Allison’s Comments (group member since Jan 02, 2015)

Allison’s comments from the The Reading Challenge Group group.

Do personal challenges count as mini-challenges, or are those considered general books?

Holly wrote: "Feel free to make this a buddy read, that would be super awesome!

I might even join you. :P"

I'm game - anyone else want to?

I think I'm going to join several of you and switch my choice to Love in the Time of Cholera. I want to read one that's actually set in South America, plus my brother has been wanting me to read this forever.

I would have liked to read The House of the Spirits but it's not available in ebook format yet. I'm going to substitute Island Beneath the Sea by the same author since I can get it from my library.

Good luck with these challenges - it looks like a fun year of reading ahead!

World Lit Challenge

I am going to aim low on this one - 4-6 books during the year, since I'm focusing on owned tbr right now.

✘ South America: Love in the Time of Cholera (DNF at 46%)

✔ Middle East: Night of a Thousand Stars

✔ Sub-Sahara: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

✔ Southeast Asia: Temple of a Thousand Faces

✘ Central America/Mexico & Caribbean: Midnight Robber (DNF due to dialect)

✔ Western Europe: Silent in the Grave

✔ North Africa: Crocodile on the Sandbank

✘ South Asia/India Subcontinent

✔ North America: Murder on St. Mark's Place

✘ Eastern Europe

Oceania/Australia

East Asia

Kiwi wrote: "Found your thread, good luck with your challenges!"

Thank you! Good luck with yours, as well!

Renee wrote: "That particular challenge was archived at the end of 2014..."

Ok! I'll keep my eye out for this one to resurface. I'm hoping that reading award winners will force me out of my comfort zone with some good quality books. :)

Renee wrote: "I just saw it. Great job!"

I'm not seeing this one in the folder - what is it called?

Award Winners Mini-Challenge

I plan to read one award-winner per month for this mini-challenge. The thread for the challenge is here.

Level 1

✔ 1. Ready Player One - Prometheus Award, 2012
✔ 2. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Andre Norton, 2009
✔ 3. Maisie Dobbs - Macavity Award, 2004

Level 2

✔ 4. The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Locus Award, 2014
✔ 5. The Haunting of Maddy Clare - Arthur Ellis Award, 2013
✔ 6. Doll Bones - Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, 2014

Level 3

✔ 7. Silent in the Grave - RITA Award, 2008
✔ 8. Paladin of Souls - Nebula Award, 2004
✔ 9. Boneshaker - Locus Award, 2010

Level 4

✔ 10. Lonesome Dove - Pulitzer Prize, 1986
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Kiwi wrote: "Hi Allison, last year I used the randomizer to pick 12 books for the TBR and I had fun in completing it, ended up reading a total of 81 books from my TBR Yay!

This year I created challenges with ..."

Nice job on 81 books last year! I like the sound of the "hoarder's challenge." I think I'm going to create my own bigger hoarder's challenge for books bought before Jan 1, 2015.

But I will also participate in the 2015 version of this mini-challenge - aiming for 12 books bought before Jan 1, 2014! I'll be keeping track in my personal challenge folder.

January 2015 update - I read 4 books that I purchased before 2014. Yay!

February 2015 update - 5 more books down!

March 2015 update - 1 book read

April 2015 update - 2 books read - challenge complete!

Renee wrote: "to be considered on your tbr for a year. The idea was to clear out OLD tbr clutter...Let's say to 1/1/14 for anyone joining after 1/1/15..."

I think that sounds fair. I have plenty of books to choose from that fit the bill!

I just joined the group, and just found this thread. My main challenge this year is to make a dent in my owned books. I did a TBR challenge last year that worked really well for me. The rules were that I had to have owned the book before Jan 1st of the current year for it to be eligible. That's a bit different than the rules for this one, but I'd be interested in joining the challenge whichever way you guys are doing it.

Camille wrote: "Good luck with your challenges. I'm also trying to read as many of my owned books as I can to reduce my TBR."

Thanks, Camille. Good luck to you, too!

Hello! I was already planning some personal challenges before I saw this group, and thought it looked perfect for helping me stay on track. My main challenges are going to be for reading books that I already own, as well as making progress with series I've started, but I'm also looking to expand my horizons a little, so I'm planning to join some of the mini challenges.

Is there any way to create more challenge widgets?? They are really cool.

Challenge 1: Book Hoarder Challenge

My main challenge for the year is to read as many of the books I already own as possible. Last year I managed 92. This year, I'm aiming for 48 to allow room for other challenges and for group reads.

I need to average 4 per month to stay on track. To count for this challenge, I must have purchased 3 of the books at least a month before. Books that I DNF do count for this challenge because they are off my TBR list at that point.

My shelf for this challenge is here: 2015 Book Hoarder Challenge.

I am also counting books purchased before 2014 towards the TBR Pile 2015 Mini-Challenge.

January Books Read


February Books Read


March Books Read


April Books Read


May Books Read


June Books Read


July Books Read


August Books Read


September Books read


October Books Read


November Books Read