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2013 YA/MG Fantasy Reading Challenge

December 19, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Challenge 2 Comments

This challenge is hosted by The Book Cellar. I know I already read a ton of fantasy, so I'm going to use this challenge to get myself to read more Middle Grade books.  There are so many Rick Riordan books alone that I haven't read!  The goal is to read 10 books.  I don't know if ... Read More »

 Posted on: December 19, 2012 10:01 am By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Challenge | Tagged With: Fantasy Challenge
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2013 eBook Reading Challenge

December 19, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Challenge 1 Comment

I'm signing up again this year for the ebook reading challenge.  It's hosted by Workaday Reads. I love reading ebooks!  Since I only read 50 books a year, I am going to aim for half of those to be ebooks.  That means I'm going to sign up for the DVD level of 25 ebooks. Incarnate by ... Read More »

 Posted on: December 19, 2012 9:43 am By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Challenge | Tagged With: eBook Challenge
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2013 Dusty Bookshelf Reading Challenge

December 19, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Challenge 2 Comments

I'm signing up for my own challenge. :D  If you want, you can sign up for the Dusty Bookshelf challenge here. So every year for my challenge I always read about 5-8 books.  I've never even hit the double digits.  So I'm going to aim for 10 books (Dust Bunny Level)  this year even though my ... Read More »

 Posted on: December 19, 2012 9:01 am By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Challenge | Tagged With: Dusty Bookshelf
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Classic Double Reading Challenge

December 19, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Challenge 6 Comments

The Classic Double Challenge is hosted by Melissa at One Librarian's Book Reviews.  The goal is to read a classic and a modern re-telling of that classic.  Fairy tales, mythologies, classics, or any kind of original story all count.  I use this goal to get me to read classics that I haven't read yet with a ... Read More »

 Posted on: December 19, 2012 8:24 am By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Challenge | Tagged With: Classic Double Challenge
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2013 Dusty Bookshelf Sign-ups!

December 5, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Challenge 31 Comments

Hi everyone! I'm really excited for next year's Dusty Bookshelf Challenge.  I started this challenge to read those books that have been sitting on my shelf for a long time or books that I don't own, but that I've been meaning to read for years.  It's up to you what books qualify for this challenge. Because ... Read More »

 Posted on: December 5, 2012 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Challenge | Tagged With: Dusty Bookshelf
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