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Personal Challenges - 2015 > Kimberley's 2015 Reading Challenge!

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message 1: by Kimberley (last edited Dec 04, 2014 11:09AM) (new)

Kimberley Ash (kimberley_ash) | 35 comments So my challenge for 2015 is going to be 50 books - I've read 37 so far this year, so it's not a huge stretch, right?

*enter books and total here*


message 2: by Kimberley (last edited Dec 04, 2014 01:38PM) (new)

Kimberley Ash (kimberley_ash) | 35 comments MINI CHALLENGES: ((under construction))
Decade challenge (Jan 1 - Dec 31)
1800-1809 - Faust: First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1806)
1810-1819 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1813)
1820-1829 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (1920)
1830-1839 - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1837)
1840-1849 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1847)
1850-1859 - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickins (1859)
1860-1869 - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1866)
1870-1879 - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1877)
1880-1889 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1884)
1890-1899 - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1890)
1900-1909 - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
1910-1919 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1911)
1920-1929 - Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne (1926)
1930-1939 - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937)
1940-1949 - 1984 by George Orwell (1949)
1950-1959 - The Crucible] by Arthur Miller (1953)
1960-1969 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960)
1970-1979 - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Live by Douglas Adams (1979)
1980-1989 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985)
1990-1999 - The Giver by Lois Lowry (1993)
2000-2009 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2003)
2010-2015 - Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick (2010)

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Classic Bingo (January - April)

B1: Animation - A classic that has been adapted into a movie
B2: Congratulations! - An award winning classic (can include Goodreads choice awards)
B3: Participation - A group read classic (this or any other group)
B4: Information - A non-fiction classic or one based on a true story
B5: Collaboration - A classic discovery made through Goodreads such as through recommendations, suggestions from GR friends, newsletter etc.

I1: Listed it - A classic from your GR to-read list
I2: Bought it - A classic you own but have not yet read
I3: Eyed it - A classic you have been meaning to read for a while now
I4: Downloaded it - An ebook classic you own but that you have not yet read or a classic audiobook you have not yet listened to
I5: Scored it! - A classic you got for free e.g. sale, gift, giveaway, library etc.

N1: Oldie but goodie - A historical fiction classic (add description)
N2: New kid on the block - A science fiction classic
N3: FREE - Any classic that strikes your fancy :)
N4: Yesterday's news - A classic about war or set in wartime
N5: Everybody's talking - A Classic in Translation. (If English is not your primary language, then books originally published in English are acceptable.)

G1: Nice to meet you - A classic by an author new to you
G2: You seem familiar - A classic by an author you have heard a lot about
G3: One of the girls - A classic by a female author
G4: One of the guys - A classic by a male author
G5: Old friends - A classic you haven't yet read by an author whose work you like

O1: In the Nursery - A classic children's book
O2: In the Arbor - A classic poem or poetry collection
O3: In Costume - A classic play or opera libretto
O4: In Brief - A classic collection of short stories
O5: In Earnest - A classic collection of Essays


message 4: by Kimberley (last edited Dec 04, 2014 12:30PM) (new)

Kimberley Ash (kimberley_ash) | 35 comments More bored right now than well-organised, haha! The mini-challenge lists will likely change depending on what I can find in my local and school libraries, or free for Kindle!

Edit: Actually, I think I may have a copy of a '101 Classic Books' thing for DS hanging around somewhere...


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