Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2011

The delightful ladies over at Historical Tapestry will be hosting this years Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. Here is what the challenge will entail: 

Each month, a new post dedicated to the HF Challenge will be created. To participate, you only have to follow the rules:

• everyone can participate, even those who don't have a blog (you can add your book title and thoughts in the comment section if you wish)

•  add the link(s) of your review(s) including your name and book title to the Mister Linky we’ll be adding to our monthly post (please, do not add your blog link, but the correct address that will guide us directly to your review)

• any kind of historical fiction is accepted (HF fantasy, HF young adult,...)

• you can overlap this challenge with others kind of challenges

• During these following 12 months you can choose one of the different reading levels:

1. Severe Bookaholism: 20 books
2. Undoubtedly Obsessed: 15 books
3. Struggling the Addiction: 10 books
4. Daring & Curious: 5 books
5. Out of My Comfort Zone: 2 books

The challenge will run from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011. 

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I will be updating my status here on this post. You can easily find it via the "Challenges" page tab at the top of this blog, or by clicking the Challenge Picture on the left hand side of this blog.

My Goal: Severe Bookaholism 20 Books

My Progress:

1. - Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn
2. - The Lady's Slipper by Deborah Swift
3. - India Black by Carol K. Carr
4. - The Gentleman Poet by Kathryn Johnson
5. - Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
6. - The Queen of Last Hopes by Susan Higginbotham
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Fall Into Reading 2010

Fall into Reading is hosted by Callapidder days and will run from September 22 - December 20th 2010. All you need to do is create a list of books you wish to read this fall. It does not mater what length it is or if you change up the list as you go. 


I am going to be reading anyway, so I figured what's another event to participate in! 
 Here is my list so far:

1. The Secret Eleanor by Cecelia Holland
2. His Last Letter
3. Dracula, My Love
4. Captive Queen by Barbra Kyle
5. The Pindar Diamond
6. Confessions of Catherine De Medici by C.W. Gortner
7. For the King's Favor by Elizabeth Chadwick
8. No Will but His by Sara Hoyt
9. The Last Prince of Mexico
10. Poison, A Novel of the Renaissance by Sara Poole
11. The Queen's Daughter by Susan Coventry
12. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabledon
13. The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig
14. Dangerous to Know by Tasha Alexander
15. The Princeling by Cynthia Harrod Eagles
16. Elizabeth, Captive Princess by Margaret Irwin 
17. By Fire By Water by Mitchell Kaplan
18. Emma and the Vampires
19. Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict
20. The Lady's Slipper by Deborah Swift
21. The Red Queen by Phillipa Gregory
22. The Kings Grace by Anne Easter Smith
23. Penelope's Daughter by Laurel Corona

More to follow I'm sure!

Jean Plaidy Reading Challenge 2010

So I am already doing seven challenges...whats one more??? I might be crazy for joining number eight but after having read so many great reviews of Jean Plaidy's works, I just had to join this reading challenge.

Plaidy Challenge 2010

Royal Intrigue is hosting a Jean Plaidy reading challenge for 2010. The object is to read as much Jean Plaidy as you can and report back here with your numbers. Prizes go to the top readers and we'll be giving out awards to all challengers at the end of the year! 

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After I finish reading a novel and post my review, I will then catalog it in this original post. This challenge button will always be on my sidebar, so you can check my progress at anytime. All of the challenge participants reviews will also be posted on the hosts website, Royal Intrigue.


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Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge

This is an perpetual challenge over at georgetteheyer.blogspot.com. There is no official reading goal or start/end date, everything is completely up to you! I was so excited about this challenge I decided to create my own button for it...if you like it feel free to use it for your own sidebar :)

My interpretation of this challenge will be to read at least 5 Georgette Heyer novels every year (I may change this as time goes on). After I finish reading a novel and post my review, I will then catalog it in this original post. This challenge button will always be on my sidebar, so you can check my progress at anytime.

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The Royal Mistress Challenge 2010

Oh, what scandals await with this challenge! It will be nice to read about some other women who won the hearts of kings instead of Anne Boleyn (since she is not allowed for this challenge).

The Rules of the Challenge

1. Runs from January 1st, 2010 to December 31st, 2010.  But this is an ongoing challenge and I will be renewing it next year.
2. Join anytime during the year – This challenge is hosted by The Misadventures of Moppet
   
3. Books can be re-reads, or can overlap with other challenges.
4. If you’d like the hostess to include a link to your reviews, leave her a comment or email her at: misadventuresofmoppet@googlemail.com.
5. Choose your own level.  You can change level anytime or change your mind about the books you will read at any time.  I noticed other people have fun names for their challenge levels, so here are mine:

Orange Girl – Read one book

Maid of Honour – Read up to three books

Courtesan – Read up to five books

Maitresse en titre – Read up to seven books

Secret Wife – Read more than seven books!
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Which books qualify for the challenge?

• Royal mistress who really existed 
• Unknown mistresses whom the author has characterized, such as Richard III’s: they can be included too – as long as they had children which really existed.
• Mistresses to junior royals as well as kings’ mistresses.  
• The book has to have the mistress as the central character – not just feature her in a major way.
  
