I know I said I wouldn’t join any more challenges this year, but this one was just too fun to pass up.  The Hogwarts Reading Challenge runs March 8 2010 to December 13 2010.  I am a student at Hogwarts and was sorted into Gryffindor House.  Now I need to attend class (read books) to [...]

I keep a book journal and here are my statistics for 2009:
Books read: 73
Pages read: 23,576
Of the books read:

Non-fiction: 3
New-to-me novelists: 31
Continuing series: 36
Re-reads: 5
Challenges completed: 8
Ongoing tally of Newbery winners: 48 of 88

2008:
79 books; 32,031 pages; 8 non-fiction; 15 new-to-me novelists; 31 continuing series; 19 re-reads; 42 of 87  Newbery
2007:
44 books; 17,069 pages; 3 [...]

This is the last challenge I am planning to join for 2010, but you never know what might happen later in the year.    The others are Countdown 2010 and What’s in a Name? 3.
Challenge Guidelines:
There are four levels:
– Curious – Read 3 novels that are 2nd in a series or [...]

This is the last of my 2009 reading challenges and I have completed them all.  I even read extra books for this challenge.
War Through the Generations runs 1 Jan-31 Dec 2009: at least 5 books about WWII, fiction or non-fiction
Books from my original list:
Home Again at Last, by Jerry Borrowman-This is the fourth book in the [...]

I am joining the What’s in a Name? 3 Challenge because I had fun with the #2 reading challenge last year.
Between January 1 and December 31, 2010, read one book in each of the following categories:

A book with a food in the title: Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
A book with a body of [...]

By November 30th, 2009 (her would-be 135th birthday) read at least 4 books by Lucy Maud Montgomery that aren’t part of the Anne series.
Jane of Lantern Hill-I adored this book.  In fact, it might be one of my all-time favorite LMM books, after the first couple Anne books.  The main character was wonderful and her development [...]

I just signed up for the Book Blogger Holiday Swap.  It sounds like a fun idea to be a secret Santa for someone I haven’t met yet.  The FAQ’s said our blog doesn’t have to be only about books, so I qualify.  You might want to join the fun but the deadline is November 12, [...]

Read Your Name Challenge runs 1 Jan-31 Dec 2009:  Using your name or any name you like, read books with first title letters that spell out your name; I’m using SCOTT so I can read some fun books that I want to be sure and get to this year.

Snakewater Affair, Liz Adair
Captain’s Blood, William Shatner
Onion [...]