Wednesday 4 January 2012

2012 Challenge.

Sorry I did not think about posting this before, but Kerrie has promised to take over the challenge in 2012.

Here you can find the new challenge blog: Global Reading Challenge 2012.

Happy New Year, and thank you to everybody who participated in 2011. I hope you enjoyed the challenge and read some terrific books.

Dorte.


Monday 29 November 2010

Sign In & Challenge Rules



The Easy Challenge

Read one novel from each of these continents in the course of 2011:

Africa
Asia
Australasia
Europe
North America
South America (please include Central America where it is most convenient for you)

The Seventh Continent (here you can either choose Antarctica or your own ´seventh´ setting, eg the sea, the space, a supernatural/paranormal world, history, the future – you name it).

From your own continent: try to find a country, state or author that is new to you.


The Medium Challenge
Read two novels from each of these continents in the course of 2011:

Africa
Asia
Australasia
Europe
North America
South America (please include Central America where it is most convenient for you)

The Seventh Continent

Try to find novels from fourteen different countries or states.


The Expert Challenge
Read three novels from each of these continents in the course of 2010:

Africa
Asia
Australasia
Europe
North America
South America (please include Central America where it is most convenient for you)
The Seventh Continent

Select novels from twenty-one different countries or states if possible. (For Australasia, selecting a different state for your last book will be acceptable)

Please use Mr Linky to sign in with your name and blog address if you want to participate, and tell me in a comment which level you choose (you can always upgrade later).

Spam and commercials are not wanted - only information and blogs about books.

Sunday 28 November 2010

The Seventh Continent

The seventh continent is for reviews of books from Antarctica - or the sea, the space, the supernatural, history, the future - or whichever alternative setting you can come up with for this wildcart category. Have fun!



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South America

This is where you can link reviews of novels from South America (remember, it is up to you if you want to include Central America here or in North America).

North America

Here you can link reviews of books from North America (remember, it is up to you if you want to include Central America here or in South America)

Europe

When you have read a European novel, this is where you post your review.

Australasia (Oceania)

When you have reviewed novels from New Zealand or Australia you can post your links here. (Remember, if you participate in the expert level, you can pick a third novel from a different state than your first Australian novel).

Asia

Links to reviews of Asian novels should be posted here.

Africa

This is where you are supposed to link your reviews when you have read novels from Africa.