Reading Challenges in 2012

No, I’m not just doing the Cybils Short List – though I probably should just stick to what’s easy, shouldn’t I? Heh. But no, what fun would it be to always do only what comes easily?

So here’s what I’m going to do:

-          I want to read MORE than 200 books in 2012.

-          I want to read MORE than 3 books for the Adoption Reading Challenge.

-          I want to read MORE than 6 LGBT books.

-          I want to read AT LEAST 12 books From the Stacks (that weren’t purchased in 2012.)

-          I want to read AT LEAST 6 books for the Steampunk Reading Challenge but would prefer to read 12.

-          Finish The Nancy Drew Challenge. I have 23 left to go and I think I’ve reached the point where I have to start buying Nancy Drews to fill in the holes in my collection. I really want to finish it this year. Wish me luck!

-          I want to go back and catch up on some series that I know I’ve fallen behind on.

-          I’m going to spend some time looking at the “1001 Books to Read Before You Die” and the “1001 Children’s Books to Read Before You Grow Up”. I’m betting there are some good books lurking in those lists that I never got around to reading. I’m not calling this  a challenge – not really. It’s just something I want to do that will maybe turn into a challenge someday.

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Five Books Down #Readathon

Ruined By Reading has been on our bookshelves for ages (it’s red… a note to myself for my From the Stacks by Color Challenge) and I decided it might be a nice book to read during the readathon. Since, it’s about books – and more importantly about reading them.

It’s a combination of literary theory and memoir and led me to wonder about my own reading habits – and to think of the books I loved and didn’t love, to remember books fondly or not so fondly.

How do you read? Why do you read? Are you doing it wrong? Are others doing it wrong? Is there a wrong way – or a right way?

Interesting stuff lurking here.

*119 pages*

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I’ve Joined Dewey’s Readathon

Yep. I did it. I finally talked myself into doing Dewey’s Readathon. Actually Sassymonkey talked me into it. I’m going to stay in bed, all day Saturday, and read and read and read. Here’s what I think I’m going to have next to the bed to read:

Everyday is a Good Day (in tribute to Wilma Mankiller) – on the iPad!

Four Nancy Drews

The Madame Curie Complex

Amulet – The Stonekeeper (graphic novel)

7 poets, 4 days, 1 book (for Poetry month)

The Missing Ink

How much will I manage? And want to join? You can sign up to be a cheerleader too, if you prefer.

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