2012 Essay Challenge

Welcome to the fourth annual Essay Reading Challenge! If you’re an avid essay reader, or just want to expand your reading horizons a bit, this is the challenge for you. If you’re thinking, “What would I read?” – stay tuned: I’ll have a post up with suggestions later in the week.

~ This challenge runs from January 1, 2012 through November 30, 2012.

~ 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 the Mr. Linky below or on the main challenge page.

~ 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 header, 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 2012.

~ I will put up a wrap-up and giveaway post sometime early in December – that’s why the challenge only runs through November.

Participants:

~ Vasilly at 1330v
~ Rebecca at Lost in Books
~ Kelly at The Written World
~ J.C. at The Biblio Blogazine
~ Ash at English Major’s Narrative
~ Carrie at Books and Movies
~ Deseree at Dusky Literati
~ Wendy at Musings of a Bookish Kitty
~ ChrisCross at The Book Trunk
~ Chicken Scratch
~ Nan at Letters from a Hill Farm
~ Rebecca at Just One More Page
~ Laura at Moomin Light

Reviews:

~ “How Should One Read a Book?” by Virginia Woolf, reviewed by Nan at Letters From a Hill Farm
~ Various essays by George Orwell, reviewed by ChrisCross at The Book Trunk

Sign up here:

Link your reviews here:

Link your wrap-up posts here: