Challenges 2019

Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2019

This challenge is hosted by Bev at My Reader's Block and the main rules are: 

*Once you choose your challenge level, you are locked in for at least that many books. If you find that you're on a mountain-climbing roll and want to tackle a taller mountain, then you are certainly welcome to upgrade. All books counted for lower mountains carry over towards the new peak.

*Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2019.

*You may sign up anytime from now until November 1st, 2019.

*Books must be owned by you prior to January 1, 2019.

Challenge Levels:

Pike's Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s

Mount Blanc: Read 24 books from your TBR pile/s

Mt. Vancouver: Read 36 books from your TBR pile/s

Mt. Ararat: Read 48 books from your TBR piles/s - My aim

Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 60 books from your TBR pile/s

El Toro: Read 75 books from your TBR pile/s

Mt. Everest: Read 100 books from your TBR pile/s

Mount Olympus (Mars): Read 150+ books from your TBR pile/s

Read from my TBR shelves in 2019.

1. Den stora utställningen (The Great Exhibition) by Marie Hermansson
2. Trains & Boats & Planes by Killen McNeill
3. Linnés skånska resa by Ove Torgny
4. Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
5. The Greek Treasure by Irving Stone
6. Wedlock by Wendy Moore (audio)
7. A Man of Some Repute by Elizabeth Edmondson (audio)
8. The Third Man by Graham Greene
9. Falls the Shadow by Gemma O'Connor
10. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
11. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
12. The Newton Letter by John Banville
13. Saratoga Trunk by Edna Ferber
14. Dubbla slag by Malin Persson Giolito
15. Five Great Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
16. Svenska Sällskapet för Antropologi och Geografi - Med Örnen mot polen
17. Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende
18. Eleanor, The Secret Queen by John Ashdown-Hill
19. Mr Mac and Me by Ester Freud
20. On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry
21. Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd
22. Bortom varje rimligt tvivel by Malin Persson Giolito
23. Terror by Håkan Östlundh
24. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
25. The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
26. Amok by Stefan Zweig
27. Stalin - The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore
28. A Divided Spy by Charles Cumming

Print Only 2019 Reading Challenge

As Told by Tina is hosting a challenge to read printed books only.  I will go for Collectors Edition and read 41+ books. Here is my list of books I have read so far.

1. Den stora utställningen (The Great Exhibition) by Marie Hermansson
2. Trains & Boats & Planes by Kille McNeill
3. Snövit ska dö (Schneewittchen muss sterben), Snow White must die) by Nele Neuhaus
4. Linnés skånska resa (Carl von Linné's Scania Travel) by Ove Torgny
5. The Secret Wife by Gil Paul
6. The Greek Treasure by Irving Stone
7. Sängkammartjuven by Cecilia Gyllenhammar
8. The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes
9. Falls the Shadow by Gemma O'Connor
10. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
11. Till minne av en villkorslös kärlek by Jonas Gardell
12. Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
13. The Newton Letter by John Banville
14. Saratoga Trunk by Edna Ferber
15. Macbeth by Jo Nesbø
16. Grejen med verb (The Thing With Verbs, my transl.) by Sara Lövestam
17. Tangerine by Christine Mangan
18. Främlingen (L'Étranger, The Stranger) by Albert Camus
19. Grejen med substantiv (The Thing With Nones, my transl.) by Sara Lövestam
20. Dubbla slag by Malin Persson Giolito
21. Nattvakten (The Night Watch) by Anna Ihrén
22. Skånes slott och borgar by C Karlsson, P Karlsson, M Christensen
23. About Grace by Anthony Doerr
24. Ett jävla solsken by Fatima Bremmer
25. Five Great Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
26. Stora Stygga Vargen (Böser Wolf/Big Bad Wolf) by Nele Neuhaus
27. Med Örnen mot polen by Svenska Sällskapet för Antropologi och Geografi (Scientific account of the Andrée expedition 1897)
28. Störst av allt (Quicksand) by Malin Giolito Persson
29. Juliette - kvinnan som läste på metron (La fille qui lisait dans le metro) by Christine Féret-Fleury
30. Geniet från Breslau by Lena Einhorn
31. Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende
32. Silvervägen by Stina Jackson
33. F in Exams, The Best Test Paper Blunders by Richard Benson
34. Bränn alla mina brev ('Burn all my Letters') by Alex Schulman
35. Eleanor, The Secret Queen by John Ashdown-Hill
36. Ett mörker mitt ibland oss by Mari Jungstedt
37. De vänsterhäntas förening by Håkan Nesser
38. Grejen med ordföljd by Sara Lövestam
39. Mr Mac and Me by Ester Freud
40. On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry
41. Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd
42. Profetens vinter by Östlundh
43. Bortom varje rimligt tvivel by Malin Persson Giolito
44. Terror by Håkan Östlundh
45. Det fjärde offret by Mari Jungstedt
46. The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
47. Kurtisanen by Anna Laestadius Larsson (The Courtesan) 
48. The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
49. Politik och passion by (editors) Henric Bagerius and Louise Berglund
50. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
51. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
52. The Muse by Jessie Burton
53. Flowers over the Inferno by Ilaria Tuti
54. The Hiding Places by Katherine Webb
55. Sen Frost (Später Frost) by Kerstin Danielsson and Roman Voosen
56. Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi
57. Calypso by David Sedaris
58. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
59. The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
60. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
61. Malmö Murders by Greger Larsson
62. Amok by Stefan Zweig
63. Det första chiffret by Denise Rudberg
64. Aldrig glömma by Britt Peruzzi
65. 1793 by Niklas Dag och Natt
66. Frostnatt by Philip Birk
67. Stalin's Children. Three Generations of Love and War
68. Stalin - The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore
69. A Divided Spy by Charles Cumming

