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Here's what I have planned so far:Monthly Scheduled Reads
January
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7. Wild Swans (non-fiction)
8. Start Canterbury Tales (impulse)
9. Try to finish The Forsyte Saga
February
1. Perfect Chemistry (BIO)
2. Fahrenheit 451 (BIO...ipod version also available at library)
3. People of the Book (BIO.....iPod version also available at library)
4. Still Alice (Local monthly...already read)
5. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (non-fiction and NI monthly)
6. Katherine (with Linda)
7. Start Dr. Zhivago (with Kat, Linda, Diane & Meera)
8. Continue Canterbury Tales
9. Room (Local book club & NI monthly)
10. Poison Study or The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (optional)
March
1. For Whom the Bell Tolls (BIO & TBR)
2. Middlemarch (BIO and TBR)
3. The House at Riverton (BIO)
4. Non-fiction...tbd
5. FinishDr. Zhivago (with Linda, Diane, Kat and Meera)
6. FinishCanterbury Tales
7. The Best of Times (local book club monthly)
April
1. The Arabian Nights (BIO and TBR)
2. Unwind (BIO)
3. The Princess Bride (BIO)
4. Non-fiction...tbd
May
1. Stuart Little/The Wind in the Willows (BIO)
2. The Girls from Ames (BIO)
3. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (BIO)
4. Non-fiction...tbd
5. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (local book club monthly)
June
1. Doctor Dolittle (BIO)
2. The Solitude of Prime Numbers (BIO)
3. Catch-22 (BIO)
4. Non-fiction...tbd
5. Winter Garden (local book club monthly)
July
1. Seabiscuit (BIO)
2. Atlas Shrugged (BIO and TBR)
3. 1776 (BIO)
4. Non-fiction...tbd
August
1. World Without End (BIO)
2. Blue Bistro (BIO)
3. Washington's Crossing (BIO)
4. Non-fiction...tbd
September
1. Don Quixote (BIO and TBR)
2. Olive Kitteridge (BIO)
3. Three Cups of Tea (BIO)
4. Non-fiction...tbd
October
1. The Graveyard Book (BIO)
2. Child 44 (BIO)
3. Next Outlander book (BIO)
4. Non-fiction...tbd
November
1. The Plague of Doves (BIO)
2. Kitchen (BIO)
3. The Bastard (BIO)
4. Non-fiction...tbd
December
1. A Christmas Memory (BIO)
2. True Colors (BIO)
3. Chocolat (BIO)
4. Non-fiction...tbd
I'm copying a challenge from a fellow goodreads friend (Kat) that I think is really cool. I'm hoping to "dip" into it when I've read my scheduled monthly reads and am looking for something new.Take a Chance Challenge
1: Staff Member’s Choice: Go to a bookstore or library that has a “Staff Picks” section. Read one of the picks from that section.
2: Loved One’s Choice: Ask a loved one to pick a book for you to read. (If you can convince them to buy it for you, that is even better!)
3: Blogger’s Choice: Find a “Best Books Read” post from a favorite blogger. Read a book from their list.
4: Critic’s Choice: Find a “Best of the Year” list from a magazine, newspaper or professional critic. Read a book from their Top 10 list.
5: Blurb Book: Find a book that has a blurb on it from another author. Read a book by the author that wrote the blurb.
6: Book Seer Pick: Go to The Book Seer and follow the instructions there. Read a book from the list it generates for you.
7: What Should I Read Next Pick : Go to What Should I Read Next and follow the instructions there. Read a book from the list it generates for you.
8: Which Book Pick: Go to Which Book and use the software to generate a list of books. Read a book from that list.
9: LibraryThing Pick: Go to LibraryThing’s Zeitgeist page. Look at the lists for 25 Most Reviewed Books or Top Books and pick a book you’ve never read. Read the book. (Yes … you can click on MORE if you have to.)
10: Pick A Method: Pick a method for finding a book from the choices listed below (used in previous versions of the challenge).
* Random Book Selection. Go to the library. Position yourself in a section such as Fiction, Non-Fiction, Mystery, Children (whatever section you want). Then write down random directions for yourself (for example, third row, second shelf, fifth book from right). Follow your directions and see what book you find. Check that book out of the library, read it and then write about it. (If you prefer, you can do the same at a bookstore and buy the book!)
