Challenges
Japanese Literature Challenge IV
June 1st, 2010 – January 31st, 2011
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Clover, Bee, and Reverie: A Poetry Challenge
January 17th, 2010 – December 31st, 2010
Challenge Blog
1. Transformations by Anne Sexton
2. Instructions by Neil Gaiman
3. Thirst by Mary Oliver
4. The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes
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Science Challenge 2010
January 1st 2010 – December 31st 2010
Challenge Blog
1. Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation by Michael Keller
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Graphic Novels Challenge 2010
January 1st 2010 – December 31st 2010
Challenge Blog
1. Pictures That Tick: Volume 1 by Dave McKean
2. Blankets by Craig Thompson
3. Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation by Michael Keller
4. Swallow Me Whole by Nate Powell
5. The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan
6. The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman
7. The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman
8. The Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by Mike Carey
9. Mercury by Hope Larson
10. The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman
11. The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman
12. Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6: Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O’Malley
13. Foiled by Jane Yolen
14. The Stuff of Legend: Book 1: The Dark by Mike Raicht
15. The Unwritten Vol. 2: Inside Man by Mike Carey
GLBT 2010 Challenge
January 1st 2010 – December 31st 2010
Challenge Blog
1. Luna by Julie Anne Peters
2. Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
3. The Einstein Intersection by Samuel Delany
4. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
5. Thirst by Mary Oliver
6. The Less Dead by April Lurie
7. The Last Exit to Normal by Michael B. Harmon
8. Sonny’s House of Spies by George Ella Lyon
9. The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman
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Twenty Ten Reading Challenge
January 1st 2010 – December 31st 2010
Challenge Blog
1. Young Adult
a. Unwind by Neal Shusterman
b. Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
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.
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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!
a. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
b. Stories ed. by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio
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
a. Looking for Bapu by Anjali Banerjee (Recommended by Lu)
b. Mare’s War by Tanita S. Davis (Recommended by Heather)
5. Charity
Support your local charity shops with this category, by picking up books from one of their shops.
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6. New in 2010
This category is for those books newly published in 2010
a. This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
b. Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
7. Older Than You
Read two books that were published before you were born, whether that be the day before or 100 years prior!
a. Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers (Published in 1923)
b. After the First Death by Robert Cormier (Published in 1979)
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! 
a. Pictures That Tick: Volume 1 by Dave McKean
b. Blankets by Craig Thompson
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!
a. Above His Shoulders by Dan Williams
b. Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
10. Up to You! – Chunksters I already own
a. The Ask and The Answer by Patrick Ness
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Women Unbound Challenge
November 1st 2009 – November 30th 2010
Challenge Blog
1. Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
2. Push by Sapphire
3. The Bloody Chamber and Other Adult Tales by Angela Carter
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RIP V Challenge
September 1st, 2010 – October 31st, 2010
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Once Upon A Time Challenge IV
Challenge Completed on June 20th, 2010 (Wrap Up Post)
Japanese Literature Challenge III
Challenge Completed on January 25th, 2010 (Wrap Up Post)
The 2009 Graphic Novels Challenge
Challenge Completed on December 31st, 2009 (Wrap Up Post)
The World Citizen Challenge
Challenge Completed on December 31st, 2009 (Wrap Up Post)
Dewey’s Books Reading Challenge
Challenge Completed on November 28th, 2009 (Wrap Up Post)
Once Upon a Time III Challenge
Challenge Completed on June 15th, 2009 (Wrap Up Post)
The Sci-Fi Experience 2009
Challenge Completed on February 28th, 2009 (Wrap Up Post)
The Cardathon Challenge
Challenge Completed on December 27th, 2008 (Wrap Up Post)
The Japanese Literature Challenge II
Challenge Completed on December 27th, 2008 (Wrap Up Post)
The Graphic Novel Challenge
Challenge Completed on December 27th, 2008 (Wrap Up Post)
Young Adult Challenge 2008
Challenge Completed on November 11, 2008 (Wrap Up Post)
RIP III Challenge
Challenge completed on October 30th, 2008 (Wrap up Post)
The Irresistible Review Challenge
Challenge Completed on August 30, 2008 (Wrap Up Post)
The Southern Reading Challenge
Challenge Completed on August 8, 2008 (Wrap Up Post)
Once Upon A Time Challenge II
Challenge Completed On June 20, 2008 (Wrap Up Post)
Margaret A. Edwards Reading Challenge
Challenge Completed On June 1, 2008 (Wrap Up Post)
Four-Legged Friends Challenge
Challenge Completed on February 11, 2008 (Wrap Up Post)
Japanese Literature Challenge
Challenge Completed 1/21/08 (wrap up post)
Seconds Challenge
Challenge completed on January 17th, 2008
Newbery Challenge
Challenge Completed on October 21, 2007 (wrap up post)
Classics Challenge
Challenge Completed On 11/18/07 (Wrap Up Post)
RIP Challenge 2007
Challenge Completed on 10/1/07 (Wrap up post here)
Once Upon A Time Challenge 2007
Challenge completed on June 21, 2007 (Wrap Up Post)
Banned Book challenge 2007
Completed Challenge on June 25, 2007 (Wrap Up Post)
Chris, this is such a complete, awe-inspiring post! I love how organized it is (that would be the tight-assed teacher in me), but also how exciting and divergent it is. I can’t wait to see how you fill it in.