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TwentyTen Reading Challenge

The aim is to read a total 20 books, over ten categories, in 2010. (Was this challenge based solely around the name? I’ll let you decide!)

Rules:

  • Read 2 books from each category, making a requirement of 20 books total.
  • The categories are intended to be loose guidelines only, if you decide it fits, then it fits. (Apart from those marked **)
  • Categories marked with ** have tighter rules, and these must be followed.
  • Each book can only qualify for one category.
  • Crossovers with other challenges are allowed.
  • Books read from 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2010 are eligible.

So, on with the categories

  1. Young Adult
    Any book classified as young adult or featuring a teenage protagonist counts for this category.
  2. T.B.R. **
    Intended to help reduce the old T.B.R. pile. Books for this category must be already residents of your bookshelves as of 1/11/09.
  3. Shiny & New
    Bought a book NEW during 2010 from a bookstore, online, or a supermarket? Then it counts for this category. Second-hand books do not count for this one, but, for those on book-buying bans, books bought for you as gifts or won in a giveaway also count!
  4. Bad Blogger’s ***
    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).
    *** Bad Bloggers: Is hosted by Chris of Stuff as Dreams are Made on.
  5. Charity
    Support your local charity shops with this category, by picking up books from one of their shops. Again, for those on book-buying bans, books bought for you as gifts also count, as long as they were bought from a charity shop.
  6. New in 2010
    This category is for those books newly published in 2010 (whether it be the first time it is has been released, or you had to wait for it to be published in your country, it counts for this one!)
  7. Older Than You
    Read two books that were published before you were born, whether that be the day before or 100 years prior!
  8. Win! Win!
    Have a couple of books you need to read for another challenge? Then this is the category to use, as long that is, you don’t break the rules of the other challenge by doing so! ;)
  9. Who Are You Again?
    This one isn’t just for authors you’ve never read before, this is for those authors you have never even heard of before!
  10. Up to You!
    The requirements for this category are up to you! Want to challenge yourself to read some graphic novels? A genre outside your comfort zone? Something completely wild and wacky? Then this is the category to you. The only requirement is that you state it in your sign-up post.

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!

TwentyTen Reading Challenge @ Barts Bookshelf
Feel free to pinch the button, and use it on your own site.

Sign Up

Please, make sure your URL links directly to your sign-up post, not just your homepage, it’ll make it a lot easier for people to find it and cheer you along!

1. Julie at Books Are Magic
2. LizzySiddal
3. Sally from Books and Musings (Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by C Priestly)
4. Shanda from BookThoughts
5. alleluialu
6. Lorielle
7. Mishel [mis(h)takes]
8. Vasilly - 1330v
9. Kay from Kay's Bookshelf
10. MizB @ Challenged2Read
11. Leah at AmusedbyBooks
12. Lu
13. Katrina (katrinasreads)
14. Bart's Bookshelf
15. Stephanie--Reviews by Lola
16. Rachel(JacobsBeloved)
17. Richard LeComte
18. Shesten (I Heart Monster)
19. S. Krishna's Books
20. Lauren
21. kim in ohio
22. dogearedbooks
23. gwendolyn b. (A Sea of Books)
24. Clare Swindlehurst
25. Beth F
26. Kitty
27. Marquetta
28. Sherrie(Just Books)
29. Joy @ A Raft of Apples
30. Lynda
31. Ashley @ Ashley's Library
32. Kim (page after page)
33. Carl V. Anderson
34. Andi (Tripping Toward Lucidity: Estella's Revenge)
35. Melissa@Book Nut
36. Jo
37. Jenn @ That Just Happened
38. Melissa - Shhh I'm Reading
39. Cass
40. Megan @ AudiobookLove
41. Melanie (cynical optimism)
42. Kara (World According to Books)
43. Jaime @ Confessions of a Bibliophile
44. Alyce (At Home With Books)
45. Justine @ JustNibbles		46. Michelle (Galleysmith)
47. Philippa
48. Kim @ Gemini Moon
49. Elizabeth (As Usual, I Need More Bookshelves)
50. Kristilyn
51. Nely @ All About {n}
52. Katy (A Few More Pages)
53. Brooke Jean
54. Shona
55. Eibhlin
56. Jen - Devourer of Books
57. Sandy (You've GOTTA Read This!)
58. Shonda
59. Jess - A Book Hoarder
60. Michelle
61. Lori L (She Treads Softly)
62. ninefly (story on a page)
63. Carrie K. (Books & Movies)
64. Lesley (A Life in Books)
65. Michelle - Fragile Thoughts
66. Kim - m3kp
67. Andrea (The Little Bookworm)
68. Zee @ Notes from the North
69. teachergirl (Teacher Girl)
70. Stephanie (Confessions of a Book-a-Holic)
71. She (A Book Blog.Period.)
72. Crystal (My Reading Room)
73. Jackie
74. Melissa
75. Petunia
76. Rachel
77. Lisa L
78. Heather
79. Laura (Please Pardon the Interruption)
80. Rebecca (Just One More Page)
81. Kristina (Kristina's Favorites)
82. Elegantly Bound Books
83. Susan
84. Stephanie N
85. Renee (My Life in Books)
86. Patti (Reading Distractions)
87. Athena's YA Book Reviews
88. Minnie from Athena's YA Book Reviews
89. Debbie Rodgers @ Exurbanis
90. Oregon Kimm (My Eclectic Reads)		91. Lilly@ Reading Extravaganza
92. Karin (Karin's Book Nook)
93. Shalonda (Shalonda's Blog)
94. Andrea (So Many Books, So Little Time)
95. Clare Swindlehurst
96. Stormfilled (The Reckless Librarian)
97. Margaret @ Book Hoarding
98. Jenn @ Jenn's Bookshelves
99. Nise'
100. lisa-marie
101. Helen
102. Lawral @ lucy was robbed
103. Karen
104. astrid
105. MarthaE (Reviews by Martha's Bookshelf)
106. MC Rogerson
107. Jo (The Book Zombie)
108. Victoria Burke
109. ag
110. Karen @ ideaphoria
111. Allison
112. james m. toburen (thejamesreview)
113. raidergirl3
114. Mary
115. Care's Online Book Club
116. Colleen -Books in the City)
117. darkvanilla
118. Lisa (When She Reads)
119. Mandy the Bookworm
120. Scrumptious (Rebel Angels...)
121. Tia's Book Musings
122. Laura
123. Kisha
124. Meri Greenleaf
125. Alex
126. Shesten @ I Heart Monster (the real link, sorry)
127. Misty -- Book Rat
128. Jody (With A Good Book)
129. Kymmie
130. Megan
131. Jenn
132. Kristen (BookNAround)
133. Kelly (Reading Daydreams & Nightmares)
134.
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    128 Responses to “TwentyTen Reading Challenge”
    1. Vasilly says:
      November 17, 2009 at 10:51 pm

