EW's New Classics Books Perpetual Challenge

So I'm joing my first perpetual challenge. Meaning no deadline. I've posted this list before, but I wanted something more official to remind me to read books on the list. :) Hence, the challenge.

The list of books, and which ones I've read can be found here. I've currently read 3% of the list (how sad). My personal goal is to have read 15% by the end of this year.

Book vs Movie Challenge 2009

I think this will be fun. It will be easier to do a comparison review than just a plain content review. The rules are:

Read a minimum of 6 books that have been made into movies and then watch the movie. Write a review of the movie and be honest about whether or not you think the film-maker was successful in translating the book to film. You must both read the book and watch the movie within 2009.

Right now I'm going to read/watch the following:

1. The Time Travelers Wife, Audrey Niffeneggar

2. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis

3. Prince Caspian, CS Lewis

4. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer

5. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

6. Nights in Rodanthe, Nicholas Sparks

Outlander Challenge 2009

Found this one when I was browsing sites to find books for the Chunkster Challenge. I forgot that the next book in this series is coming out in the fall!!

I've read this series three times through. I think for this challenge, I'm going to try to listen to it on audiobooks. I've been enjoying listening to audiobooks a lot lately, and I've heard that Davina Porter is a really good narrator of these books.

The deadline is just going to be prior to the release of An Echo in the Bone.

2009 Chick Lit Challenge

Yes, before you say anything, I think I am going a little challenge crazy. But its all good. Hopefully next year there will be a baby so I won't have as much time to read! Got to get it all in this year.

Challenge runs from Jan 1 - Dec 31. You have to read at least 10 chicklit books. The books can overlap with other challengs (yea) and you can change the list at any time.

I'm going to spend some time looking at other people's lists and then I'll do another post with my list. When I have a list, I'll add a widget on the sidebar with my list and status.

*** edited to add my books

1. Firefly Lane, Kristin Hannah

2. The New Yorkers, Cathleen Schine

3. The Little Lady Agency and the Prince, Hester Browne

4. Certain Girls, Jennifer Weiner

5. Bridget Jones' Diary, Helen Fielding

6. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman

7. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells

8. Barefoot, Elin Hilderbrand

9. Wish Club, Kim Strickland

10. Can You Keep A Secret, Sophie Kinsella

Romance Reading Challenge 2009

Going to join the Romance Reading Challenge. I seem to like to do smaller themed challenges that fit in nicely with the huge volume challenges. That way I get some variety.

This one should be pretty easy. Read (and review!) 5 novels between Jan 1st and Dec 31st 2009. It is okay to change the choices. For right now my choices are:

1. Bridget Jones' Diary, Helen Fielding

2. The Reluctant Widow, Georgette Heyer

3. On a Highland Shore, Kathleen Givens

4. The Awakening, Kate Chopin

5. The Princess Bride, William Goldman

I haven't read any of these before, and they all come from reccomendations from other bloggers and/or bestseller lists.

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2009

I'm going to join the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. I put it off too long last year, and was SCRAMBLING to finish by the end (but I did!).

Here are the rules:

* Read 3 historical fiction books in 3 months from 1st Jan 09 - 31st Mar 09.

* Historical fiction will be counted as anything set or written prior to World War II. This will include classic novels, time travel novels or anything you feel fits the genre.

My books will be:

1. Celeia Garth, Gwen Bristow
2. Into the Wilderness, Sara Donati
3. The Constant Princess, Philippa Gregory

Update on 2008 100+ Reading Challenge

So when I signed up for this challenge, I read it to mean within one year (365 days) not in one calendar year. And since this is more for a personal challenge than a prize or whatever, I'm sticking to my original plan. I'm already up to 81 books, so just 19 more. As soon as I'm done with that, I'm planning on joining the 2009 100+ reading challenge. And that one has to be done by the end of the year. :)

2009 Support Your Local Library Challenge

Definitely want to join this challenge. While I do support our libraries, I'm mostly doing this to keep my budget in line this year! More motivation to get to the library instead of buying books. :)

I'm going to do the third level, which is to read 50 books from the local library in 2009.

Guidelines:

1. Join anytime, just don't start reading your books prior to 2009.

2. The last day to read your books is Dec 31, 2009.

3. They can be audios, downloads, children's, YA.

I will list the books here. I don't currently have anything out from the library, but hopefully I will soon!

1. The Little Lady Agency and the Prince - DONE

2. Into the Wilderness - DONE

3. Practical Magic - DONE

4. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - DONE

5. On a Highland Shore - DONE

6. The New Yorkers - DONE

7. Bridget Jones' Diary - DONE

8. The Summons - DONE

9. The Princess Bride - DONE

10. The Moon Below - DONE

11. The Villa - DONE

12. The Thirteenth Tale - DONE

13. Fat Chance - DONE

14. Atonement - DONE

15. Bet Your Bottom Dollar - DONE

16. Good Grief - DONE
17. Sanctuary - DONE
18. The Fiery Cross - DONE
19. A Breath of Snow and Ashes - DONE
20. Certain Girls - DONE
21. Firefly Lane - DONE
22. Can you Keep a Secret - DONE
23. Barefoot - DONE
24. Pride and Prejudice

Chunkster Challege '09

Time for me to sign up for some new challenges!

I've decided to do the "Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big?" option. Which means I need to read 3-5 "chunksters" over the next 10 months.



The rules are as follows:

• A chunkster is 450 pages or more of ADULT literature (fiction or nonfiction)
• No audiobooks
• Start anytime (signups end March 1st) after signing up. You must complete your reads before or on Nov 15th.
• Short Stores and Essay Collections will not be counted
• Books may crossover with other challenges

Edited to add my books:

1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski, 576 pages

2. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolover, 576 pages

3. History, Elsa Mornate, 600 pages

4. The Moon Below, Barbara Bickmore, 624 pages

5. The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins, 720 pages