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!

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Family Tree Reading Challenge


Family Tree Reading Challenge
Host: Becky's Book Reviews (sign up)
January - December 2018
# of books: minimum 3,

Love reading? Love family? Love researching family history? Want a family-friendly reading challenge? 

Goal: To read a book from the birth year of your selected family members (at least three books). You do not have to mention them by name, unless you want. But do please list the years you'll be reading. You may include yourself in your 'family tree.'
For more details, see the sign-up page (link above).

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My Plan: To read at least five books--one for me, my husband and son as well as my mom and dad. I may get ambitious and do a more complete family tree, but my commitment will be met at five. Here are the years:


Original Family Commitment
Mom (1947): Another Woman's House by Mignon G. Eberhart (2/10/18)
Dad (1948): I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (8/5/18)
Husband (1966): World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 by Donald A. Wollheim & Terry Carr, eds (1/9/18)
Son (1992): The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Seventh Bullet by Daniel D. Victor 
Me (1969): The Stately Home Murder by Catherine Aird (2/16/18)

Extended Family
Grandma (Dad's Mom; 1922): The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace (11/18/18)
Grandpa (Dad's Dad; 1916): The Tale of Brownie Beaver by Arthur Scott Bailey (8/19/18)
Aunt (Dad's Sister; 1945): Payoff for the Banker by Frances & Richard Lockridge (3/15/18)
Cousin (1965): Some Beasts No More by Kenneth Giles (6/22/18)
Cousin (1967): The Mystery of the Fiery Eye by Robert Arthur (11/24/18)
Cousin (1977): Table D'Hote by Douglas Clark (11/14/18)
Cousin (1981): A Summer in the Twenties by Peter Dickinson (8/2/18)
Uncle (Dad's Brother; 1952): The Blind Spot by John Creasey (8/23/18)
Cousin (1973): Devious Murder by George Bellairs (11/13/18)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

This is a really interesting reading challenge - I've never seen it before! I'm already signed up to three for next year so I might need to keep my goals to those, but it's such an interesting way to focus your reading.