My Reading Challenges for 2009
Aside from my goal to read *at least* 75 books this year, I have also decided to enter into a couple other challenges along the way.
The first one being the Chick Lit Challenge
From January 1 through December 31, 2009, read at least 10 chick lit books. Books can overlap with other challenges and you can change your list at any time.
My picks for this challenge:
- Austenland by Shannon Hale
- The Stepmother by Carrie Adams
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
- The Measure of a Lady by Deeanne Gist
- The Convenient Groom: A Nantucket Love Story by Denise Hunter
- 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
- Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
- Enchanted, Inc. by Shanna Swendson
- Miss Match by Erynn Mangum
- Rematch by Erynn Mangum
I found this to be a somewhat hard list to compile. I don’t really read a lot of chick-lit, so I had to do some research and revamp my list a little bit.
The second challenge I’ve joined is the What’s in a Name Challenge.
*Dates: January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009
*The Challenge: Choose one book from each of the following categories:
A book with a “profession” in its title. Examples might include: The Book Thief, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Historian
My pick: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
A book with a “time of day” in its title. Examples might include: Twilight, Four Past Midnight, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
My pick: The House at Midnight by Lucie Whitehouse
A book with a “relative” in its title. Examples might include: Eight Cousins, My Father’s Dragon, The Daughter of Time
My pick: Sisters of Misery by Megan Kelley Hall
A book with a “body part” in its title. Examples might include: The Bluest Eye, Bag of Bones, The Heart of Darkness
My pick: Blink of an Eye by Ted Dekker
A book with a “building” in its title. Examples might include: Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Little House on the Prairie, The Looming Tower
My pick: Castle Dor by Daphne Du Maurier
A book with a “medical condition” in its title. Examples might include: Insomnia, Coma, The Plague
My pick: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
*You may overlap books with other challenges, but please don’t use the same book for more than one category.