2012 E-Book Challenge

This year I have signed up to take part in the E-Book Challenge hosted by Workaday Reads I figured as I am aiming for Server level, reading more than 100 e-books in the year I needed a post to keep track of them. So this is it.

I was about to include the book I finished today but realised as I started it last year it probably shouldn't count, so the list will have to start some time very soon!

1) The Demi-Monde by Rod Rees

2) Shut Up: We All Have Issues by Corey Deitz

3) The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths

4) Head Games by Kevin Baker

5) Last Stop Freedom by Ann Nolder Heinz

6) Thomas Knapp and the Prophet of the Universe by David Daedalus

7) Surviving the Fog by Stan Morris

8) The Girl in the Box by Sheila Dalton

9) The Mountain of Gold by J D Davies

10) A Storm Hits Valaparaiso by David Gaughran

11) Renouncing the Future by Stephen Kata

12) The Fulcrum Files by Mark Chisnell

13) The Saintmaker by Mary Carroll Patrick

14) The Dead See by Marcus Gibson

15) Casino Shuffle by J. Fields Jr

16) Showstoppers by Helen Smith

17) Cedardale Court by Nathan Lee Chris

18) Animal Kingdom by Iain Rob Wright

19) All the Secret Things by Sheila Cragg

20) Illusion by Frank Peretti

21) A Summer in the High Sierra by Laurence Brauer

22) Dawns End Poisoned by Bonnie Ferrante

23) Enza by Kristy K James

Challenging Myself

With December slowly slipping away I thought it was time to review my progress on the challenges I'd set myself for the year, and think about which I'm going to do in 2012. The ones I picked last year were nice and straightforward, probably because I'd only just started blogging (in fact it was my one year bloggiversary yesterday!)
  

The first one was the Goodreads Reading Challenge. At the start of the year I set myself a target of 110 books in total (based on 2 a week and rounded to a nicer number) I hit this quite some time ago so I increased it to 150, which I hit a few days ago. As the list includes a couple of short stories and a few novellas I think by the end of the year I will have read the equivalent of more than 150 novels easily.

The second challenge I signed up for is still a work in progress. This is the Borrowed Book Challenge, hosted by ShellyRae at Bookd Out. I'm aiming for the entry level, Borrower Be, trying to borrow, read and return 12 books from our local library. I started well as I was visiting the library on a weekly basis with Monkey for a toddlers group, but that went awry during the school holidays and we've been otherwise engaged since. On Friday though I went and picked up The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, and Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. I'll be reviewing The Alchemist tomorrow, having just finished it, then I just have two more to go. I consider that on target!


As far as 2012 goes, I have signed up for the 2012 e-book challenge hosted by Workaday Reads. I'm aiming for server level, 100 books. I have gone lower than this year because as Monkey gets older and less inclined to nap I'm getting less time to read, so I'm getting through as many a week as I was earlier in the year. I'm hoping it'll be achievable though. As I mostly read e-books I'll probably set the same target on Goodreads.


I've also seen a couple of other challenges I'm quite interested in, one a round the world affair, picking books set in different countries, another based on reading Australian female authors. I'm having to have a good think about how attainable they are though before committing to do them.


How are others doing with their 2011 challenges?

2012 Challenges

I guess as November starts slipping by it is time to start thinking about 2012, and an email via Goodreads has pushed me into action.

Sarah at Workaday Reads is hosting a 2012 e-book challenge which I have decided to take part in. There are 7 levels and each month there will be a round up of books read that month. To encourage participants there will even be a grand giveaway for everyone who achieves their goal level or higher. I'm sold so I'm going to aim for level 6 - server - reading 100 e-books. I think 150 will be a bit too much of an effort!

So far this year I have read 141 books (most of them e-books) but now Monkey is getting older the amount of time I get for reading is getting less and less. I set myself a target of 110 books on Goodreads, in any format, at the start of the year and adjusted it upwards to 150 when it became obvious I would pass the original figure a few months back.

On the subject of challenges I have to get 3 more borrowed books in this year to meet my Borrowed Book Challenge. Guess I better get down the library in the morning!

Anyone else planning on any good challenges for 2012? I quite fancy a themed one, but not sure what!