2012 Challenge wrap ups.

End of the year. I guess I did pretty well on my challenges. Mount TBR was a wash. I didn't get all 50 States for Where are you reading, but I wasn't really planning ahead to get all the states (and too many duplicate states).



Mt. Vancouver - Completed:
1. The Kingmaking by Helen Hollick
2. Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
4. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
(eta)
6. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
7. Kindred by Octavia Butler
8. The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
9. Naked Heat by Richard Castle
10. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
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1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
3. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
4. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
5. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
6. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini (in progress)
7. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
8. Legend by Marie Lu
9. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
10. The Restorer by Amanda Stevens

1. Across the Universe by Beth Revis, audiobook
2. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, audiobook
3. Tithe by Holly Black, audiobook
4. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, audiobook
5. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor, audiobook
6. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
7. When She Woke by Hillary Jordan, audiobook
8. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
9. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly, audiobook
10. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake, audiobook
11. Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King, audiobook
12. The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan, audiobook
**completed**
13. Room by Emma Donoghue, audiobook
14. The Descnedants, Kaui Hart Hemmings
15. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
16. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, audiobook

See my Where are you Reading? map

Mount TBR Challenge Checkpoint #2

Soo... I've still not made it to far up my Mt. Vancouver challenge. I've only got to book 5 of 25. Which would be 962.4 miles of the 4,812 miles elevation. But I'm hoping I can have some lazy time with a few in a read-along or two this summer.

And now, a little poem using the tiles read, and up to five extra words:
At The Kingmaking of The Princes of Ireland, The Book Thief was Catching Fire from A Clash of Kings.

Mt. Vancouver - Completed:
1. The Kingmaking by Helen Hollick
2. Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
4. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
(eta)
6. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
7. Kindred by Octavia Butler
8. The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
9. Naked Heat by Richard Castle
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Mount TBR Challenge Quarterly Checkin

This is the challenge that I've been slacking on. Library's fault, them adding new good stuff to Overdrive. I'm going to lay off them for a while so I can read more of my own books for a couple months.

1. The Kingmaking by Helen Hollick
2. Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
4. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin (in progress)
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2012 Challenge update

I haven't done a mass update for my challenges, so here it is for the first two+ months so far. I will add them to the original joining posts and link to reviews at that time.

1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
3. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
4. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
5. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
6. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini (in progress)
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1. Across the Universe by Beth Revis, audiobook
2. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, audiobook
3. Tithe by Holly Black, audiobook
4. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, audiobook
5. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor, audiobook
6. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
7. When She Woke by Hillary Jordan, audiobook
8. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
9. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly, audiobook
10. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake, audiobook
11. Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King, audiobook
12. The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan, audiobook
**completed**
13. Room by Emma Donoghue, audiobook
14. The Descnedants, Kaui Hart Hemmings
15. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
16. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, audiobook

1. The Kingmaking by Helen Hollick
2. Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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The map gets updated periodically, so check it out so see what's been added so far. I will be updating it with a list of states and countries soon. See my Where are you Reading? map

Where Are you Reading 2012

Ok, one more challenge. This seemed fun. You just plot the main location of the books you read on the map. Sign-up post here, if you are curious. I am only listing the books I've read this year which have a setting linked to the real world.

My Map: Where are you reading 2012?

United States:

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona

• Eve by Anna Carey

Arkansas
California

• The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
• The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
• Legend by Marie Lu
• The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns by Margaret Dilloway

Colorado

• Across the Universe by Beth Revis
• Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne

Connecticut
Delaware
Florida

• Wither by Lauren DeStefano

Georgia

• Fallen by Lauren Kate

Hawaii

• The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings

Idaho
Illinois

• Something Wicked this Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Indiana

• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Iowa
Kansas

• The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine

• Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Maryland

• Kindred by Octavia Butler

Massachusetts

• The Post Mistress by Sarah Blake
• Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
• Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
• The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe

