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2012 Reading Challenges

First day of the year means new reading challenges!  I did better last year than my blog indicates.  So my goal for this year is not to read more, but rather to actually follow through with writing about what I read (so writing challenge really?).  What's life without something to work toward, even if it's just to be a little happier.  Writing makes me happy.  I should do more of it.  I'm biting off more than I can chew again, but who cares?  It's fun.


I love dystopian novels.  Like a lot.  Reading 5 of these for the Asocial level won't be hard; I probably read 15 (the next level) last year, but didn't write about them.  I'm aiming small.  5!  








Another one I really enjoyed last year, but didn't write about as much as I should have.  I'm signing up for medium again - 2 from each continent.  14 books, here I come!




I don't know a damned thing about World War I really, so I'm going in! I'm going for Dip with 1-3 books.  I figure that's about as much as I can handle.  If I read more, a miracle!





They don't have a 2012 challenge posted yet, but I really enjoyed this one last year.  It made me think about who is writing the books I read, which is something we should all think about more.  Are we just reading things that reinforce our own experience of the world?  Level 2 last year was 4-6 books, so I'm aiming for that again this year.



I call this challenge from last year my Mulligan.  I have 2 unread books on my shelf right now and I really want to read 1Q84, so I think I'm covered.





This was so much fun last year.  I'm going with Pastry Chef, 4-8 books!
1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver






Challenges that have nothing to do with 2012
I decided that I also want to commit some other long-term goals I've had to bloggery.  1001 Books to read before you die, and the Modern Library Top 100s (as well as the accompany Radcliffe's list) because why the hell not?  When I'm sitting around thinking, oh, I have nothing to read, I will have plenty to read.  Plenty. Also, I'm an idiot.

Comments

Margot said…
Hi Denise. So glad you're back for Foodies Read 2. I'm looking forward to seeing what books you discover this year. Good luck on all your challenges.
January 11, 2012 at 2:03 AM
cessie said…
I joined the Global Reading Challenge and that's how I landed on your blog. I'm really interested to see what others are reading so I will come back to learn more! Happy reading :)
January 14, 2012 at 2:17 PM
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