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Shelleyrae at Book'd Out is hosting the Eclectic Reader Challenge again for 2015. The goal is to read 12 books across a variety of genres and expose ourselves to some books we might not have found otherwise. The categories this year are A book about books (fiction or nonfiction) Serial killer thriller Paranormal romance A novel set on an island Investigative journalism (non fiction) Disaster fiction Steampunk sci fi Any book shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Psychology (non fiction) Immigrant Experience fiction YA historical fiction A debut author in 2016 Most of these will be at least a little familiar to me. Psychology, investigative journalism, and the Man Booker prize will be outside my comfort zone. I'll track my progress here. For more details visit Book'd Out. Thanks to Shelleyrae for hosting again! I'm also signing up again for the European Reading Challenge hosted at Rose City Reader. I always struggle with this one more than I expect. I hit the same few countries frequently in my reading. THE LIST: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and Vatican City. I'm signing up at the Honeymooner level--4 books read. I'll track my progress here. I'm signing up for the Banned Books Challenge hosted at Buckling Bookshelves again as well. I usually do well with this one but I bombed in 2015. I'm hoping to redeem myself this year! I'm signing up at the Trouble-Maker level--3-5 books read. I'll track my progress here. I'm signing up for the Craving for Cozies…

This is the sign-up page. Please go here to link your reviews. It's time to sign up for my Nonfiction Reading Challenge again! The Challenge:  Read any non-fiction book(s), adult or young adult. That's it. You can choose anything. Memoirs? Yes. History? Yes. Travel? Yes. You get the idea? Absolutely anything that is classified as non-fiction counts for this challenge. I always like levels in my challenges, so here are mine: Dilettante--Read 1-5 non-fiction books Explorer--Read 6-10 Seeker--Read 11-15 Master--Read 16-20 This challenge will last from January 1 to December 31, 2016. You can sign up 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 like. I'm signing up at the Seeker level. I'll have a separate post with a linky for reviews. I'll keep a permanent link to both posts in my sidebar. That will be easier to keep track of which links are reviews and which are sign up posts. Use Mr. Linky to sign up below. I hope you'll join me! 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.

This is the sign-up page. Please go here to link your reviews. It's time to sign up for the 2016 Books in Translation Reading Challenge! The goal is obviously to read translations of books, from any language into the language(s) you're comfortable reading; they don't have to be in English. You can read any genre and any age range. Crossovers with other challenges are fine. Any format that you choose is also acceptable. The challenge will run from January 1 through December 31, 2016. Looking for suggestions? I have a shelf on GoodReads you can check out. There's also a Listopia list on GoodReads. Linked reviews for the 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012 challenges are a great resource too. 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. Levels: Beginner: Read 1-3 books in translation Conversationalist: 4-6 Bilingual: 7-9 Linguist: 10-12 I'll also have a separate post for review links. I'll keep a permanent link to both posts in my sidebar. I hope you'll join me!  Sign up anytime throughout the year by linking below! 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.