Saturday, January 10, 2009

Reading through the Seasons



I haven't been able to find a reading challenge for this so I'm going to try running my own. There are two levels. Both levels require a season to be part of the title (Autumn in Scotland)

Level 1: read four books, one for each season.

Level 2: read 16 books, four for each season.

Bonus: a complete series with all four seasons

This challenge runs Jan 1 (oops) to Dec 31, 2009

Overlap with other challenges is perfectly acceptable

Holidays do not count unless a season is also included (Winter Dreams, Christmas Love)

You do not need a fixed list & can change it around

Children's books are allowed on level 2 but only for half the title


That's it. Add your name to Mr. Linky and comment on what level you'll be doing. Please link to the page where you have your challenge books instead of to your blog. It makes it easier for others to follow your progress and see your book choices.



10 comments:

Book Dragon said...

Yea! I've listed my books for level two and I found two series to fit, one young adult and one romance. also, I don't own all of these so off to the library I go.

The Holistic Knitter said...

Great idea. I'm going for level 1 - but may upgrade to level 2. I've osted and will add books later.
Thanks for hosting ;0)
http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/reading-through-seasons.html

BookPsmith said...

Hi Gina. I would like to join your challenge. I still need to complete my list but I do have a post up about the challenge:

http://bookpsmith.blogspot.com/2009/01/reading-through-seasons-challenge-2009.html

Thank you for hosting.

Intergalactic Bookworm said...

I am always open to a challenge! Judy

Grilsgood said...

I now have a blog soley for reviews at

http://lindysbookmobile.spaces.live.com/default.aspx

My progress on Chaqllenges is still posted to A Novel Challenge

Sandra said...

I'd like to join this challenge please. I will do the 16 books if Ican find enough on my shelves to qualify. I will post about the challenge and link to you as soon as I can. Thank you.

Sandra said...

I have linked my post and will do 4 books for the time being. I could not find nearly enough qualifying titles in my library to do 16. I look forward to seeing what others read and finding some new good books. Thank you.

fleurfisher said...

Great idea! I have a book for each season so I'm in!

Intergalactic Bookworm said...

I am going to post a better review for Forever Autum as soon as my mom finds the book. She doesn't know where she put it and I am now bedridden with my ALS until I get my wheelchair.

My blog's address: http://intergalaticbookworm.blogspot.com

Judy/Intergalatic Bookworm

Book Psmith said...

Thank you for hosting a great challenge. Here is my wrap-up post:

http://bookpsmith.blogspot.com/2009/01/reading-through-seasons-challenge-2009.html

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Stats

New blog goal for 2010. I'm going to try keeping a running total of the following. We'll see how long it lasts... well, let's try this again for 2011! Just remember, anything with an ISBN counts, even the short stories.
Up to date as of December 18 (to the best of my knowledge)

Books read, new: 231
Books read, re-read: 27
New to me authors: 64
Pages: 19,841 plus 168 ebooks
Reviews posted: 29


Nonfiction: 10
Picture Books to Young Adult: 34
Banned/Challenged Books: none? fix this next year!

books left to read in 2012

Don't know if this will work or not but will give it a try. . .

As of May 25, early a.m., I have the following books left to read to complete all of my open challenges.

68 separate ISBNs
22 21 specific states
1-6 :: 0-5 :: 0-4 cozy mysteries
1 Mystery/Suspense with a weapon in title (Poison)
4 3 Dystopia
1 Fairy Tale
1 from 100 Best list
1 Science Fiction
1 Literary Fiction
1 Classic (Hound of the Baskervilles)
3 Memoirs
1 Fae
?? The Unread Book
7 Harry Potter
7 Narnia
3 by Dean Koontz
5 Song of Fire and Ice series - Game of Thrones
7 free ebooks
Redwall
Easy Prey
Magic Kingdom for Sale-Sold
1 Disney Lit
311 Pelican Court
5 specific colors
1 foodie
12 11 specific...Summer Book Challenge
8-10 8-9 specific...Summer Reading Challenge
5 specific..Getting Lost in a Comfortable Book
1 AlA's Top Ten/2011
"x" title
review 2+ personal books
review 8 already read ARCs
review 15 ARCs
Room
11 Shelf Discovery books


Some of these can/will overlap but it is still a HUGE list.