Completed Challenges

COMPLETED CHALLENGES

"Where Are You Reading?" challenge (books from all 50 states) - COMPLETED AUGUST 1. Click HERE to see the list of all the books I read with ratings and links to reviews and HERE to see the MAP on which I logged all the books. Challenge officially ends on December 31, 2011.

The Japanese Literature Challenge, hosted by Dolce Bellezza, runs from June 1, 2011 to January 30, 2012 and requires the participant to read at least one book of Japanese literature.

1.The Housekeeper + the Professor (Review)

The purpose of this challenge is read books published by Europa Editions. There are several ways one can participate in the Europa Challenge. There are yearly challenges (with different levels), topical challenges, and a perpetual challenge. You can find out more information, and sign up to participate, HERE. The 2011 Challenge runs from July 1 - December 31. I am going to commit to the Europa Ami Level, which requires me to read 4 books published by Europa Editions during that time frame.

1. Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery  - REVIEW (Read in July)
2. The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky - REVIEW (Read in August)
3. The Man in the Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam - REVIEW (Read in August)
4. FAIL. I tried to read "Broken Glass Park" by Alina Bronsky, but I keep getting distracted by pretty shinys...
   

The TwentyEleven Challenge (20 books in 11 categories).  COMPLETED AUGUST 5. Challenge officially ends December 31, 2011. The list of categories and the books I read:

To YA or Not YA (If you tend to read more Young Adult than Adult Fiction books then read one or two adult fiction titles, and vice versa)

1. The White Darkness - Geraldine McCaughrean

2. The Day of the Pelican - Katherine Paterson

With A Twist (Books that are categorized as sub-genres, e.g., steampunk as a sub-genre of fantasy)

3. The Affinity Bridge - George Mann (steampunk)
4. Tam Lin - Pamela Dean (retold fairytale)

Hot Off The Presses (Books published in 2011)

5. The Oracle of Stamboul - Michael David Lukas

6. The Red Garden - Alice Hoffman

It Wasn't Me! (Books selected based on reviews by other bloggers)

7. Silverlock - John Myers Myers

8. Small Wars - Sadie Jones

Show It Who's Boss! (Books on your bookshelf)

9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

Bablefish (Books that are translated from a language that is not your own.)

10. Vilnius Poker - Ričardas Gavelis (Lithuanian)

11. The Blindness of the Heart - Julia Franck (German)

Will-Power? What Will-Power? (Books purchased in 2011)

12. Standing at the Crossroads - Charles Davis
13. Doc - Mary Doria Russell

Mind the Gap (The final book in a series)

14. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman

Back in the Day (Re-read an old favourite or two)

15. The Diary of Trilby Frost - Dianne Glaser
16. Jacob Have I Loved - Katherine Paterson

Way Back When (Books that were published before you were born)

17. La Dame aux Camélias - Alexandre Dumas fils (1844)

18. Fair Stood the Wind for France - H.E. Bates (1944)

Slim-Pickings (Novellas between 90-150 pages)

19. The Dead - James Joyce (92 pages)

20. Transparent Things - Vladimir Nabokov (112 pages)

Foodies Reading Challenge at the Epicurean Level (7 Books). COMPLETED JULY 16. Challenge officially ends on December 31, 2011. Books read for this challenge:

1. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
2. Gourmet Rhapsody
3. Chocolat
4. The Lollipop Shoes
5. Babette's Feast
6. Banana Heart Summer
7. Julie and Julia