Challenge Hosted @ Brona's Books
The Goal: Read books that spell out Christmas in Winter.
Challenge from December 1st, 2015 - February 28th, 2016
C - Court
H - Hopeless Savages
R - Rat Queens
I - It's Raining Cupcakes
S - Some Kind of Magic
T - Tea for Two
M - Magnus Chase
A - Almost Home
S - The Shadow Hero
I - If Kids Ran the World
N - Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
W - Witch Finder
I - I Wish For You
N - Nursey Rhyme Comics
T - The Tailor of Gloucester
E - Emma
R - Redwall
Challenge Hosted @ Behold the Stars
The Goal: To travel England by reading, and read at least one book per however many counties of England you decide to read.
Level three: 7 - 12 books
Planned Reads:
Bristol
Evelina by Fanny Burney
Cambridgeshire
The Longest Journey by E. M. Forster
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Tennant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Derbyshire
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
Emma by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Challenge Hosted @ Spirit Blog
The Goal: Read books about food.
What counts as a food book? Any genre – fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks, etc. If food is a major part of the plot then it counts!
Level: Pastry Chef: 4 to 8 books
Planned Reads:
It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
The Candymakers by Wendy Mass
Bake Sale by Sara Varon
The Secret Ingredient by Stewart Lewis
Vegan for Her by Virginia Messina
The Girls' Guide to Love and Supper Clubs by Dana Bate
All's Fair in Love and Cupcakes by Besty St. Amant
Challenge Hosted @ Bea's Book Nook
The Goal: Read picture books.
Read: 50 picture books
Planned Reads:
- The Apple Pie that Papa Baked
- Stop that Pickle!
- Bread and Jam for Frances
- Pecan Pie Baby
- If Kids Ran the World
- And Away We Go!
- Why We Live Where We Live
- Arto's Big Move
- The Most Magnificent Thing
- The Adventures of Beekle
Challenge Hosted by Me! @ She's Got Books on Her Mind
The Goal: Read books that have a royal theme.
Level: Princess: 13 to 15 books
Planned Reads:
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
The Crown by Kiera Cass
Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
The Courageous Princess by Rod Espinosa
Challenge Hosted @ Cornerfolds
The Goal: Read horror books.
Level: Running Scared: 1-5 books
Planned Reads:
Whitespace by Ilsa J. Bick
Into the Grey by Celine Kiernan
Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender
Challenge Hosted @ The Daily Prophecy
The Goal: Read retellings.
Level: Enchanted Moura: 1-4 books
Planned Reads:
A Court of Mist and Fury
Challenge Hosted @ Operation Actually Read Bible
The Goal: Read the Bible/Get Closer to God/Figure out where I stand with my spirituality
I'm going to try to read The Bible all the way through at least once throughout the entire year. I'm Catholic, but I haven't practiced in years. I don't believe everything in the Bible or within the Catholic Church, but it has helped me be a better person in the past so why not actually learn about God on my own terms? I also plan to read books on Catholicism and other World Religions since religions, in general, are interesting and are followed for a reason. I also would love to keep a journal to reflect on my thoughts. One last thing is I want to pray at least three times a week - simply talking to God is one way I count as praying. Let's see what happens shall we?
Planned Reads:
The Bible (The International Student Bible for Catholics)
The Gospel of Mary Magdelene
Meditation on Mary
Saints: Who They are and How they Help You
Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and the differences they make
Encyclopedia of Angels
Challenge Hosted @ Graphic Novel Challenge
The Goal: Read graphic novels, comics, and mangas.
Level: Bronze Age (24 books)
Planned Reads:
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
Babymouse
Nursery Rhyme Comics
Bake Sale
Batgirl
The Courageous Princess
Ozma of Oz
Giants Beware
Curses! Foiled Again
The Shadow Hero
Hopeless Savages
Rat Queens
Nimona
Super Mutant Magic Academy
Challenge Hosted @ Roof Beam Reader
The Goal: Read the Bible in one year.
I know I already signed up for something like this, but I'm reading at my own pace. This is more because I want to be able to discuss and see other viewpoints on passages in the Bible.
Challenge Hosted @ Fictively
The Goal: To get your feedback ratio to 80%.
Level: 
I actually would need to read around thirty-one after December to get to 80%, but I'm going to start small and see where it gets me.
Challenge Hosted @ My Soul Called Life
The Goal: Read books each month that have a keyword in the title.
January: Crowd, Girl, The, Bad, Soul, Soft
February: Veil, Kiss, Her, Break, Love, Stars
March: Game, Fire, Darkness, School, Like, Change
April: Far, Life, Stay, One, War, Thorns
May: Cure, Trial, Family, Key, Thief, Bend
June: Moon, In, Only, Whisper, Sleep, Trap
July: Rose, Sun, Clock, Day, Angel, Unto
August: Prince, Boy, Glass, Heart, Lost, Now
September: Wind, Color, Touch, At, How, Sweet
October: Rock, Ghost, Fall, Away, Sky, Storm
November: Dream, Holiday, And, Of, Dawn, Beautiful
December: End, Promise, Everlasting, Ice, Snow, My
Challenge Hosted @ It's All About Books
The Goal: Read books around the world.
The map will be on my 2016 Reading Challenge tab.
I followed what book setting I was reading with the Reading Road Trip Challenge so I want to do it again with this challenge.
Wow, lots of great challenges coming up! Best of luck.
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It's surprisingly not as large as my last year's challenge list. Thanks :D
DeleteI have been going back and forth on if I should sign up for any reading challenges this year. Since I epicially failed all of the ones I signed up for this year and last year I don't think I am going to sign up for any year long ones in 2016. I will do the goodreads challenge because I do that every year, but besides that I will stick to the random monthly challenges and the bout of books week long challenges. I seem to do better with sorter challenges.
ReplyDeleteI was going to do just monthly challenges but look at me now! I only picked challenges I knew I was going to do. I am planning to do read-a-thons and monthly challenges too. I'm going to do monthly challenges on Goodreads too. I haven't decided how many books I'm going to read this year. Have you?
DeleteWow! That's an impressive amount of challenges for 2016 !! Thanks for making mine one of them :-)
ReplyDeleteNo problem Brona! I'm excited to do a title themed challenge this winter or your summer (;
DeleteWelcome back to the Graphic Novel Challenge! Glad to have you with us again! It's gonna be fun!!!
ReplyDeleteThe religion challenge looks fascinating! I'm a Catholic convert and found discovering the faith soooo rewarding. Wonderful to see Scott Hahn on your list. I can't recommend his books highly enough. It may sound silly, but a really excellent read is "Catholicism for Dummies". Very well written, to the point, makes sense of things in layman's words and entertaining! Feel free to ask me anything.
Thank you so much Nicola! I'll have to keep that book in mind for next year (:
DeleteYeay, it's good to have you on board for the Retelling challenge :)!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I look forward to participating (:
DeleteI'm always in awe of how many challenges you people may read.
ReplyDeleteI'm doing the Retelling Challenge too, aiming at the first level. I'll be very happy if I completed that :-)
It's not as hard as you think! I read lots of book anyway so it's fun to see how I can challenge myself.
DeleteI love coming here to see what challenges you enter. These all look awesome! Happy reading and enjoy, Adriana!
ReplyDeleteThank you Grace! Are you joining any yourself?
DeleteWishing you the best of luck with your challenges. Wow! You have a lot of interesting reading coming up in the next year. Can't wait to hear about all these books.
ReplyDeleteI know I said I wouldn't go crazy, but I'm excited for each and every one of these challenges!
DeleteThanks for joining up with Foodies Read. I haven't read any of the books that you've picked so I'm looking forward to hearing more about them.
ReplyDeleteI've been looking at even more foodie books. I'm pretty excited to read more nonfiction foodie books.
DeleteI'm doing a lot of the one you are doing. And have you seen the one I'm hosting next year (my first one ever):
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Good luck (:
DeleteHoly Cow!!! That is a lot of reading challenges. I will be joining you at the Foodies Read. Looking forward to it
ReplyDeleteHaha ~ It'll be great to see what books you end up reading.
DeleteThere's a Manga reading challenge!? YES! I may join along with you :D On another note, so glad to have you joining the Keyword Reading Challenge :)
ReplyDeleteAdriana, Great Jumping Catfish Batwoman! This is quite the list, I'll be with you on the Foodie Reads Challenge,2016 and look forward to hearing your thoughts on your list! If I may add a suggestion to your Traveling England Reading Challenge I read the novel, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Frye, and LOVED it!!
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