Reading Challenge: Back to the Classics Challenge 2020

Signing up for the Back to the Classics Challenge 2020 hosted by Karen K @ Books and Chocolate. If you are interested in classics or want to challenge yourself, sign up before the 31st of March. Details here.

Follow The Clues: My Trail of Evidence

I participated in the Follow the Clues Mystery Challenge @ My Reader's Block and signed up for the Infraction level which meant I was committed to reading six books in a trail of evidence.Here are the six books:1. An Old Fashioned Mystery by Runa Fairleigh  - 21/1/17 (The word "Mystery" in the title leads to:2. The Hog's …

Back to the Classics Challenge 2018

This year, I am again signing up for the Back to the Classics Challenge @ Books and Chocolate. And will link-up the books read in this post itself.Well, the 31st of December has dawned, and I have been able to complete only six of the 12 categories. Here are the books read:1.  A 20th century classic …

Full House Reading Challenge 2018

As in the previous years, I am signing up for the Full House Challenge hosted @ The Book Date. The challenge is to read 25 books in different categories. There are also prizes offered by our generous host, Kathryn.The card for the 2018 edition is this:LIST Mystery or thrillerHistoricalOver 500 pagesSetting in library or  bookshop4 word titleLast …

I conquer Mount Blanc

Usually, I struggle to climb even the smallest peak in Bev's Mount TBR Challenge, unable to read even 12 books from my ever-increasing book piles. But this year, I have (much to my own surprise) finished 30 books in all. And what gives me even greater pleasure is that the number of non-fictional reads is …

Challenge Complete: Vintage Mystery 2017

I have successfully completed the Vintage Mystery Challenge 2017 @ My Reader's Block. I read around  25 golden age mysteries but the ones with the covers that corresponded with the objects in the card are the following:1. Plane: Lost Horizon by James Hilton (1933)2. Building (other than House): Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers (1913)3. Blonde: …

Wrap-Up: Back to the Classics 2017

I have completed the minimum requirement of six categories in the BACK TO THE CLASSICS challenge hosted @ Books and Chocolate. I hope to do better in the next year.1.  A 19th century classic - any book published between 1800 and 1899.2.  A 20th century classic - any book published between 1900 and 1967. Close Quarters by Michael Gilbert (1947)3.  A classic …

Challenge Complete: Full House 2017

I have successfully completed the Full House Challenge hosted @ The Book Date.Here are all the 25 books:ACROSSFIRST LINE  NON-FICTION: Gandhi and Bhagat Singh by V.N. Datta ON TBR FOR 2+ YEARS: Safe House by Nicci French  (Since 2011)MORE THAN 500 PAGES: Lajpat Rai: Life and Work by Feroz Chand (590 pages)PAGE TURNER: We Have Always Lived in the Castle …

Reading Challenge: Dread and Read

Earlier this year, I decided to join the Dread and Read challenge @ Hotchpot Cafe which (as the name suggests) challenges us to read the books that are there on our TBR piles but that we dread reading. To make the task easier, our gracious hostess, Jane,  has offered us sweeteners.What with one thing or the …

Reading Challenges: My Kind of Mystery & Celtic Coasts

Carolyn @ Riedel Fascination hosts a number of challenges every year. She is a fantastic host, encouraging the participants by visiting the blogs and commenting on the posts submitted. And yes! There are prizes too!Like the past years, I am again signing up for her My Kind of Mystery challenge. This year, there don't seem to …