(Even More) Reading Challenges for 2012

Because I haven't even begun to over-extend myself, I have decided to participate in three...that's right Four more reading challenges. Luckily, most of these challenges overlap so I won't be a complete and total social recluse as I lock myself into quiet rooms to read for hours on end.

The good old Goodreads Reading Challenge! I am truly challenging myself this year by trying to read 300 books. I'm going to say that it's a pretty reasonable amount when I have read over 150 books in the less than 6 months I've been blogging about them. We will see though...I'm probably just crazy and will fail epically...but cheers for going big! :)

Another challenge that I found is a really cool one...at least to me. It's called the European Reading Challenge 2012! The Challenge is hosted by Rose City Reads, and basically you tour Europe via novels! There are multiple levels of participating and I plan on being a 5 Star (Deluxe Entourage) tourist, with a side of Agrotourismo, Youth Hostel, and Culture Vulture. You won't know what any of that means, but its a fabulous and  fun challenge and if you wanna learn more or participate head over to RCR and sign up!

I'm also participating in the Witches and Witchcraft Reading Challenge hosted by Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf! I will participate as a Crone (16-20) because I already have a crap ton of witchy books on my TBR pile. I need some good re-reads like the Sweep series too... If you like the paranormal or witches try to challenge yourself this year by participating! My favorite witches are Kelley Armstrong's Savannah Levine and Paige Winterburn so give them a chance if you're already participating...

  

The Final (maybe) challenge I'm planning on participating in this year is the 2012 ABC Reading Challenge! This year the challenge is hosted by Gripped Into Books, Cicely Loves Books and Book Geek Central.  I was participating unofficially last year, and the only letters I left out were Y and X! I was so close!!! This year, I'm going to officially participate AND I'm starting off with both Z and X this week! BAM! That way the only one I'll probably have trouble with is Y...where's Gilderoy Lockhart's Year with the Yeti when you need it???

Book Chick City Challenges for 2012

I've decided to add two more challenges to my list this year. I'm up to 5 right now so I might have to stop signing up or I'm bound to get seriously overwhelmed. Whatever. I can handle it.

These two challenges are hosted by Book Chick City. I already read a lot of speculative fiction, and since I read 100+ books in under 6 months this year, I feel like these challenges will be easy to complete.

Obviously my goal for 100+ book challenge will be more than 100 books. 

As for the Speculative Romance Challenge, I plan on completing the highest level possible.

Four Sexy Archangels: Read 24 Speculative Romance novels in 2012

Speculative Romance can be in many different genres:

 - Paranormal romance

 - Dark fantasy romance

 - Urban fantasy romance

 - Steampunk romance

 - Sci-fi romance

 - Apocalyptic romance

So that's that! Let's see how many more challenges I will foolishly decide to join before the year is up. Wish me luck!

2012 TBR Pile Challenge

Hey guys! I just thought I would let you know about another challenge I've decided to participate in for 2012. It's the 2012 TBR Pile Challenge! Most of you darling followers are also book bloggers like me, or at least avid readers, and we ALL know how high the "To Be Read" pile can get at times. Amazing new books keep coming out, and the books we swore we would get to by Thursday end up under a random stack of books never to be seen for months. Well, this challenge is to help those books find the light of day. It's hosted by many fantastic people, the best one being Evie from Bookish....she's so awesomesauce it hurts to even look at her. Here's the deets!

Welcome to 2012 TBR PILE Reading Challenge!!!

We all have those books. We buy them, win them, they're gifted to us.. Then we put them up on a bookshelf and there they stay, collecting dust, waiting for the time when we'll finally decide to pick them up..

Join us on a quest to dust off your TBR Pile and read all the books you've been telling yourself you'll read next time you'll get a chance.. This is your chance! And we've got PRIZES!!! :D

Challenge guidelines:

