Friday, November 02, 2007

A Status Report on Challenges

These are the challenges in which I'm currently participating, in order of completion date, with my current status:

  • 2007 R.I.P. Autumn Reading Challenge, hosted by Carl.
    Links to reviews are posted here.
    Time remaining: Negative two days, and counting ...
    Current status: Completed two of three on original list; added an additional selection; about 100 pages (of 650ish) to go in The Historian.

  • Book Buddies, hosted by Bonnie Jacobs.
    Discussion of monthly selection is posted on the group blog.
    For November: I picked up The Boy in the Striped Pajamas from the library, but I haven't started reading it yet. I'm supposed to have the first half read by the 8th.

  • Book to Movie Challenge, hosted by Callista.
    Links to reviews are posted here.
    Time remaining: 29 days.
    Current status: Completed one of three required.

  • Fall into Reading 2007, hosted by Katrina.
    Links to reviews are tracked at Callapiddar Days.
    Time remaining: About seven weeks.
    Current status: Completed two of six on my original list.

  • Newbery Challenge, in memory of Nattie.
    Time remaining: Almost two months.
    Current status: Finished two of six required.

  • "Something About Me" Challenge, hosted by Lisa.
    Time remaining: Almost two months.
    Current status: Finished five of original five-plus-five, with one additional selection completed; about 100 pages to go in The Historian. After that one, I'd at least like to read Marley & Me and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn before the end of the challenge.

  • Reading the Author Challenge, hosted by verbivore.
    Time remaining: Almost two months.
    Current status: Finished one of the required minimum of three; checked out several others from library.

  • 2nds Challenge, hosted by Joy.
    Links to reviews will be tracked on Joy's blog.
    Time remaining: Almost two months.
    Current status: Still haven't started any of the three required.

  • The Unread Authors Challenge, hosted by Pour of Tor.
    Reviews are posted to the challenge blog.
    Time remaining: Four months.
    Current status: Finished two, but still constructing the list of at least six required.

  • Book Awards Reading Challenge, hosted by 3M (Michelle).
    Reviews are posted to the challenge blog.
    Time remaining: Eight months.
    Current status: Finished two of twelve required.

  • "In Their Shoes" Reading Challenge, hosted by Vasilly.
    Reviews are posted to the challenge blog.
    Runs: January to December 2008.
    Current status: Posted "long list" of my picks.

  • Cardathon Challenge, hosted by Becky.
    Reviews are posted to the challenge blog.
    Official starting date: January 1.
    Continuing for: "A year to whenever."
    Current status: Thinking about which of Card's books I'd like to read this year. Enchantment has been highly recommended. I'm also interested in Invasive Procedures.

  • The Newbery Project, hosted by Alicia.
    Reviews are posted to the challenge blog.
    Ongoing.
    Current status: Still trying to figure out which ones of the eighty-six (to date) I've read recently enough to count as "already read".
I'm still thinking about the other challenges in which I'd like to participate in 2008. There are just so many fun, interesting possibilities! I've almost settled on my eight categories for the Triple 8 Challenge. Besides those fifty-six to sixty-four books, how many more do you think I can read in one year?

5 comments:

  1. It's mind boggling just looking at the reading challenges you're participating in. Good luck in them all! :D

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  2. wow that is a lot of challenges!

    Good Luck with finishing them all.

    I am going to do the Triple 8 and that is it next year!

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  3. I really wanted to do the 888 one, but with all the other challenges I already signed up for, I know I could never do it. Oh, who am I kidding, I probably won't even finish up half the ones I did sign up for in time.

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  4. I am almost afraid to put up a post like this!! I'm afraid to see how many challenges I'm in and how far behind I am!!

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  5. alice: yes, it is mind-boggling! i have to list them out to try to keep it straight in my head.

    alix: i creating my 888 categories to coincide with some of the other challenges i'm interested in - so hopefully i won't have so many books that it'll be impossible.

    debi: like i just said to alix, the 888 can be organized to fit with other challenges - so that's what i'm hoping for. (i'm likely over-committing myself, but i'm having so much fun ... and i'm currently looking for titles for annie's challenge too!)

    stephanie: lol! :o)

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