2009 Mini-Challenges
by Jenners • 12/31/2008 • Reading Challenges • 2 Comments
This challenge can be found here
I decided to take this challenge on because of the diversity of the challenges and because (again) I think it is something that I can actually do. I think this will be the last challenge I will accept for 2009 until I get the hang of all this!!!!
- Read a collection of short stories and either blog about it, OR tell the group about what you read. COMPLETED.
- Read a play. Blog about it, OR tell the group about your experience. COMPLETED.
- Read a nonfiction book; write a review on your blog or post it to the group. COMPLETED.
- Read 2 essays from the same collection; write a review on your blog or tell the group about what you read. COMPLETED.
- Go to a book event; blog about it or tell the group about it. COMPLETED.
- Borrow a library book, read it and review it on your blog (or tell the group about it). COMPLETED.
- Read a book by a new to you author. Do a little research on the author…do they have a blog? How many books have they written? Have they won any prizes? Where do they live? etc… Blog about the book you read and the author OR tell the group about them. COMPLETED.
- Make a donation. You can either donate to an organization that supports reading OR make a physical donation of a book (or books) to ANYONE. Blog about it or tell the group what you did. COMPLETED. I’m not going to blog about this but I made a small donation to our public library.
- Promote literacy. This is wide open – use your imagination. You could give a child a book, or read a book to someone who cannot read, or volunteer at an event which promotes literacy, or donate to your local library, or write something on your blog with a link to a group which promotes literacy, or anything in between. The only rule with this one is that you must PROMOTE literacy in some way. COMPLETED.
- Participate in a buddy read or Group discussion. This can be a face to face group, an on-line group or a one on one discussion with a friend who read the same book. Either way, blog about your experience or share with the group. Did the discussion give you greater appreciation or insight into what you read? COMPLETED. The Game On Diet experience was definitely a group read and discussion — taken to an extreme.
- Read a book outside your comfort level or from a genre you don’t normally read. Blog about it, or tell the group about it. COMPLETED.
- Read a classic (defined as anything published before 1970). Tell us why it fits the category of being a classic. Write a review or tell the group about the book. COMPLETED.
I agree with Christy – looks interesting. I’ve been contemplating the A-Z challenge too. Um, what do to?
I like this idea. Something to think about doing.