MY READER'S BLOCK: The Dewey Decimal Challenge

SCAM artist alert

Apparently there is someone calling himself "Luigi Calloway" out there who is claiming to be associated with the Mount TBR Reading Challenge. He is contacting authors and telling them if they pay him, then their books will be used for the challenge. It's possible he's also telling people they must pay to participate in any way. Please know that there is absolutely no charge associated in any way with this reading challenge and that this person does NOT represent me or anything associated with my blog. I DO NOT endorse anything that he claims.There will NEVER be a reason for anyone to have to pay for participation in any way for any of my challenges. If only people who exert this much time and effort on scamming people would put it into something worthwhile....like reading their own books! A message to Luigi: Please cease and desist contacting authors (or anyone) in my name or claiming to represent this reading challenge. You absolutely DO NOT.

And...while I'm at it...I'll just sign up for this one too.

The Dewey Decimal Challenge is sponsored by The Introverted Reader. It has been designed as "a simple, general non-fiction challenge."

Read any non-fiction book(s), adult or young adult. That's it. You can choose anything. Poetry? Yes. Memoirs? Yes. History? Yes. Travel? Yes. You get the idea? Absolutely anything that is classified as non-fiction counts for this challenge. I always like levels in my challenges, so here are mine:

Dilettante--Read 1 non-fiction book.
Explorer--Read 2
Seeker--Read 3
Master--Read 4

This challenge will last from January 1 to December 31, 2011.

I am signing up for the Master level. Here is my list:
1. Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald: An American Woman's Life by Linda Wagner-Martin (2/14/11)
2. Live or Die by Anne Sexton (1/21/11)
3. Time to Be in Earnest: a fragment of autobiography by P. D. James (1/18/11)
4. The X in Sex: How the X Chromosome Controls Our Lives by David Bainbridge (1/21/11)
Master's Level Complete 2/14/11, but still reading!
5. Zubin Mehta: The Score of My Life by Zubin Mehta (2/21/11)

6 comments:

Jen at Introverted Reader said...: Thanks for signing up for my challenge! I hope you enjoy your books!; January 5, 2011 at 10:17 PM
Sheila (Bookjourney) said...: This sounds great! Have fun!; January 5, 2011 at 10:46 PM
BookQuoter said...: Good luck on all your challenges. This sounds like fun!; January 6, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Yvette said...: I joined this one, Bev! I read non-fiction anyway, so I thought: why not? BUT THIS IS IT!!!
No more challenges until 2012. It gets too confusing otherwise, and too much pressure. I don't know how you keep track of everything. :); January 7, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Bev Hankins said...: @Yvette: I have a spreadsheet so I can keep track of which books can count for which challenges. Otherwise, I'd probably go crazy. One could argue that I'm already crazy--signing up for too many challenges. :-); January 7, 2011 at 7:16 PM
Jen at Introverted Reader said...: Congratulations on completing the challenge!; February 27, 2011 at 3:28 PM