2010 Name Your Own Challenge

[mupt02]

Here is the place for all of those personal challenges that we have for ourselves.  It can be to read a certain number of banned books, to read a book from certain places, to read a book written in different decades or years - what ever you want.

In your post, please include what you are challenging yourself to and then keep us updated on your progress.  If you would like, please add a list of books that you have read.

Let me know if you have any questions.

[pixiesand]

I like A-Z author.

A- Alexander, R. G. - Wicked Sexy - READ 6-08-10
     Andrews, Donna - You've Got Murder - READ 1-27-10
     Ashby, Amanda - Zombie Queen of Newbury High - READ 12-12-10
B- Babbitt, Natalie - Tuck Everlasting - READ 8-10-10
     Balliett, Blue - Chasing Vermeer - READ 3-17-10
     Bischoff, Susan - Hush Money - READ 11-02-10
     Black, Holly - Kin - READ 1-09-10
     Block, Francesca Lia - The Rose and the Beast - READ 7-08-10
     Brown, Sandra - The Crush - READ 7-16-10        
C- Carter, Ally - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You - READ 8-02-10
     Cavins, Ross - Follow the Money - READ 10-08-10
     Chenoweth, Kristin - A Little Bit Wicked - READ 11-12-10
     Clare, Casandra - City of Bones - READ 5-02-10
     Clay, Mortimus - The Purloined Boy - READ 9-20-10
     Collins, Nancy A. - Vamps - READ 1-03-10
     Collins, Nancy A. - Night Life - READ 3-12-10
     Collins, Nancy A. - After Dark - READ 3-20-10
D- Davidson, MaryJanice - Undead and Unwed - READ 5-06-10
     Davidson, MaryJanice - Beggarman, Thief - READ 5-09-10
     Davidson, MaryJanice - Undead and Unemployed - READ 6-05-10
     Davidson, MaryJanice - Undead and Unappreciated - READ 6-22-10
     Davidson, MaryJanice - Undead and Unreturnable - READ 7-05-10
     Davidson, MaryJanice - Me, Myself, and Why? - READ 12-02-10
E- Efaw, Amy - After - READ 10-23-10
     Evanovich, Janet - Three to Get Deadly - READ 3-18-10
F- Ferraro, Tina - Top Ten Uses For and Unworn Prom Dress - READ 10-12-10
     Fine, Anne - Alias Madame Doubtfire - READ 1-16-10
     Fluke, Joanne - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder - READ 11-18-10
     Fluke, Joanne - Candy for Christmas - READ 11-21-10
     Ford, Jamie - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - READ 5-19-10
G- Greatshell, Walter
H- Hamilton, Laurell K. - Guilty Pleasures - READ 10-04-10
     Harris, Charlaine - A Touch of Dead - READ 1-07-10
     Harris, Charlaine - Dead in the Family - READ 5-17-10
 I-  Ishiguro, Kazuo - Never Let Me Go - READ 8-09-10
J- Johnston, Linda O. - Sit, Stay, Slay - READ 12-08-10
K- Kramer, Naomi - Dead(ish) - READ 5-24-10
L- Lackey, Mercedes - One Good Knight - READ 1-09-10
     Larbalestier, Justine - Liar - READ 11-23-10
     Laurie, Victoria - A Vision of Murder - READ 2-22-10
     Laurie, Victoria - What's a Ghoul to Do? - READ 4-12-10
     Laurie, Victoria - Killer Insight - READ 5-29-10
     Lederer, Richard - Puns Spooken Here - READ 10-19-10
     Lindsay, John - Emails from an A**hole - READ 4-15-10
     Lowry, Lois - Gathering Blue - READ 10-17-10
M- McMann, Lisa - Fade - READ 1-22-10
     McMann, Lisa - Gone - READ 9-28-10
     Macomber, Debbie - The Man You'll Marry - READ 9-24-10
     Mantchev, Lisa - Perchance to Dream - READ 5-15-10
     Martel, Yann - Life of Pi - READ 4-19-10
     Meyer, Stephenie - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - READ 7-14-10
     Mlynowski, Sarah - Me vs. Me - READ 6-27-10
N- Niffenegger, Audrey - The Time Traveler's Wife - READ 7-21-10
     Noel, Alyson - Blue Moon - READ 1-10-10
     Noel, Alyson - Shadowland - READ 8-16-10
O- Oram, Hiawyn - My Unwilling Witch Goes to Ballet School - READ 12-03-10
P- Penn, J. L. - The Cinderella Curse - READ 12-02-10
     Perez, Marlene - Dead is the New Black - READ 1-24-10
     Perez, Marlene - Dead is a State of Mind - READ 2-02-10
     Perez, Marlene - Dead is So Last Year - READ 4-16-10
Q- Quinn, Devyn - One Naughty Night - READ 7-27-10
R- Reeves, Dia
S- Shepard, Sara - Pretty Little Liars - READ 4-03-10
     Stoker, Bram - Dracula - READ 8-08-10
T- Tan, Amy - The Joy Luck Club - READ 5-09-10
U- Upton, Tom - Mourning Doves - READ 6-16-10
V- Verne, Jules - Around the World in 80 Days - READ 4-28-10
     Viets, Elaine - Dying in Style - READ 3-11-10
     Viguié, Debbie - Midnight Pearls - READ 4-08-10
     Vincent, Rachel - My Soul to Lose - READ 10-01-10    
W- Weyn, Suzanne - Water Song - READ 1-19-10
     Wilde, Oscar - The Importance of Being Earnest - READ 4-26-10
X- Nix, Garth - The Quiet Knight from Geektastic - READ 11-30-10
Y- Yolen, Jane - Troll from Troll's Eye View - READ 3-30-10
Z- Zusak, Markus - The Book Thief - READ 6-15-10

