Mar 15, 2011

My 2011 Reading Challenges

I'm a list lover so I wanted to break down all of my challenges for the year so I can see how far along I am.
2011 A-Z Title Challenge
Goal: Read books that start with every letter of the alphabet. Can discount words like ‘The’ and ‘A’ at the beginning of book titles. For example ‘The Dead Girls Dance’ can count as the ‘D’ book.
11 MORE TO GO!!

A – Awakened (House of Night #8) by P.C. Cast
B – By the Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
C – Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, #1) by Patricia Briggs
D – The Dead Girls’ Dance (The Morganville Vampires #2) by Rachel Caine
E – Evermore (The Immortals #1) by Alyson Noel
F – Fallen (Fallen #1) by Lauren Kate
G – Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires #1) by Rachel Caine
H – How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf (Naked Werewolf #1) by Molly Harper
I – Inside Out (Inside Out #1) by Maria V. Snyder
J –
K –
L –
M – Must Love Dogs by Claire Cook
N – Nocturne by Syrie James
O –
P – Portal (Portal Chronicles #1) by Imogen Rose
Q –
R – Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
S –
T – The Tapestry of Love by Rosy Thornton
U –
V –
W – The Werewolf Upstairs (Strange Neighbors #2) by Ashlyn Chase
X –
Y –
Z –
2011 New To You Series Challenge
Goal: Begin 10 new series (do not necessarily have to finish the entire series in the year)
1 MORE TO GO!!!
1.       Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, #1) by Patricia Briggs
2.       Fallen (Fallen #1) by Lauren Kate
3.       Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires #1) by Rachel Caine
4.       Portal (Portal Chronicles #1) by Imogen Rose
5.       Evermore (The Immortals #1) by Alyson Noel
6.       Inside Out (Inside Out #1) by Maria V. Snyder
7.       How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire (Love at Stake #1) by Kerrelyn Sparks
8.       The Werewolf Upstairs (Strange Neighbors #2) by Ashlyn Chase
9.       How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf (Naked Werewolf #1) by Molly Harper

2011 New To You Authors Challenge
Goal: Read books by 25 authors that I have never read.
12 MORE TO GO!!
1.       Patricia Briggs
2.       Lauren Kate
3.       Rachel Caine
4.       Julie Anne Peters
5.       Imogen Rose
6.       Alyson Noel
7.       Claire Cook
8.       Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
9.       Syrie James
10.   Rosy Thornton
11.   Kerrelyn Sparks
12.   Ashlyn Chase
13.   Molly Harper
...and last but not least

The Big 2011 Challenge – 83 Books

18 DOWN, 65 MORE TO GO!!

January
Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, #1) by Patricia Briggs
Hunting Ground (Alpha & Omega #2) by Patricia Briggs
Fallen (Fallen #1) by Lauren Kate
Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires #1) by Rachel Caine
The Dead Girls’ Dance (The Morganville Vampires #2) by Rachel Caine
By the Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
Portal (Portal Chronicles #1) by Imogen Rose

February
Evermore (The Immortals #1) by Alyson Noel
Inside Out (Inside Out #1) by Maria V. Snyder
Must Love Dogs by Claire Cook
Awakened (House of Night #8) by P.C. Cast
Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
Nocturne by Syrie James

March
The Tapestry of Love by Rosy Thornton
How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire (Love at Stake #1) by Kerrelyn Sparks
The Werewolf Upstairs (Strange Neighbors #2) by Ashlyn Chase
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf (Naked Werewolf #1) by Molly Harper
The First Patient by Michael Palmer

3 comments:

  1. Hi!

    I'm thrilled you've decided to read The Werewolf Upstairs in your challenge! I love the alphabet idea! It's great that you want to explore new authors and new voices. I do that too. It's nice to know I'm not the only one. LOL

    I notice you don't have a book for the letter S yet. May I be so presumptuous as to suggest Strange Neighbors if you haven't read it for 2010? If you have...big hugs and sloppy kisses! But I thought you might not have, because I'm a new to you author.

    Just a suggestion. Ignore me if it doesn't fit in with your master plan.

    Best of luck with your challenge!

    Ash

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  2. Wow, hi!

    The reading challenges are great, unfortunately I cannot take credit for them. They are all from a group on Goodreads.com.

    I really enjoyed reading The Werewolf Upstairs! I didn't realize it was the second in a series until after had read it, bit I definitely plan on reading Strange Neighbors!

    Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!!

    Jen

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  3. I meant to say 'but I definitely plan on reading...'

    That's one downfall of doing a lot of my blogging from my phone...autocorrect

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