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Challenges 2010

2010 Challenges Wrap Up: One’s I did OK on and One’s I’ve Given Up On

December 4, 2010 by Darlene


It’s that time of the year to wrap up challenges for me. This past year has been a rough one for me to keep up with my reading therefore I didn’t do as well as I would have liked.

After finding out Buddy was sick in April, many things were put on the backburner and I’m ok with that. It was important to me to spend as much time with him as I could and that’s what I did, essentially just reading when he slept. 2010 is a year better forgotten for me as I miss my little Buddy a lot so I’m just going to wrap things up early and look forward to next year.

My plans for next year are only going to be challenges I set for myself – I feel like trying something different and plus if I don’t succeed then I won’t have to feel as guilty for not meeting all the challenges I join. So far I’m going to set myself up for a Harry Potter Challenge, the Sookie books, the Outlander series and there are a few other series that I have that I plan on challenging myself too. If anyone out there will want to join me that would be awesome.

Here are the challenges that I did succeed at – the only one I didn’t complete fully was the 100+ reading challenge. Here is how I did:

1. 2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge: I committed myself to reading 12 books and I actually read 16 so yaaaaay! for me. You can see the books I read here.

2. ARC Reading Challenge 2010: I chose to read 25 or more ARCs and I more than exceeded that at reading 69. I knew that this one was challenge I would meet. You can see my list of books read here.

3. Romance Reading Challenge: I committed to reading 5 books and I ended up reading 14 so another challenge met. You can see my reading list here.

4. 2010 Chunkster Challenge: I committed to reading 6 or more chunksters and I read 9. A chunkster is classed as being 450 pages or more but I had a couple of books that were 448 pages and I figure that’s good enough. You can see my list here.

5. Historical Reading Challenge 2010: For this challenge I committed to reading 6 books and ended up reading 16 so another challenge met. You can see my reading list here.

6. E-book Reading Challenge: I knew I would do well on this one and had no worries about meeting my commitment level of 20 eBooks. I ended up reading 35 books and you can see that list here.

7. 100+ Reading Challenge: Well of course this is to read 100 or more books in the year. So far as of December 31 I’m at 87 books. It’s safe to say I will not make 100 this year but there is always next year. You can see my complete list of books read so far here.

And, here are the challenges I did not succeed on at all…

The Tudor Book Challenge
Vietnam War Reading Challenge 2010
Gilmore Girls Reading Challenge
Outlander Reading Challenge 2010
Random Reading Challenge
Sookie Stackhouse Challenge

So, I’m already looking forward to next year and my own reading commitments. So how has everyone else done on their challenges? I really look forward to seeing everyone’s recaps this year.

© 2010, Darlene of Peeking Between the Pages. All Rights Reserved. If you’re reading this on a site other than Peeking Between the Pages or Darlene’s Feed, be aware that this post has been stolen and is used without permission.

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The Laura Lippman Challenge

February 22, 2010 by Darlene


I finally caved and joined another challenge. I’m completely crazy but then I think we’re all pretty clear on that fact already. Anyhow I had noticed the Laura Lippman Challenge on Trish’s blog Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin? a while back and thought – geez I’d love to join but I just can’t with all the ones I’ve already joined. Well I kept going back and taking another peek and yup – finally caved in and joined.

The challenge will run from January 26/10 – December 31/10 and there’s a few levels you can choose from to join. You can see all the info on joining up and the levels here on Trish’s blog. I’m going with Interested Party which is to read 3 books – reason being, I have 3 books of Laura Lippman’s to read on my shelf. lol. The one’s I’m planning to read are…

  1. Life Sentences
  2. What the Dead Know
  3. Every Secret Thing

So wish me luck! I can overlap this challenge with a few others so all in all it works out perfectly! Why don’t you join in the fun too!

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The Tudor Book Challenge

January 11, 2010 by Darlene


Ok, one more challenge and I even have a reason for this one. I have 13 challenges I’ve committed to and I just can’t leave it at 13. So today, over at Naida’s blog, The Bookworm, I saw that she had joined a Tudor Challenge. Well that’s right up my alley and plus it can overlap with my Historical Fiction Challenge. Not to mention that the Tudor period is my absolute favorite.

The Tudor Book Challenge is being hosted by Benedictionary and you can check out all the details and join in here if you’d like. The challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2010.

There are many levels but I’m going for the Commoner level of reading 5 books. I think I’ll probably end up reading more but I’m playing it safe this year.

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Vietnam War Reading Challenge 2010

January 8, 2010 by Darlene


I wasn’t going to sign up for a single challenge more but my friends Serena from Savvy Verse & Wit and Anna from Diary of an Eccentric are running a Vietnam War Reading Challenge this year. Last year it was World War II and I didn’t do so good but I’m going to do better this year. These are great challenges to bring awareness among us all of the suffering that all wars cause. The challenge will run from January 1 – December 31/10 and you can check it out and join in yourself here.

There are several reading levels but I’m going with 5 books. I found quite a few at the library that sound quite good so my plan is to do much better this year. I’ll be keeping track of my books on this post as well.