[Bleacheddecay]

I will be doing

Around the World in ? books Challenge complete 6-19-2010

North America

Ravens by George Dawes Green 3.5/4

 Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison 4.75/5

Central America

The Jaguar Princess by Clare Bell 4/5

Caribbean

 Every Dark Desire by Fiona Zedde 2/5

South America

Eva Luna by Isabel Allende 4/5

Europe

The Love Slave by Bertrice Small 3/5

The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson 4/5

World Without End by Ken Follett 5/5

Africa

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 3.5/5

Middle East

 I Am Najood Age 10 and Divorced by Njjood Ali 4/5

Central Asia

Rice Without Rain by Minfong Ho 4/5

Asia

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park 5/5

Southeast Asia

Snow Flower and The Secret Fan by Lisa See 4.5/5

Australia

Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta 3/4

Oceania

 Whale rider by Witi Ihimaera 4/5

Antarctica

Ice Bound A Doctor's Incredible Battle For Survival At the South Pole by Dr. Jerri Nielsen. 3/5

and :

The Time Line Challenge (Completed April 2010!)

Pre History

Promise Of The Wolves by Dorothy Hearst 3.5/5

Ancient History

37. Slaves of the Empire by Aaron Travis 3/5

Middle Ages

 A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park 5/5

World Without End by Ken Follett 5/5

The Love Slave by Bertrice Small 3/5

16th Century

The Jaguar Princess by Clare Bell 4/5

17th Century

Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier 4/5

18th Century

The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent 4/5

19th Century

Snow Flower and The Secret Fan by Lisa See 4.5/5

20th Century

28. Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison 4.75/5

21st Century

29. Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay 4/5

[princesskelcie2]

Here is my author challenge:

