So I’m already doing far too many challenges, but there are three more that I simply cannot resist joining, so I’m going to do it!
The thing that frustrates me most about book blogging is that I never feel like I have a chance to re-read old favorites. Mostly that’s the pressure I’m putting on myself, and partly is because I have far more unread books than I ever had before between blogging and BookMooch. Before those two things and before I used the library I probably only got 25 or so new books per year, so I did a lot of re-reading, and I loved it! Now it has been almost 3 years since I’ve read East of Eden!
In an attempt to remedy this, I’m joining the Flashback Challenge being hosted by Aarti. I’m going to join at the Bookworm level (3 books), although I’m hoping I can get to the Scholar level (4-6 books). I do know that my first book for this challenge is going to be East of Eden, which I reading for the Classic Reads Book Club discussion (which I’m in charge of! check it out!).
Hosted by My Friend Amy, the hard part of this challenge isn’t to buy books, nor is it to read books, but it is to actually read THIS YEAR the books I buy THIS YEAR. That hasn’t happened much recently, so this could be much harder than it sounds. I’ll be participating at level 2: buy 6 books and read them by December 31, 2010.
This is another challenge hosted by My Friend Amy who, coincidentally, I have to thank for introducing me to Beth Kephart in the first place. I love, love, love Kephart’s work that I’ve read so far, so I’m excited to participate in this challenge! I’m attempting the “Mix and Match” level, which is basically any four of Kephart’s books.
I don’t believe you.
Ha! Well, as long as I don’t actually write a sign up post for anything else before January 1st, it will be true! Seriously, though, I signed up for one challenge this time last year, then Michelle’s Harry Potter Challenge in August, and that was IT. Suddenly I’m signed up for like 14 challenges and it is a bit crazy!
Yay for multiple challenge sign-up posts
Thanks for participating in Flashback!
I’m starting to scare myself, personally. I am an overachiever, and pathologically need to finish what I start. But I keep checking Novel Challenge, I keep signing up for stuff. It’s OK. We’ll all go down on the ship together.
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I’m joining the Flashback Challenge, too but for different reasons. I am not much of an on-purpose re-reader so I’m trying it out.
I’ve got a challenge post written up but I haven’t posted it yet. I need to go ahead and do it, though, because I keep adding challenges to it. Good luck with yours!
HA! I’m with Nicole, I don’t believe these will be the last you join. But the good news is challenges are about the fun not about winning them (though that would be great too).
Good luck!
I keep joining challenges too! They just all look like so much fun and I honestly believe I can do them!
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Ha.
I’m beginning to think one of the side effects of book blogging is a reading challenge addiction!! Have fun with the ones you picked … I’m in love with the “buying a book” one … seriously, how is that a challenge though???
I love re-reading and feel like I have not done that in so long.
Someone should start a ‘buy a book and read it with in 2 years’ challenge. I could probably do that one.
Yay for challenges!! So glad you’re in the Kephart challenge.
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I am trying to pretend there are no more challenges! It’s crazy the ones around and I want to join a bunch more…
I already have a ton of challenges I’ve joined as well, plus I’m running one with Anna on the Vietnam War, so its a full year already. however, I am tempted by the Beth Kephart challenge…though I don’t want to stretch myself too thin.