Calendar of Crime 2019

This challenge is hosted by Bev at My Reader's Block and the rules are simple. It should not be difficult to fill up the Calendar of Crime if you are a crime fantast. The goal is to read a mystery related book - at least one a month - according to the chart below. The link above give full details. 

January: Month related item on cover (snow): Snow White Must Die by Nele Heuhaus
February: Book title has word starting with F: Falls the Shadow by Gemma O'Connor
March: Book title has word starting with M: Macbeth by Jo Nesbø
April: 
May: E-book published in May 2016 (although I read a pocket book!): Störst av allt (Quicksand) by Malin Persson Giolito
June: Primary action takes place in this month (June-July): Ett mörker mitt ibland oss by Mari Jungstedt
July: 
August: Book published 9 Aug 2018: Profetens vinter (The Profet's Winter) by Östlund
September: (The) Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
October: Flowers over the Inferno by Iliaria Tuti (first published 22 October 2013)
November: 
December: (A) Divided Spy by Charles Cumming

2019 Year of Shakespeare

Hibernator Library is hosting a Year of Shakespeare in 2019. I will join in order to expand my Shakespeare reading. Here are the simple rules. It would be very informal with trimesterly linkups to for your reviews. 

Potentially based themes-based trimesters will be:

Jan - Apr - Comedies - The Taming of the Shrew 

May - Aug - Histories - King John

Sep - Dec - Tragedies - Hamlet

20 Books of Summer 2019

This challenge is hosted by 746 books and I will join this year. I really need to lower by TBR books and this might be the way. The rule under link above. No specific reading order.

4/20

1. Ashdown-Hill, John - Eleanor, the Secret Queen
2. Barry, Sebastian - On Canaan's Side
3. Boyd, William - Ordinary Thunderstorms
4. Byatt, A.S. - The Children's Book
5. Ferguson, Niall - The Ascent of Money
6. Freud, Esther - Mr Mac and Me
7. Hadley, Tessa - The Past
8. Hughes-Hallett, Lucy - Cleopatra
9. Jacobovici, Simcha and Wilson, Barrie - The Lost Gospel - Decoding the Ancient Text that Reveals Jesus' Marriage to Mary the Magdalene
10. Larkin, Philip - The Whitsun Wedding (poetry)
11. Lee, Hermione - Edith Wharton
12. MacEwan, Helen - Winifred Gérin: Biographer of the Brontës
13. MacKrell, Judith - Flappers
14. McBain, Laurie - Tears of Gold
15. Maugham, W. Somerset - A Writer's Notebook
16. Meyer, Stephanie - The Host
17. Nesbo, Joe - Pansarhjärta
18. Nicholl, Charles - The Lodger, Shakespeare on Silver Street
19. Swingler, Susan - The House of Fiction
20. Terzani, Tiziano - A Fortune-Teller Told Me

