Cardathon Challenge

I almost forgot I was in this challenge! And, then I was worried I didn't complete it, but I did. Yay!

Books from 2008:

The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

Books from Late 2007:
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
The Golden Fool by Robin Hobb

There are probably others but I didn't keep a list of what books I read in 2008, so I can't remember when I read what books anymore. The only book I read by Orson Scott Card was Ender's Games. I think it might be about time I got around to reading more! If this challenge had ran any other year, I think I would have a big list, but my head wasn't in the books this year, I'm afraid!

A RIPing I Have Done

I guess I am finished the R.I.P. Challenge! I do not really know how, it surprised me I was on my fifth book. Peril the First was just to read four books from any of the horror subgenres. I was done a couple days ago, actually, because I forgot to count a Star Trek book. I plan to read more, but so far I have read:

1. Mirror Universe: Glass Empires by Various Authors
2. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
3. Something From The Nightside by Simon R. Green
4. Agents of Light and Darkness by Simon R. Green

I am reading another Simon R. Green right now. I am also reading book two in Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy, The Golden Fool. This will count for the Cardathon as a book he recommends. Then, I have read Ender's Game by him which will also count for this challenge. I did not read the book for this reason, but I was happy to see it would fit in with it when I browsed the list of eligible books the other day (referring to the Hobb, the Card was obvious).

I am starting to think that I seriously need some reading goals. One of my worst reading habits is I have too many series that I have started and not finished because I do not like reading the same author in a row. I have made it a tentative goal to clean up at least a few of them by the end of the year, but we will see how that goes!

A Few Challenges

I mostly have been staying away from challenges, but there are a few out there that I do want to join, so, I am going to. I like challenges that take books off the pile but that at the same time are not too far out of my comfort zone. This is not because I am unadventurous, this is because I have a TBR pile that if it ever fell over would seriously injure someone. (Although, it is not really a pile, I have the books on shelves.) So, as everyone knows, I suck at following lists. I am too moody, I can't help it. Challenges are just fun because you 'meet' new people. That's really why I join up.

The first challenge I am going to sign up for is Caribousmom's 2008 Themed Reading Challenge.

This challenge runs from January 1st, 2008-June 30, 2008.

The point is to pick at least 4 books that have the same theme. My theme is Canada. I am going to read at least 4 books that are either set in Canada or are by a Canadian author. They can be fiction or non-fiction. Way to not really limit myself, huh?

1. The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
2. Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
3. The Hidden World by Alison Baird
4. The Darkness That Comes Before by Scott Bakker
5. The Island Walkers by John Bemrose
6. Various books by Pierre Berton
7. Three Day Road by Joseph Boydon
8. Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography by Chester Brown
9. A Good House by Bonnie Burnard
10.The Sad Eye by Brad Burningham
11.Couple books by Joan Clark
12.Mean Boy by Lynn Coady
13.Couple by Douglas Coupland
14.A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali by Gil Courtemanche
15.On South Mountain by David Cruisie
16.Voyageurs by Margaret Elphinstone
17.Timothy Findley
18.Steven Erikson
19.Wayne Johnston
20.And those are just some of the authors/books I own that would work.

I also joined the Cardathon because it is an author I should have read years ago. I am going to have to work on that list, though, because there are lots of books eligible!