1. This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012.
2. As we would like to see quality reviews linked up to our monthly wrap-ups, only bloggers can enter. Sorry about that!
3. Any genre, length or format of book counts, as long as it is a book that's been sitting on your shelf for some time now. Only books released in 2011 and earlier! NO ARCs and 2012 fresh-off-the-press releases allowed!
4. You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.
5. When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the 2012 TBR PILE Reading Challenge (You need to include the info + host list + challenge button. You can also grab the button code and add it to your sidebar!)
6. You can move up levels, but no moving down.
7. Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2012, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
8. At the end of each month one of the hosts will post a wrap-up. Every wrap-up will have it'sunique theme, a mini-challenge, a giveaway and place for you to link up your reviews from this month. For each review you link up, you will get one entry in a drawing of one book of choice from Book Depository. It's open to INTERNATIONALS. For participating in the mini-challenge you will get +1 entry.
9. If you miss a wrap-up post + giveaway, you can link up your reviews next month. Do not, however, try to link up one review twice - we will be checking ;)
10. December is a wrap-up for the whole year. All the book reviews you linked up January-November + the ones you'll link up in December will be entered into a HUGE giveaway - 12 books, 12 winners, INTERNATIONAL. 
11. You don't have to follow all the hosts to join the challenge, but you do have to follow all of us to be entered in giveaways!

Levels:
1-10 - A Firm Handshake
11-20 - A Friendly Hug
21-30 - A Sweet Kiss
31-40 - Love At First Sight
41-50 - Married With Children

Hosts: 
Evie from Bookish - http://www.evie-bookish.blogspot.com @SeoEvie
Nicole from All I Ever Read - http://www.nicoleabouttown.com/ @Nicoleabouttown
Bonnie from Hands and Home - http://www.handsandhome.ca/ @HandsHomeBlog
Donna from Book Passion For Life - http://bookpassionforlife.blogspot.com/ @BookPforLife
Caitlin from WatchYA Reading - http://whatchyareading.net @caitlingss
Rie from Mission To Read - http://missiontoread.com/ @missiontoread
Vicky from Books, Biscuits & Tea -http://booksbiscuitsandtea.blogspot.com/ @alouetteuette 
Christa from Hooked On Books - http://christashookedonbooks.blogspot.com @ChristasBooks
Jenna from Fans Of Fiction - http://fansoffiction.blogspot.com/ @fansoffiction
Angel from Mermaids Vision - http://mermaidvision.wordpress.com @mermaidvisions

Wrap-up POST Schedule:

January - Donna (Theme: Let It Snow + Book Cover Challenge)
February - Nicole (Theme: Un-requited Love/Love Gone Wrong + Advice Column Challenge)
March - Rie (Theme: Green or Pinched + Green Cover Challenge)
April -  Bonnie (Theme: Easter + Mini Challenge)
May - Christa (Theme: MayDay - Disaster Books! + Cover Disaster Challenge)
June - Jenna ( Theme: Camping + Sentence Challenge)
July - Rie (Theme: International Day + Cover Comparison Challenge)
August - Angel (Theme: Summer Memories + Send Your Fav Character On Vacation Challenge)
September - Nicole (Theme: Life Changing Books + Mini Challenge)
October - Caitlin (Theme: Thanksgiving Theme + Share-A-Book Challenge)
November - Vicky (Theme: Spooky Halloween + Book Puzzle Challenge)
December - Evie (Theme: Xmas Bliss + Book Bachelor Challenge)

So what about me? What insane amount of books will I be attempting for 2012? Well...I'm going to try to be a total baller and be the top level: Married with Children. I read typically about 20 books a month... I feel like in 12 months I can make 41-50 books from my TBR pile...hopefully...maybe...lol  So here's what I'm going to REALLY try to get to this coming year!

• The Iron Fey Series by Julie Kagawa
• The Hex Hall Series by Rachel Hawkins
• The Hush, Hush Series by Becca Fitzpatrick
• Delirium by Lauren Oliver
• Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
• The Host by Stephanie Meyer
• Firelight and Vanish by Sophie Jordan
• The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare
• The Luxe series by Anna Godbersen
• Divergent by Veronica Roth

That's not even half of my TBR pile, but I'm just putting up the ones I can think of off the top of my head. I think it can be done :) SO fellow bloggers, feel free to hop on over to Evie's blog and join up! I'm sure you want to get rid of your TBR pile, and what a better way to do it than winning prizes and bonding with fellow bloggers?

Science Fiction Challenge Sign up!

So I know it's very VERY early...but I have decided that I wanna participate in the Sci-Fi challenge over at Working for the Mandroid. It's a pretty easy challenge, so I don't fear it like some of those other ones that make me read like 300 books...I haven't really been into Science Fiction much lately and I kind of miss it...SO Here is my introduction post. Signups are up and you should do it to! Just 12 books and you will be broadinig your horizons as well as your minds! *Says in a Professor Trelawney voice*... Cool? Cool :)