What's in a Name 2019

In 2019 this challenge is hosted by Andrea @ Carolina Book Nook. It extends from January 1 to December 31, 2019.  You can sign up any time, but only count books that you read between those dates. For more info use link above. The six examples of subjects we want to find in the title are:

4/6

• A precious stone/metal  - The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams
• A temperature -  Sen Frost (Später Frost/Late Frost) by Kerstin Danielsson and Roman Voosen
• A month or day of the week -  
• A meal -  
• Contains the word “girl” or “woman”  - Eleanor, The Secret Queen - The Woman who put Richard III on the Throne by John Ashdown-Hill 
• Contains both the words “of” AND “and” - Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende

2019 European Reading Challenge

Once again I am joining Gilion on Rose City Reader to participate in the European Reading Challenge for 2019.  Go to link above for more detailed information. There are five levels of participation.


FIVE STAR (DELUXE ENTOURAGE): Read at least five books by different European authors or books set in different European countries. My aim! Finalised

FOUR STAR (HONEYMOONER): Read four qualifying books.

THREE STAR (BUSINESS TRAVELER): Read three qualifying books.

TWO STAR (ADVENTURER): Read two qualifying books.

ONE STAR (PENSION WEEKENDER): Read just one qualifying book.

1. Den stora utställningen (The Great Exhibition) by Marie Hermansson (SWE)
2. Trains & Boats & Planes by Killen McNeill (IRE)
3. Snow White Must Die by Nele Heuhaus (DE)
4. Metropolis by Philip Kerr (UK)
5. Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (NO)
6. Flowers over the Inferno by Ilaria Tuti (IT)
7. Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi (FR)
8. Amok by Stefan Zweig (AUT)

52 Books in 52 Weeks

I am signing up for this challenge again for 2019. I did not make it with one book a week last year, but almost. Ah well, a good try. It is hosted by Robin. The mini, weekly and monthly challenges are all optional, Mix them up anyway you like or follow your own path in the quest to read. More details under link above.

WEEK

1	Den stora utställningen (The Great Exhibition) by Marie Hermansson
2	Trains & Boats & Planes by Killen McNeill
3	Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus
4	The Secret Wife by Gill Paul
5	Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
6	The Noice of Time by Julian Barnes
7	Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
8	Till minne av en villkorslös kärlek by Jonas Gardell
9	The Newton Letter by John Banville
10	Tangerine by Christine Mangan
11	Dubbla slag by Malin Persson Giolito
12	Saratoga Trunk by Edna Ferber
13	About Grace by Anthony Doerr
14	Ett jävla solsken by Fatima Bremmer
15	Professor K: The Final Quest by Gabriel Farago
16	Becoming Mrs. Smith by Tanya E Williams
17	Stora stygga vargen (Big Bad Wolf) by Nele Neuhaus
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19	La fille qui lisait dans le metro by Christine Féret-Fleury
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21	Geniet från Breslau by Lena Einhorn
22	Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende
23	Silvervägen by Stina Jackson
24	Orlando by Virginia Woolf
25	Eleanor, The Secret Queen by John Ashdown-Hill
26	Mr Mac and Me by Ester Freud
27	On Canaans' Side by Sebastian Barry
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34	Profetens vinter by Östlundh
35	Terror by Håkan Östlundh
36	The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
37	The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
38	Politik och passion by (ed) Henric Bagerius and Louise Berglund
39	The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
40	The Muse by Jessie Burton
41	The Hiding Places by Katherine Webb
42	Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi
43	Calypso by David Sedaris
44	A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
45	Amok by Stefan Zweig
46	My cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
47	Aldrig glömma by Britt Peruzzi
48	Frostnatt (Frosty Night) by Philip Birk
49	Stalin's Children. Three Generations of Love and War by Owen Matthews
50	Jag for ner till bror by Karin Smirnoff
51	The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
52	The Curious Case of the Missing Head by Gabriel Farago

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