Read, Remember, Recommend Fiction Reading Challenge – Get Reading Great Stuff!
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| Read, Remember, Recommend Fiction Reading Challenge |
| In celebration of the April 1st, 2010 release date of the Read, Remember, Recommend reading journal, Bibliobabe is hosting a new reading challenge. |
| Dates: |
| April 1st, 2010 to April 1st, 2011 |
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| Details: |
- Check out all the amazing books (thousands!) mentioned in Read, Remember, Recommend and plan your attack. Books do not need to be decided upon in advance. All books must be mentioned in the journal lists.
- Write a challenge sign-up post on your blog. In that post provide a link to the Read, Remember, Recommend Fiction Reading Challenge post. Please feel free to use the Read, Remember, Recommend Fiction Reading Challenge button in your post. If you do not have a blog, introduce yourself in a comment below.
- Add your name and the direct link to the sign-up post in the Mister Linky list below.
- Each time you read and review a book as part of this challenge, share this with other challenge participants by adding a direct link to your book review to the list in a comment at this post. If you do not have a blog, leave your review as a comment.
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| Rules: |
- Read as many books from the Read, Remember, Recommend reading journal as you can in one year. Books read before April 1st, 2010 do not count. Overlaps with other challenges (including the Read, Remember, Recommend Teen Reading Challenge) are acceptable – and encouraged!
- Rereading doesn’t count – have fun exploring new authors, awards and books!
- Audio, print, and e-books are all acceptable.
- Post your review or link to your review in a comment below.
- You can change your commitment level at anytime.
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| Levels: |
- Notable Newbie – 5 books
- Armchair Librarian – 10 books
- The Library of Congress Calls Me Daddy – 20 books
- A Book Intervention is Needed – 30 books
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| Prizes: |
- The Grand Prize is an Ereader of your choice (Kindle 2, Nook, Sony Ereader, COOL-ER – $260 value)! There will be one grand prize drawing between both Read, Remember, Recommend Reading Challenges. Each review post comment will count as an entry into the drawing.
 The first place prize is a “Reading is Sexy” messenger bag filled with 5 books from the Read, Remember Recommend reading journal.- The second place prize for each challenge is a $20 gift card to the bookstore of your choice.
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| Have questions? Leave a comment, and I’ll reply back (as a comment). |
Sign up using Mr. Linky below – please link to your specific post about the challenge, not just your blog.
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| Challenge Tally |
| Name |
Total |
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| Rachelle (Bibliobabe) |
1 |
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| Heather @ Books and Quilts |
13 |
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| Kara Sjoblom- Bay |
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| Tea |
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| Jonita (The Book Chick) |
2 |
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| Nari @ The Novel World |
2 |
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| Kathy/ Bermudaonion's Weblog |
3 |
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| Kim in Ohio |
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| Jayme (Beachreader) |
10 |
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| M (Agent 99) |
7 |
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| Tenia |
19 |
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| Julie/ Booking Mama |
1 |
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| Cerebral Girl in a Redneck World |
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| Cass |
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| Sue |
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| Melissa |
5 |
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| Josette |
2 |
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| Carrie |
2 |
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| Beth (Bookaholicmom) |
2 |
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| Jesse |
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| Stephanie (Reviews by Lola) |
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| Sarah (Cowhugger) |
6 |
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My second book review, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.
http://sarahema.blogspot.com/2010/07/middlesex-by-jeffrey-eugenides.html
Here’s book #6 for the challenge – Tinkers by Paul Harding
http://beachreader48.blogspot.com/2010/07/review-tinkers.html
Book # 12 read and reviewed. A clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
http://www.shelfari.com/books/14624/A-Clockwork-Orange
My third review, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.
Sorry, I forgot to leave the link!
http://sarahema.blogspot.com/2010/07/curious-incident-of-dog-in-night-time.html
Becky,
“Scarlet Letter” is the only book of this list mentioned in the RRR fiction journal.
Thanks!
R
Book #13 read and reviewed Sally Hemings Barbar Chase Riboud
http://www.shelfari.com/books/871373/Sally-Hemings
Tenia, you are cruising! Wow!
Book #7 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
http://beachreader48.blogspot.com/2010/07/review-road.html
Book #4 Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland.
http://sarahema.blogspot.com/2010/07/girl-in-hyacinth-blue-by-susan-vreeland.html
# 14 read-The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells. I really really really wanted to like this more then I did! It still counts right?
http://www.shelfari.com/books/26456/The-War-of-the-Worlds
Rachelle,
Most of the books I’m reading fit into other challenges. It’s my slow season at work, so I read alot. Come Nov-Mar not to much
#15 Going After Cacciato by Tim O’Brien
http://www.shelfari.com/books/11958/Going-After-Cacciato
#16 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey read and reviewed
http://www.shelfari.com/books/11951/True-History-of-the-Kelly-Gang
Hi Dawn,
I would like to change my book number to 5. Thanks. I put down 10 at first. I’m running behind so less is better than more at this point.
Just remember this challenge goes till April 1st!
Review #5
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor
http://sarahema.blogspot.com/2010/07/good-man-is-hard-to-find-by-flannery.html
Review #6
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
http://sarahema.blogspot.com/2010/07/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by.html
#17 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera
http://www.shelfari.com/books/11907/The-Unbearable-Lightness-of-Being
Book # 8 – The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O’Connor
http://beachreader48.blogspot.com/2010/08/review-edge-of-sadness.html
#18 Isaac’s Storm EriK Larson
http://www.shelfari.com/books/24228/Isaacs-Storm
i just got “The Hunger Games” yesterday, so…I’m in!
i’ll post a review soon
Book #9 – Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
http://beachreader48.blogspot.com/2010/08/review-catch-22.html
Hey Rachelle,
Shouldn’t my challenge tally be at 6?
Yep – sorry. Got ya fixed!
Book #10: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Hi Rachelle,
I have number 12.
Say You’re one of Them by Uwem Akpan
I was updating my journal from your update page and saw that I had just recenlty read this one and that it counted.
http://conestogo.blogspot.com/2010/07/say-youre-one-of-them-by-uwem-akpan.html
I’m back with number 13
Rabbit, Run by John Updike
http://conestogo.blogspot.com/2010/08/rabbit-run-by-john-updike.html
where is the update page?
This is it!
I just posted my fifth book review, of The Red Tent: http://librariansbookreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/book-review-red-tent-by-anita-diamant.html
I’ve read and Reviewed book #19 Never Let Me go Kazuo Ishiguro
http://www.shelfari.com/books/45723/Never-Let-Me-Go