What’s In A Name 3 Challenge ~ 2010

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There is a new host for this challenge in 2010. Beth at Beth Fish Reads will be hosting What’s In A Name 3 Challenge with a few changes. Here’s how it works: Between January 1 and December 31, 2010, read one book in each of the following categories: A book with a food in the title: A book [...]

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Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge

C.B. James at Rady When You Are, CB is hosting the Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge. He writes: The Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge is based on a simple idea–read a book, see a movie based on the book, include both in your review. Whether yours is a book blog or a [...]

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The Chunkster Challenge ~ 2010

  February 1, 2010 – January 31, 2011 Definition of a Chunkster: A chunkster is 450 pages or more of ADULT literature (fiction or nonfiction) … A chunkster should be a challenge. If you read large type books your book will need to be 525 pages or more … The average large type book is [...]

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The Debutante Ball Challenge – Past & 2010

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Jen and Swapna are jointly hosting The Debutante Ball Challenge.  You can join in an  read Deb books from 2010 or you can join to read the past Deb boor, or you can do both.  I am signing up for both, but at low levels because my self imposed rule of challenges is to use books [...]

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Audio Book Challenge ~ 2010

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Audiobooks have become my latest addiction and I acquire them with almost the same frightening speed that I require my other books.  Given entire year (January -December, 2010) I should be able to complete the Audio Book Challenge at the Obsessed Level by listening to 20 books. Challenge Guidelines: 1. Anyone can join. You don’t need [...]

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451 Fridays Challenge ~ 2010

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451 Fridays is based on an idea from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In his novel, a group of people (Bradbury calls them Book People) are trying to keep the ideas found in books alive. Instead of actually saving the books, the Book People each “become” a book – memorizing it, word for word, and [...]

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Historical Fiction Reading Challenge ~ 2010

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I read a lot of historical fiction.  I don’t know how it works that way and I don’t even really seek out the genre purposefully but I guess my interest in other countries combined with my love of history makes it only a given that I should try and complete the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge at [...]

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THIB! Twenty Minute Book Club Challenge

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The tweeps have spoken! One of the things that I love about Twitter is that you get to mingle with other book bloggers and fab book people, and you always have the opportunity to get involved- whether it’s in a discussion on the topic du jour or in on the planning stages of the next [...]

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Shelf Discovery Challenge

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I picked up this little gem while I was at Harper’s Fall Ball, started skimming through and reading some the selected “book reports” that night and loved it right away.  It’s all about exploring some of the older classics of teen literature.  I knew that I would want to go back and read some of [...]

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Little Book on Meaning, by Laura Berman Fortgang – Book Review

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The Little Book on Meaning: Why We Crave It;  How to Create It, by Laura Berman Fortgang Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin Publication Date: April 30, 2009 Format: Uncorrected Advance Reader Copy, 222 pages Laura Berman Fortgang started life wanting to be a musical theater actress and spent most of her young adult life pursuing that [...]

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