Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The 2012 ARC Reading Challenge

2012 ARC Reading Challenge

This is my second ARC Reading Challenge sign-up this year, as hosted by Teddy Rose at So Many Books, So Little Time.

I participated in this challenge last year, but, like many of last year's challenges, I fell rather short at the end :(

I'll do better this year!

From the blog:

Note:  I use the term "ARC" loosely, any book a publisher or author gives you with the expectation that you review it, counts for this challenge.
The Levels

Level Bronze: .a. All of us who have or will have less than 12 ARCS must read all of the ARCS we have. Note, that if you have 11 ARC's and then receive a 12th one you will be bumped up to catagory b.

b. All of us who have or will have 12 or more than 12 ARCS  must read and review at least 12.

Level Silver: Read 24 ARCS

Level Gold: Read 30 ARCS

Level Platinum: Read 35 or more ARCS


For my purposes, I will only count actual physical ARC's for this challenge.  For the book to count, you must post a review for it as well (you don't have to be a blogger - simply post your review on Amazon, Goodreads, etc.).  I will be going for the Gold Level, but if I end up with more, I can always up it to Platinum (however, you can't go DOWN a level).


Here are the ARC's I have right now that will count toward this challenge (I will update as I go along):

(Click the cover to go to the Goodreads page):

All I Did Was Shoot my Man by Walter Moseley
READ 1/26
REVIEW LINK
Carry the One by Carol Anshaw
Arcadia by Lauren Grogg
Ashes to Dust by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Wayward Saints by Suzzy Roche
Three Weeks in December by Audrey Schulman
READ 2/4
REVIEW LINK 
Immortal Bird by Doron Weber
READ 2/7
Raised Right by Alisa Harris
A Thousand Lives by Julia Scheeres
READ 1/15
Other Waters by Eleni N. Gage
Dust to Dust by Benjamin Busch
The Red Book by Deborah Copaken Kogan
Bloodland by Alan Glynn
The Odditorium by Melissa Pritchard


You can still sign up, too!  :)


Julie

3 comments:

Jenica704 said...

I'm interested to read your thoughts on Raised Right. I bet the book will create a lot of great conversations. I'll be back to check out your review!

Grace at Feeding My Book Addiction

Julie @ Knitting and Sundries said...

@Jenica704

I accepted this one for review because I tend to lean to the progressive side, and I always have a hard time reconciling this idea of "moral grounds" with the "if you're not succeeding, it's all your fault and you deserve to be poor" (even though the people saying this always have had some type of hand or hands up to help THEM), "No; I will NOT help anyone else" mindset of many (not all) on the right. I, too, think it has the potential of being a great discussion book.

Sheila (Bookjourney) said...

Good luck with this challenge! Looks like a good one!

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