This page is where I’ll be tracking my progress for ongoing reading challenges.
Award Winning Books Reading Challenge 2012
Hosted by Gathering Books. I am going for Level 1, which means reading up to ten books that have received awards.
My intro post can be found here.
1. “Nightwings” by Robert Silverberg – 1969 Hugo Award for best novella, Nebula Award nominee
2. “The Foundation” by Isaac Asimov (The Foundation Groupread, Part I, The Foundation Groupread, Part II) – 1966 Hugo for best all-time series
3. “Foundation and Empire” by Isaac Asimov (Foundation and Empire Groupread, Part I, Foundation and Empire Groupread, Part II) – 1966 Hugo for best all-time series
4. “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins – many awards, including the Golden Duck Award for Best Young Adult Fiction in 2009, 2011 California Young Reader Medal, and a 2008 Cybil Award for Fantasy & Science Fiction
5. “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card - Dual winner of a Hugo and Nebula
6. “Second Foundation” by Isaac Asimov - 1966 Hugo for best all-time series
7. “The Wood Wife” by Terri Windling – 1997 Mythopoeic Award for Best Novel
8. “Elantris” by Brandon Sanderson – Romantic Times award for best epic fantasy of 2005
9. “Silently and Very Fast” by Catherynne Valente – 2012 Locus award, Hugo nominee
Speculative Fiction Challenge 2012
Hosted by Baffled Books. I am going for the “In Nirvana” level of participation, which involves reading 24 books.
My intro post can be found here.
Edit: I upped my goal for this challenge to 48 books. Meanwhile, the hosts of the challenge fell off the face of the planet, so I’m going to stop mentioning the challenge in individual posts until they come back. I’ll still keep track of what I’ve read over here though.
1. “The Fallen Queen” by Jane Kindred
2. “Before the Storm” by Marian Perera
3. “Crystal Line” by Anne McCaffrey
4. “The Time Machine” by H. G. Wells
5. “Nightwings” by Robert Silverberg
6. “The Foundation” by Isaac Asimov (The Foundation Groupread, Part I, The Foundation Groupread, Part II)
7. “The War of the Worlds” by H. G. Wells
8. “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions” by Edwin A. Abbott
9. “The Rowan” by Anne McCaffrey
10. “Foundation and Empire” by Isaac Asimov (Foundation and Empire Groupread, Part I, Foundation and Empire Groupread, Part II)
11. “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins
12. “Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins
13. “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins
14. “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card
15. “Second Foundation” by Isaac Asimov
16. “Sassinak” by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon
17. “The Wood Wife” by Terri Windling
18. “Winter Rose” by Patricia McKillip
19. “Chalice” by Robin McKinley
20. “The Lies of Locke Lamora” by Scott Lynch
21. “Elantris” by Brandon Sanderson
22. “A Princess of Mars” by Edgar Rice Burroughs
23. “Wings of Wrath” by C. S. Friedman
24. “Roadside Picnic” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
25. “Mistborn: The Final Empire” by Brandon Sanderson
26. “Singer From the Sea” by Sheri S. Tepper
27. “Seraphina” by Rachel Hartman
28. “The Court of the Air” by Stephen Hunt
29. “Kindred” by Octavia Butler
30. “Red Seas Under Red Skies” by Scott Lynch
31. “Bitterblue” by Kristin Cashore
32. “Neverwhere” by Neil Gaiman
33. “Throne of Glass” by Sarah J. Maas
34. “Dust Girl” by Sarah Zettel
35. “Legacy of Kings” by C. S. Friedman
36. “Deathless” by Catherynne M. Valente
37. “A Discovery of Witches” by Deborah Harkness
38. “Shadow of Night” by Deborah Harkness
39. “Warbreaker” by Brandon Sanderson
40. “Silently and Very Fast” by Catherynne Valente
41. “Wild Seed” by Octavia Butler
42. “The Well of Ascension” by Brandon Sanderson
43. “Best Erotic Fantasy & Science Fiction” edited by Cecilia Tan & Bethany Zaiatz
44. “White Raven: The Sword of the Northern Ancestors” by Irina Lopatina
45. “House of Shadows” by Rachel Neumeier
46. “The Iron Witch” by Karen Mahoney
Tea & Books Reading Challenge 2012
Hosted by The Book Garden. The challenge involves reading books that are over 700 pages long. I’m going to go for the “Earl Grey Aficionado” level, which involves reading 6 books.
My intro post can be found here.
1. “The Lies of Locke Lamora” by Scott Lynch
Good luck! Looks like you have some good ones there.
Thank you!
Ah, another daring Earl Grey Aficionado
great to have you on board of the challenge!! I already added you to my list.
Thank you! I’m excited!
I think I commented on your speculative fiction challenge, so I’ll leave my thoughts about the Tea & Books challenge. 700 page books? Not too hard, just go read The Wheel of Time and you’ll hit the highest level listed on the page for the challenge.
Yup. I was looking at two fantasy books that are sequels to one I read this summer, and both of those count too! And of course I still have only read the first two books of “A Song of Ice and Fire.”