Bluestockings’ Book Challenges

We like a challenge. Keep track of our progress here!

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Cornflower

For 2013 I am not participating in a “book challenge” per say. However, I do have a personal goal of reading 10,000 pages this year. I’ll only be reviewing those books which are relevant to our blog (unless there’s a really good book that I just have to mention.) If I do review it, I’ll link to that below.

Read: For All the Tea in China by Sarah Rose; page count 252

Ashes by James Herbert; page count 691

To Marry and English Lord by Gail MacColl & Carol MacD. Wallace; page count 416

The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig; page count 385

A Clash of Kings by George R R Martin; page count 969

The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay; page count 336

The Labyrinth of Osiris by Paul Sussman; page count 576

Double Cross by Ben Macintyre; page count 360

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn; page count 263

A Conspiracy of Alchemists by Liesel Schwartz; page count 338

Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell; page count 451

Inferno by Dan Brown; page count 480

Under the Eagle by Simon Scarrow; page count 256

Everything Guide to Online Business by Randall Craig; page count 304

Overdressed by Elizabeth Cline; page count 256

The English Girl by Daniel Silva; page count 482

The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig; page count 388

Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling; page count 4,193

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman; page count 192

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien; page count 300

Page Count 2013: 11,898

Page Count Total 2012: 9,502

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Sapphire

A to Z Reading Challenge 2012

Rules: My challenge is to read 26 books. The title of each book has to begin with a different letter of the alphabet, no repeats. The goal is to read a book for each letter of the alphabet, A to Z. I have to review the books I read, so look out for future book reviews on our main page! Like Cornflower, I’ll link to my review posts under “Read” below:

Read:
After Midnight by Teresa Medeiros
Body in the Library, The by Agatha Christie
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Divine Husband, The by Francisco Goldman
Emily Hudson: A Novel by Melissa Jones
Farewell, My Only One by Antoine Audouard
Garden Intrigue, The by Lauren Willig
House on Durrow Street, The by Galen Beckett
Impetuous Innocent by Stephanie Laurens
Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
Katherine by Anya Seton
Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine
Meaning of Night, The by Michael Cox
N
Ophelia’s Fan by Christine Balint
Painted Veil, The by W. Somerset Maugham
Q
Rules of Engagement by Christina Dodd
Stealing Athena by Karen Essex
Two Lives by Vikram Seth
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Vampire Who Loved Me, The by Teresa Medeiros
W
X
Yarn Harlot by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Zipporah, Wife of Moses by Marek Halter

Page Count: 8,689

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Indigo

Those Books I Should Have Read 2012 Challenge

Rules: You know those books that everyone talks about and/or are on bestseller lists? Well I’m challenging myself to go back and read some of those. My “I should have read this” covers publications ranging from Dear Mr. Henshaw to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to The Odyssey. I’m aiming for a Level 3 Finish (18 books). My challenge will cover more than historical fiction, but my goal is to lean heavily on the historical fiction and classics. I plan on only posting about those books, unless something far to juicy comes along and I have to share.

Just for fun, I’m also going to keep track of pages so I can compare with Cornflower and Sapphire.

Read:

• The last three books of the Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot (Princess on the Brink, Princess Mia and Forever Princess)
• Little Women and Me by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Page Count: 1,312