50 Books in a Year 2011 Challenge

12.13.2010

I keep seeing so many great challenges around blogs, but I haven't found one I can participate in. This has nothing to do with the challenges themselves, of course. It's mostly due to my location in the world and how lengthy and expensive it gets to acquire new books and books in English in general...

Which brings me to the '50 Books in a Year" challenge. When I used to blog on LiveJournal, this used to be very popular. So, in my desperation to join a challenge, I did a search around the Internet and couldn't find any other blogs that host it. I decided to start my own, and I hope some people join in.

1. The goal of this challenge is to read 50 books within 365 days. Very reasonable, no?
2. Anyone can join in. You can enter your name in Mister Linky below or leave a comment-- whatever you like.
3. Everything counts: any genre, eBooks, AudioBooks, re-reads, textbooks, books read for other challenges.... As long as it exists and you read it, it works! (Essays, single short stories, etc. do not count, obviously.)
4. Challenge begins on January 1st, 2011 and ends on December 31st. Books read before or after do not count.
5. You do not have to make a list and stick to it. Go ahead and make a list if you like, of course, but you don't have to stick to it.
6. When you share your links, please share the link to your challenge post.

I've also made a smaller banner if anyone wants to link it on their sidebar or something:



Hope you guys join in. Enjoy!
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37 comments:

  1. basma aalDecember 29, 2010 at 8:50 AM

    I joined the challenge and I am a new follower :)

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  2. ZimliciousDecember 29, 2010 at 11:22 AM

    Thank you so much. I am following your blog as well =)

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  3. RadiyaJanuary 3, 2011 at 4:27 PM

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  4. JanineJanuary 3, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    this year will be great!

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  5. ZimliciousJanuary 3, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    Thanks for joining in, guys! <3

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  6. nihalJanuary 17, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    I am doing "almost" the same thing. Except I am a part of the challenge called "52 books in 52 weeks" over on Ravelry.com. I also keep a list on my blog. I combine my list with audiobooks and ebooks so I can read faster. Audiobooks goes faster as I listen to them in the night inside the bed ^_^

    So far the hardest part for me is to decide which one to read next :)

    Added you both on goodreads and google reader by the way.

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  7. ZimliciousJanuary 17, 2011 at 7:44 PM

    Oh, I think I remember seeing that on Ravelry. Thanks for the adds, btw, and I'm following you back on both Blogger and GoodReads =)

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    I think I can do this without a problem. My problem is usually remembering to review the books after reading them :-P

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  9. ZimliciousFebruary 9, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    Hehe well thanks for joining!

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  10. VicFebruary 10, 2011 at 12:28 AM

    I'm so excited to try this! I've actually never done anything like this before, I mean sure I used to read a ton when I was little and my sisters and I would get prizes for doing so, but its been many years since then!

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  11. Victoria G.February 10, 2011 at 3:39 AM

    Sorry I didn't put my last initial, apparently somebody else had the same name so it looks like I signed up twice, I'm the first one. That and I messed up my website url, I copied the other Victoria after I edited my profile, but I wasn't sure if that was right so my url doesn't lead you anywhere. I didn't know what it meant by url I actually don't have one though.

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  12. VicFebruary 10, 2011 at 3:41 AM

    Oh, I became a follower too, by the way.

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  13. ZimliciousFebruary 10, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    No problem! It's my first time using the linky anyway, I'm just glad it worked =) And thanks a lot for the follow; I'll be following your blog as well!

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  14. VicFebruary 11, 2011 at 1:58 AM

    How can I link the picture of the girl reading with the 50 books in a year 2011 across it on my blog??

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  15. VicFebruary 11, 2011 at 2:06 AM

    Never mind! Sorry I just found out how to do it! Now people can click on the picture and be linked to this page!

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  16. AlexandraFebruary 11, 2011 at 3:32 AM

    My friend showed me this website and I think it's pretty cool

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  17. MeaganFebruary 11, 2011 at 11:15 PM

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  18. ZimliciousFebruary 11, 2011 at 11:20 PM

    Vic: I'm sorry I saw your comment so late, and I'm glad you figured it out. Thanks for linking back!

    Alexandra: Thank you! I'm glad you like it.

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  19. VicFebruary 13, 2011 at 12:07 AM

    That's alright, but I have another question, how did you put that countdown on your website? I wanted to make a countdown for the day when I (hopefully) finish my novel.

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  20. ZimliciousFebruary 13, 2011 at 12:09 AM

    I used the NaNoWriMo countdown thingy which you can find here: http://www.languageisavirus.com/nanowrimo/word-meter.html

    I just changed the words and numbers within the code.

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  21. VicFebruary 13, 2011 at 3:34 AM

    Thanks so much! By the way, for the Mr. Linky thing here is the link for anyone who was curious about why my link doesn't lead you to a legit challenge post; http://nanowrimos.blogspot.com/p/50-books-in-year.html

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  22. VicFebruary 13, 2011 at 3:39 AM

    Okay, so I found the site, created the counter, but when I tried to put it on my site by clicking add my own gadget it told me it contained illegal characters. What should I do? Thanks!

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  23. ZimliciousFebruary 13, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    Where exactly did you put it? I copied the code into a HTML/JavaScript gadget from the Blogger Design page. IF you did this and it still said illegal characters, you might have deleted or added a character while editing the code or something... If it still doesn't work, you can e-mail me at neurotoxicdoll@gmail.com and I can send you my code, highlighting what I changed in it.

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  24. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2011 at 3:22 AM

    Just joined! ^_^ Will be adding the banner on my sidebar in a short while!

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  25. SayukiMarch 6, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    I joined the challenge too :)

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  26. ZimliciousMarch 6, 2011 at 9:26 PM

    Thank you! Happy reading!

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  27. RuzMarch 8, 2011 at 4:48 PM

    Woohoo! I'm IN!!! Thank you for organizing this! =)
    Here's a link to mine!

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  28. ZimliciousApril 10, 2011 at 11:17 PM

    Thanks for joining in and welcome!

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  29. MariaApril 26, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    I'm in too:X

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  30. ZimliciousApril 26, 2011 at 11:58 PM

    Welcome and happy reading! :)

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  31. KaliApril 27, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    i'm soooo gonna read 50 books:D

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  32. BuburuzaBiaJuly 3, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    Sounds nice, I'm in! :)

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  33. ZimliciousJuly 3, 2011 at 10:17 PM

    I'm already behind, but hopefully by the end of the year, I'll have caught up! :) Thank you for joining in and welcome.

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  34. ÇağrıJuly 26, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    Ders kitapları sayılır mı? :D

    Baya bi geç kalmışım bu challenge için. 2012'de yapmak istiyorum inşallah :))

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  35. ZimliciousJuly 26, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    Sayılır tabii, niye sayılmasın? Ben iş için okumam gerekenleri sayıyorum :D

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  36. Melissa WiebeDecember 23, 2011 at 12:50 AM

    Wondering if you are going to be doing this challenge for next year as well again?

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  37. ZimliciousDecember 23, 2011 at 11:47 PM

    Yes, I will! :) Even though I haven't been able to get to 50 for the past 2 years.

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