#38? Or is it #39??? Banned Books Challenge Feb. 24 – June 30

Banned Books Challenge. Sign up here. Read the rules. But basics are you set a goal for reading a certain number of banned books between February 24th 2008 and June 30th 2008. My goal? 3 Books.
My books:
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Diary of a Young [...]

The Shady Glade’s Young Adult Literature Challenge

Alyssa of The Shady Glade is hosting a reading challenge. It runs from whenever you sign up (that would be January 23rd for me) until April 20th 2008.
I am copying the rules directly from her site. I hope she doesn’t mind. If I don’t copy the rules, I have a tendency to forget them and [...]

Challenge Updates

X = Participant Chooses Number; No Set Amount
Four Legged Friend Challenge (3/X)
Sci-Fi Experience Challenge (6/X)
Winter REading Challenge (Rock Creek Rumblings) (12/X)
Hometown Reading Challenge (0/1)
Inksplasher’s Winter REading Challenge (4/X)
Zora Neale Hurston Mini-Challenge (0/1)
Speculative Fiction Challenge (12/6)
The Shady Glade’s Young Adult Literature Reading Challenge (0/9)
Jewish Literature Challenge (2/5)
Royalty Rules Challenge (0/2)
Expanding Horizons Challenge (1/4)
Series Challenge (10/X)
Margaret Edwards [...]

The SeaFaring Challenge is Completed!!!!!

It’s time to CELEBRATE. I have completed my first challenge of the 2008 year! One down, 36 more to go! This challenge officially ends January 31rst. My next challenge to expire–if you want to look at challenges in that way–is The Four Legged Friends Challenge which ends February 26th.
Here are the four books–the required number [...]

#37 Heart of A Child Challenge

I’m hosting this one at the request of another blogger who is unable to host at this time. The rules–if you can call them rules–are my own, however.
Heart of a Child Challenge
How many? Read 3 to 6 books
When? from February 1, 2008 to July 14, 2008
What? Books and authors that you discovered, loved, or adored [...]

Margaret A. Edwards Reading Challenge

For those of you keeping track, this is #36 for the year. I am playing host to this little challenge. To sign up you’ll need to visit Becky’s Book Reviews.

The Margaret A. Edwards award is awarded each year to an author who makes a lasting contribution in the field of young adult literature. Instead of [...]

#35 Is Here; Here Be Dragons Challenge

Here Be Dragons a 2008 Book Challenge hosted by Stray Talk.
What? Read 3-5 books featuring dragons.
When? 1st of January to 30th of June, 2008
To sign up yourself, visit her site.
These are the ones I’m considering. I’ll probably only get to three. But you never know….number four and five could slip in there before the [...]

The 34th Challenge–Because 33 Wasn’t Nearly Enough

The 2k8 Challenge is being hosted by Teen Book Review. The goal is to read MG/YA novels (Middle Grade and Young Adult novels for those not in the know) by authors who are making their debut in 2008. 28 2008 authors make up the official Class of 2k8. But there will be many more authors [...]

First In A Series Challenge

I’m committed to reading 12 First In A Series Books for the 2008 year. But at this moment I am undecided as to which series those will be. This post will serve as a place holder…until my brain is able to compile a functioning list of titles and alternates. Here’s my initial thinking…
1) The Lion, [...]

Cardathon Challenge

The Cardathon Challenge List:
Books I’m 100% planning on reading
Books by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
The Silmarillion
Books by C.S. Lewis
The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Silver Chair
Horse and His Boy
Magician’s Nephew
Last [...]