Ashley Loves Books: Completely Contemp Challenge; or, WHY DIDN'T I START THIS SOONER?!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Completely Contemp Challenge; or, WHY DIDN'T I START THIS SOONER?!

When I was setting up my blog at the end of last year, I promised myself I'd finally do reading challenges. I kept seeing them pop up on other book blogs and so many of them seemed so appealing. I mean, what better way than to motivate us to read that number of books or to finally start reading a genre we might usually skip over?

Well, aside from plugging in the number of books I wanted to read in 2012 into a super simple Goodreads widget, I massively failed on signing up with them. I had the challenges I wanted to join saved, I had the challenges I wanted to look into bookmarked in my browser...but yeah. I launched on January 1, without challenge buttons on my blog.

Today, this changes!

I should have signed up for this at the beginning of the year since many books I've read would have satisfied this challenged, but that's ok - of course I don't mind reading more! Chick Loves Lit is hosting the Completely Contemp Challenge where you pick a number and then read that many books published in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

I chose 5. It seems more accurate to what I'd read, but still a bit daunting to realize that's 15 books of a hopeful 100 in my year. But that's the fun of challenges, right? Right!

These are my choices so far, pending library availability and all. I've left a few blank and would love some suggestions of books to read! (All books listed have never been read before.)

2010:

1. Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins

2. Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver

3. Not That Kind of Girl - Siobhan Vivian

4. Split - Swati Avasthi

5. ????

(Forget You? Five Flavors of Dumb?)

2011:

1. Back When You Were Easier To Love - Emily Wing Smith

2. Catching Jordan - Miranda Kenneally

3. Saving June - Hannah Harrington

4. Other Words For Love - Lorraine Zago Rosenthal