Challenges!

It's time to decide which Challenges I want to take on next year...like many others, I am feeling that I am reading far too many new books/ARCs lately and not getting to all the books on my own shelves. So, I will only be taking on a few. I rarely finish Challenges anyhow; but I do like signing up.

So far next year I will be doing:

The Science Book Challenge

I've just posted about this year-long challenge in which you only have to read 3 books; I can do that! And so can you -- for ideas about book choices, try looking through the existing Ars Hermeneutica book notes or Eva's huge list at A Striped Armchair.

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Annie's What's in a name 2 Challenge

I did this last year and really enjoyed the random nature of it. This year it works the same way: there are six categories and you have to choose a book with that thing in the title for each one. Here are 09's categories and my book choices (I'm choosing 2 in each to give me options)

A book with a "profession" in its title:

The Zookeeper's Wife / Diane Ackerman

The Yiddish Policeman's Union / Michael Chabon

A book with a "time of day" in its title:

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built / Alexander McCall Smith (tea time is a good time of day!)

Late Nights on Air / Elizabeth Hay

A book with a "relative" in its title:

Cousin Phyllis / Elizabeth Gaskell or My Cousin Rachel / Daphne DuMaurier

The Time Traveler's Wife / Audrey Niffenegger

A book with a "body part" in its title:

The Case of the General's Thumb / Andrey Kurkov

Oh Pure and Radiant Heart / Lydia Millett

A book with a "building" in its title:

The Magic Toyshop / Angela Carter

The Post Office girl / Stefan Zweig

A book with a "medical condition" in its title:

Consumption / Kevin Patterson (also counted toward the Canadian Book Challenge II)

Fever / Sharon Butala

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I'm still moving along with the Canadian Book Challenge (which runs July 1-July 1) which I love -- I'm not quite halfway done but there's still lots of time.

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I am also considering the Support your Local Library challenge. I read many, many books from the library in any case -- I work there so it's kind of unavoidable for me! I think I will sign up, and choose the 50 book option. I'll keep a running list here on the blog throughout the year.




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There's another group event I'm signing up for which isn't exactly a challenge, rather, it's a charitable side to the year's reading. More on that shortly.