Challenges revisited

I've been taking stock of all my challenges and have realized I never completed the Non-Fiction Five which ran May-September. I read non-fiction, just not all the ones on my list. Oh well - it got me to pick up a few longstanding TBR's which I enjoyed greatly. (both the books and the opportunity to decrease the towering pile just a little bit...)

I'm still going along on a few year long challenges, like the Reading Beyond Borders (though I've been doing pitifully on that one) and the O'Canada Challenge (keep forgetting to add the tag to the Canadian authors I read). There's also the challenge I set myself this International Polar Year, to read books dealing with both Arctic and Antarctic themes. That's been lagging but I'm starting back at some of those books.

And of course, there's the currently running RIP Challenge (having lots of fun with that one) and the Outmoded Authors Challenge (haven't started on any of the books yet but Elizabeth Bowen is waiting patiently...) Plus I'm trying to read through Kristin Lavransdattar with Danielle & Co.

Despite all this, I am still being tempted by new challenges! I'm going to sign up for the Russian Reading challenge very soon; in a year in which I hope to go to Ukraine, reading Ukrainian & Russian authors seems like a perfect fit. And John at the Book Mine Set has announced a Canadian Book Challenge which I must join! I'm sure even more will tempt me before long, either that or I'll have to set my own challenge - the Finish-Reading-the-Stack-Teetering-Beside-the-Bed Challenge! I so enjoy reading along with other bloggers. Keep the challenges coming, even if I rarely keep up with them all...