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Hi, guys! I took the privilege of creating my own topic, where I'll keep track on my reading challenges I plan to struggle with.

September 2013 Challenge - Female Authors


1. The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
2. Candy by Mian Mian
3. Journal d'Hirondelle by Amélie Nothomb

Comment:Three female authors this September. I planned to read two more, but got stuck in the middle of The Casual Vacancy.

Around the World Challenge
starts: April 2013, ends:...(?)

Africa

Asia
China - Candy by Mian Mian
Iran - Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Japan - Amours En Marge by Yōko Ogawa
South Korea - Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin

Australia + Oceania

Europe
Germany - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
England - The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Iceland - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Norway - The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø
Poland - Cwaniary by Sylwia Chutnik
Russia - The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin
Sweden - The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Ukraine - Przyjdzie Mordor i nas zje, czyli tajna historia Słowian by Ziemowit Szczerek

North America
Guatemala - Severina by Rodrigo Rey Rosa
United States - Run by Ann Patchett

South America

Perks of Being a Wallflower Challenge

First start with Perks of Being a Wallflower; Then dive into the books assigned to Charlie by his English teacher, Bill, in the book.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The books:
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Fountainhead
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hamlet (I want to reread that one!)
Naked Lunch
On the Road
Peter Pan
A Separate Peace
The Stranger
This Side of Paradise
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Walden, or Life in the Woods

Read the Alphabet Challenge
January - December 2014

Read books with titles (original or translated) starting with each letter of the alphabet.
I’ll add Polish consonants ł, ź, ż to make it more competitive.

13 / 26

A - "Azazel" (The Winter Queen) by Boris Akunin
B - "Bezbarwny Tsukuru Tazaki i lata jego pielgrzymstwa" (色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年) by Haruki Murakami
C -
D -
E -
F -
G - "Gambit Turecki" (The Turkish Gambit by Boris Akunin
H - How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships by Leil Lowndes
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J - "Jej wszystkie życia" (Life After Life by Kate Atkinson)
K - "Kochanek Śmierci" (Любовник смерти by Boris Akunin)
L - "Lewiatan" (Murder on the Leviathan by Boris Akunin)
Ł -
M - Made in Japan by Rafał Tomański
N - number9dream by David Mitchell
O - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
P - Przyjdzie Mordor i nas zje, czyli tajna historia Słowian by Ziemowit Szczerek
R - The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida
S - The Selection by Kiera Cass
T - The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
U -
W - Walet pikowy by Boris Akunin
Y -
Z - "Złodziejka Książek" (The Book Thief) by Markus Zusak
Ź -
Ż -

TBR Clean-up Challenge 2014
5 / 6

1. Select a book from your TBR with a mostly green or blue cover
by Naoki Higashida

2. Select a book that is part of a series that you started and haven’t finished
by Boris Akunin

3. Select a book that takes place in a country other than the one you live in
by Neil Gaiman

4. Select a book with a title that starts with O, Q, U, V, X, Y or Z
"Ostre Przedmioty" Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

5. Select the 17th book on your TBR list
(Death comes to Pemberley by P.D. James - not read yet)

6. Select a book that was published between 2005 - present
by Robin Sloan

My 2013 Book Vipers Challenge.

1. A book set before 1850
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
The books starts in 1799.

2. A book with girl in the title
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

3. A book beginning with G
Good night, Dżerzi by Janusz Głowacki

4. A novel written before 1960
The Great Gatsby and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald

5. A novel translated into English
Please Look After MomPlease Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook
Korean to English translation.

6. A novel set in Europe (not Great Britain!)
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø
The book is set mostly in Norway.

7. A non-fiction book
Badania terenowe nad polskim seksem by Jakub Janiszewski

8. A novel set in your home count(r)y
Cwaniary by Sylwia Chutnik
Takes place in the capital city of Poland, Warsaw.

9. A novel by an author whose surname begins with R
Divergent by Veronica Roth

10. A novel which is a sequel
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The second in the Hunger Games trilogy.

2014 Book Vipers Magic Square Challenge

Row 1:
1. Memoir or Biography - The Butler: A Witness to History by Wil Haygood
2. A book recieved as present - Made in Japan by Rafał Tomański
3. Science fiction or fact - My Brief History by Stephen Hawking
4. Free choice - Austenland by Shannon Hale
5. A book of poems

Row 2:
6. Your favourite genre - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
7. A travel book - Przyjdzie Mordor i nas zje, czyli tajna historia Słowian by Ziemowit Szczerek
8. A Book Still On Your Shelf After 10 Years
9. Richard And Judy Recommended This One!
10. A classic - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Row 3
11. Non Fiction - Seks na wysokich obcasach by Alicja Długołęcka, Paulina Reiter
12. An Award Winner - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
13. Free choice - Ości by Ignacy Karpowicz
14. History novel or non fiction - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
15. The author shares your name

Row 4
16. A bestseller - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
17. Translated into English Polish - Catherine Certitude by Patrick Modiano
18. A genre you avoid - How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships by Leil Lowndes
19. A friend's recommendation - The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin
20. A new author - Nocne zwierzęta by Patrycja Pustkowiak

Row 5
21. A book picked because of the cover -The Selection by Kiera Cass
22. Free choice - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
23. A book from a small publisher - The Writer and the Witch bv Robin Sloan
24. An old favourite
25. Crime novel or true crime - The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

2015 Book Vipers Dusty Bookshelf Challenge

December 19th, 2014 - June 30th, 2016

Reading books owned but not yet read. My challenge is to read at least 10 books (not ebooks) owned, that are collecting dust on my shelves at home.

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