Reading Challenges

Here are my reading challenges for 2012:

Ebook Reading Challenge —  Mini Level (5 books  – 3/5  - 60%)

1.  Heart of Ice by Lis Wiehl/April Henry — 3/12

2.  Robin:  Lady of Legend by R. M. ArceJaeger — 3/12

3.  Downfall by Terri Blackstock — 3/12

4.  Gone to Ground by Brandilyn Collins —  5/12

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Reading Challenge Addict — Easy as Pie: 1-5 Challenges (Entered & Completed)

1.  Speculative Fiction Challenge  (3 books)

2.  Around The Stacks In How Many Ways  (5 books)

3.  Historical Reading Challenge  (5 books)

4.  Southern Literature (4 books)

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Cruisin’ Through The Cozies  – Level 1 – Snoop – Read at least 6 books (1/6 — 17%)

1.  A Darkly Hidden Truth – Donna Fletcher Crow — 2/12

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Christian Suspense Fiction — Sergeant Level 10-15 books  (12/15 — 80%)

1.  Deadly Disclosures– Julie Cave 1/12

2.  Chasing Mona Lisa – Tricia Goyer/Mike Yorkey 1/12

3.  The Shadowed Mind by Julie Cave  1/12

4.  The Sound of Red Returning by Sue Duffy 1/12

5.  Pieces of Light by Julie Cave  1/12

6.  Frantic by Mike Dellosso  2/12

7.  Without A Trace by Colleen Coble  2/12

8.  Heart of Ice by Lis Wiehl/April Henry  3/12

9.  Downfall by Terri Blackstock — 3/12

10.  Echoes of Titanic by Mindy Starns Clark/John Campbell Clark — 4/12

11.  N.H.I.:  No Humans Involved by Ray Ellis  – 4/12

12.  To See The Sun by Peggy Blann Phifer — 4/12

13.  Gone to Ground by Brandilyn Collins  –  5/12

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Speculative Fiction Challenge — Nosy level — 3 books (3/3 — complete!)

1.  Eric’s War (sci fi)– Kenneth Bliss  (2/12)

2.  The Realms Thereunder (fantasy) — Ross Lawhead  (2/12)

3.  Frantic by Mike Dellosso (supernatural thriller) 2/12

Around The Stack In How Many Ways — reading different genres.  Level — Backpacker – 5-10 genres.  (5/5 — complete!)

1.  Crime/mystery  – Deadly Disclosures – Julie Cave — 1/12

2.  Thriller  –  Frantic by Mike Dellosso  2/12

3.  Romance – The Accidental Bride – Denise Hunter  2/12

4.  Fantasy  – The Realms Thereunder — Ross Lawhead  2/12

5.  Historical — Chasing Mona Lisa – Tricia Goyer/Mike Yorkey 1/12

What’s In A Name Challenge – the following are in the title of the book.  (3/6 – 50%)

1. topographical feature – Beyond Molasses Creek – Nicole Seitz  1/12

2. something you would see in the sky — Blue Moon Promise — Colleen Coble  2/12

3. creepy crawly

4. type of house  – House of Secrets — Tracie Peterson 3/12

5. something you would carry in your pocket/purse/backpack

6. something you would find on a calendar

Read Your Name Challenge  (5/6 — 83%)

B – Beyond Molasses Creek – Nicole Seitz  1/12

E — Eric’s War – Kenneth Bliss  2/12

C  – Chasing Mona Lisa — Tricia Goyer/Mike Yorkey 1/12

K — The Keeper — Suzanne Woods Fisher — 1/12

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E – Echoes of Titanic by Mindy Starns Clark/John Campbell Clark –4/12

52 Books in 52 Weeks – Mini-challenge 12 in 2012  (7/12 — 58%)

1. cozy mystery

2. historical — Chasing Mona Lisa – Tricia Goyer/Mike Yorkey 1/12

3. Biblical

4. old friend — from a favorite author  – The Keeper – Suzanne Woods Fisher — 1/12

5.  random — randomly picked from the stack

6.  chunkster — 400+pages – Not In The Heart – Chris Fabry — 1/12

7.  speculative  – The Realms Thereunder – Ross Lawhead — 2/12

8.  Jane Austen knock-off

9.  new to me author  – Deadly Disclosures – Julie Cave — 1/12

10. debut author — The Search Committee — Tim Owens — 3/12

11.  set in Georgia (my home state) – Downfall by Terri Blackstock — 3/12

12.  classic

Southern Literature — Ya’ll Come Back Now, You Here Level (4 books — complete)

1.  The Sound of Red Returning (South Carolina) — Sue Duffy — 1/12

2.  Beyond Molasses Creek (South Carolina) — Nicole Seitz  – 1/12

3.  Beauty for Ashes (Tennessee)  – Dorothy Love — 2/12

4.  Downtown Green (Louisiana) — Judy Christie — 2/12

Historical Reading Challenge — Daring And Curious (5 books) (5/5 — complete!)

1.  Chasing Mona Lisa (WWII France/Switzerland) — Tricia Goyer/Mike Yorkey  1/12

2.  Unhallowed Ground  (14th century England)  – Mel Starr  1/12

3.  Sweeter Than Birdsong (1850s Ohio)  – Rosslyn Elliott  2/12

4.  Blue Moon Promise (1870s Texas) – Colleen Coble  2/12

5.  Beauty for Ashes (1870s Tennessee)  – Dorothy Love  2/12

Color Coded Reading Challenge  (4/9 — 44%)

Read nine books in the following categories.

A book with “Blue” in the title —  Blue Moon Promise – Colleen Coble   (2/12)

A book with “Red” in the title – The Sound of Red Returning — Sue Duffy  (1/12)

A book with “Yellow” in the title

A book with “Green” in the title  – Downtown Green – Judy Christie  (2/12)

A book with “Brown” in the title

A book with “Black” in the title

A book with “White” in the title

A book with any other color in the title (Purple, Orange, Turquoise, Pink, Magenta, etc.) — The Rose of Winslow Street — Elizabeth Camden  (3/12)

A book with a word that implies color (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Paisley, Stripe, etc.)

Girl Power Challenge – This challenge is to discover and read books written by or featuring heroines.  Dame – read 5 books.  (2/5 — 40%)

1.   Robin:  Lady of Legend by R. M. ArceJaeger — 3/12

2.  Baroness by Susan May Warren — 4/12

3.  Gone to Ground by Brandilyn Collins — 5/12

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