Challenges for 2011

This post will be linked on the top of my blog throughout 2011 as I work through various reading challenges for the year.

The first couple I've pick to participate in are:

Horror and Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge – hosted by Book Chick City.

The goal is to read 24 horror or urban fantasy titles throughout the 2011. I think that is very doable for me but I don't think I will up it for me as I have a lot of other wonderful books on my to be read stack that aren't urban fantasy and if anything, I'd like to read more other kinds of books and still read 24-50 urban fantasy titles (I read 221 books in 2009 so I think 24-50 of 2011 being urban fantasy or horror is not unreasonable).

1. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
2. License to Ensorcell by Katherine Kerr
3. Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire
4. River Marked by Patricia Briggs
5. Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
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Mystery and Suspense Reading Challenge – hosted by Book Chick City.

The goal of this reading challenge is to read 12 mystery or suspense books. Super easy (I think right now anyway but if last year has shown me anything, I don't always accomplish the easy ones). I am going to try and stick to reading just mystery, cozy mystery or suspense books without paranormal themes (those get counted in one of the other challenges).

1. Dogs Don't Lie by Clea Simon
2. Sit, Stay, Slay by Linda O. Johnston
3. Birdman by Mo Hayder
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Speculative Fiction Challenge hosted by Amanda at Floor to Ceiling Books.

The goal of this challenge is to read 12 speculative fiction books throughout 2011. This is going to be easy for me so I'm only going to pick the books I think need to be highlighted. 

1. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
2. This is Not a Game by Walter Jon Williams
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I am also participating Reading from my Shelves Challenge hosted by Diane from Bibliophile by the Sea. This is a big deal for me because my shelves are overflowing where I have over 300 unread books. I am setting my goal high - 25 books but not too high since I have a hard time giving up books. I think I can hit this. I've recently thought about the idea of moving my shelves and shelves of books and decided I didn't need to keep everything. I've recently sent nine books out through paperbackswap.com (pbs) and I haven't replaced any of them.

1. Dark Lover by J.R. Ward (pbs 2/2)
2. Fatal Fixer-Upper by Jennie Bentley (pbs 2/2)
3. Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey (pbs 2/27)
4. Trolls in the Hamptons by Celia Jerome (pbs 3/10)
5. Blunderland by Elizabeth O'Kane - giveaway here on CB&B
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I think I’m going to stretch a little and participate in an Eastern European Reading Challenge hosted by Amy from The Black Sheep Dances. I enjoy historical fiction and need to read more literary fiction, so this might be a good change for me. I’d love to do the scholar level of participation (12 books in 12 months) but I’m worried I won’t hit that so I’ll stick with tourist for now (4 books in 12 months) and change depending on how much I enjoy the books I find.

1. Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
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I forgot about the new author challenge hosted by Literary Escapism but I've added it now! Yay! Since it's me, I'm doing 50 new authors.
That is it so far, but I'm sure I'll pick up more as time goes on.

1.Bradford Morrow - The Diviner's Tale
2. Keri Stevens - Stone Kissed
3. Stacia Kane - Unholy Ghosts
4. Sophie Littlefield - Aftertime
5. Jennie Bentley - Fatal Fixer-Upper
6. Jesse Karp - Those that Wake
7. Jeanne DuPrau - The City of Ember
8. Richard Kadrey - Sandman Slim
9. Hope Tarr - A Rogue's Pleasure
10. Claire Robyns - Betrayed
11. J.R. Ward - Dark Lover
12. Laura Kinsale - Midsummer Moon
13. Seleste deLaney - Badlands
14. Jill Barnett - Carried Away
15. Elizabeth O'Kane - Blunderland
16. Maeve Binchy - Tara Road
17. Raven Hart - The Vampire's Seduction
18. Toni Anderson -Storm Warning
19. Chris Evans - A Darkness Forged in Fire
20. Celia Jerome - Trolls in the Hamptons
21. Linda O. Johnston - Sit, Stay, Slay
22. Mo Hayder - Birdman
23.Walter Jon Williams - This is Not a Game
24. Clea Simon - Dogs Don't Lie
25. Harry Harrison - The Stainless Steel Rat
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