Challenge Progress Update (Oct.31)

As of October 31st, here’s how I’m doing on my challenges:

ABC Readers ~ T=23/26 + A=17/26 (DONE!)
Be Inspired ~ 1/1=read + 0/1=action
Book-a-Week ~ 72/52 (DONE!)
Casual Classics ~ 1/4
Chunkster ~ 3/3-5 (DONE!)
Fall Into Reading ~ 8/10
Just4thehelluvit (perpetual) ~ 35/0
Raved Reads (perpetual) 11/73
Read’n'Review ~ 72/72
R.I.P. IV ~ 2/2 (DONE!)
RYOB ~ 43/26 (DONE!)
Sookie SRC ~ 1/9
Support Your Library ~ 29/25 (DONE!)
TBR *Lite* ~ 2/6

Joined the R.I.P. IV Challenge!

I’ve decided to join in on Carl’s R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril IV Challenge, this year. I’ve never had an interest in this one before, but since I’m on such a vampire-reading kick, I figured, “Why not?” LOL.

I’ve chosen “Peril the Second” as my level, meaning I’ll be aiming to read 2 books between September 1st and October 31st. Easy enough, usually, but with all of the review books I’ve got coming up for October, it might be harder than it seems.

I’m looking forward to reading my new books, “Marked” by P.C. Cast, and “Evermore” by Alyson Noel, as well as some Sookie Stackhouse books, too!

For more books in my “reading pool” (books to choose from), click HERE.

Challenge Progress Update (Sept.1)

As of September 1st, here’s how I’m doing with my challenges:

ABC Readers – 22/26 Titles + 17/26 Authors (DONE)
August Reading Challenge – 5/?  (DONE)
Be Inspired Reading Challenge – 1/1 book read + 0/1 action
Book-a-Week – 62/52 (DONE)
Casual Classics – 1/4
Chunkster – 2/3-5
Just4thehelluvit [perpetual] – 35/0
R.I.P. IV ~ n/a
Raved Reads [perpetual] – 9/73
Read’n'Review – 62/63
RYOB – 36/26 (DONE)
Sookie SRC – 0/9
Support Your Library – 25/25 (DONE)
TBR *Lite* – 2/6

Challenge Proress (Update)

Here’s how I’m doing with my challenges, as of August 1:

ABC Readers ~ 22/26 Titles + 17/26 Authors (was aiming for 26 total, a mix of T & A; so I’ve read 39/26, which means I’m DONE this one, technically!)

Be Inspired ~ 1/1 Books Read + 0/1 Action

Book-a-Week ~ 57/52 = DONE!

Casual Classics ~ 1/4

Chunkster ~ 2 / 3-5

Just4thehelluvit (perpetual) ~ 34/0

Raved Reads (perpetual) ~ 9/73

RYOB ~ 33/26 = DONE!

Sookie SRC ~ 0/9

Support Your Library ~ 23/25

TBR *Lite* ~ 2/6

(not yet available: August Reading Challenge ~ 0/?)

Joined 2 new Challenges!

I’ve decided to join in on 2 challenges that I wasn’t, previously, thinking I’d join. But, others’ posts have convinced me.

The first is the August Reading Challenge, hosted by PizzasBookDiscussion. You just try to read as many books as you can during the month of August 2009. I figured that, since I have a ton of review books and blog tours coming for August, it’d be the perfect challenge to join!

 

 

The second was the Sookie Stackhouse Reading Challenge. I finally gave in and joined in on this one ’cause everyone’s been talking about these books, and the reviews have all been good, so far (the ones I’ve read, anyway). I’m dying of curiosity! So, why not join in the fun? I’ve got a whole year, basically, to get the 9 books in the series read, so that’s what convinced me. I can do a full year. This one’s hosted by Beth. ((I put book #1 of this series on my Raved Reads list, too, as right now, it’s VERY “raved”!))

Oh, and yeah… I made my own button for the “Sookie” challenge, as I couldn’t help myself. I really hope Beth doesn’t mind!

50 Books For Our Times Challenge

I was over at My Friend Amy’s Blog this morning, and found out that she’s hosting an interesting challenge — to get 50 book bloggers to read the books from the “50 Books For our Time” list put out by Newsweek, recently.

