Past Events

This page is purely for my own record.

Reading Challenges entered into in 2010:

I. TBR Challenge 2010

Hosted by Keishon, details here.
The TBR Chal­lenge is where read­ers pick books out of their TBR (to be read) piles, read them and post about them on the des­ig­nated day of each month until the end of the year.

Jan 2010 (Category Romances): Dear John by Nicholas Sparks, review here.

Feb 2010 (hero in pursuit): How to Tame a Modern Rougue

Mar 2010 (His­tor­i­cal romance or fic­tion or mystery): The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley, posted in July (oops!).

Apr 2010 (SFR or SF/F or fantasy): ): King of Sword and Sky, Queen of Song and Souls by C L Wilson

May 2010 (Friends to lovers or reunited lovers):

Jun 2010 (YA fic­tion): The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks, read in June, posted in November

Jul 2010 (Unusual pro­fes­sions / setting): The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, read in June, posted in November

Aug 2010 (Author(s) you’ve never read before): Petite Anglaise by Catherine Sanderson

Sep 2010 (trans­lated novel of any genre): aborted

Oct 2010 (west­ern romances or sagas): DNF

Nov 2010 (mar­riage of con­ve­nience or mar­riage in trouble): Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare

Dec 2010 (straight con­tem­po­rary romance):

II. BIG Book Challenge

Hosted by Orannia, details here

Book entered for this challenge: Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien
Related event: Lord of the Rings Read-along

Hosted by Teresa, Eva (A Striped Armchair), Maree (Just Add Books), and the Literary Omnivore, details here.

III. 2010 Reading Challenge

Hosted by Bart, details here

The aim is to read a total 20 books, over ten categories (below), in 2010.

Rules:

Read 2 books from each category, making a requirement of 20 books total.

Categories marked with ** have tighter rules, and these must be followed.

Each book can only qualify for one category.

Crossovers with other challenges are allowed.

Books read from 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2010 are eligible.

Young Adult
1. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, posted here

2. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks, read in June, review here

T.B.R. **
1. The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley, posted here

2.

Shiny & New
1. Goddess of Legend by P C Cast

2. The Scarlett Curse by Christine Feehan

Bad Blogger’s *** — aborted

Charity — aborted

New in 2010
1. Archangel’s Kiss by Nalini Singh

2. Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn

Older Than You – DNF

Win! Win!
1. Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien – DNF

2. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks, review here.

Who Are You Again?

1. Petite Anglaise by Catherine Sanderson

2. How to Tame a Modern Rougue by Diana Holquist

Up to You!
1. Playing with Fire by Gena Showalter

2. The Pleasure Slave by Gena Showalter