.The Summer Before the Storm by Gabriele Wills 

16.The Adventures of Snip in Oregon by Betty S. Moir
17. 101 Things I Learned in Culinary School by Louis Eguaras with Matthew Frederick
18. The 3-Day Cleanse by Zoe Sakoutis and Erica Huss
19. Captivity by Deborah Noyes
20. The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner
21.Every Dog Has a Gift by Rachel McPherson
22.The Flat on Malabar Hill by Chitra Kallay
23. Restitution by Kathy Kacer
24. A Place for Delta by Melissa Walker
25.Houdini Pie by Paul Michel
26.For the King’s Favor by Elizabeth Chadwick
27.The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell
28.Nashville Chrome by Rick Bass
29.Ape House by Sara Gruen
30.Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
31. Room by Emma Donoghue
32.The Big Book of Socks by Kathleen Taylor
33.Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson
34.On the Proper Use of Stars by Dominique Fortier
35.The Peanuts Collection by Nat Gertler
36.Lost Lustre by Josh Karlen
37.Ansel Adams In the National Parks
38.Oogy by Larry Levin
39.Annexed by Sharon Dogar

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Dec 09

22

Books Won Reading Challenge

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on December 22, 2009
Posted in 2010 Challenges  | 36 Comments

Books Won Reading Challenge
January 2 – December 31, 2010
This is a new challenge I have come up with to read and review some of the books I have won from other bloggers.  The reason publishing companies supply books for book bloggers to give away is to get word out about the books and create buzz.  I feel bad that I haven’t read many of the book I have won and want to make an effort to read them in 2010.
If you would like to join me, here are the levels:
Honorable Mention: Read 1-3 book you won.
Bronze: Read 4-6 books you won.
Silver: Read 7-9 Books you won.
Gold: Read 10 or more books you won.
The Rules:

     1. You must write a review for each book that you read for it to count.  If you do not have a blog you can write your reviews on a place like Amazon, Powell’s, Chapters, etc.

           2.Crossovers with other challenges are okay.

             3. Audiobooks count, as long as you won them.  As do won e-books.

             4. You can change up levels but cannot go back down a level.  
             5. Make a list of the books won that you plan to read for the challenge.  You can always make changes to the list.
          To sign up, leave a direct link to your blog post about this challenge , using Mr. Linky below.  Please leave a comment as well.

          Please subscribe to my blog, as I will be doing a monthly post with MR Linky.  Please add your reviews for each month in MR Linky in the monthly post.  For your Name, please use this format Name: (Your Name, Book Title and Author’s Name) for example: (Teddy, Obsessive Reading by Helen Reader).  Please be sure to use the direct link to your review, not just to your blog.  Then please leave a comment.

            Note: I’m not very good at making buttons, so if you would like to contribute a button, I would be very grateful. Update: Thanks to Julie of Bookingmama for the new button!!

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          Nov 09

          29

          ARC Reading Challenge 2010

          Posted by Teddyrose@1 on November 29, 2009
          Posted in 2010 Challenges  | 45 Comments

          January 2 – December 30, 2010
          Last year we had a great turn out for this challenge and I have request to run it again for 2010.  Since so many challenges start on January 1st and end on December 31st, I decided to change the date a little bit this year.  However, if you post a review for January 1st, you are welcome to use it for this challenge. 

          I use the term “ARC” loosely,any book a publisher or author gives you with the expectation that you review it, counts for this challenge.

          Please note that there are some changes, so please read the rules! 
          Here are the rules:
          1. To sign up, leave a direct link to your blog post about this challenge that includes your list from rule #2, using Mr. Linky below.  Please leave a comment as well.
          2. List all of the ARC’s that you have to read right now. Then throughout the year, you must continue updating that list as you receive more ARC’s. (This is important). You should also strike out the ones that you finish.
          3. The Levels
          Level Bronze: .a. All of us who have or will have less than 12 ARC’s must read all of the ARC’s we have. Note, that if you have 11 ARC’s and then receive a 12th one you will be bumped up to catagory a.

          b. All of us who have or will have more than 12 ARC’s must read and review 12.

          Level Silver: Read 24 ARC’s

          Level Gold: Read 25 or more ARC’s

          4. You don’t have to make a list of which ARC’s you plan to read, but you can if you want.

          If you choose a lower level, you can always change it to a higher level if you like.  However, you cannot go from a higher level back down to a lower level.

          5. Crossovers with other challenges are allowed and Audio-books are allowed as long as they are ARC’s.
          6. Read the books and review them on your blog. If you don’t have a blog, you can post your review on sites like Powells, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc.
          7. Please subscribe to my blog, as I will be doing a monthly post with MR Linky.  Please add your reviews for each month in MR Linky in the monthly post.  For your Name, please use this format Name: (Your Name, Book Title and Author’s Name) for example: (Teddy, Obsessive Reading by Helen Reader).  Please be sure to use the direct link to your review, not just to your blog.  Then please leave a comment.
          8. Enjoy!

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