So I've heard of these so-called reading challenges--and hey, I'll be the first to admit, I'd always been intrigued. Now that I do have a blog, I'm pretty happy that I can try one out and track my progress on it (and all in the name of good fun too)!
It's being hosted @ She Read a Book and it's supposed to stretch for four months, from July 1st to October 31st (I'm dreadfully late, aren't I?). I'm going to count the books I've read prior to joining in on the challenge, so the situation isn't so dire as that.
So here goes my first challenge ever. Woo hoo! Here's to hoping I get a respectable number of points.
Points so far: 125 out of 250 points
5 Point Challenges
Read a chick lit book
Jet Set by Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman
Read a name with a proper name in the title
Pick: Venetia Kelly's Travelling Show by Frank Delaney
Read a historical fiction book
Pick: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Read a book with a one word title
Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
Read a book made into a movie
Pick: Push: a novel by Sapphire
10 Point Challenges
Read a book with a Civil War theme (any country)
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (hey, it did have some Civil War themes!)
Read a Biblical fiction book
Pick: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Read a hardcover book
Pick: These is my Words: the diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy E. Turner
Read a book about a king or queen
The Princess and the Bear by Mette Ivie Harrison (a fictional king, for me!)
Read a book set in France
Pick: The French Mistress: a Novel of the Duchess of Portsmouth and King Charles II
15 Point Challenges
Read a book by an author you’ve never read before
The Glass Slipper by Eleanor Farjeon
Read a biography or autobiography
Charles and Emma: the Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
Read a book with a number in the title
Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
Read any book and then post a review
Read any book but read it outside
Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier
20 Point Challenges
Read a book in a series AND the one after it
Princess of the Midnight Ball and Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George
Read a book that was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Pick: Ironweed by William Kennedy
Read a book considered Christian fiction
Pick: The Measure of a Lady by Deeanne Gist (light, historical romantic Christian fiction, that's for sure)
Read a book from The Modern Library Top 100
Pick: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Pick: The Great Gatsby/Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
This is going to be a lot of fun, I can tell. :D
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