2014 Challenges

2014 Challenges

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge



My Goal for 2014:
20th century reader - 2 books
Victorian reader - 5 books
Renaissance Reader - 10 books
Medieval - 15 books
Ancient History - 25 books
Prehistoric - 50+ books

1.  Becoming Josephine, Heather Webb
2.  The Hands of Time, Irina Shapiro
3.  Pilgrim Footprints on the Sands of Time, Sylvia Nilsen
4.  The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte, Ruth Hull Chatlien
5.  Marie Antoinette's Head, Will Bashor
6.  Taming a Gentleman Spy, Maggi Anderson
7.  Mary Bennet, Kate Allan
8.  The Collector of Dying Breaths, MJ Rose
9.  A Different Sun, Elaine Neil Orr
10. I am Livia, Phyllis Smith
11. Miss Billings Treads the Boards, Carla Kelly
12. The House of Bathory, Linda Lafferty
13. Citadel, Kate Mosse
14. Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, Geraldine Brooks
15. The Queen's Bastard: A Novel, Robin Maxwell
16. The Midwife's Tale, Sam Thomas
17. The Harlot's Tale, Sam Thomas
18. In the Shadow of the Crown: The Story of Queen Mary I, Jean Plaidy
19. Isabella: Braveheart of France, Colin Falconer
20. The Queen's Mistake (In the Court of Henry VIII), Diane Haeger
21. The Spanish Bride: A Novel of Katherine of Aragon, Laurien Gardner
22. The Three Emperor's: An Ethan Gage Adventure, William Dietrich
23.  For Love of Glory, Leslie Fish
24.  Ambition's Queen (Bridget Manning #1), V.E. Lynne
25.  Accomplished in Murder: I, Dara England
26.  Gastien:  The Cost of the Dream, Caddy Rowland
27.  Dangerous Sanctuary; Michelle Diener
28.  The Contessa's Vendetta, Mierlla Sichirollo Patzer
29.  A Daughter of Warwick, Julie May Ruddock
30.  The Confessions of Catherine de Medici, C.W. Gortner


BOOKS ON FRANCE READING CHALLENGE
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2014 



Hosted by Emma at Words and Peace
Goal:  LEVEL 4, “doublement passionĂ©ment” = 24 books


1.  Becoming Josephine, Heather Webb
2.  Gastien: The Cost of the Dream, Caddy Rowland
3.  The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte, Ruth Hull Chatlien
4.  Marie Antionette's Head, Will Bashor
5.  The Collector of Dying Breaths, MJ Rose
6.  Citadel, Kate Mosse
7.  Isabella: Braveheart of France, Colin Falconer
8.  The Reincarnationist, MJ Rose
9.  The Confessions of Catherine de Medici, C.W. Gortner


2014 Monthly Motif Challenge



~ JANUARY 1, 2014 - DECEMBER 31, 2014 ~

Welcome to the 2014 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge! For this challenge, each month is assigned a certain motif or theme. Your task is to read one book per month that fits in with the motif for that particular month.  For more information about this challenge visit the host blog; Bookmark to Blog.

MONTHLY MOTIFS:
January - Around the World - Becoming Josephine, Heather Webb
Choose a book to read that takes place in a country different than the one you live in or choose a book written by an author that is from a country different than your own.
February - Award Winner - Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie's Story, Freddie Owens
Read a book that won recognition or an award in 2012.
March -  Fairy tales or Fairy Creatures - Inside the Great Big Book of Tales, A.C. Birdsong
Read a fairy tale retelling or a book with fey/fairies in it.
April - Short & Sweet
Read a collection of short stories or anthologies.
May - Mystery, Murder, & Mayhem
Read a murder/mystery book, a book in which someone dies of mysterious causes, or a book in which a mystery must be solved.
June -  A Long Journey
Read a book in which the character(s) take a trip, go on a quest, or find themselves on a journey toward something, etc.
July - Assassins, Warriors, & Rebels
Read a book in which the main character is one of these things or fights against one of these things. 
August - Alternate Reality
Read a book that's set in the future, on another planet, in another dimension, or in an unknown world. A Dystopian book will count this month as well.
September - Book to Movie
Read a book that has a movie based off of it. For an extra challenge, see the movie as well.
October - The Witching Hour
There's been a lot of zombies lately, but this year include a 'witchy' book in your scary reads- a book about a witch or a book that has witches in it.
November - An Oldie but a Goodie
Pick a book published before 2000 that you've always wanted to read, but just never got to. Or pick a book set in the past (before 2000).
December - That's a Wrap
Finish a series you've been meaning to finish or read the next book in a series you started but never finished.





