Reading Challenges

I have not yet signed up for any reading challenges in 2012. Last year I participated in two reading challenges for 2011, both of them involving historical fiction. Here’s how I did:

Challenge Number 1

The Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2011 was hosted by Historical Tapestry, one of my favorite book blogs. Any kind of historical fiction is acceptable, even young adult books or historical fantasy. I completed 30 books for this challenge.

1. The Greatest Knight, by Elizabeth Chadwick

2. The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, by Lauren Willig

3. The Skin Map, by Stephen Lawhead

4. Silver Pigs, by Lindsey Davis

5. Shadows in Bronze, by Lindsey Davis

6. Venus in Copper, by Lindsey Davis

7. The Iron Hand of Mars, by Lindsey Davis

8. True Grit, by Charles Portis

9. Poseidon’s Gold, by Lindsey Davis

10. Last Act in Palmyra, by Lindsey Davis

11. Time to Depart, by Lindsey Davis

12. A Dying Light in Corduba, by Lindsey Davis

13. Three Hands in the Fountain, by Lindsey Davis

14. Two for the Lions, by Lindsey Davis

15. One Virgin Too Many, by Lindsey Davis

16. Ode to a Banker, by Lindsey Davis

17. The Convenient Marriage, by Georgette Heyer

18. The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory

19. The Virgin Widow, by Anne O’Brien

20. A Body in the Bathhouse, by Lindsey Davis

21. The Jupiter Myth, by Lindsey Davis

22. The Accusers, by Lindsey Davis

23. Scandal Takes a Holiday, by Lindsey Davis

24. Venetia, by Georgette Heyer

25. See Delphi and Die, by Lindsey Davis

26. Saturnalia, by Lindsey Davis

27. Alexandria, by Lindsey Davis

28. Nemesis, by Lindsey Davis

29. The Scarlet Lion, by Elizabeth Chadwick

30. The Course of Honor, by Lindsey Davis

Challenge Number 2

The second challenge I entered in 2011 was the Chivalrous Deeds Historical Fiction Challenge, hosted by Holly at Bippity Boppity Book. The goal of this challenge was to visit as many kingly courts in your historical fiction reading as possible. Because the Historical Tapestry challenge allows you to overlap your entries with other challenges, the reviews I entered in Chivalrous Deeds are the same as some of the reviews for the previous challenge.

1. The Greatest Knight, by Elizabeth Chadwick

2. The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory

3. The Virgin Widow, by Anne O’Brien

4. The Scarlet Lion, by Elizabeth Chadwick