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I'm not quite as ambitious as you are. But in addition to the sf challenge and normal goodreads challenge, I'm trying out Book Riots Read Harder challenge. I hope to read more books outside of my norm. Check it out, here's a link. They do have a challenge on goodreads here webpage 2016 Read Harder Challenge here
I'm not entirely positive I'll finish. But it's a fun way to clean off my backlog.
I'm going for 52 this year in my Goodreads Challenge, to give myself a little slack. I'm also doing the Mount TBR challenge, with an aim to get 24 books off my TBR list ( a mere pinprick); the Alphabet Challenge (books with titles from a to z), and the Animals Challenge, although I don't think I've got as many animals on my list as I used to. May have to include some that are aliens.Of course some books count in multiple categories :)
my book has an alien animal called a "Sabatin" which are like remote control tiger/salamanders. They've got a lot of personality (but not speaking characters). I think you might like! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011...
Jemima wrote: "I'm going for 52 this year in my Goodreads Challenge, to give myself a little slack. I'm also doing the Mount TBR challenge, with an aim to get 24 books off my TBR list ( a mere pinprick);"Every year is "TBR Mountain Challenge" for me. See the photo in my profile. Some of the books have changed, but it's taller than ever(est).
Jemima wrote: "the Alphabet Challenge (books with titles from a to z)"
I also attempt an Alphabet Challenge - two books from each letter. 26 x 2 = 52, one book a week. I fail every year, but it's fun to try.
I don't know how you sort the animal challenge, but I'm currently reading The Builders which has a whole slew of animals (stoat, mouse, badger, shrew, rattlesnake, owl, opossum, armadillo, guinea pig, cat, etc.) and happens to be very well written. Also very short.
The animal challenge is very loose in its definitions... and as I have a series for older kids that involves guinea pigs inventing flying machines that run on strawberry juice, I reckon that's an easy fall back! Let me find a link... organised by Socrates Book Reviews http://socratesbookreviews.blogspot.c...
Jemima wrote: "The animal challenge is very loose in its definitions... and as I have a series for older kids that involves guinea pigs inventing flying machines that run on strawberry juice, I reckon that's an e..."You now have me trying to work out a series of chemical or nuclear reactions to derive power from strawberries. Didn't Swift do something similar with cucumbers at Lagado?
R. wrote: "Jemima wrote: "The animal challenge is very loose in its definitions... and as I have a series for older kids that involves guinea pigs inventing flying machines that run on strawberry juice, I rec..."lol I don't know. I know you can have a potato-powered clock. I'm using the strawberry juice in a fuel cell, but I don't call it that. Adding garlic helps it produce power for longer, and has useful side effects later in the series!
Strawberries and garlic? That might generate enough power to get you through to the third round of Masterchef.Could a catalyst start a cold fusion reaction?
I plan on participating in the 2016 Ultimate Challenge. (Maybe I'll have better luck doing 40 books than 52.)
I also plan on reading 75,000 pages this year as well as total book count of 225 books.
I also want to read at least 30 classics (over 50 years old) and 30 books found on the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list.
I have put down a goal of 25 books for the GCAC-2016 challenge, since I think I can better my achievement of only 14 last year.
I also have a goal of reading at least 12 NEW RELEASES this year. It seems every year I haven't read hardly any of the nominees for the Goodreads Choice Awards.
In addition to the standard A-Z Challenge and Color Challenge, I will also do a US States Challenge and a UN Member States (I made that one up) Challenge.