When I join challenges, I try to keep it to a minimum — for me that means about three and no more. I like to be able to keep up with and actually finish the challenges and three seems to be my limit. Unfortunately, there are some great 2012 challenges out there and narrowing this list down was crazy hard.
By the way, I know how to count; yes, there are five challenges listed below but two are personal challenges and ways for me to keep track of my reading habits and I’m not really counting them as actual challenges since I’m not joining anything to complete them. I’m only counting for my own reasons.
Gender in Fantasy and SciFi Challenge hosted by Cynical Bookworm
Runs January 1 – December 31, 2012
You can read the rules here.
What I’ll be reading for this challenge:
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (re-read)
Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly (re-read)
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Back to the Classics Challenge 2012 hosted by Sarah Reads Too Much
Runs January 1 – December 31, 2012
You can read the rules here.
What I’ll be reading for this challenge:
Any 19th Century Classic — Madame Bovary by Gutave Flaubert
Any 20th Century Classic — This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Reread a classic of your choice — To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A Classic Play — The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Classic Mystery/Horror/Crime Fiction — Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Classic Romance — Emma by Jane Austen
Read a Classic that has been translated from its original language to your language — Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Classic Award Winner —- Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Read a Classic set in a Country that you (realistically speaking) will not visit during your lifetime — Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Additions to the above that may or may not get read for this challenge:
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
The Lady in White by Wilkie Collins
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Tea & Books Reading Challenge hosted by The Book Garden
Runs January 1 – December 31, 2012
You can read the rules here. I’m in for the Berry Tea Devotee level, four books but I have a feeling this might actually be more. I heart big fat books.
What I’ll be reading for this challenge:
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin
A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin
#4 is pending but will appear
Personal Re-Reading Challenge
This is my own. I’m going with the general timeframe – January 1 – December 31, 2012 and the list will change and probably grow (hopefully) before the end of the year. Also, feel free to join if you want. I’m not really putting any rules on this one. And yes, some of these books appear in the challenges above as well. It’s my personal challenge and I’m all right with that.
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Ebooks Read in 2012
I know there is a challenge out there for this but I’m doing my own thing. What I’m going to do is keep track of what I read on my Nook so I can compare how much I read on my Nook vs. regular books. That sounds so weird, regular books.
Joining any challenges this year?
Just Book Reading 
lol I understand the regular books comment. I am trying to keep track of what I read on my Kindle.
I haven’t decided on all the Challenges, 3 for sure but I don’t overdo it either.
Good luck and enjoy your choices, that is important.
I agree. If I start to feel like the challenge isn’t fun anymore, I tend to give up.
Regular books does sound so odd but I don’t know what else to call them!
I’m SO tempted by the gender in SFF challenge. The only thing holding me back is that I’d have to buy some of the books, why I can’t really afford at the moment. Such a great list thought!
It is a great list! Obviously, the selling point for me. 🙂
How about the library? Sadly, mine doesn’t have a great SFF section either.
I might be reading the George R. R. Martin books too… well the first one at least. Gulp. Or maybe that really fat one by Brandon Sanderson.
Looking forward to following you reading challenges. I’m not taking part in the Gender in SFF challenge but I’m interested in the books people will be reading for it. I feel that SFF is a genre I have read within but still not familiar with.
Sanderson may make it on my list too. I put it off because it was so big but now I think I have no excuse. 🙂