Banned Books Challenge 2014

photo credit: Old Books by Petr Kratochvil Buckling Bookshelves is hosting the Banned Books Challenge again this year. I always try to read about 5 books to review for Banned Books Week anyway, so I’m signing up again. Having this challenge in mind last year helped me space my reading out instead of cramming it […]

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European Reading Challenge 2014

European Reading Challenge 2014

Edit: Complete as of July 11, 2014. I enjoyed most of my choices! Time to sign up for the European Reading Challenge hosted by Rose City Reader yet again! I always enjoy this challenge. The idea is to read books by European authors or books set in European countries (no matter where the author comes […]

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The Eclectic Reader Challenge 2014

Edit: Completed as of December 12, 2014! Well, I’ve finished reading books for all the categories anyway. I did not do well with the reviewing part. Oh, well. There’s always next year! ShelleyRae at Book’d Out is hosting The Eclectic Reader Challenge again in 2014. As she says, “In it’s third year, the aim of […]

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Banned Books Challenge

photo credit: Love Of Books by George Hodan Christine at Buckling Bookshelves is hosting a Banned Books Challenge. Here’s what she has to say: Since Banned Books Week 2012, I have been trying to make an effort to read more banned and challenged books, particularly classics, but want to make a more organized and formal […]

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2013 European Reading Challenge

Rose City Reader is hosting the 2013 European Reading Challenge again this year and I’m signing up. I intend to do much better on my own Books in Translation Reading Challenge again this year, so that should help me with this challenge as well. Rose City Reader says, The idea is to read books by […]

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Immigrant Stories Challenge

Colleen at Books in the City is hosting the Immigrant Stories Challenge again in 2013. I’ve enjoyed the books I’ve read for this challenge over the past two years, so I’m signing up again. Colleen says, The only requirement of the challenge is that the books read for it include an immigrant story. The immigrants […]

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Audio Book Challenge

I’m signing up for the Audio Book Challenge at Teresa’s Reading Corner again this year. I’ve become a huge fan of audio books over the past couple of years, surprising myself! The goal is simply to listen to audio books. I’m signing up at the Going Steady level–12 audio books. It may be close, but […]

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