What am I going to do in 2011????

READ!!!!

Yeah, yeah, reading is nothing new for me...

Very true!!!

But this year, I am going to join some reading challenges :)

Everytime I see one, I think to myself, I really need to join one of those.

So, I thought, why not quit procrastinating and join one or more right now.

In fact, I think you should do the same thing!!

There is a book challenge out there of just about any kind you can possibly imagine.

So far, I have came across two that I KNOW I want to enter.

I found both of them on

The Book Vixen.

I hope to find and add more, soon :)

Ok, so here is the first one....

Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge
hosted by The Book Vixen

Details:

• Runs January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011(books read prior to 1/1/11 do not count towards the challenge). You can join at anytime. 
• You can sign up on The Book Vixen’s blog.
• The goal is to outdo yourself by reading more books in 2011 than you did in 2010. See the different levels below and pick the one that works best for you. Nothing is set in stone; you can change levels at any time during the challenge.
• Books can be any format (bound, eBook, audio).
• Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are fine.
• You can list your books in advance or list them as you read them. It is not required that you review the books you read for this challenge but feel free to do so.
• Post this reading challenge on your blog so you can keep a list of the books you’ve read for this challenge. Please include a link back to this post so readers can join the challenge too.
• You do not have to be a book blogger to participate. You can keep tabs on books you’ve read for this challenge on Goodreads or LibraryThing if you’d like (maybe make a shelf for “Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge”). If you are not on either of those sites then you can list the books you read for this challenge in the comments on my wrap-up post, which will be up at the end of 2011.

For this one, I am setting my goal 

at 100 books!!

and here is the second one...

Nicholas Sparks Reading Challenge

hosted by The Book Vixen

Details:

• Runs January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011(books read prior to 1/1/11 do not count towards the challenge). You can join at anytime –
•  Sign up on The Book Vixen’s blog
• The goal is to read or re-read as many Nicholas Sparks novels as you’d like. See the different levels below and pick the one that works best for you. Nothing is set in stone; you can change levels at any time during the challenge.
• Books can be any format (bound, eBook, audio).
• Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are fine.
• You can list your books in advance or list them as you read them. It is not required that you review the books you read for this challenge but feel free to do so.
• Post this reading challenge on your blog so you can keep a list of the books you’ve read for this challenge. Please include a link back to this post so readers can join the challenge too.
• You do not have to be a book blogger to participate. You can keep tabs on books you’ve read for this challenge on Goodreads or LibraryThing if you’d like (maybe make a shelf for “Nicholas Sparks Reading Challenge”). If you are not on either of those sites then you can list the books you read for this challenge in the comments on my wrap-up post, which will be up at the end of 2011.

Levels:

     First Date – Read 1–4 Nicholas Sparks novels

     Going Steady – Read 5–8 Nicholas Sparks novels

     Engaged – Read 9–12 Nicholas Sparks novels

     Married – Read 13–16 Nicholas Sparks novels

List of Nicholas Sparks novels:

     The Notebook

     Message in a Bottle

     A Walk to Remember

     The Rescue

     A Bend in the Road

     Nights in Rodanthe

     The Wedding

     The Guardian

     Three Weeks With My Brother

     True Believer (read this first, before At First Sight)

     At First Sight (read this after True Believer)

     The Choice

     Dear John

     The Lucky One

     The Last Song

     Safe Haven

For this one, I am setting my goal 

as Married!!

I plan to read all 16 

of these wonderful novels

 either for the first time OR again :)

Ok, so with that...

I'm off to find a couple more

book challenges

that I would like to join before the big day!!

NEW YEARS, 2011 :)

wait up...
I'm back before you had a chance to miss me ;)


This third one looks like so much fun...
I found it on Book Journey.

it's called....

This Challenge starts January 1, 2011 – December 31st 2011.  The Challenge consists of reading at least one book that covers each of the 50 states of America and you can add as many other countries as you like.

So how do you decide what state a book is categorized under?

1.  In a fiction read it would be the State or Country that the book spends the most time in.  (Ie. If your main character is from Wisconsin but the book is all about his/her time in college in California – the books should categorize under California….)

2.  Non fiction reads categorize  in whatever State or Country it is about (Ie…. a book about fly fishing in Colorado is a Colorado point, and a book about women in Afghanistan is an Afghanistan point.

How to get started

Set up a map under Google Maps.  It is easy to do!  Every time you read a book in 2011, upload a cover picture to Picasa Web Albums (there may be other sites to use, feel free to use what works best for you).

Here is my 'Where Am I Reading??' map!!

~Steph