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Please link your reviews for the 2016 Nonfiction Reading Challenge here. Looking for the "rules" or the sign up page? Click here or click on the button. I'm signing up at the Seeker level, 11-15 books. I'll track my progress here. Please link to the review and not your blog home page. My suggested format is the title of your blog and then the title of the book in parentheses. Example: The Introverted Reader (I Am Malala) Mister Linky's Magical Widgets -- Easy-Linky widget will appear right here! This preview will disappear when the widget is displayed on your site. If this widget does not appear, click here to display it. I have an affiliate relationship with Malaprop's, my local independent bookstore located in beautiful downtown Asheville, NC; and Better World Books. I will receive a small commission at no cost to you if you purchase books through links on my site. My opinions are completely my own.

I was scrolling through A Novel Challenge looking for new reading challenges for 2016 and I came across the 2016 Audiobook Challenge hosted at Hot Listens and The Book Nympho and the 2016 New Author Challenge hosted at Literary Escapism. I've done these challenges (or versions of them) in the past and recommend them. Anyway, some things clicked and I decided to host a New Narrator Reading Challenge. I may be the only one, but I easily fall into ruts with everything I do, including listening to audio books. I'll listen to anything read by Katherine Kellgren, Kate Reading, or Neil Gaiman, so I automatically gravitate toward them when I'm browsing my library's website. I need to branch out and give other narrators a try. So-- The Challenge: Listen to audio books read by narrators who are new to you. They do not have to be narrators who are new to the industry, they just have to be readers you personally haven't checked out before. Levels: Eavesdropper--Read 1-2 books read by narrators who are new to you Listener--Read 3-4 books Sounding Board-- Read 5-6 books Audiophile--Read 7 or more books The challenge will run from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016. You can join in anytime throughout the year. I am not limiting the challenge to bloggers. You can also link to a review you wrote on another site, such as GoodReads or LibraryThing or post a few thoughts in the comments. Crossovers with other challenges are acceptable. Reading suggestions: AudioFile has some great resources, such as their Golden Voices and Narrators pages. I have a "narrators_i_like" shelf on GoodReads. There's also a Best Audio Narration list on GoodReads that should give you some good ideas. I'm putting up a post with a separate linky for reviews as well.…

This is the sign-up page. Please go here to link your reviews. I'm hosting the Southern Literature Reading Challenge again this year. I love reading Southern Literature and I hope you do too! The rules: Read a book(s)--non-fiction or fiction of any genre, for any age group--written by an author from the South and set mostly in the South. Definitions of the South are flexible, so I've decided to define it the way I want. That's the fun of hosting your own challenge, right? :-) The states: South Carolina Georgia Alabama North Carolina Virginia Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana Kentucky West Virginia Texas Arkansas Florida Please keep in mind that this is a Southern literature challenge. It's possible to find books set in each of these states that are not Southern in nature or feeling. Use your best judgment when choosing your books. Levels: Level 1--C'mon in the house! Read 1-2 books. Level 2--Pull up a seat and stay a while! Read 3-4 books Level 3--Have a glass of sweet iced tea, honey. Read 5-6 books Level 4--Y'all come back now, y'hear! Read 7-8 books The challenge will run from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016. You can join in anytime throughout the year. I am not limiting the challenge to bloggers.  You can also link to a review you wrote on another site, such as GoodReads or LibraryThing. Crossovers with other challenges are acceptable, and feel free to read your books in any format you choose. Reading suggestions: I have a shelf on GoodReads with lots of books on it. There's also a Best Southern Literature list on GoodReads that should give you some good ideas. Or you can reference the linked reviews from the 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, and 2011 versions of the challenge. I'm putting up a post…