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TwentyEleven Reading Challenge

Tobe Buffenbarger

From Bart's Bookshelf:

So, the challenge becomes TwentyEleven and therefore the requirement will be a total of  20 books from 11 categories, this means there will be a slight changes to the rules though.

Rather than read 2 books in every category, you will need to read a minimum of 1 and a max of 2 in each. (Essentially meaning you can choose two categories where you only need to read one book.)

I’ve also decided to mix the categories up a little bit this time around, keeping some of the popular ones and throwing a few new ones in there to keep it fresh.

;)

As always though, the categories are intended to be loose guidelines only, if you decide it fits, then it fits! 

The only other things I think you need to know are:

  • Each book can only qualify for one category.
  • Crossovers with other challenges are allowed.
  • Books read from 01/01/2011 to 31/12/2011 are eligible.

And the categories for TwentyEleven are:

  1. To YA or not YA… Okay, this one works like this… Tend to read more Young Adult than Adult Fiction books then read one or two adult fiction titles, vice-versa if you don’t tend to read much Young Adult.
  2. …With a Twist. This one focuses on sub-genres, read a lot of chick-lit, then try a paranormal romance! Fantasy? Why not give some Steampunk a go, like a bit of Space-Opera in your Sci-Fi then pick up a military Sci-fi book. Like your Contemporary Literature, give a Young Adult Contemporary a chance. Well hopefully you get the idea!
  3. Hot off the Presses. Read a book published (in your country) in 2011? Then it counts for this category.
  4. It Wasn’t Me! Books in this category, should be ones you’ve picked up purely on the recommendation of another blogger count for this category (any reviews you post should also link to the post that convinced you give the book ago).
  5. Show it Who is Boss! Tackle that overflowing T.B.R. pile! Books for this category must be already residents of your bookshelves as of 1/12/10.
  6. Bablefish. Read books that are translated from a language that is not your own.
  7. Will-Power? What Will-Power? (aka: The Henry Ward Beecher Memorial.) Bought a book NEW during 2011? Then it counts for this category.
  8. Mind the Gap. Need just one more book to compete that duology/trilogy/series then read it for this one! (Obviously as this is for that final book you need to complete it, then you can’t read two books from the same series! And it clearly can’t be your first or penultimate read!)
  9. Back in the Day. Re-read an old favourite or two for this category.
  10. Way Back When. Read books that were published before you were born for this one, whether that be the day before or 100 years prior!
  11. Slim-Pickings Got a novella you want to read? Then this one is the one for you! Any books between 90-150 pages count.

From, January 1st, I’ll also have pages up for each of the categories so you can post your review links and check out what others are reading!

This took a lot of thinking and cross listing with other challenges, but here are my choices (with any cross listings for other challenges):

To YA or Not YA (I went with YA for this one)

  1. The Monsters of Templeton - Lauren Groff (YA)
  2. Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick (YA)

...With a Twist (I don't read much Science Fiction, so J recommended a couple)

  1. Ringworld - Larry Niven (Science Fiction)
  2. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction)

Hot Off the Presses

  1. Flip This Zombie -- Jesse Petersen (Zombies)
  2. Generation Dead - Daniel Waters (Zombies)

It Wasn't Me!

  1. Evermore by Alyson Noel (review from The Infinite Shelf) (Fantasy)
  2. Zombies vs. Unicorns edited by Justine Larbalestier (review from The Compulsive Reader) (Zombies)

Show it Who is Boss!

  1. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula Le Guin (Science Fiction)
  2. The Black Moth - Georgette Heyer (Georgette Heyer)

Bablefish

  1. TBD

Will-Power? What Will-Power?

  1. TBD
  2. TBD

Mind the Gap

  1. The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan (YA)
  2. Archenemy - Frank Beddor (YA; Fantasy)

Back in the Day

  1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams (Science Fiction; A to Z: A; Pages to Screen)
  2. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

Way Back When

  1. These Old Shades - Georgette Heyer (Georgette Heyer)
  2. North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell (Historical Fiction; Pages to Screen)

Slim-Pickings

  1. We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson (A to Z: J)

Looking forward to crossing some of these off!