Thanks to those 2009 Pub challenge participants who made it a great success! I hope you’ll consider joining the 2010 Pub as well. For those who didn’t participate last year but want to read more 2010 releases, join us. New members are always welcome! The challenge lasts for all of 2010.
Here are the 2010 rules:
Read a minimum of 10 books first published in 2010. You don’t have to buy these. Library books, unabridged audios, or ARCs are all acceptable. To qualify as being first published in 2010, it must be the first time that the book is published in your own country. For example, if a book was published in Australia, England, or Canada in 2009, and then published in the USA in 2010, it counts (if you live in the USA). Newly published trade paperbacks and mass market paperbacks do not count if there has been a hardcover/trade published before 2010.
No children’s/YA titles allowed, since we’re at the ‘pub.’
At least 5 titles must be fiction.
Crossovers with other challenges are allowed.
You can add your titles as you go, and they may be changed at any time.
Thanks to all those who participated in the first three book awards challenges!! Are you up for a fourth? The challenge for Book Awards IV will last for 10 months, from January 1 through November 1, 2010.
Rules:
Read 10 books from 10 different awards during January 1, 2010 through November 1, 2010.
Overlaps with other challenges are permitted.
Choices don’t have to be posted right away, and lists may be changed at any time.
‘Award winners’ is loosely defined; make the challenge fit your needs.
If you’d like to be a contributor on the Book Awards blog, email me at 3m.michelle at gmail and reference your blog address if you have one. (I must have your email address, so comments to this post won’t work.)
I’ve completed this challenge 3 years in a row, so I think I’m done now. It’s just too difficult to do now that I’m running out of X’s, Q’s, and Z’s titles or authors I want to read. It’s been a fun challenge to do, though!
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Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by M.T. Anderson
This challenge was a no-brainer for me. I love reading ‘around the world’ so of course I participated. The challenge required 10 books by 10 different authors representing 10 different countries. I managed to read 15.
The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith (UK/Scotland)
We had to give 5 book recommendations, and then choose titles from a master list. My goal was 5, and I read 6.
My 5 suggestions were:
The Houskeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (read in ‘09) — Sweet, tender story about mathematics, baseball, memory, and finding family.
The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho (read in ‘09) — I love Coelho, and this book raises an important question on the issue of whether humans are basically good or basically evil.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (read in ‘08) — This was recommended by Dewey last round, and it was one of the titles I read for the challenge and absolutely loved. This one is NOT just for kids!
Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen (read in ‘08) — Very quirky book that I enjoyed because I felt Galchen had a unique writing style and because I got the inside jokes and references about Argentina. A NYT Notable book.
Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman (read in ‘08) — Scarily enough, this book describes the small town I grew up in almost exactly.
"Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal." (John 6:27, ESV)
