Hosted by Bookish Ardour, the Free Reads challenge is one I can’t pass up. This is a challenge to help get us reading books we’ve received for free – via giveaways, as gifts, ARCs/books for the purpose of review, etc. I have tons of these sitting around – many of which I’ve been really wanting to read but haven’t taken the time for them. Hopefully this challenge will help me MAKE time! Plus, reviews are optional, which I greatly appreciate. While I usually try to review what I read, there are times I just don’t feel like writing a review. So, I generally try to take the opportunity to NOT review something when it’s just being read for fun.

Rules:

• The Main Rule: Read books you’ve received without purchasing, gifts, ARCs, prizes (not library books), that you haven’t read yet.
• Running Dates: 1st of January – 31st of December 2012
• When Can I Sign Up: All the way up to the last two weeks of December!
• Crossover Genres: Anything! As long as they were free when you got them, it doesn’t matter..
• Mr Linky: To use the Mr Linky you’ll need to click on the graphic then enter your link. These will be updated and posted into this page every couple of weeks or so.
• Further Details: Crossover challenges are fine, you can change levels at any time, this is eBook, short story, and graphic novel friendly, and you don’t need a blog to join in (read further for details).

There is a lot more information about rules, reviews, etc. Click on the button at the top of this post to get to the post with all of the details.

Levels:

1. For Me? – Choose 5 books to read
2. On The Cheap – Choose 15 books to read
3. Bargain – Choose 30 books to read
4. Presents – Choose 50 books to read
5. So Free – Choose 75 books to read
6. Gift Addict – Choose between 76-135 books to read
7. Speechless – Choose between 136-200 books to read

Unfortunately, I’m going to have to aim LOW. I barely had any chances to read books that didn’t have specific review dates scheduled this year, and next year might not be much better. So, I’m gonna shoot for For Me?. If I make it, I just might bump it up to the next level. (I’m kinda hoping I’ll be able to!) Here’s a preliminary list of books I really hope I get read for this:

1. I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder ~ Received as a RAK gift
2. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa ~ won in a giveaway
3. Divergent by Veronica Roth ~ won in a giveaway
4. Never Have I Ever (second book in The Lying Game series) ~ won in a giveaway
5. Spin the Plate by Donna Anastasi ~ sent by the author a long, long time ago

Of course, this might not be the books I end up reading for this challenge, but that’s what I’d read if I started today and read all five in a row (not necessarily in that order). Wow, what a run-on …

If I get these (or 5 others) done, I’ll add to the list and shoot for 15. Wish me luck!

For full details on this challenge, or to sign up, check out the page HERE.

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Update 2/5

Well, I have already somehow managed to make it past 5 books for this challenge. So, I guess I’ll up the ante. So, now my goal is 15 – On the Cheap. Once again, if I make it that high early enough, I’ll adjust my goal accordingly!

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Update 3/10

Amazingly, I have reached 15 already! So, I guess we’ll be bumping it up to Bargain – 30 books!
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The 2012 Sensational Seconds Challenge is hosted by Jessi at Reading in the Corner. The point is to focus on YA and MG sequels/companion novels published during the year 2012. Jessi even made a Goodreads list to help keep track of what books count.

The Rules:

• The goal of the SSC will be to read sequels/companion novels! *duh* There are four different levels that you can choose to participate at:
  • Level 1 (Beginner): 1-4 books
  • Level 2 (Intermediate): 5-8 books
  • Level 3 (Advanced): 8-12 books
  • Level 4 (Crazy): 13+ books
• Anyone can join! You don’t have to be a blogger specifically, but you do need to review the sequels that you read somewhere (such as Goodreads, LibraryThing, Shelfari, etc.) in English
• There will occasionally be giveaways! (Still TBD…but they’ll be for participants only)
• You can join anytime! Just set your goal and get started!

For the full information, check out the post HERE.

Based on the number of books from that list that I plan to read (all of which I am DEFINITELY eagerly anticipating), I’m shooting for Level 4 (Crazy)! Wish me luck.
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Hosted by Bookish Ardour, the Off the Shelf challenge is one I can’t pass up. The main goal is to get books that are already on your shelves (or already on your e-reader) READ. So, all books you OWN that were acquired prior to January 1, 2012 qualify. I have so, so many books sitting around hoping I’ll have time for them. Hopefully this challenge will help me MAKE time! Plus, reviews are optional, which I greatly appreciate. While I usually try to review what I read, there are times I just don’t feel like writing a review. So, I generally try to take the opportunity to NOT review something when it’s just being read for fun.

Rules:

• The Main Rule: Do not include books acquired during 2012, it defeats the purpose, read those books from before 2012 started!
  
• Running Dates: 1st of January – 31st of December 2012
• When Can I Sign Up: All the way up to the last two weeks of December!
• Crossover Genres: Anything! The name of the game is to turn those unread books into read ones.
• Further Details: Crossover challenges are fine, you can change levels at any time, this is eBook, short story, and graphic novel friendly, and you don’t need a blog to join in.

There is a lot more information about rules, reviews, etc. Click on the button at the top of this post to get to the post with all of the details.

Levels:

1. Tempted– Choose 5 books to read
2. Trying – Choose 15 books to read
3. Making A Dint – Choose 30 books to read
4. On A Roll – Choose 50 books to read
5. Flying Off – Choose 75 books to read
6. Hoarder – Choose between 76-135 books to read
7. Buried – Choose between 136-200 books to read

Unfortunately, I’m going to have to aim LOW. I barely had any chances to read books off my shelves this year, and next year might not be much better. So, I’m gonna shoot for Tempted. If I make it, I just might bump it up to the next level. (I’m kinda hoping I’ll be able to!) Here’s a preliminary list of books I really hope I get read for this:

• Twilight
• New Moon
• Eclipse
• Breaking Dawn
• The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

How nice that all of the Twilight books work for this! LOL If I get these done, I’ll add to the list and shoot for 15. Wish me luck!

For full details on this challenge, or to sign up, check out the page HERE.

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Update 2/13

Miracle of miracles! I have reached 5 books! And it’s only February. I guess that means I should reach a little higher. So, now I’ll shoot for Trying (15). Hopefully I’ll find the next 10 just as easy to get through!

 
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I know, I know, 2011 is still in full swing. Still, it’s time to prepare for 2012. With that, at least here on the blog, comes things like planning tours, reviews, interviews, etc. And reading challenges.

In anticipation of this, I have created a Reading Challenges page, because I felt my sidebar was just getting TOO cluttered. All updates and such (starting with the 2012 challenges) will be made there. For now, the 2011 challenges (and corresponding buttons) are there. Challenges for 2012 will be added as I add them to my goals for next year.

And with that said, I’m announcing my first challenge: 2012 E-Book Reading Challenge hosted by The Eclectic Bookshelf. It runs from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012 – and it’s a Leap Year, so we get an extra day to do it!

Here are the rules:

1. Anyone can join. You don’t need a blog to participate.  Create a post about the challenge and link your challenge post up in the linky.
   Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section of the wrap-up post.
2. There are four levels:
   The Mini E-Book Challenge – Read 5 E-Books.
   The “Fun Size” E-Book Challenge – Read 10 E-Books.
   The Jumbo Size E-Book Challenge – Read 20 E-Books.
   The Mega Size E-Book Reading Challenge – Read 25+ E-Books.
3. No Audio or Print books.
4. No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.
5. The Challenge starts on January 1, 2012 and goes until December 31, 2012.

I am going to aim for “Fun Size” to start with – that’s a little less than one e-book per month, and I’m pretty sure I can do that. I reserve the right to move up a level if the need arises – but I really don’t think that’s gonna happen.
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