A Note About Signing Up For Challenges

IMPORTANT NOTICE

..Just a note to all readers who are signing up for challenges. You MUST go directly to the challenge blog (follow the links in each blog post) in order to sign up for any challenges.

I frequently get comments posted to the blog asking me to "sign them up" for a specific challenge.

Please note: This is an INFORMATION ONLY blog. To successfully sign up for challenges readers must follow the posted links about a challenge to the CHALLENGE BLOG. Then they should follow the instructions there to sign up!

Leaving a comment on this blog will NOT get you signed up for a challenge :)

I Heard it Through The Grapevine Challenge

May 1 - November 30, 2008

April 22, 2008: IMPORTANT UPDATE for this Challenge

• The start date has been changed from June 1 to May 1.
• Sign ups are now on the update post.
• A new blog for reviews and links has been created.

Lynne at Lynne's Little Corner of the World is hosting the I Heard It Through The Grapevine Challenge. Participants should commit to reading three books which someone has recommended to them - crossovers are allowed, and you can change your list at any time.

Sound like a fun idea? Sign up through Mr. Linky on the challenge post!

To Be Continued...Challenge

Perpetual Challenge

No Time Limits

Marcia from The Printed Page is hosting a challenge for series lovers. To Be Continued... is a perpetual challenge - so no time limits! The guidelines for this challenge are:

1 - No books lists or sign ups; cross over books and challenges are welcome, actually encouraged
2 - If not based on the main character central characters must play a prominent part throughout the series
3 - All genres welcome ~ YA, historical, western, paranormal, mystery, police procedural, adventure, etc.
4 - No trilogies please; only ongoing series (see Spotlight Series)

Readers need not have a blog to participate.

Are your TBR stacks overflowing with series books? If so, this might just be the challenge for you. Let Marcia know you're jumping into the challenge on the post: What Series Books Are You Currently Reading.

Hans Christian Anderson Award Reading Challenge

May 1, 2008 - May 1, 2009

Becky of Becky's Book Reviews is hosting the Hans Christian Anderson Award Reading Challenge. The goal is to read 4-6 book which have been honored by the Hans Christian Anderson Award - a mix of authors and illustrators is encouraged (but not required!). The rules are flexible:

• No list is necessary.
• No blog is necessary to participate.
• Audio books are okay.
• Overlaps with other challenges are fine.

To sign up, visit the challenge blog and leave a comment.

Herding Cats Challenge

May 1 - November 30, 2008

Bottle of Shine at Live Journal is hosting 342,745 Ways To Herd Cats whereby participants list ten (10) books they love and share them (Bottle of Shine explains how you can share your list with the group on her challenge post). THEN check out the reading list (a compilation of everyone's favorite books) from which YOU will choose three books to read. Participants will be linking their reviews for others to read. Although the 'official' start date is May 1st, readers can begin now.

Want to join? Go to the challenge post and let Bottle of Shine know!

Arthurian Challenge

April 1, 2008 - March 31, 2009

She's baaaaaack with a new challenge! Becky at Becky's Book Reviews is hosting the Arthurian Challenge. What's it all about?

Goal: To read 6-12 books starring characters found in or inspired by Arthurian legends. (King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, Lady of the Lake, etc.)

Becky's started a blog just for this challenge, and she's got loads of links and ideas. And if you don't like the challenge button I chose - be assured she has several more to pick from. She also is being very flexible with the rules. Why not drop by, read about the challenge and sign up?

The Walter Mosely Challenge

April 9 - August 9, 2008

Belle at Readers Noir is hosting her first challenge. The Walter Mosely Challenge requires participants to read 10 Walter Mosely novels. Readers should plan on reading:

• 4 from his Easy Rawlins Series
• 2 from his Fearless Jones Series
• 1 from his Science Fiction Series
• 3 from any of his other genres

To sign up go to the challenge post and leave a comment and link to your blog.

Science in Fiction Project

Perpetual Challenge - No Time Limit

Michelle at 1 More Chapter is hosting a perpetual challenge for science lovers: The Science in Fiction Project. She says:

Are you a science geek? Do you like reading about science in fiction? By science in fiction, don’t I mean “science fiction”? Not necessarily. Science fiction is usually speculative, whereas by science in fiction, I mean science that is written about in a realistic setting and manner.

She isn't setting a fixed number of books to read...the idea is to commit to reading more books which fit this category. For more information and to sign up, visit the Challenge blog.

Read For Your Dreams Challenge

April 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009

Teen Book Reviews is hosting the Read For Your Dreams Challenge where participants are encouraged to read ten (10) books - fiction or non fiction - which related to their dreams.

Choose one thing you’d really like to do–travel the world, live in Italy, learn to cook, become a lawyer, I don’t care what. And then, read ten books that directly have to do with that dream. You may change your list at any time, but you should start out with at least a few possibilities.

Sign up by posting a comment to the challenge post.

The Obscure Challenge

Current - December 31, 2008

John at The Book Mine Set is hosting The Obscure Challenge - read at least one (1) lesser known book by a well known author. John's example is Boris Pasternak's obscure novel The Last Summer (obviously Doctor Zhivago wouldn't count!).

Sound like fun? Visit John at the Challenge blog and leave a comment to join the challenge or contribute to the blog.

The Third Annual 48-Hours Book Challenge

June 6 - 8, 2008

Mother Reader at The Heart of a Mother, The Soul of a Reader is hosting the third annual 48- hour book challenge. For those of you unfamiliar with this challenge, participants commit to 48 hours of reading, reviewing and blogging - a marathon of sorts! The rules are simple:

Read and blog for any 48-hour period within the Friday-to-Monday-morning window. Start no sooner than 7:00 a.m. on Friday the sixth and end no later than 7:00 a.m. Monday.

The books should be about fifth-grade level and up. Adult books are fine, especially if any adult book bloggers want to play.

For promotion/solidarity purposes, let your readers know when you are starting the challenge with a specific entry on that day. Write your final summary on Monday, and for one day, we’ll all be on the same page, so to speak.

Your final summary needs to clearly include the number of books read, the approximate hours you spent reading/reviewing, and any other comments you want to make on the experience.

Mother Reader includes more information on her blog...want to play? Sign up by posting a comment on the challenge post.