I am a reader of Diane’s blog and was excited to see this challenge for 2010. This is a challenge that I am going to take part in 2010.

I am like Diane and have way too many books on my shelves that I have bought either new or second hand or have been given. I am too scared to count how many but there is alot. Hmm perhaps enough to open my own bookstore.

My goal for 2010 is going to be 50 books that I will read from stuff that I have personally bought or have been given.

If this sounds like something you want to do and take part in just click on her name and it will take you directly to the sign up sheet and for info about this challenge.

Some simple rules:
-The challenge will run from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
-Crossover is allowed. (I love challenges that allow you to do this)
-You can read as many as you want.
-After reading the books you must pass them on. (This one I never have a problem with unless they are signed copies then i keep them.)

Is anyone else doing this challenge? Lets clean off our shelves and pass along what we read.

This is a new to me challenge for some reason I didn’t see this one last year but I am really happy I did find this before January 2010.

Jackie from Literary Escapism is hosting the New Authors Challenge. If you want to take part just click on her name for the sign up as that is the direct link.

The purpose of the New Authors Challenge is to discover new authors that you have never heard of or read before. You can read from any genre of books.

As for me this past year I managed to discover so many new to me authors that I loved and might not have really read otherwise. I love discovering new authors.

So some simple guidelines of this challenge is:

-It starts January 1, 2010 and ends December 31,2010.

-Crossover of books in other challenges are allowed.

-The authors must be new to you and, preferably from novels. Anthologies are a great way to try someone new, but only a third of your new authors can be from anthologies.

-You can pick anywhere from 15 , 25, or 50. I am going to aim for 50 as I am sure I can manage that and by the way if you happen to surpass your goal then continue on.

I have to make sure that I send my links back as I am bad with doing that part of challenges.

Will this be a challenge you will be taking part in?

Its hard to believe that its that time of year to think about what challenges we are going to take part in. I just can’t believe how fast the year went. It has been a great year for me. I have met alot of great people IRL (in real life) and online from blogging and cherish the new friendships that I have developed.

Once again J Kaye is hosting the 100+ Reading Challenge. You can click on her name to sign up that link takes you directly to her post.

I took part in the 100+ Reading Challenge this year and to date I have read 94 books. With about 5 weeks left in the challenge I am really hoping to break it to the 100 mark. I am sure I can do it as I only have 6 books to read. Wish me luck.

The only thing I was bad at was linking my reviews to her page.

If you want to take part and not sure what its about well all you have to do is:

-From January 1st, 2010 to December 31, 2010 plan to read 100+ books.

-What are you allowed to count towards this well can use audio books, books you have reread, eBooks, books from the library, basically as long as the book has an ISBN or equivalent or can be purchased counts.

-You can read any genre of books from fiction, middle grade, young adult, non fiction etc.

-Another great thing about this challenge is you don’t need to list any of the books before hand and you can use other books you read in other challenges crossovers allowed.

-Also anything that you read before January 1st doesn’t count for the 2010 Challenge.

Are you going to take part?

I recently have been seeing this around and I figured that I wanted to take part in this Reading Challenge. Its a great way to get into the holiday spirit.

I usually don’t tend to get into the holiday spirit until after my bday in December. I cringe when I walk into the malls or stores and the Christmas music is already playing, the displays and advertising is happening a little too soon for me. I am not sure what its like in other places but I noticed that the day after Halloween it was Christmas mode.

The 2009 Holiday Reading Challenge is being hosted by Nely. To find out more about it or to take part all you have to do is head over to her blog to get all the details. Just follow this link here.

Challenge Requirements:

1- Challenge will start Friday, November 20 and will end Thursday, December 31.
2- You can read anywhere from 1 to 5 books for the challenge and, of course, if you’re like me, you are more than welcome to surpass that number.
3- And now, here’s the clincher… they must be holiday related books. That’s right, the holiday doesn’t really matter, but it would be more “jolly” if your choices were Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.
4- The size of the book does not matter, nor does the genre. It is also okay for the book to overlap with other challenges. The only thing I ask is that they are not children’s books. YA is okay. And so are re-reads. I for one tend to read the same books every Christmas – they are tradition.

My 2009 Holiday Reading Challenge List:

-The Christmas Dog by Melody Carlson **Done**
-The Unfinished Gift by Dan Walsh
-The Christmas Secret by Donna VanLiere **Done**
-Secrets of a Christmas Box by Steven Hornby
-The Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman **Done**