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2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge

January 1, 2010 by Darlene


I promised myself I wasn’t joining any more challenges but I’ve got a few YA books on my shelves and in my e-Reader to read so I’m joining in on this challenge. J. Kaye of J. Kaye’s Book Blog is hosting the 2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge this year. It is running from January 1 – December 31, 2010 and you can check out all the details and join in here.

There are several levels but I’m going for the lowest, The Mini YA Challenge in which I commit myself to reading 12 books. I think I can do that…

  1. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
  2. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
  3. Specials by Scott Westerfeld
  4. Magna by Nicole O’Dell
  5. Making Waves by Nicole O’Dell
  6. The Hunger Games by Glass Suzanne Collins
  7. Alexis: My True Story of Being Seduced by an Online Predator by Alexis Singer
  8. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
  9. Hannah: My True Story of Drugs, Cutting and Mental Illness by Hannah Westberg
  10. Rae: My True Story of Fear, Anxiety and Social Phobia by Chelsea Rae Swiggett
  11. Call Me Kate by Molly Roe
  12. Halo by Alexandra Adornetto
  13. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
  14. Pretty Little Liars #6 – Killer by Sara Shepard
  15. Crank by Ellen Hopkins
  16. Glass by Ellen Hopkins
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ARC Reading Challenge 2010

December 31, 2009 by Darlene


Well of course I’m joining in the ARC Reading Challenge for 2010. It is being hosted again by my good friend Teddy from So Many Precious Books, So Little Time. Thanks for hosting this great challenge again Teddy! It’s going to run from January 2 – December 30, 2010 and you can head over to Teddy’s blog and check out all the details here and join in the fun.

Now there are various levels to choose from but I’m choosing Level Gold which is to read 25 or more ARCs. If you saw my earlier post on my stats from 2009 for this challenge, you know I should definitely manage to surpass this amount. I’m not going to list the ones I’m going to read because often it changes so I’m just going to use this post to keep track of the ones I do read.

  1. Spin by Catherine McKenzie
  2. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
  3. Things Worth Remembering by Jackina Stark
  4. Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
  5. The Devil in Merrivale by Jackie Griffey
  6. Keeping the Feast by Paula Butturini
  7. Catch of a Lifetime by Judi Fennell
  8. Talking to the Dead by Bonnie Grove
  9. The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar
  10. The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker
  11. Reasons by Tracy Fabre
  12. Our Hart by Lloyd Lofthouse
  13. The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
  14. Almost Home by Pam Jenoff
  15. The Creation of Eve by Lynn Cullen
  16. Shadow of the King by Helen Hollick
  17. The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
  18. The Stolen Crown by Susan Higginbotham
  19. Love in Mid Air by Kim Wright
  20. The Lumby Lines by Gail Fraser
  21. Magnolia Wednesdays by Wendy Wax
  22. Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
  23. Get Lucky by Katherine Center
  24. Claude & Camille by Stephanie Cowell
  25. Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt
  26. A Gift From Brittany by Marjorie Price
  27. The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
  28. The Girls From Ames by Jeffrey Laslow
  29. On Folly Beach by Karen White
  30. The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells
  31. The Last River Child by Lori Ann Bloomfield
  32. Sunrise in the West by Edith Pargeter
  33. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
  34. Magna by Nicole O’Dell
  35. Making Waves by Nicole O’Dell
  36. The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch
  37. The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews
  38. SOS! The Six o’Clock Scramble to the Rescue by Aviva Goldfarb
  39. Sea Escape by Lynne Griffin
  40. Captive Spirit by Liz Fichera
  41. The Hundred Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
  42. How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway
  43. Cold Rock River by Jackie Lee Miles
  44. Never Wave Goodbye by Doug Magee
  45. The King’s Mistress by Emma Campion
  46. The Miracles of Prato by Laurie Albanese and Laura Morowitz
  47. Alexis: My True Story of Being Seduced by an Online Predator by Alexis Singer
  48. Hearts on a String by Kris Radish
  49. Hannah: My True Story of Drugs, Cutting and Mental Illness by Hannah Westberg
  50. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
  51. Rae: My True Story of Fear, Anxiety and Social Phobia by Chelsea Rae Swiggett
  52. Holly’s Inbox: Scandal in the City by Holly Denham
  53. What We Have by Amy Boesky
  54. Come Sunday by Isla Morley
  55. Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell
  56. Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning
  57. The Wishing Trees by John Shors
  58. Take a Chance on Me by Jill Mansell
  59. Call Me Kate by Molly Roe
  60. Up From the Blue by Susan Henderson
  61. The Snow Globe by Sheila Roberts
  62. Halo by Alexandra Adornetto
  63. Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
  64. Wishin’ and Hopin’ by Wally Lamb
  65. Outside the Ordinary World by Dori Ostermiller
  66. Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning
  67. Dining With Joy by Rachel Hauck
  68. The King’s Daughter by Christie Dickason
  69. Dating Mr. December by Phillipa Ashley
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