Saturday, December 13, 2014

2015 Reading Challenges

Watch out reading challenges!  Since I don't have a TBR pile, I need to challenge myself in other ways.  One way is to join several challenges and FINISH them.  Finish obviously being the key word.  A Novel Challenge  is tempting me with new challenges every day.  I've narrowed it down to the challenges listed below with the option of adding more.  hehehe

Read It Again, Sam
Goal: Trip Down Memory Lane (12 books)
  1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone FINISHED 1/2015
  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets FINISHED 2/2015
  3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban FINISHED 5/2015
  4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  8. Outlander FINISHED 4/15
  9. Dragonfly in Amber
  10. Voyager
  11. Drums of Autumn
  12. The Fiery Cross
Bonus book: East of Eden


This challenge is too opportune to pass it up.  It goes perfectly with my rereading challenge above.

The Reading Schedule (The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon in Order)
February - Outlander FINISHED 4/15
March - Dragonfly in Amber
April - Voyager
May - Drums of Autumn
June -The Fiery Cross
July - A Breathe of Snow and Ashes
August - An Echo in the Bone
September - Written in My Own Hearts Blood


Newbery Reading Challenge
Goal: L'Engle: 15 - 29 points
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MONTHLY MOTIFS: 

JAN- Book to Movie or Audio - Before I Go To Sleep - S.J. Watson FINISHED 1/15
Read a book that has a movie based off of it. For an extra challenge, see the movie or listen to the audio book as well.

FEB- Award Winner
Read a book that has won recognition or a literary award. Literary Awards.

MAR-  Genre Jumble 
Read a book in a genre that you've never tried or that you're least familiar with.  

APR- Mystery, Murder, and Mayhem - Losing Faith - Adam Mitzner FINISHED 4/15
Read a murder/mystery book, a book in which someone dies of mysterious causes, or a book in which the truth must come out.

MAY- Library Love - Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetyz FINISHED 6/15
Show your library some love and visit your local branch. Choose a book to read that they have on display.

JUN-  Take A Trip
Choose a book to read that takes place in a country different than the one you live in or choose a book written by an author that is from a country different than your own.

JUL- Standing Up
Read a book in which the main character stands up for themselves, stands against an enemy, or stands up for something they believe in.

AUG- Alternate Reality
Read a book that's set in the future, on another planet, in another dimension, or in an unknown world. A Dystopian book will count this month as well. 

SEP- Furry Friends
Read a book that includes an animal either as a main character or supporting character.

OCT- Goblins, and Ghost, and Ghouls, Oh My!
Cozy mystery ghost stories, paranormal creeptastic, funky fantasy creatures- it's up to you!

NOV- An Oldie but a Goodie
Pick a book published before 2000 that you've always wanted to read, but just never got to. Or pick a book set in the past (before 2000). 

DEC- That's a Wrap
Finish a series you've been meaning to finish or read the next book in a series you started but never finished. 





Categories
  1. Retellings (of fairytale, legends or myth)
  2. A book set in a country starting with the letter S (eg. Sweden, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Slovakia)
  3. PI Crime (fiction featuring a private investigator)
  4. A novel published before you were born
  5. Contemporary romance
  6. Fiction for foodies (fiction featuring food/food related business)
  7. Microhistory (Non Fiction)
  8. Science Fiction set in space
  9. Sports (Fiction or Non fiction)
  10. Featuring diversity
  11. Epistolary Fiction (fiction written in the format of letters/emails/diary entries)
  12. Middle Grade/YA Adventure

If you have any suggestions of books to read for these challenges, let me know.




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9 comments:

  1. Holly (2 Kids and Tired)December 13, 2014 at 6:10 PM

    I haven't done a challenge for years. I like the idea of a read it again challenge. I love rereading favorite books.

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  2. breethethingswereadDecember 14, 2014 at 8:04 PM

    I rarely reread books but I've been wanting to reread these for so long, 2015 is the year. These are my first challenges in years too.

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  3. Julie @ Smiling ShelvesDecember 22, 2014 at 7:12 PM

    I'm glad you're joining my Newbery Challenge. I hope you have fun with it. :) Looks like you've got a lot of other great challenges as well. I did the Read It Again, Sam challenge in 2014 and I reread Harry Potter just like you are. They make perfect rereads! :)

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  4. ShelleyraeDecember 28, 2014 at 9:15 PM

    Thanks for joining me in the Eclectic Reader Challenge, and good luck!

    Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out

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  5. BreeTheThingsWeReadDecember 28, 2014 at 11:59 PM

    Thanks, I'm looking forward to it.

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  6. Cathy746booksDecember 29, 2014 at 9:54 AM

    I'll be hosting Ireland Reading Month in March if you have any Irish authors you'd like to read?! I am so jealous of your lack of TBR!!

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  7. BreeTheThingsWeReadJanuary 2, 2015 at 11:17 PM

    I adore not having a TBR pile. Going to the library weekly is better than buying books. I can get as many as I want without paying a penny and I can go every week. hehehehe I love it. It took me 3 years to get rid of my TBR pile. You can do it too!

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  8. ElsiMay 6, 2015 at 6:32 PM

    For the Retelling category in the Eclectic Challenge, Robin McKinley has two novels retelling the story of Beauty and the Beast. I read Beauty which was originally published in 1978 and re-released recently in eBook format by Open Roads Media. The other by McKinley is Rose Daughter. Another idea is Jane Yolen's Briar Rose which is sort of a retelling of Sleeping Beauty. Briar Rose is exquisite and should be read even if you *don't* use it for your Eclectic Challenge.

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  9. BreeTheThingsWeReadMay 7, 2015 at 1:33 AM

    Thanks for the suggestions! I totally forgot about Briar Rose. I had wanted to read that book.

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