A - Allende, Isabel

     Angelou, Maya Letter To My Daughter 6/2/2010

B - Blume, Judy

C - Chandler, Elizabeth Kissed By An Angel 5/19/10

D - Dessen, Sarah

       Deford, Frank Alex The Life Of A Child 6/8/10

       Delinsky, Barbara, The Summer I Dared 8/14/10

E - Evans, Nicholas

F - Franzen, Jonathan

G - Giffin, Emily, Golden, Arthur, Glahn, Sandra

H - Hannah, Kristen Between Sisters 2/5/2010

Hilderbrand, Elin, Hatcher, Robin Lee

I - Isaacs, Susan

J - Johansen, Iris

K - Kidder, Tracy, Kinkade, Thomas

L - Lamb, Wally, Letts, Billie

M - Meyer, Stephanie - Twilight 1/7/2010, New Moon 6/29/10

McCourt, Frank, Marquez, Gabriel Garcia, McCullers, Carson

N - Niffenberger, Audrey

O - Orenstein, Peggy

P - Picoult, Jodi - Vanishing Acts 3/4/2010

      Paton, Alan

Q - Quindlen, Anna

R - Rule, Ann Dead By Sunset 1/24/10

      Roberts, Nora Gabrielle's Angel 5/12/10

      Robards, Karen Vanished 6/1/2010, Pursuit, 7/13/10

S - Sparks, Nicholas,

      Steele, Danielle, His Bright Light, The Story of Nick Traina 6/7/10

      Sofios, Alysia, Smith, L.J.

      Soli, Tatjana, The Lotus Eaters 10/5/10

T - Tolstoy, Leo

U - Urrea, Luis Alberto

V - Vreeland, Susan

W - Wells, Rebecca, Wilson, Eric

X - Xingjian, Gao

Y - York, Rebecca

Z - Zevin, Gabrielle

I added a few more authors to the list. I couldn't just pick one author for each of the books that I want to read because there is so many authors out there have books that I want to read.                                                              Darlene

 

[Lacey_NT]

I would like to try the author challenge and the banned book challenge...does anyone know of a good website for me to get the banned books info off of?

[janders]

I'm going to do a classics challenge. I know I'll add some titles to the list, but here is what I have so far:

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

I also want to re-read some Shakespeare plays that I haven't read in a while. Here is my list:

Julius Caesar

Romeo and Juliet

Love's Labour's Lost

Measure for Measure

Merchant Of Venice

Merry Wives of Windsor

Midsummer Night's Dream

Much Ado about Nothing

Taming of the Shrew

Tempest

Twelfth Night

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Winter's Tale

 

[mupt02]

Quoting Lacey_NT:

I would like to try the author challenge and the banned book challenge...does anyone know of a good website for me to get the banned books info off of?

Here is one website for banned books in the United States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-commonly_challenged_books_in_the_United_States

Here is one for some other countries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments

Hope that helps.

[DragonRiderMD]

I'm going to read the books/stories that Disney animated films are based on. I'm not sure I can do it in a year, especially since some of them seem like they may be a bit difficult to find, but I'm going to try my best! I'll come back later with a list. :)

[Wrtngfantasymom]

I would like to introduce myself to 20 new authors this year by randomly selecting a book from a shelf at the library.

I will update this post as I get new books

The Lovely Bones -- Alice Sebold

The Green Mile -- Stephen King

There's a romance book I'm about to start with three books in one. 

Broomstick Cowboy -- Kathleen Eagle

Eragon -- Christopher Paoini

[Merediths_Mommy]

my challenge is to read every Nora Robert book ever written.

I love her books

[karenshell]

I liked the A-Z author challenge last year, so that is my challenge.

A.  Keri Arthur--Kissing Sin--finished 1.8.10

B. Patricia Briggs--Moon Called--finished 1.24.10

C.

D.

E.

F--Frost, Jeaniene--Destined for An Early Grave

G.

H.--Howard,Linda--Up Close and Dangerous--finished 2.24.10

I.

J

K.

L.-Lara Adrian--Kiss of Midnight-finished 1.17.10

M.--Murphy, C.E.--Urban Shaman- finished 2.14.10

N.

O.

P.--Phoenix, Adrian--A Rush of Wings

Q.

R.--Richelle Mead--Storm Born

S.--Lilith Saintcrow--Night Shift--finished 1.27.10

T.

U.

V.--Vaughn, Carrie--Kitty and the Midnight Hour--finished 2.22.10

W.

X.

Y.--Yolen, Jane--Except the Queen

Z.