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Dec 08

19

2009 TBR Lite Challenge

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on December 19, 2008
Posted in 2009 CHALLENGES 

Thanks to Jenn for creating this Lite challenge as an alternative to her full TBR Challenge. I decided to go Lite this year.


I am choosing Option B: read 6 books in 12 months ~ you CAN change you reading list throughout the year.

General Guidelines:

  • You must have at least 3 books on your list.
  • You are allowed to overlap with other challenges
  • Audiobooks are allowed
  • e-Books are allowed, but must still be books that you’ve wanted to read for at least 3, or more, months
  • You should still have a list of books postedsomewhere for others to see
  • You don’t have to read your books in the order you put them on your list.

There is a Yahoo Group for this challenge.


I will determine my choices later:

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Dec 08

19

World Citizen Challenge

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on December 19, 2008
Posted in 2009 CHALLENGES  | 3 Comments

January 1-December31, 2009

Thanks to Eva at A Striped Armchair for hosting this challenge!

Eva made this challenge easy for just about everyone who wants to participate to participate. There are several participation levels. You can pick the one you want.

I’m going to do the The World Citizenship 101 Level. This is how Eav describes this level:

Maybe you’re a freshman trying to decide what to major in, maybe you’re an upperclassman in need of a distribution credit. Either way, you end up in the intro class. For this level, you need to commit to one book.

I will decide on which book later and reserve the right to change to the next level if I can come up with 3 books.
I completed The World Citizenship 101 Level with: Still I Rise by Roland Laird with Tanesha Nash Laird, Illustrated by Elihu “Adofo” Bey– African-American History.


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Dec 08

18

The 2009 ARC Reading Challenge

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on December 18, 2008
Posted in 2009 CHALLENGES  | 333 Comments

Now through December 31, 2009

I decided to make this a year long challenge this time. My hope is that it will help us better manage are ARC’s.

Here are the rules:

1. To sign up, leave a comment and a direct link to your blog post about this challenge that includes your list from rule #2.

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

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

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. Leave a comment on this post with a link to each of your reviews.

7. Please subscribe to my blog, as I will be posting updates to the challenge periodically.

8. Enjoy!

Up-Date:
Here is level 2 of the challenge. For those of you who have or will finish 12 books, read another 12 books for a total of 24 books.

Level 3 of the challenge is for the ARC Obsessed and is over 25 books.


Note of clarification: I guess I use the term ARC loosely. I consider anything sent from a publisher or author as an ARC because they are sent to us with the expectation that we will review them.


This is the list of ARC’s that I currently have:

1. Blood Harvest by Brant Randall
2. Testimony by Anita Shreve
4. Rainbows End by Peter Webb
5. The Glimmer Palace by Beatrice Colin
8. Now the Drum of War by Robert Roper
9. Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
10. The Lost City of z by David Grann
13. American Rust by Philipp Meyer
14. Rocket Man by William Elliot Hazlegrove
18. Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst
19. People of the Book by Gerldine Brooks
20. Bedlam South by Mark Grisham and David Donaldson
21. An Obsolete Honor by Helena P. Schrader
25. My Little Red Book Edited by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff


These are the participants for this challenge, so far:
Level one Completed- Congratulations Alea!
Level 2: Over Achiever:

14.The ABC’s of Kissing Boys by Tina Ferraro
15.The Makedown by Gitty Daneshvari
16.The Season by Sara MacLean
17.Everything is Fine by Ann Dee Allis
18.Taken By Storm by Angela Morrison
19.Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott
20.The Brightest Moon of the Century by Christopher Meeks
21.Sophomore Switch by Abby McDonald
22.Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
23.The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
24.Willow by Julia Hoban
25.Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Level 2 completed, cogratulations Alea!
Level 3: ARC Obsessed! LOL!:
26.If I Stay by Gayle Forman
27.Chasing Boys by Karen Tayleur
28.Hottie by Jonathan Bernstein
29.Super in the City by Daphne Uviller
30.My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters by Sydney Salter
31.The Fortunes of Indigo Skye by Deb Caletti
32.The Diamonds by Ted Michael
33.Map of the Known World by Lisa Ann Sandell
34.TMI by Sarah Quigley
35.Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas
36.Heartbreak River by Tricia Mills
37.Say the Word by Jeannine Garsee
38.B as in Beauty by Alberto Ferreras
39.Deep in the Heart of High School by Veronica Goldbach
40.Busy Woman Seeks Wife by Annie Sanders
41.The Sleepaway Girls by Jen Calonita
42.Destroy All Cars by Blake Nelson
43.Genesis by Bernard Beckett


Alyce:
1. Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell2.
2.The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker

3. I Choose to Be Happy by Missy Jenkins

Level one Completed- Congratulations Alyce!
Level 2: Over Achiever:

Level 2 completed, cogratulations Alyce!
Level 3: ARC Obsessed! LOL!:



Amy:

bookroomreviews(pending)
Level one Completed- Congratulations Dar!
Level 2: Over Achiever:
Level 2 completed-Congratulations Dar!
Level 3: ARC Obsessed! LOL!:
Level one Completed- Congratulations Gaby!
Level 2: Over Achiever:

Level one Completed- Congratulations Kristi!
Level 2: Over Achiever:
Level 2 completed, cogratulations Kristi!
Level 3: ARC Obsessed! LOL!:
Level one Completed- Congratulations Wendy!
Level 2: Over Achiever:


Literate Housewife

Level one Completed- Congratulations Nicola
Level 2: Over Achiever:
25.Drood by Dan Simmons
Level 2 completed, cogratulations Nicola!
Level 3: ARC Obsessed! LOL!:

Level one Completed- Congratulations Rima!
Level 2: Over Achiever:
Level 2 completed, cogratulations Rima!
Level 3: ARC Obsessed! LOL!:
Level one Completed
Level 2: Over Achiever:


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