Finished Challenges
Current and Upcoming Challenges
And that's not all...but you get the idea. I haven't "officially" signed up for many of the above, but I'm seriously considering it. I think I'm addicted, but if I go for this, I'm seriously stunting my ability to spontaneously read which is my usual modus operandi.
What about you guys? Getting bogged down in challenges? Do you have criteria for joining?
I find that I am planning on joining a lot of challenges myself in 2010 and I'm hosting a Christmas Reading Challenge that goes until the end of this year AND The Michener Challenge, which officially starts January 1st. However, I'm not worried for three reasons. One-There is a lot of crossover between the challenges. Two-I'm kind of a procrastinator...even when it comes to my favorite past-time so challenges will help me stay motivated. And three-My home library contains 1500+ books and these challenges are going to help me start whittling away at a largely unread TBR ICEBERG!
ReplyDeleteSo, know that you're not alone in the overzealous joining of challenges! I prefer to look at it as a "challenge" (no pun intended), not a hindrance!
Happy Reading =o)
I love the way you set this up!
ReplyDeleteI signed up for way too many challenges last year, and while I still completed them, this year I'm being more careful which ones to sign up for. I am only joining ones which mean something to me - ones like the GLBT and the Unbound challenge - and ones that won't be difficult for me to complete - like the YA challenge. I'm NOT joining challenges that take me out of my comfort zone this year. If I want to read something out of my comfort zone - which I do sometimes - I will grab that onmy own instead of having a challenge force me into it. I want to be low stress this year. I plan to join Orbis as well if that comes up, but I don't know how many others, if any, I'll join.
I had a similar problem on paperbackswap when I would join a million swap games and then have sooo many books to read and would never read any I chose to. So with challenges I've just tried to be picky and not stress it when I don't make it. I've joined a few but have not really made any progress toward them. Not even the one I'm hosting, lol!
ReplyDeleteI love book challenges-I join challenges for fun, to read the reviews of others in the challenge, to motivate me to read in new directions sometimes-I try to do a lot of crossovers in my reading for multiple coverage just for fun
ReplyDeleteTrue Book Addict - I'm so glad I'm not alone!
ReplyDeleteAmanda - I don't think any of these challenges are outside my comfort zone, but danged if there isn't a giant chunk of challenges inside my zone!
Jenny - That's hilarious! I'm trying to not care so much about finishing 100% of the challenges. Or at least not forcing myself to finish.
Mel U - It looks like you have a positive outlook on challenges!
I have to join fewer challenges. I just can't keep up.
ReplyDeleteI'm so addicted to challenges, and I don't even care. I know I most likely won't complete them all, but I love the idea of them, and the way it focuses my reading in ways that I wouldn't just pick up on my own. I don't think I'll ever quit them - they're too much fun!
ReplyDeleteRebecca - I figure I'll go all out this year and see what happens. I'm trying to not sign up for the maximum level of any challenges.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth - I agree completely!
Wow, congrats on finishing all those challenges! Good luck with whatever ones you decide to sign up for!
ReplyDeleteSerena - Thanks. I hope you are finding some fun challenges too!
ReplyDeleteIf you look at my blog now you will see I have begun to post about my 2010 challenges. I am doing that really annoying thing where I have a different post for each challenge. But it is so helpful in keeping track of my progress! Don't worry about the number of challenges. Just have fun with it!
ReplyDeleteRebecca - I've been meaning to do that too, but have been too lazy!
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