Hi All!!
I’ve started a December Holiday Reading Challenge Thanks to Kristie from the Goodreads Book Club “The Perks of Being A Book Addict”
I figured I would post the challenge here so
- It will explain my review choices for the month
- SO YOU CAN ALL JOIN IN!
So, here’s how it goes!
Rules:
✒︎ You may choose how many tasks you’d like to complete from 1 to all 7.
✒︎ Each task can only be completed once and each book can only be used for 1 task.
✒︎ Books must be at least 150 pages long.
✒︎ Any book format may be used: physical, electronic, audio.
✒︎ For audio pages just use the first edition of the book that pops up when you do a search for the book.
✒︎ All books must be started and finished within the challenge month.
Tasks:
~ Gingerbread Man: Male PoV
Read a book that is from a male perspective.
~ Elves: Short Book
Tradition states that elves are short, so reading a book with
less than 300 pages.
~ Mistletoe: People Kissing
Kissing under the mistletoe is popular in December, so
finding a book with a couple kissing on the cover.
~ Santa: Big Book
Notoriously known for his over-sized belly, read a book as
big as Santa something with more than 400 pages.
~ Candy Cane: ‘J’ Author
Candy canes are shaped like a ‘J’ so read a book that is
written by a author with their first or last name beginning
with ‘J’.
~ Christmas Tree: Colorful Cover
A book with more than 4 colors on the cover.
~ Ornaments: Circular designs
Most ornaments are circular in shape, so finding a book
whose cover has a circular shape image.
That looks like a really fun reading challenge! Nice and straightforward. 🙂 I would join in, but I’ve got a feeling that this December isn’t going to give me a lot of spare time for reading. 😦
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My own Challenge has been a challenge, so I completely understand! ☺
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Haha, well, good for you for having the courage to push yourself. I like to call my own scaredy-catedness (yes, it’s a word) “caution” or “being-realistic-about-my-time,” but really I should probably try and push myself a bit more!
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EXACTLY! I’m DEFINITELY doing that right now. Thankfully, technology has invented audio books… We have a love/hate relationship since I feel it’s harder to review a book after listening to an audio version of it.. But, it’s so handy when it’s such a busy time of year!!
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That’s so true! If I don’t like a reader, I just won’t listen to it. But if I DO like the reader, I have a hard time not really, REALLY liking the book. I become a lot less critical overall. It’s nice, because I get to enjoy the story more, but it can make saying anything other than “Oh! I loved this!” difficult. 😛
At least, that’s how it goes for me…..
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I definitely understand that! I also like to have quotes in my reviews.. Lines that really jumped out at me. I find it harder to get those listening to an audio book since by the time I realized I liked it it’s gone and I’m probably multi-tasking while listening, so it’s harder to go back and write it down.
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Oh my goodness, yes! Quotes… having them read aloud maybe makes them even better, but then they’re just gone! And let’s be real: I’m waaay too lazy to pull open a print or e-copy of that book and hunt down the quote. It would have to be the most amazing quote ever. And so many good ones just disappear back into the story. 😦
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