2009 Challenges

Here are the challenges I’ll be participating in for 2009.

I was originally going to list all of the novels I intend to use for each challenge, but then I started thinking of all the challenges I did this year.  The list constantly changed and I keep track of the novels I do read within my TBR. which I plan to continue doing.  The more I think about this page, the more I started worrying about having to update a second page.  So, here’s the list of challenges I’ll be doing, but for a list of novels for each, check out my Challenge Tracker page. (right now it’s for 2008, but once January hits, it’ll be for 2009).

New Authors

Hosted by Literary Escapism (Jan 1st – Dec 31st)

The idea behind this is quite simple, find a new-to-you author and read one of their novels. I have a huge TBR list of 642 novels and on that list, 155 are new to me authors. So I will have plenty to chose from and since my 2008 list constantly changed, I’ll add the authors here as I read them.  Don’t worry, there’ll be 50 new authors, but who they’ll be is still up in the air.  For anyone looking for new authors, make sure you check out the Author page or my TBR.

Since I’m hosting this challenge, I didn’t write an acknowledgment post.

Support Your Local Library

Hosted by J. Kaye’s Book Blog (Jan 1st – Dec 31st)

Another rather simple challenge. The idea is to borrow books from your local library. What better way to support your local free lending institution? There are three different levels of participation – 12, 25, 50 – and since I’m also doing the 50 New Authors, I have a pretty good idea that I’ll make the third level. Since I’m not entirely sure which books I’ll be getting at the library, I’ll add to the list as I get them.

Here’s my acknowledgment post that gives an idea of what I’ll be reading.

Themed Reading Challenge

Hosted by Caribou Mom (Feb. 1st to July 31st)

The idea is to chose a goal of 4 to 6 books that are currently in your (physical or virtual) TBR pile that are connected by similar theme.  I’m going with a the smallest level (4 novels with one shared theme) just so I don’t overwhelm myself this year.   The theme that the 4 books are sharing are twisted fairy tales.

Here’s my acknowledgment post that gives an idea of what I’ll be reading.

1st in a Series

Hosted by J. Kaye’s Book Blog (Jan 1st – Dec 31st)

This will be my second year participating in this challenge and I had a blast with it last year.  The idea is to read the 1st novel in 12 different series, which went very well with the New Author Challenge. I tried to pick series that had authors that were new to me, since I was looking for new authors, so I found a bunch of really good series.  I have a bunch more that I want to try, so finding 12 for this year does not seem like a problem.

Here’s my acknowledgment post that gives an idea of what I’ll be reading.

2nds Challenge

Hosted by J. Kaye’s Book Blog (Jan 1st – Dec 31st)
The idea of this one is to read a novel from an author you’ve only read once. This one is a great one to do along with the 1st in a Series challenge and requires the same number of books – 12. I don’t think I’m going to do the same 12 novels as the 1st in a series list, simple because I tend to read the entire series, or as many as I can, at the same time. At the moment, here’s the 12 authors I’m going to read again.

Here’s my acknowledgment post that gives an idea of what I’ll be reading.

Paranormal 999 Challenge

Hosted by LibraryThing with a Yahoo Group (Jan 1st – Sept 9th)

The idea is to read 9 different books in 9 different paranormal categories, all read in 2009. Sounds easy enough, but reading 81 novels for one challenge in a year is a little intimating for me since this isn’t my only challenge.  So I’m going to limit myself to 3 books in the 9 different categories just so I have a chance of completing this challenge and still be able to keep up with the other novels I need to read and review.

Here’s my acknowledgment post that gives an idea of what I’ll be reading.

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril IV Challenge

Hosted by Stainless Steel Droppings – (Sept 1st – Oct 31st)

As you can tell by the dates, this one hasn’t begun yet and won’t for a few months.  Stainless Steel Droppings hosts it for the Halloween season and he’s been doing it for the past three years, so I have every hope that there’ll be another one this year.  This is my intent to take part once it does.  The idea behind this challenge is to read either 1, 2, or 4 (depending on your level of participation) novels from one of the following genres: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Dark Fantasy, Gothic, Horror, Supernatural – and then post a link to your review at Post links to your reviews the R.I.P.ing Yarns Review Site.