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2017 Challenge Sign-Ups - Round One

1/11/2017

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'Tis the glorious time of year when we get to sign up for all new reading challenges! I love reading challenges. I'm always scouring people's blogs to see what they're participating in, so I can maybe add more to my list. Now that I've got a little guy around (recently on the move!), I'm trying to be realistic about what reading challenges I can complete without stressing myself out. So far, I've picked seven (but I haven't necessarily stopped there if something else grabs my attention!).

The three I'm signing up for in this post are all challenges that will help me read my own books, rather than the shiny new ones at the library (although I know I'll be reading a fair amount of those this year, too).
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This challenge is hosted by Book Date, and you can find all the details here. I participated in this one last year for the first time, and it really helped me to only buy books that I knew I would read soon, rather than letting them languish on my shelves forever. I'm aiming for the Making Inroads level, which means I need to read 21-40% of the books I buy in 2017.

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This challenge is hosted by Chapter Break and Second Run Reviews, and you can find all the details here. This challenge is designed to help you read books you've bought before 2017. I have a lot of those (boy, that's an understatement), so I'm hoping to achieve the Give Your Shelves a Warm Friendly Hug level. That's reading 21-30 books from my own shelves, which I had better be able to do!

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This challenge is hosted by Novel Knight, and you can find all the details here. Beat the Backlist is about reading books published before 2017, which I will have absolutely no problem doing. That's already most of my reading (especially if I'm reading off my own shelves). But I just had to participate in this one because there's a Harry Potter House Challenge! You get points for your house for posting reviews of the backlist books you've read. There are also scavenger hunts and Instagram challenges and all sorts of other fun things to participate in. You set your own goal for this challenge, so I'm going to aim for a minimum of 30 books published before 2017. I'll probably go way over that, but since I don't know how much my little guy is going to affect my reading this year, I'm trying to keep my goals manageable. I'm so excited for this challenge!
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Kailana link
1/11/2017 08:49:36 am

Looks like a lot of fun! I haven't joined any challenges but these challenges are basically what my goals are for 2017!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
1/12/2017 09:02:53 pm

I love finding challenges that help me accomplish my goals. That makes them even more fun! :)

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Christine @Buckling Bookshelves link
1/11/2017 11:24:35 am

Oh yay, you're doing Beat the Backlist too! That one was WAY too fun to pass up. All three of these challenges should help keep us on track this year :)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
1/12/2017 09:03:28 pm

I have you to thank for introducing me to that one. It looks like so much fun!! :)

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LuAnn Braley link
1/12/2017 07:29:35 am

I followed you over to this challenge. :O)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
1/12/2017 09:03:51 pm

Glad you came along for the ride! :)

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Julie link
1/12/2017 09:50:47 pm

I like that you're joining related challenges :) Thanks for joining Shelf Love:)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
1/15/2017 09:13:01 pm

Thanks for hosting Shelf Love! It really helps me read my own books! :)

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