COMPLETED – 2011 Reading Challenges

The What’s in a Name? reading challenge originated with a young blogger named Annie, who hosted it for two years.

The host of What’s in a Name 4 in 2011 is Beth Fish.

Follow the LINK to sign up for the challenge.

How It Works
Between January 1 and December 31, 2011, read one book in each of the following categories:

1. A book with a number in the title
2. A book with jewelry or a gem in the title
3. A book with a size in the title
4. A book with travel or movement in the title
5. A book with evil in the title
6. A book with a life stage in the title

Other Things to Know

• Books may be any form (audio, print, e-book).
• Books may overlap other challenges.
• Books may not overlap categories; you need a different book for each category.
• Creativity for matching the categories is not only allowed but encouraged.
• You do not have to make a list of books before hand.
• You do not have to read through the categories in any particular order.

My Choices:
A book with a number in the title: COMPLETED

• Julia Golding – Cat O’ Nine Tails (Cat Royal 4) 

A book with jewelry or a gem in the title: COMPLETED

• Philip Pullman – Ruby in the Smoke
• Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell – Return of the Emerald Skull (Barnaby Grimes 2)
  
• G.P. Taylor – Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds (Mariah Mundy 2)
• Julia Golding – The Diamond of Drury Lane (Cat Royal 1)
  

A book with a size in the title: COMPLETED

• Frances Hodgson Burnett – A Little Princess
  

A book with travel or movement in the title: COMPLETED

• Richard Castle – Heat Wave
  
• Seth Grahame-Smith – Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
  
• Alex Scarrow – TimeRiders
  

A book with evil in the title: COMPLETED

• Audrey Niffenegger – Her Fearful Symmetry –
  
• J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Ploog – Abadazad: The Puppet, the Professor and the Prophet (Abadazad 3)
• Cornelia Funke – Inkdeath (Inkworld 3) – ABANDONED
• Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell – Curse of the Night Wolf (Barnaby Grimes 1)
  

A book with a life stage in the title: COMPLETED

• Philippa Gregory – The Favoured Child
  
• Jeanne Kalogridis – The Borgia Bride
• Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell – Legion of the Dead (Barnaby Grimes 3)

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Hosted by Ramblings of a Daydreamer

As rather a last-minute thing (as I only discovered it half-way through the month) I have decided to take part in the 2011 Spooktacular October Paranormal Reading Challenge as I adore both paranormal fiction and October (hello, Hallowe’en anyone?!). Join me and the other fang-tastic fans of all things freakish, ghostly and spine-tinglingly chilling as we embark on our adventure into the dark unknown…!

So here are the paranormal books I have finished during this month:

1. Kelley Armstrong – Spellbound (WotOW 12)
2. Alyson Noël – Evermore (Immortals 1)
3. Alyson Noël – Blue Moon (Immortals 2)
4. Alyson Noël – Shadowland (Immortals 3)
5. Stephen Cole – Wounded (Wereling Trilogy 1)
6. Stephen Cole – Prey (Wereling Trilogy 2)

You can see all the reviews for these books HERE.