Essay Challenge 2010
Last year’s Essay Reading Challenge was a lot of fun – and several people have expressed interest in joining again for the New Year. I’m going to add an element that I think could make it even more interesting.
Here are the basics:
~ Join anytime, but don’t start reading until January 1, 2010. The challenge ends November 30, 2010.
~ If you read a book of essays, that book can also apply to any other challenges you are working on.
~ Choose a goal of reading 10, 20, or 30 essays, and then write a challenge post, linking back to this post. Feel free to copy and paste the above image into your challenge post.
~ Copy your challenge post’s link into Mr. Linky on the challenge post.
~ You don’t have to list your essays ahead of time – just have fun reading throughout the year.
~ I will put up a page for the challenge in my left sidebar, and add a Mr. Linky for essay reviews and wrap-up posts as the year goes on.
~ Everyone who completes the challenge and writes at least one review will be eligible for the giveaway prize: A copy of Best American Essays 2010.
~ New for 2010: You can earn extra credit – and an extra entry in the giveaway – by writing an essay of your own and leaving the link at the challenge page.
~ I will put up a wrap-up and giveaway post sometime early in December – that’s why the challenge only runs through November.
Participants:
1330v
All Lit Up
The Betty and Boo Chronicles
The Biblio Blogazine
Bibliofreak
BookNAround
Bookstore People
English Major’s Junk Food
Ex Libris
Fleur Fisher
An Intellectual Etch-a-Sketch
A Life in Books
The Lumas Chronicles
Lynda’s Book Blog
Man of Errors
Min/min
My Eyes Are Burning
Tripping Toward Lucidity
Winter Write
The Written World
Reviews:
~ Essays on Literature by Umberto Eco, reviewed by Caniad at Dwell in Possibility.
~ The Giant Water Bug by Annie Dillard, reviewed by Andi at Estella’s Revenge.
~ The Knife by Richard Selzer, reviewed by Andi at Estella’s Revenge.
~ The Lost Origins of the Essay edited by John D’Agata, reviewed by Kim at Bookstore People.
~ Mornings in Mexico by D.H. Lawrence, reviewed by Kim at Bookstore People.
~ My Famous Evening by Howard Norman, reviewed by A Life in Books.
~ The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby, reviewed by me.
~ Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell, reviewed by Jenny.
Wrap-up Posts:
~ Books and Movies
~ Bookstore People
Join here:
Reviews:
Participant Written Essays:
Wrap-up Posts:
[...] Essay Challenge 2010 [...]
[...] and warm, I can’t wait to read the rest of them. I enjoyed the Essay Reading Challenge and joined again for this year (check out the Essay Challenge page to see what I’m [...]
[...] What: Essay Reading Challenge hosted by Carrie at Books and Movies. [...]
[...] favorite challenge was the Essay Reading Challenge, so I’ve joined it again. Because I don’t write reviews of each of the essays, there [...]
I posted a page with ALL current reading challenges. Let me know if you want me to add any other information to your challenge. I hope it brings even more readers to your challenge!
Reading Challenges.
Rachelle (Bibliobabe)
Rachelle – thank you so much – what a great resource! I will link to your list in my links post on Saturday.
Just finished my first lot of essays for this challenge! NB: I signed up as Babblings of a Belligerent Bibliophile but have subsequently changed and am now blogging (jointly) at All Lit Up. Just to avoid confusion!
Jen – thanks for letting me know – I’ll change your link in the list of participants.
[...] you like essays half as much as I do, join the Essay Challenge at Books and Movies and check out some of the essays I’ve been reading the last couple of [...]
[...] Life in Mexico, I did read two books that added flavor to my visit. To make progress on the Essay Challenge, I chose DH Lawrence’s Mornings in Mexico. Traveling in the San Miguel area while reading [...]
Here’s my wrap up post, love this challenge, thank you so much for running it.
http://www.bookstorepeople.com/2010/08/essay-challenge-complete/