So, since there were only 2 or 3 books left to choose from, I chose “Walking with the Wind” by John Lewis. Here’s the description of it from Amazon.com:

 The son of an Alabama sharecropper, and now a sixth-term United States Congressman, John Lewis has led an extraordinary life, one that found him at the epicenter of the civil rights movement in the late ’50s and ’60s. As Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Lewis was present at all the major battlefields of the movement. Arrested more than forty times and severely beaten on several occasions, he was one of the youngest yet most courageous leaders. Written with charm, warmth, and honesty, Walking with the Wind offers rare insight into the movement and the personalities of all the civil rights leaders-what was happening behind the scenes, the infighting, struggles, and triumphs. Lewis takes us from the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where he led more than five hundred marchers on what became known as “Bloody Sunday.” While there have been exceptional books on the movement, there has never been a front-line account by a man like John Lewis. A true American hero, his story is “destined to become a classic in civil rights literature.” (Los Angeles Times)

This book will be just a little out of my comfort zone, and it’s definitely going to be a challenge (it’s 496 pages long, too!). But, that’s okay… it sounds like a good one to try.

My review will be posted here when I finish reading. I’ve already put a hold on this title at my local library.

Challenge Progress (July 1st)

Here’s how I’m doing with my challenges, as of July 1st…

• Be Inspired ~ 1/book + 0/action
• ABC Readers ~ 20/26 Titles + 17/26 Authors
• Book-a-Week ~ 46/52
• Casual Classics ~ 0/4
• Chunkster ~ 2/3-5
• Just4thehelluvit ~ 31/0 (perpetual)
• Raved Reads ~ 9/73 (perpetual)
• Read’n'Review ~ 45/46 read
• RYOB ~ 27/26 — DONE!
• 2009 Spring Reading Thing ~ 5/6 (Did Not Finish)
• TBR *Lite* ~ 2/6
• Support Your Local Library ~ 18/25 **new**

Spring Reading Thing 2009 – ENDS

The Spring Reading Thing 2009 Challenge ends today… and I didn’t quite finish. I read 5 out of the 6 books I’d said I was aiming to read.

But, ya know, that’s okay… I still am pleased with how I did on this challenge, and will consider myself successful.

Here’s what I read (my original list, with the ones I finished in blue/linked):

1. “Crossed Wires“ by Rosy Thornton [05-26-2009]

2. “Nothing But Trouble“ by Susan May Warren [05-22-2009]

3. “City of the Dead” by T. L. Higley

4. “Sweet Waters” by Julie Carobini

5. “Sunnyside Blues” by Mary Carter

6. “Apologetics for a New Generation” by Sean McDowell [03-25-2009]

7. “The Last Lecture” by Dr. Randy Pausch [06-02-2009]

8. “Why We’re Not Emergent” by Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck

9. “Downpour” by James Macdonald (member book/study) [05-31-2009]

10. “The Exodus Quest” by Will Adams

Thank you to Katrina, again, for hosting such a cool challenge! I’ll be back in the Fall for the Fall Reading Thing Challenge!

Challenge Progress (June 1)

Here’s how I’m doing with my reading challenges, so far:

• Be Inspired challenge – part one: DONE! / part two: in progress
• ABC Readers – 20/26 Titles + 16/26 Authors
• Book-a-Week – 39/52
• Casual Classics – 0/4
• Chunkster – 2/4
• Just4thehelluvit – 28/0 (perpetual)
• Raved Reads – 8/73 (perpetual)
• Read’n'Review – 31/38
• RYOB - 23/26
• Spring Reading Thing 2009 – 4/6
• TBR *Lite* – 1/6

Progress (April 1 2009)

This is where I’m at with my reading challenges:

 

* ABC Readers – 17 Titles / 14 Authors

* Be Inspired – Part 1 = done! (read “The Thin Commandments Diet“)

* Book-a-Week – 24/52

* Casual Classics – 0/4

* Christian Readers – 12/4 (DONE!)

* Chunkster Challenge – 0/3-5

* Ignite Your Faith, Mini – 7/3 (DONE!)

* Just4thehelluvit – 27/0 (perpetual)

* Raved Reads – 8/73 (perpetual)
* Read ‘n Review – 23 / 24

* RYOB – 18/26

* Spring Reading Thing – 2/6

* TBR Lite – 1/6