• If the character really existed, but there is no evidence for a relationship, they will not be included.
• This will not to include Anne Boleyn as she was only a mistress for a relatively short period.
• Although it's called it the Royal Mistress Challenge, books about male favorites such as Piers Gaveston are also allowed.  So it’s really the Royal Favorite Challenge.

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My Goal: Level Maid of Honour

My Progress so Far: (click on title to read my review)

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French Historicals 'Oh la la! Challenge 2010

I am really excited about this challenge since most of the books I read are set in England. I have already been looking at some books to read for this challenge...they all look so scrumptious!

The reading Challenge will run from January 1st to December 15th 2010.

~ This challenge is hosted by: Enchanted by Josephine ~

All you have to do is read any Historical Fiction or Non-fiction books based on French history or French historical figures.  Books can also overlap with other Challenges.

Reading Levels:

La Princesse: Read 3 books
La Dauphine: Read 6 books
La Reine: Read 9 books
L’Impératrice: More than 9 book

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My Goal: Level La Princesse

My Progress so Far: (click on the title to read my review)

1. The Secret Eleanor by Cecelia Holland
2. Claude and Camile by Stephanie Cowell
3. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

A Tournament of Reading Challenge 2010

This challenge is designed to get us all reading a little more medieval literature in 2010.  The challenge will run from January 1st to December 31st, 2010, and will be hosted by Medieval Bookworm.  Challenge genres include history, medieval literature, and historical fiction.  Medieval, for simplicity of definition, will be from 500-1500, and literature from all over the world is welcome, not just western Europe.  There are 3 levels:

• Peasant – Read 3 medieval books of any kind.
• Lord – Read 6 medieval books, at least one of each kind.
• King – Read 9 medieval books, at least two of each kind.

You’re not required to make a list or stick to one, but it would be fun if you did!
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My Goal: Level Peasant

My Progress so Far: (click on the title to read my review)

1. The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick
2. The Stolen Crown by Susan Higginbotham
3. Within the Hollow Crown by Margaret Campbell Barnes
4. The Queen's Pawn by Christy English
5. The Brothers of Gwynedd by Edith Pargeter

Jane Austen Challenge 2010

Rules:

• Anyone can participate. This challenge is hosted by The Life (and Lies) of an Inanimate Flying Object

Levels:

• Newbie 2 books by J. Austen & 2 re-writes, prequels, sequels, or spoofs (by other authors)
  
• Lover 4 books by J. Austen & 4 re-writes, prequels, sequels, or spoofs (by other authors)
• Fanatic 6+ books by J. Austen & 5+ re-writes, prequels, sequels, or spoofs (by other authors)

-Challenge books can overlap with other challenges.
-Any format counts: bound book, e-book (check online for free downloads of J.A’s copyright-free books), audio book, or any other thing you can think of.
-You can change which level you read!
-Challenge runs January 1st 2010—December 31 2010.
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My Goal: Level Newbie
My Progress So Far: (click on title to read my review)

1. Darcy's Story by Janet Aylmer
   
2. Northanger Abey by Jane Austen
3. The Darcy Cousins by Monica Fairview
4. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2010

I am really looking forward to this challenge! I will post all of my book reviews for this challenge here on my blog. I'll also link them to the widget for this challenge on my sidebar so you can check my progress easily. Happy reading everyone!

Challenge Outline:

1. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate.
--Non-Bloggers: Include your information in the comment section.

2. There are four levels:

-- Curious – Read 3 Historical Fiction novels.
-- Fascinated – Read 6 Historical Fiction novels.
-- Addicted – Read 12 Historical Fiction novels.
-- Obsessed – Read 20 Historical Fiction novels.

3. Any book format counts.

4. You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.

5. Challenge begins January 1st thru December, 2010.

Challenge Host/Link:  Royal Reviews: Historical Fiction Challenge (you can sign up at this location)
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My goal: Level Obsessed.

Progress so far: 16/20

Links to my reviews of these challenge books:

1. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 
2. The Queen's Mistake: In the Court of Henry VIII by Diane Haeger 
3. The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner 
4. The Boleyn Wife by Brandy Purdy
5. Island of the Swans by Ciji Ware 
6. Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
7. The Queen's Governess by Karen Harper
8. The Secret of the Glass by Donna Russo Morin
9. The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick
10. The Stolen Crown by Susan Higginbotham
11. Secrets of the Tudor Court: Between Two Queens by Kate Emerson
12. O, Juliet by Robix Maxwell
13. The Highest Stakes by Emery Lee
14. Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
15. Within the Hollow Crown by Margaret Campbell Barnes
16. Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
17. The Queen's Pawn by Christy English
18. The Darcy Cousins by Monica Fairview
19. The Botticelli Secret by Marina Firoato
20. The Rules of Gentility by Janet Mullany
21. Claude and Camille by Stephanie Cowell
22. The Brothers of Gwynedd by Edith Pargeter
23. The Dark Rose by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles