Reading Challenges for 2010

I am shamelessly stealing this idea from Helen at Helen Loves Books and putting all my challenge information for 2010 in one post. I agree with her that it will be interesting to see what progress I make with each challenge throughout the year.

If any of these challenges strike your fancy, then follow the link to the appropriate blog and sign up!

Bottoms Up! Challenge hosted by Ellz Readz. Pull 1-3 books off your TBR pile per month and read them, finally! I'm taking my challenge a step further- if I don't get around to reading the 3 books I selected, I'm just passing them along to a good home. This dovetails nicely with the Reading from My Shelves challenge, which I'm also doing.

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Speculative Fiction Challenge, hosted by Book Chick City. I'm challenging myself to read 24 speculative fiction books, crossovers are okay.
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Debut Author Challenge hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. I'm challenging myself to read 30 YA books that are by debut authors and published in 2010.
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Year of the Historical Challenge hosted by Lurve a la Mode. 12 books, one per month, posted to the Mr. Linky. Rereads and crossovers are okay.
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Young Readers Challenge, hosted by Becky at Zero-to-Eight. 12 books, one per month, I'm posting my favorite from Illustrated Friday, rereads and crossovers are okay.
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Reading From My Shelves challenge, hosted by Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea. I'm challenging myself to read AND GET RID OF 30 books that I currently own. Crossovers are okay.
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Caldecott and Newbery Challenge hosted by Bri at Bri Meets Books. I'm challenging myself to read all the Caldecott winners. Crossovers okay. This one gets a separate post since there are so many books- stay tuned!

Support Your Local Library Challenge, hosted by J.Kaye at J.Kaye's Book Blog. I'm challenging myself to check out and read 50 library books. Rereads and crossovers are okay.
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The Young Adult Reading Challenge, hosted by J.Kaye at J.Kaye's Book Blog. I'm challenging myself to read 30 YA books. Rereads and crossovers are okay.
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Marple-Poirot-Holmes Challenge, hosted by At Pemberley. I'm challenging myself to read 2 Poirot mysteries, 2 Marple mysteries, and 2 Holmes mysteries. Rereads and crossovers are okay.
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Dystopian Challenge hosted by Parajunkee's View. Open Jan. 1st- August 24th 2010. Rereads from this year only are okay. I'm challenging myself to read 20 dystopian books:

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iWere Challenge hosted by Book Soulmates. Read as many were books as I can this year.

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It seems like a lot, but part of the fun for me is going to be seeing how to maximize crossovers for the best effect. Of course, as the year goes on, I can certainly add challenges as I finish these as well. Fun times ahead!

What challenges are you doing for next year?