      What a great challenge! You can definitely count me in.

      Reply
    2. Katy says:
      November 17, 2009 at 11:49 pm

      What a great challenge! I think I’ll take this one on. Will be back to sign up when Thanksgiving craziness is over at my house.

      Reply
    3. Lu says:
      November 18, 2009 at 3:13 am

      I love this challenge! I will be joining :)

      Reply
    4. Carrie K. says:
      November 18, 2009 at 5:47 am

      I will definitely be joining this – what a great idea for a challenge! My post won’t go up till December, though, when I’m done with NaNoWriMo.

      Reply
    5. Monkeyknits says:
      November 18, 2009 at 6:25 am

      I love the breadth of this challenge! I’ll be joining in.

      Reply
    6. Chris says:
      November 18, 2009 at 7:24 am

      I’ll be joining in Darren!! Just have to get my post together :)

      Reply
    7. LizzySiddal says:
      November 18, 2009 at 9:15 am

      Loving this idea! Just off to add to my literarychallenges list.

      Reply
    8. Kay says:
      November 18, 2009 at 10:29 am

      My what a lovely idea :)

      I’ll definitely be joining and I plan to put up a page for this later this week.
      (though I have no idea what to choose for the Up to You part but I trust I’ll come up with something in the end :) )

      Reply
    9. sally906 says:
      November 18, 2009 at 11:41 am

      G’day

      Haven’t put it up on my challenge blog yet – but will over the weekend :)

      Reply
    10. shanda says:
      November 18, 2009 at 12:26 pm

      This sounds fun! Thanks for another great challenge!

      Reply
    11. Beth F says:
      November 18, 2009 at 2:35 pm

      I will be joining — sounds like a ton of fun. My post will go up soonish.

      Reply
    12. Stephanie says:
      November 18, 2009 at 4:27 pm

      Great challenge! I will definitely be joining.

      Reply
    13. Alleluialu says:
      November 18, 2009 at 8:59 pm

      This sound like fun! I like challenges with parameters. I’ve been thinking today, “All I want to do is sit in front of the fireplace and read.” I know that’s random, but all of you would understand it.

      Reply
    14. Amy @ My Friend Amy says:
      November 19, 2009 at 4:44 am

      I LOVE this idea! And I can’t resist. :) I”ll be signing up!

      Reply
    15. Mishel says:
      November 20, 2009 at 9:10 pm

      Very cool idea!! I’m definitely looking forward to this challenge

      Reply
    16. MizB says:
      November 21, 2009 at 1:51 pm

      Much as I told myself I wasn’t joining a ton of challenges for 2010, this one is too good to pass up! I’m in!

      ~MizB

      Reply
    17. Rachel(jacobsbeloved) says:
      November 23, 2009 at 10:06 am

      I look forward to starting this challenge!

      Reply
    18. I Heart Monster says:
      November 23, 2009 at 10:32 pm

      So totally fun :o ) I’m in!

      Reply
    19. dogearedbooks says:
      November 26, 2009 at 9:02 am

      Thanks for a great challenge. Can’t wait to get started!

      Reply
    20. gwendolyn b. says:
      November 27, 2009 at 3:09 am

      This looks like so much fun! I’m in! I’m in!