From to Reading Outside The Box by Alison

  1. Historical Fiction:  Becoming Josephine, Heather Webb
  2. Read a Chunkster: Read a book with 600+ pages.  Citadel, Kate Mosse
  3. Reading by Ear: Listen to an audio-book
  4. Science Fiction:  
  5. Picture Book:
  6. Fantasy:
  7. Contemporary Fiction: The Husband's Secret, Liane Moriarty
  8. Accidentally Watched the Movie First: You didn't realize the movie was based on a book until after you watched it. Ideally you haven’t read the book yet.
  9. Relive the Magic: Reread a book you really enjoyed as a kid but haven’t touched it since then.
  10. Classic:
  11. Romance:
  12. Gathering Dust: You've had this book for years and you still haven’t read it.         The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
  13. Poetry/Novel in Verse:
  14. Loved By Others: Other people really love this book but for whatever reason you haven’t read it yet.
  15. Award Winner: Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie's Story, Freddie Owens
  16. Biography/Memoir:
  17. Lost in Translation: This book was originally written in another language.
  18. Second Chance: You read this book a while back and didn't enjoy it, didn't finish it, or were on the fence about it. Time to give it another try!
  19. Young Adult Fiction:
  20. Middle Grade Fiction:
  21. Mystery:  The Harlot's Tale, Sam Thomas
  22. Graphic Novel:
  23. Adult Fiction:
  24. Self Published:  Where Life Takes You, Claudia Burgoa
  25. Non-fiction:


New Author:  A New Adventure Begins ~ 2014

Here are the guidelines:
  • The challenge will run from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014.
  • Since this is an author challenge, there is no restriction on choosing your novels. They can definitely be from other challenges. However, the authors must be new to you and, preferably from novels. Anthologies are a great way to try someone new, but only a third of your new authors can be from short stories/novellas or anthologies.
  • I want this to be an easy challenge, so you can pick to do either 15, 25 or 50 new authors. It all depends on how fast you read and how adventurous you want to be.  If you reach your goal halfway through the year, don’t stop. Any new author you try can be added to Mr. Linky. We all want to know about your new experience.
  • After reading your new author, write your review and then come back here and add your link to Mr. Linky. Make sure you include your name and the author, but adding the title is completely up to you.
My Goal: 25

1.  Becoming Josephine, Heather Webb
2.  The Hands of Time, Irina Shapiro
3.  Pilgrim Footprints on the Sands of Time, Sylvia Nilsen
4.  The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte, Ruth Hull Chatlien
5.  Marie Antoinette's Head, Will Bashor
6.  Citadel, Kate Mosse
7. The Contessa's Vendetta, Mierlla Sichirollo Patzer
8. A Daughter of Warwick, Julie May Ruddock
9. The Three Emperor's: An Ethan Gage Adventure, William Dietrich
10.  For Love of Glory, Leslie Fish
11.  Ambition's Queen (Bridget Manning #1), V.E. Lynne
12.  Accomplished in Murder: I, Dara England
12.  Gastien: The Cost of the Dream, Caddy Rowland
13.  The Midwife's Tale, Sam Thomas
14.  Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, Geraldine Brooks
15.  Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie's Story, Freddie Owens
16.  Where Life Takes You, Claudia Burgoa
17.  The Husband's Secret, Liane Moriarty



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