Michigan

• The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter

Minnesota

• Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Mississippi
Missouri

• The Lightening Theif by Rick Riordan
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Montana
Nebraska
Nevada

• The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

New Hampshire
New Jersey

• Tithe by Holly Black

New Mexico

• The Rise of Nine

New York

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Soer
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff

North Carolina

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma

• Ready Player One

Oregon

• The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

Pennsylvania

• Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Rhode Island
South Carolina

• The Restorer by Amanda Stevens
• The Kingdom by Amanda Stevens

South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas

• When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

Utah
Vermont
Virginia

• The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Washington
West Virginia

• Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz

Wisconsin
Wyoming

International:

Canada

• Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Czech Republic

• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

China

• Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Egypt

• Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
• The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan

England

• Hearts Restored by Prue Phillipson
• The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
• Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn
• Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
• The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
• Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
• Gilt by Katherine Longshore

Germany

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

Indian Ocean

• The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje

Ireland

• Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd

Italy

• Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran

Scotland

• Lady MacBeth by Susan Fraser King

Spain

• Tides of War by Stella Tillyard
• The Broken Sword by Joseph Robert Lewis

Switzerland

• Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Ukraine

• The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon

Wales

• The King Making by Helen Hollick

Former Yugoslavia

• The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht

2012 Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge

This challenge is hosted by Reading with Tequila. The point of the challenge is to select books from a list recommended by various bloggers.

The Levels:
Level I - Read 5 books from the 2011 Book Blogger Recommendation List
Level II - Read 10 books
Level III - Read 15 books
Level IV - Read 20 books
Level V - Read 20+ books

The list can be found HERE.

I am going to aim for Level II - Read 10 Books. Going through the list, I made a list of the ones I currently own and a couple I will likely own before the year is out. They will be my main choices to start from.

Divergent by Veroncia Roth
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
Legend by Marie Lu
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Restorer by Amanda Stevens
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Katherine by Anya Seton

Completed:
1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
3. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
4. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
5. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
6. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
7. Legend by Marie Lu
8. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
9. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
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2012 Support Your Local Library Challenge

Ah-Ha! Found the library book challenge, or one of them. This is hosted by The Eclectic Bookshelf. The levels are:

Level 1 - Read 12 library books
Level 2 - Read 24 library books
Level 3 - Read 36 library books
Level 4 - Read 37+ library books

I am going to sign up for a modest Level 1. Leaves me with a goal of one library book a month. But can always do more.

Completed books:
1. Across the Universe by Beth Revis, audiobook
2. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, audiobook
3. Tithe by Holly Black, audiobook

Mount TBR Challenge

I had planned on making a big effort to read more books that I already owned next year, so this Mount TBR Reading Challenge sounds perfect.

Challenge Levels

Pike's Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Vancouver: Read 25 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Ararat: Read 40 books from your TBR piles/s
Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 50 books from your TBR pile/s
El Toro: Read 75 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Everest: Read 100+ books from your TBR pile/s

And the rules:

*Once you choose your challenge level, you are locked in for at least that many books. If you find that you're on a mountain-climbing roll and want to tackle a taller mountain, then you are certainly welcome to upgrade.

*Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2012.

*You may sign up anytime from now until November 30th, 2012.

*Books must be owned by you prior to January 1, 2012. No ARCs, no library books. No rereads.

*Books may be used to count for other challenges as well.

*Feel free to submit your list in advance (as incentive to really get those books taken care of) or to tally them as you climb.

*A blog and reviews are not necessary to participate. If you have a blog, then please post a challenge sign up and link THAT post (not your home page) into the linky below. Non-bloggers, please leave a comment declaring your challenge level.

*A progress site for reviews will go up in January and I will post the link in my sidebar for easy access.

I think I will aim for Mt. Vancouver. That should give me room for library books, review books, and new purchases during the year also.

If you want to read more or sign up, head to My Reader's Block.

Completed:
1. The Kingmaking by Helen Hollick
2. Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
4. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
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