      Reply
    21. Clare Swindlehurst says:
      November 28, 2009 at 8:40 am

      Since I got through 2009 without doing a single challenge I might get stuck in again in 2010 – and this challenge sounds awesome!

      I’m in :)

      Reply
    22. Marquetta says:
      November 28, 2009 at 4:08 pm

      This sounds like a great challenge. And a way for me to broaden my reading horizons. I tend to read the same genre and have been looking for a way to branch out. I think this is the challenge to do that.

      Reply
    23. Sherrie says:
      November 28, 2009 at 4:58 pm

      Hi!
      I found you while over at Beth Fish Reads. This sounds like a great reading challenge. I’ll be joining in and have posted about this challenge at my place, Just Books. Have a great day!

      Sherrie
      Just Books

      Reply
    24. Joy says:
      November 28, 2009 at 8:18 pm

      I’m looking forward to this. What great catergories

      Reply
    25. Lynda says:
      November 29, 2009 at 2:58 am

      Great challenge – thanks ;0)
      http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/twentyten-challenge.html

      Reply
    26. Kim says:
      November 30, 2009 at 8:31 am

      Oh my. I was planning on really curbing my challenges this year but you have definitely drawn me in with this one. It is a delightful idea for a challenge–very clever actually.
      Thanks for hosting—
      *smiles*’
      Kim

      Reply
    27. Carl V. says:
      December 1, 2009 at 5:18 pm

      Great idea for a challenge. I’m in. I’ll post later on this!

      Reply
    28. Jo says:
      December 3, 2009 at 1:21 am

      Another challenge I can’t seem to pass up — count me in, please!

      Reply
    29. Jenn @ That Just Happened says:
      December 3, 2009 at 3:48 pm

      I am so excited about this one!

      Reply
    30. Melissa- Shhh I'm Reading says:
      December 3, 2009 at 5:29 pm

      I can’t wait to get started on this one!

      Reply
    31. Alyce says:
      December 4, 2009 at 7:59 am

      I’m curious about the charity category – would library book sales count for that? I’m working on my post and will probably have it ready for this weekend.

      Reply
    32. Rebecca says:
      December 5, 2009 at 7:07 am

      I’m joining in! I have my post scheduled for tomorrow so I can’t sign up with Mr. Linky yet. Hopefully I don’t forget to come back and do it!

      Reply
    33. Kara says:
      December 5, 2009 at 5:02 pm

      What a fantastic challenge – learned about it from A Novel Challenge!!

      I’m joining in.

      Reply
    34. Justine Hernandez says:
      December 5, 2009 at 6:25 pm

      This looks like so much fun. Look forward to the challenge!

      Reply
    35. Philippa says:
      December 6, 2009 at 4:06 pm

      Wooo!! I can’t wait to see what everyone else comes up with for the last category, can we have a little prize for the most original 10th category???

      Reply
    36. Elizabeth says:
      December 7, 2009 at 3:07 am

      This sounds like fun – and apparently I’ve never met a challenge I didn’t like. I’m in!!

      Reply
    37. Lisa L says:
      December 7, 2009 at 3:59 am

      This is a great challenge! I will sign up as soon as I have time to create my page! Thanks!

      Reply
    38. Kristilyn (Reading in Winter) says:
      December 8, 2009 at 6:06 pm

      This is a great challenge! I’m looking forward to starting in January. :-)

      K

      Reply
    39. Brooke Jean says:
      December 11, 2009 at 5:41 am

      Can’t wait to get started on this challenge! Thanks!

      Reply
    40. Eibhlin says:
      December 11, 2009 at 2:40 pm

      Looking forward to this challenge – great categories!

      Reply
    41. Jess - A Book Hoarder says:
      December 12, 2009 at 3:45 pm

      This is such a great challenge, I can’t wait to get started.

      Reply
    42. Michelle says:
      December 13, 2009 at 4:40 pm

      Just discovered reading challenges – and I’m so excited to join in!

      Reply
    43. ninefly says:
      December 13, 2009 at 10:43 pm

      this sounds like a really unique challenge! I’m joining up for sure!
      my special category shall be…Graphic Novels~

      Reply
    44. Andrea says:
      December 19, 2009 at 3:44 pm

      Sounds like a cool challenge. I’m in.

      Reply
    45. Melissa says:
      December 23, 2009 at 3:34 am

      Sounds like a fun challenge! “Cleaned out” my TBR list making my choices! :-)

      Reply
    46. Heather says:
      December 27, 2009 at 5:27 pm

      can’t wait to start! thank goodness we have a year to do this!

      Reply
    47. Laura says:
      December 27, 2009 at 9:53 pm

      Can’t wait to get started on this challenge. I’ll be making my list for this challenge tonight!

      Thanks for hosting!

      Reply
    48. Kristina says:
      December 28, 2009 at 5:49 pm

      I cannot wait! I love this challenge!

      Reply
    49. Renee says:
      December 30, 2009 at 5:16 am

      Can’t wait to get started with this one!

      Reply
    50. Minnie says:
      December 31, 2009 at 3:22 am

      sounds fun! don’t know if I can handle it!

      Reply
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