Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Challenge Me Will Ya!


I seriously really truly was planning on NOT signing up for any reading challenges this year. But alas! The challenges have won! I have found two that have somehow (bribery?) convinced me to participate, and (bonus!) they kind of even overlap with one another.

The first is via blogger Bethany over at Subtle Melodrama. It’s called the Victorian Literature Challenge and basically it involves reading books that were published any time during Queen Victoria’s reign (1837-1901).

They don’t necessarily have to be “Victorian” according to the challenge rules so that gives you even more book options to choose from. There are four different levels to join for the challenge and I’ve chosen to aim for Hard Times (meaning I’ll read between 10-14 books). It’s actually an underestimate for me, but I like to aim as low as possible so as to never be disappointed! I’ve already read three so far this year (yay me!):

(click on the titles to see my full reviews)

The second challenge is by way of blogger Marisa over at Armchair Archives called the Oscar Wilde Reading Challenge (can you already see how they’re going to overlap? sneaky of me isn’t it?). And I’m sure all my smart followers can guess what’s involved in this challenge: reading Oscar Wilde’s works.

I’ve opted to be Willfully Wilde, which means to read any 4 of his works. And as pointed out above, I’ve already read his one and only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray.



I’ll keep you all updated on my progress as time goes on. And, of course, I’ll post reviews here of each book I read.

2 comments:

Shannon Young said...

I love Oscar Wilde. I might have to join this challenge too!

I recently received the Stylish Blogger Award and I'm passing it on to you. Thanks for writing such interesting posts and reviews! Here's the link: http://akindleinhongkong.blogspot.com/2011/02/wednesday-dim-sum-stylish-bloggers.html

llevinso said...

Oh thanks Shannon, but you know what's funny? I already received this: http://femalebookreader.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-won-i-won.html
Thanks though! I guess I should say it's an honor to be chosen twice ;)