Okay, technically I am not a weekly Geek, just I an occasional Geek. I have been finding many of the tasks too time consuming. I just don’t want to give up that much free time that I could use to read books.
This weeks challenge was a good one for me! This week’s theme is Challenges.
1. If you participate in any challenges, get organised! Update your lists, post about any you haven’t mentioned, add links of reviews to your lists if you do that, go to the challenge blog if there is one and post there, etc.
2. If you don’t participate in any challenges, then join one! There’s a good selection of possibilities over on my right hand sidebar (scroll down) where I list those I participate in. There’s also A Novel Challenge, a blog that keeps track of all sorts of reading challenges.
3. Towards the end of the week, write a wrap-up post about getting your challenges organised OR if you’re joining your first challenge, post about that any time during the week. Once you have your post up, come back and sign Mr Linky with the link to the specific post, not just to your blog.
This last week I have been working on this. What I plan to do here, is to list all of the challenges I am in and what my progress is.
The challenges:
Completed Challenges:
The Canadian Book Challenge (read13/13 books).
Timed Challenges in Progress and/or starting soon:
TBR Challenge Jan. 1- Dec.31,2008 (read 8/12 books)
On the Porch Swing Jan. 1- Dec.31,2008 (read 2/5 books)
Mini Challenge 2008 Jan. 1- Dec.31,2008 (completed 8/12 tasks)
Historical Fiction Reading Challenge Apr. 1 – Oct. 1, 2008 (read 5/6 books)
342,745 Ways To Herd Cats May 1st – November 30th (read 1/3 books)
I’ve Heard it Through the Grapevine Challenge May 1st – November 30th (read 1/3 books)
Elizabeth Gaskell Mini-Challenge May-Nov. 2008 (viewed 1/2 mini series)
ARC Reading Challenge June 21, 2008-Sept. 21/2008 read 0/4 books)
A Well-Rounded Challenge July 1, 2008- December 31, 2008 (read 0/6 books)
The 2nd Canadian Book Challenge July 1, 2008- July 1, 2009 (0/13)
Book Awards II Reading Challenge Aug. 1-June 1, 2009 (0/10)
Perpetial Callenges:
Book Around the States ( read 13/50 states)
Book Around the World (read 22 books from 6 continents out of 13)
Raved About Reading (read 0/?)
So, what does this tell me? Besides having a book addiction, I also have a challenge addiction!
I am pretty much a challenge addict too. It’s great isn’t it!
Yep. That’s a lot more than I’m in!
Me, too. And most of them I probably won’t finish. But I’ve been reading some great stuff, so I think it’s all still a success! 🙂
Have a great day!
Lezlie
It’s always comforting to see that others have joined as many as or more challenges than me 😛
Marg,
Yes, it’s pretty great. It’s just as much fum doing the challenge as it is to see what others are reading for the challenge. Of course, then I complain that you all add to my TBR. LOL!
Chris,
I thought so. I really should cut down.
Lezlie,
I totally agree that it’s still a success even if you don’t finish.
Nymeth,
Yes, it is quite comforting.
Teddy, I am also not participating in every Weekly Geek task. I think that is exactly the point: you pick and choose what you want, you don’t actually need to take part every week. I participate when I have time and when I like the theme or it somehow makes sense to do that task (like this week’s, though I didn’t have much to update).
I think I have a challenge addiction too! I liked how you did this so I kind of copied you. 🙂
Tanabata,
I wasn’t sure how to do it, so glad you liked it. Go ahead and copy away! I copy from other bloggers all the time, but like you, I always tell them.
I think i’m in as many as you, if not more. It’s something about the lists, isn’t it?? Rhinoa at Rhinoa’s Ramblings has a challenge-addicted button she said we could have 🙂 for our blogs.
and I’m with you on the weekly geeks, I fell behind a few weeks ago when it was a choice between reading or blogging! Reading one (therefore I finished two challenges!!! yaay!)
Just saw that you already have Rhinoa’s challenge addicted button! sorry, the heat is addling my brain!!
Susan, I love the challenge addicted button. I’m glad I’m not the only one addicted to challenges.