Before I barrage you with some more challenges, I thought I'd just update a little on what's going on in my life. This week is finals week for my husband and I, so it is a little bit hectic around here. However, it will all be worth it in the end because on Friday we are leaving our chilly little corner of Utah for a couple of days in Los Angeles with my grandma, and then on Sunday we are leaving on a six-day cruise to Mexico with my immediate family and husband. We'll get back on Christmas Eve and fly to northern California to spend a few weeks with my husband's family. I already know there will be at least two San Francisco trips, and I can't wait! I might be a little MIA during those weeks, not that anyone will really care, because I'm sure everyone else will be MIA as well. But in case you are wondering, that is what's up. I'm going to try and schedule some posts, but depending on how this week goes, they may or may not happen.
Anyway, there are three more challenges that I am joining this week. I won't say it's the last of them, because who really knows.
The European Reading Challenge 2012, hosted by Rose City Reader, runs from January 1, 2012 to January 31, 2013. The idea is to read books either set in Europe or by a European author. The hitch is that each book that counts must be from a different country.
I am signing up for the Three Star Business Traveler level. I already have several review books set in France, and I am sure that I'll read something set in England as I plan on reading both Shakespeare and Dickens this year. I signed for one level up so it can be a bit of a challenge for me to find another country.
I will be participating in S. Krishna's Books' South Asian Challenge again this year (and I just managed to finish it this year, hooray!) This year I read 12 books, but next year I am just planning on reading 5 books. I haven't chosen them all yet, but I know I am hoping to read:
*A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
* Toads and Diamonds by someone I currently can't remember
* Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (a reread)
Finally, I will be participating in the Award Winning Reads Challenge hosted by Basically Amazing Books and The Reading Housewives. I looked on my TBR and found thirteen books I wanted to read... so I have decided to make the goal of seven. I don't think I could get through all of them, but I want to read them all eventually, so I am adding them all to the list and I will read them as I am in the mood. Potential reads:
* How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
* Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
* Speak by Laurie Halse Andersen
* The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
* The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
* The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
* Bridge to Terabithia by Katerine Paterson
* Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
* Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
* The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
* An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
* Looking for Alaska by John Green
* The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
Okay, that's all for now. Unfortunately, you can probably expect many more challenges forthcoming. :) We will see.
