I participated in too many reading challenges this year, but (knock on wood), I think I'm going to get them all finished. (Just might not get that stack of library books read before their due date.) Here is round one of the challenges that I've completed so far this year:
Hosted by Rose City Reader
Goal: Five Star (5 books)
Goal: Five Star (5 books)
1. My Life in France by Julia Child (France)
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (United Kingdom)
3. Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren (Italy)
4. My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (Greece)
5. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera (Czech Republic)
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (United Kingdom)
3. Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren (Italy)
4. My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (Greece)
5. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera (Czech Republic)
Hosted by Becky's Book Reviews
Goal: As many as I can from this insanely long checklist!
Goal: As many as I can from this insanely long checklist!
Result: I actually complete all 102 categories! The list is too crazy long to post here, but you can see it on my 2017 Reading Challenges page.
Hosted by Book Dragon's Lair
A - Avonlea (Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery)
B - Bradbury (The Choir Immortal by Katie Schuermann)
C - Copenhagen (Number the Stars by Lois Lowry)
D - Dorset (Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons)
E - England (The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky)
F - France (The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz)
G - Germantown (Bright April by Marguerite de Angeli)
H - Hawaii (Moloka'i by Alan Brennert)
I - Italy (Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren)
J - Japan (The Scent of Sake by Joyce Lebra)
K - Kansas (100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson)
L - London (The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde)
M - Michigan (A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron)
N - New Zealand (Slipping Into Paradise by Jeffrey Masson)
O - Oxford (First Impressions by Charlie Lovett)
P - Polnya (Uprooted by Naomi Novik)
Q - Quebec (Still Life by Louise Penny)
R - Rye (The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson)
S - Swindon (The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde)
T - Three Pines (A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny)
U - United States (A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins)
V - Virginia (Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani)
W - Westmark (Westmark by Lloyd Alexander)
X - Xinjiang, China (From Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth)
Y - Yarrow (Frogkisser! by Garth Nix)
Z - Zimbabwe (and others - Around the World in 50 Years by Albert Podell)
B - Bradbury (The Choir Immortal by Katie Schuermann)
C - Copenhagen (Number the Stars by Lois Lowry)
D - Dorset (Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons)
E - England (The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky)
F - France (The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz)
G - Germantown (Bright April by Marguerite de Angeli)
H - Hawaii (Moloka'i by Alan Brennert)
I - Italy (Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren)
J - Japan (The Scent of Sake by Joyce Lebra)
K - Kansas (100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson)
L - London (The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde)
M - Michigan (A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron)
N - New Zealand (Slipping Into Paradise by Jeffrey Masson)
O - Oxford (First Impressions by Charlie Lovett)
P - Polnya (Uprooted by Naomi Novik)
Q - Quebec (Still Life by Louise Penny)
R - Rye (The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson)
S - Swindon (The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde)
T - Three Pines (A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny)
U - United States (A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins)
V - Virginia (Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani)
W - Westmark (Westmark by Lloyd Alexander)
X - Xinjiang, China (From Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth)
Y - Yarrow (Frogkisser! by Garth Nix)
Z - Zimbabwe (and others - Around the World in 50 Years by Albert Podell)
Hosted by My Reader's Block
Blue - Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz
Red - The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig
Yellow - The Golden Specific by S.E. Grove
Green - The Green Ember by S.D. Smith
Brown - Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Black - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
White - The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
Any other color - Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Magical Year of Reading by Nina Sankovitch
Implied color - False Colours by Georgette Heyer
Red - The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig
Yellow - The Golden Specific by S.E. Grove
Green - The Green Ember by S.D. Smith
Brown - Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Black - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
White - The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
Any other color - Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Magical Year of Reading by Nina Sankovitch
Implied color - False Colours by Georgette Heyer
So there we go! Four out of nine complete, with the others not far behind. Check back soon for my Round Two post!
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