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* Public Spying. Find someone who is reading a book in public. Find out what book they are reading and then read the same book. Write about it.
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* Random Bestseller. Go to Random.org and, using the True Random Number Generator, enter the number 1950 for the min. and 2010 for the max. and then hit generate. Then go to this site and find the year that Random.org generated for you and click on it. Then find the bestseller list for the week that would contain your birthday for that year. Choose one of the bestsellers from the list that comes up, read it and write about it.
Kerri, I love that Take a Chance Challenge. I'm too committed with other challenges this year, but I hope I remember this one for 2012. It looks like so much fun! I love the Public Spying!
Me too, Diane! I don't know how often I'll get to use it, but it does seem fun and off of the beaten path.
I love the ideas for your challenge and the Take a Chance Challenge! It's all so inspiring!!!
I can't take the credit.....Shelli created the BIO challenge and another friend found the Take a Chance challenge on a blog somewhere....I hope I can find enough time to participate in all of them!!!!!!
But that's the joy of a site like this, don't you think? Sharing ideas with friends and being inspired by them - can't ask for much more......except more hours in the day to read!!!
I love the Take a Chance challenge! Can't wait to hear about the books you end up reading doing this challenge :-)
Finished up my BIO challenge reads for the month and moving on to Graceling. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, Vampire Academy and Rumors are all waiting in the wings................
I'm in awe of you and all your reading!
Kat (LvnEvryMin) wrote: "I'm in awe of you and all your reading!"Hey, no comment on my cool "take a chance" challenge?????? Kudos to you, my friend. Talk about being in awe!
Kerri wrote: "Kat (LvnEvryMin) wrote: "I'm in awe of you and all your reading!"Hey, no comment on my cool "take a chance" challenge?????? Kudos to you, my friend. Talk about being in awe!"
LOL!! I saw that!! Glad that you are going to try it! I loved how it was so "out of the norm" from all the other challenges.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Fire Study (other topics)Katherine (other topics)
Tortilla Flat (other topics)
Linger (other topics)
City of Bones (other topics)
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36 BIO (three a month - NI challenge)
12 Non-Fiction (one a month)
12 Local Book Club monthly selections
12 Novel Idea's monthly selections
6 Book Addict's TBR Challenge (total is supposed to be 12, but I used 6 of my NI BIO books for my TBR list)
12 Impulse/Optional books (one a month)
***maybe visit Kat's "Take a Chance" list***
Total of 90
What I've read so far:
1. The Distant Hours 1/3/11....4.5 stars
2. City of Bones 1/4/11...3.75-4 stars
3. The Luxe 1/6/11...3.5 stars
4. Linger 1/9/11...3.75-4 stars
5. Look Again 1/11/11....4 stars
6. The Short Novels of John Steinbeck: 4 stars
............*Tortilla Flat 1/13/11....3 stars
............*The Red Pony 1/13/11....3.5 stars
............*Of Mice and Men 1/14/11.....5 stars
............*The Moon Is Down 1/15/11....3.5 stars
............*Cannery Row 1/17/11....3.5 stars
............*The Pearl 1/17/11....4 stars
7. Graceling 1/19/11....4.5 stars
8. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 1/27/11....5 stars
9. Vampire Academy 1/29/11...4 stars
10. Frostbite 1/29/11...4.5 stars
11. Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) 1/30/11...4.5 stars
12. Blood Promise 1/31/11...4.5 stars
13. Spirit Bound 1/31/11...4.5 stars
14. Last Sacrifice 2/1/11...4.5 stars
15. The Forsyte Saga 2/4/11...3.5 stars
16. Perfect Chemistry 2/4/11...2.75 stars
17. Nevermore 2/7/11...4.5 stars
18. Room 2/9/11...5 stars
19. Fahrenheit 451 2/14/11...3 stars
20. People of the Book 2/17/11...5 stars
21. Katherine 2/23/11...5 stars
22. Poison Study 2/25/11...4 stars
23. Magic Study 2/26/11...4 stars
24. Fire Study 2/26/11...3.5-3.75 stars
25. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption 3/1/11...5 stars