More challenges!
2010 is turning out to be quite the challenge-filled year for me! Here's what I'm planning so far:
1. I'm a member of 50bookchallenge (any 50 books in one year) and 100ormorebooks (any 100 books in one year).
2. I also started 100project this year, in which you make a list of 100 specific books and read them all in a five-year period. The idea is to pick books that you always wanted to read, or felt that you should read, but never got around to.
3. The 1010 Category Challenge at LibraryThing, which involves 10 categories with a set number of books (I'm doing 10) in each category.
4. Thanks to bookwormwhit, I've learned of even more challenges! For example, there's the French Revolution Mini-Challenge, in which you read two books (fiction or nonfiction) or watch two movies set during the French Revolution:
My two picks (for now!) are Marie Antoinette by Hilaire Belloc and Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France; I'm planning to read them for the 1010 Category Challenge anyway...but they still count, darn it!
5. And finally, I can't say no to the Year of the Historical:
The goal is to read at least one work of historical fiction per month. It can be set in any time period; it can be written for children, YA, or adults; and it can incorporate fantasy or steampunk. The only rule is that it has to be historical! I don't have anything specific picked out for this one yet, but I figure I'll read at least one historical novel per month anyway!
2010 is going to be a busy, awesome year! :)
1. I'm a member of 50bookchallenge (any 50 books in one year) and 100ormorebooks (any 100 books in one year).
2. I also started 100project this year, in which you make a list of 100 specific books and read them all in a five-year period. The idea is to pick books that you always wanted to read, or felt that you should read, but never got around to.
3. The 1010 Category Challenge at LibraryThing, which involves 10 categories with a set number of books (I'm doing 10) in each category.
4. Thanks to bookwormwhit, I've learned of even more challenges! For example, there's the French Revolution Mini-Challenge, in which you read two books (fiction or nonfiction) or watch two movies set during the French Revolution:
My two picks (for now!) are Marie Antoinette by Hilaire Belloc and Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France; I'm planning to read them for the 1010 Category Challenge anyway...but they still count, darn it!
5. And finally, I can't say no to the Year of the Historical:
The goal is to read at least one work of historical fiction per month. It can be set in any time period; it can be written for children, YA, or adults; and it can incorporate fantasy or steampunk. The only rule is that it has to be historical! I don't have anything specific picked out for this one yet, but I figure I'll read at least one historical novel per month anyway!
2010 is going to be a busy, awesome year! :)