MY READER'S BLOCK: Another Challenge: Duos Or Trios

SCAM artist alert

Apparently there is someone calling themself "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.

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Another Challenge: Duos Or Trios

JoAnne at Littlequeen Rules has written another challenge. It is on All Challenges All The Time, under yearly challenges, on goodreads.

Duos OR Trios
Duration: One year from your starting date.

For full details on the challenge rules see the link above. In short--there are 30 categories. For each categor y you decide if you want to read 2 or 3 books that are linked by the category.

Then pick an option. You may be reading as few as 20 books or as many as 90.

Option 1: Choose 10 categories.
Option 2: Choose 20 categories.
Option 3: Choose 30 categories.

JoAnne has roped me in and I've already picked out most of the books. I'll add others as I go. I'm going to go for

Duos: Option 1 (10 categories)
Duration: July 13, 2014 - July 12, 2015
2014 Commitment: Read at least 10 books (half)

#2 Same Author
Appleby's Answer by Michael Innes (10/17/14)
Lament for a Maker by Michael Innes (10/8/14)
#3 Same First Word
Murder at the Villa Rose by A. E. W. Mason (7/14/14)
Murder on Mike by H. Paul Jeffers (10/15/14)
#10 Books from my Decade (1960s)
Only a Matter of Time by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley (1969--my year!) [10/13/14]
Madman's Bend by Arthur W. Upfield (1963) [10/24/14]
#11 Same First Name
Death Takes a Sabbatical by Robert Bernard (9/16/14)
Red Cent by Robert Campbell (9/10/18)
#12 Genre (Mystery)
Death in an Ivory Tower by Maria Hudgins (7/16/14)
Who Guards a Prince? by Reginald Hill (7/23/14)
#14 Animal on Cover
The Footprints on the Ceiling by Clayton Rawson [Bunny on cover] (9/25/14)
The Curious Affair of the Third Dog by Patricia Moyes [Greyhound] (11/24/14)
#17 Holiday Word
Death on All Hallowe'en by Leo Bruce (10/11/14)
Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier (11/12/14)
#18 MAN/MEN
The Tattooed Man by Howard Pease (7/17/14)
Two Men in Twenty by Maurice Procter (11/14/14)
#23 TBR Pile
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis (7/20/14)
Relic by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (7/22/14)
#30 Musician/Musical Instrument
Mayhem in B-Flat by Elliott Paul [violinist; missing violin; violin concert] (12/4/14)
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Angel of the Opera by Sam Siciliano [opera singers] (8/4/14)