War Through the Generations Challenge WWI - 2012

Challenge Summary:

Rules:

- This year you have options when reading your fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, etc. with the WWI as the primary or secondary theme.

- Books can take place before, during, or after the war, so long as the conflicts that led to the war or the war itself are important to the story.

- Books from other challenges count so long as they meet the above criteria.

•  Dip: Read 1-3 books in any genre with WWI as a primary or secondary theme. 
• Wade: Read 4-10 books in any genre with WWI as a primary or secondary theme. 
• Swim: Read 11 or more books in any genre with WWI as a primary or secondary theme. 

Additionally, we’ve decided that since there are so many great movies out there about WWI, you can substitute or add a movie or two to your list this year and have it count toward your totals. You can decide which books you’d like to read right away, or you can choose them during the course of the challenge.
Check out the Recommended Reading: WWI page for suggestions.

Hosted by/Link: War Through the Generations. War Through the Generations - WWI Challenge

Challenge Start and Ends Dates:January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012

My Progress:0/3

My List:

Speculative Fiction Challenge

Challenge Summary:

Sign Up
- Anyone can join, blog or not, you just need somewhere to post your reviews to share with the world. If you have a blog, a post about the challenge would be nice! Just add your details to the linky below to sign up.  I’ve made a couple of buttons and have modified the traditional challenge button for this year. Feel free to put them in your sidebar and use them in your review posts! Just save the image of your choice to your computer first please!

-  Timeline: 01 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012. You can sign up from now right up until 31 Nov 2012. Rules: The levels are back this year! Just pick your level and declare it in your post or in the comments below:

• Nosey: 3 novels 
• Excited: 6 novels 
• Content: 12 novels 
• In Nirvana: 24 novels 
• Obsessed: 48 novels 

There is no need to list your books now (unless you are like me and love making lists), just pick as you go along and have fun! Books can most definitely be counted towards other challenges.  I will post a monthly link up for you to share your reviews. There are no prizes other that a sense of satisfaction at reaching your goal (*interpretation* We are broke college students with no sneakily awesome publishing contacts).

Any book format (ebook, print, audio) counts! And because it can sometimes get a bit confusing (from Carolyns original post),

Genres:
 • Science Fiction: hard/soft SF, cyberpunk, time travel, alternative history, space opera
• Fantasy Fiction: dark fantasy, urban fantasy, magic realism, quest, mythical fantasy, steampunk
• Horror Fiction: paranormal, gothic literature, splatterpunk
• Supernatural Fiction
• Superhero Fiction
• Utopian and Dystopian Fiction
• Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

Hosted by/Link: Baffled Bookshttp://baffledbooks.com/. Speculative Fiction Challenge

Challenge Start and Ends Dates:January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012

My Progress: 3/24

My List:

1) Science Fiction - Allegiance (SGA 18) - Amy Girswold and Melissa Scott
2) Utopian/Dystopian Fiction - Gathering Blue - Lois Lowry
3) Utopian/Dystopian Fiction - Messenger - Lois Lowry

Short Stories Challenge

Challenge Summary:

Rules:

• Challenge runs from January 1, 2012 to December 31st, 2012. You can join anytime.
• Books from other challenges count as long as they are a collection of short stories.
 • Books can be children's, middle-grade, YA and adult fiction and non-fiction.
 • Write a post and link it below including the URL to that sign-up post.

 Levels:
• Tell me a Story: 1 to 3 books.
• Stories Abound: 4 to 6 books.
• Tales Galore: 7 to 9 books
• Anthology Supreme: 10 to 12 books.

Hosted by/Link: Library of Clean Reads. Short Stories Challenge

Challenge Start and Ends Dates: January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012

My Progress: 1/12

My List:

1) The Lost Salt Gift of Bood - Alistair MacLeod

New Author Reading Challenge

Challenge Summary:

The guidelines:

 1. The challenge will run from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012.
 2. Since this is an author challenge, there is no restriction on choosing your novels. They can definitely be from other challenges. However, the authors must be new to you and, preferably from novels.  Anthologies are a great way to try someone new, but only a third of your new authors can be from anthologies.
 3. I want this to be an easy challenge, so you can pick to do either 15, 25 or 50 new authors.  It all depends on how fast you read and how adventurous you want to be.  For me, I want to say I’m going to do another 50 new authors, but with two kids, I didn’t made my goal in 2011, so I’m going to be smarter and say 25.  If you reach your goal halfway through the year, don’t stop.  Any new author you try can be added to Mr. Linky.  We all want to know about your new experience.
 4. After reading your new author, write your review and then come back here and add your link to Mr. Linky.  Make sure you include your name and the author, but adding the title is completely up to you.
 5. Bloggers or Non-Bloggers alike are welcome. You don’t have to have a site to participate. You can link up via Facebook, GoodReads or even Amazon if you’d like. Once you reach your goal, you don’t have to stop.

 Any new author you try, go ahead and head back here and add it to the list.  Introduce us all to whoever you find.  Afterall, there’s no reason to stop trying new authors, right?

Hosted by/Link: Library Escapism. New Author Reading Challenge

Challenge Start and Ends Dates: January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012

My Progress: 6/50

My List:

1) Alexi Zentner (Touch)
2) Alison Pick (The Dream World)
3) Patrick deWitt (The Sisters Brothers)
4) Aphra Behn - (Oroonoko and Other Writings)
5) Andre Alexis - (Childhood)
6) Wayne Johnston (The Colony of Unrequited Dreams)

Mount TBR Reading Challenge

Challenge Summary:

Challenge Levels

Pike's Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Vancouver: Read 25 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Ararat: Read 40 books from your TBR piles/s
Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 50 books from your TBR pile/s
El Toro: Read 75 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Everest: Read 100+ books from your TBR pile/s

And the rules:

*Once you choose your challenge level, you are locked in for at least that many books. If you find that you're on a mountain-climbing roll and want to tackle a taller mountain, then you are certainly welcome to upgrade.

*Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2012.

*You may sign up anytime from now until November 30th, 2012.

*Books must be owned by you prior to January 1, 2012. No ARCs (none), no library books. No rereads. [To clarify--based on a question raised--the intention is to reduce the stack of books that you have bought for yourself or received as presents {birthday, Christmas, "just because," etc.}. Audiobooks may count if they are yours and they are one of your primary sources of backlogged books.]

*Books may be used to count for other challenges as well.

*Feel free to submit your list in advance (as incentive to really get those books taken care of) or to tally them as you climb.

*A blog and reviews are not necessary to participate. If you have a blog, then please post a challenge sign up and link THAT post (not your home page) into the linky below. Non-bloggers, please leave a comment declaring your challenge level.

*A progress site for reviews will go up in January and I will post the link in my sidebar for easy access.

Hosted by/Link: My Reader's Block. Mount TBR Reading Challenge

Challenge Start and Ends Dates: January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012

My Progress: 4/50

My List:


1) Oroonoko and Other Writings - Aphra Behn
2) Childhood - Andre Alexis
3) For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down - David Adams Richards
4) The Colony of Unrequited Dreams - Wayne Johnston