Runs from January 1, 2012 to November 31, 2012
Goal: 30 essays
The list so far:
- “Buddy Ebsen” by Hilton Als
- “Port-au-Prince: The Moment” by Mischa Berlinski
- “What Broke My Father’s Heart” by Katy Butler
- “Auscultation” by Steven Church
- “After the Ice” by Paul Crenshaw
- “Beds” by Toi Derricotte
Hosted by Erin at Erin Reads
Between January 1, 2012 – April 1, 2012
Goal: To read at least thirty books on my tbr shelves
As of March 2012: Failed
Gender in Fantasy and Sci-Fi Challenge
January 1, 2012- December 31, 2012
The List:
- Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid’s Tale
- Marion Zimmer Bradley – The Mists of Avalon
- Octavia Butler – Kindred
- Octavia Butler – Wild Seed
- Angela Carter – The Bloody Chamber
- Suzy McKee Charnas – The Holdfast Chronicles
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman – Herland
- Nicola Griffith – Ammonite
- Ursula K. Le Guin – Left Hand of Darkness
- Ursula K. Le Guin - The Dispossessed
- Anne McCaffrey - The Ship Who Sang
- Vonda McIntyre - Dreamsnake
- Marge Piercy – Woman on the Edge of Time
- Joanna Russ – The Female Man
- Mary Shelley – Frankenstein
- Sheri Tepper – Beauty
- Sheri Tepper – The Gate to Women’s Country
- James Tiptree Jr – anything you can find, actually
- Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra – Y the Last Man (comic series)
- Monique Wittig – Les Guerrilleres
- Virginia Woolf – Orlando
- Yoshinaga Fumi – Oooku (comic series)
January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012
Level of participation: The Plump Primer (6 Chunksters)
All of 2012
Challenge level: Mt. Killimanjaro: Read 50 books from my tbr pile
As of March 2012: 9 books
All of 2012
Rules: Read a classic plus a book that’s relate to the classic in some way.
My participation level: 8 (4 sets of books)
Potential list:
The Odyssey and The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood and/or The Odyssey by Garth Hinds and/or ”Fare Thee Well” by Cathy Clamp
The Grimm Reader: Classic Tales of the Brothers Grimm by Maria Tatar with Touch Magic: Essays by Jane Yolen and/or Cinder by Marissa Meyer and/or The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter and/or Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine and/or Briar Rose by Jane Yolen and or Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak with The Wild Things by Dave Eggers
1984 by George Orwell with 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Beowulf and Grendel by John Gardner
Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti and Lips Touch Three by Laini Taylor (done)
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and A Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
Declaration of Independence with The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner or And the Pursuit of Happiness by Maira Kalman
When: All of 2012
Participation level: One book
The 2012 Short Story Challenge
Hosted by Dead Book Darling
When? All of 2012
Level of participation: 3 short story collections
When: Throughout 2012
Participation Level: Easy Challenge (Read one book from each continent)
- Africa
- Asia (done)
- North America (done)
- South America
- Europe
- Australia
- The Seventh Continent (can choose Antarctica or your “own” setting: land, sea, air, space, the future, or any paranormal world)
Hosted by Carl over at Stainless Steel Droppings
When: March 22, 2012 through June 22, 2012
I’m participating in:
Read one book from each category (folklore, fantasy, fairy tale, and mythology) AND a June showing or reading of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Reading short stories that fit within one of the four genres during the weekends.
Welcome to the Mt. TBR challenge! So glad you’ll be joining us.
Wow, look at all those options! So excited to hear your thoughts on these book pairs. Thanks for joining up!