Reading Challenge Updates 06/08
by Athena ~ July 4th, 2008. Filed under: Books.I read a lot in June, and made quite a few progress in some of the challenges though I still have a long way to go. I have to read as much as I can in the summer because I am unsure of my reading time in the autumn and beyond.
Completed this month:
- Book Awards (13 of 12) - Read Gilead, Anil’s Ghost, Beloved, My Sister Life
- William Shakespeare (4 of 4) - Read Sonnets
Current Challenges
- Non-Fiction Five Challenge (6 of 5) - Read The Perfect Scent, In Defense of Food, Best American Travel Writing 2007, The Geography of Bliss, The Complete Persepolis
- Classics Challenge ( of 6) - July to December 2008. Five classics and one bonus “modern” classic.
- A Well-Rounded Challenge ( of 6) - July-December six books from six different challenges.
- Graphic Novels (10 of 6) - Read Wanted, The Complete Persepolis
- Decades 08 (5 of
- - In their shoes (4 of ?) - The Complete Persepolis
- Russian Reading (3 of 4) - My Sister Life
- What’s in a Name? (4 of 6) -
- TBR 2008 (3 of 12) - Read Anil’s Ghost, Beloved
- Man Booker Challenge (1 of 6) -
- Chunky Challenge (4 of 4) - Read The Host
- The Obscure Challenge ( of 1) -
- 342,745 Ways to Herd Cats or tl;dr (3 of 3) -
- 1% Well-Read Challenge (3 of 10) - Read Beloved
- Reading the Nobels (3 of 5) - Read Beloved, My Sister Life
- Notable Books - None
- Pulitzer Project - Read Gilead, Beloved
- Booker Project - None
Personal Challenges
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die - 85
- TBR Pile - 1: Read Beloved.
Pending Challenges
- Book Awards Challenge II ( of 10) - August 08 to June 09. Ten award winning books in ten months.
Completed Challenges
- Something About Me - There was no minimum; I read 4 books.
- Second Chances (3 of 3)
- Book to Movies (3 of 3)
- Summer Reading Challenge, Round 2
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July 6th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
if you’re interested, there’s a free spreadsheet you can download to chart your progress with the 1001 books list. Visit Arukiyomi to get yours…
http://johnandsheena.co.uk/books