Last year's reading challenges went well:
- I read over 24 Urban Fantasy/Horror novels
- I read over 51 library books (75, to be exact)
- I got all 6 titling categories from What's In a Name 4
- I came close to all getting all of the alphabet by title
Check out my achievements here: http://jessdoesstuff.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-reading-challenges.html
My 2012 Reading Challenges:
1) Horror & Urban Fantasy Challenge 2012
The Goal: Read 24 Horror or Urban Fantasy books in 2012 (again)
Read (as of the end of March): 2/24
The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa (YA)
Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
2) New Author Challenge 2012
My Goal: Read 15 New-to-me Authors in 2012
Read (as of the end of March): 10/15
Christina Dodd
Tessa Dare
Karalynn Lee
Renni Browne and Dave King
Larissa Ione
Patricia T O'Connor
Jeaniene Frost
Elizabeth Boyle
Margo True
Charles B Smith and G Roysce Andersen
3) What's in a Name 5 Challenge
The Goal: Read a book with a title from each category in 2012
Read (as of the end of March): 2/6
1. A book with a topographical feature (land formation) in the title: e.g., Black Hills, Purgatory Ridge, Emily of Deep Valley
2. A book with something you'd see in the sky in the title: e.g., Moon Called, Seeing Stars, Cloud Atlas
3. A book with a creepy crawly in the title: READ: The Serpent Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
4. A book with a type of house in the title: e.g., The Glass Castle, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Ape House
5. A book with something you'd carry in your pocket, purse, or backpack in the title: READ: Love Letters from the Duke by Elizabeth Boyle
6. A book with a something you'd find on a calendar in the title: e.g., Day of the Jackal, Elegy for April, Freaky Friday, Year of Magical Thinking
4) Speculative Romance Challenge 2012
My Goal: "Two Sexy Werewolves" Category - 12 speculative romance novels in 2012
Read (as of the end of March): 11/12
Into the Shadows; Touch of Darkness; Scent of Darkness by Christina Dodd
Demon's Fall by Karalynn Lee (novella)
Eternal Rider; Immortal Rider by Larissa Ione
Pleasure Unbound; Desire Unchained; Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione
Midnight by Ellen Connor
First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost
5) 2012 Read Your Own Books Challenge
General Goal: To read books you already own
My Goal: Holy moly. I just checked - I have 62 books on my shelves that I haven't read, and 40 on my e-reader (though many are classics that came with it when I bought it). So . . . I think I will try for Level 4: Read 21+ of my own books.
Read (as of the end of March): 1/21
First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost
6) The Alphabet Challenge again, this time on my own
Read (as of the end of March): 15/24
A Rogue by Any Other Name - Sarah MacLean
B
Confessions of a Little Black Dress - Elizabeth Boyle
Demon's Fall - Karalynn Lee
Enchanting Pleasures - Eloisa James
First Drop of Crimson - Jeaniene Frost
G
How I Met My Countess - Elizabeth Boyle
Iron Daughter, The - Julie Kagawa
J
K
Leopard Prince, The - Elizabeth Hoyt
Midnight - Ellen Connor
Night to Surrender, A - Tessa Dare
Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language - Patricia T O'Connor
Potent Pleasures - Eloisa James
Q
Raven Prince, The - Elizabeth Hoyt
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers - Renni Browne & Dave King
Touch of Darkness - Christina Dodd
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
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