This year I have decided to participate in a number of reading challenges. All of these challenges allow overlaping of books between challenges though. I’m not THAT crazy! These will all help me accomplish my self imposed reading challenge of 34 for 34, 34 books read for my 34 years, and maybe even surpase that number.
Here are the 2009 rules:
- Read a minimum of 9 books first published in 2009. You don’t have to buy these. Library books, unabridged audios, or ARCs are all acceptable. To qualify as being first published in 2009, it must be the first time that the book is published in your own country. For example, if a book was published in Australia, England, or Canada in 2008, and then published in the USA in 2009, it counts (if you live in the USA). Newly published trade paperbacks and mass market paperbacks do not count if there has been a hardcover/trade published before 2009. Any questions on what qualifies? Just leave a comment here, and I’ll respond with the answer.
- No children’s/YA titles allowed, since we’re at the ‘pub.’
- At least 5 titles must be fiction.
- Crossovers with other challenges are allowed.
- You can add your titles as you go, and they may be changed at any time.
- Sign up HERE using Mr. Linky.
- Have fun reading your 2009 books!
MY BOOKS ~
1. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker ~ Pub. January 8th, 2009 2. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee ~ Pub. January 13th, 2009 3. Little Bee by Chris Cleave ~ Pub. February 10th, 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This challenge is for readers who love eBooks or would like to explore more in 2009. I currently have five or six eBooks and this would be a fun way to get them read.
Click HERE to sign up.Guidelines:1. You can join anytime as long as you don’t start reading to your books prior to 2009.
2. Read 10 eBooks in 2009.
3. Overlaps with other challenges are fine.
4. When you sign up under Mr. Linky, list the direct link to your post where your eBooks will be listed. If you list just your blog’s URL, it will be removed.
If you’ll be posting your challenges on your sidebar, then please put the button up and link before signing up.
If you don’t have a blog, leave the URL blank.
5. You do not have to list your books ahead of time. If you decide to, you can change them as you go. Feel free to remove or add titles as needed.
MY eBOOKS ~
1. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 2. Little Bee by Chris Cleave~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Click HERE for details and to sign up.
MY OWNED BOOKS ~ Goal: 34 Books
1. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker (ARC) 2. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld 3. Evermore by Alyson Noel 4. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee 5. Final Theory by Mark Alpert 6. Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 7. Baby Proof by Emily Giffin 8. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 9. Little Bee by Chris Cleave~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* review each book you read between January 1st and December 31st, 2009
* PLEASE keep your reviews clean & respectful ~ these books we read are the hard work of an author, and we don’t need to be mean. Even if you didn’t like the book, please try to find something you can say that would be encouraging to the author.
reviews can be as short, or long, as you wish
you MAY overlap with other challenges
eBooks and Audiobooks ARE allowed
if there will be spoilers in your review, please note this in the subject line of your post so that those who don’t want to read them can skip that review. Thank you. Click HERE to sign up. BOOKS READ & REVIEWED ~ 1. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker 2. American Wife by Curtus Sittenfeld
3. Evermore by Alyson Noel 4. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee 5. Final Theory by Mark Alpert 6. Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 7. Baby Proof by Emily Giffin 8. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 9. Little Bee by Chris Cleave
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My Year of Reading Dangerously, 2009
Click HERE for details and to sign up.
MY BOOKS ~
1. Final Theory by Mark Alpert
Wanted to stop in and welcome you to the eBook challenge. If you haven’t already, feel free to join us at the Yahoo Groups where others are participating in this challenge as well as others.
Also, the links to post your reviews are up in the right sidebar at J. Kaye’s Book Blog.
On my way to finishing one book…eight and three-quarters to go.
Just passing by.Btw, your website have great content!
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