2013 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge

Hi, everyone! Time for a 2013 Reading Challenge!!

This challenge is being hosted by Michael at Literary Exploration.

Here are the details copied from Michael's blog:

2013 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge

It’s real simple; below you will see an easy (12 books), hard (24 books) or insane (36 books) challenge. Each genre links to the Goodreads genre page if you need some suggestions on what to read. We want you to have some fun and explore; hopefully you might find a new genre that peaks your interest. To sign up either join the Literary Exploration book club on Goodreads and talk about your progress with others involved or for the bloggers out there, if you want to add it as part of your blogging experience simply let us know with a link (to your Literary Exploration Challenge page) in the comments below so our readers can see how you are going.

This is the first year doing this and if all goes well we might expand and make it a yearly challenge. If we do decide to do this on a yearly basis and you feel that there are some genres are either too heavily focused on or not mentioned at all, please let me know. The idea of this challenge is to have a well-balanced list of genres and not focusing on one genre more than any others.

Good luck all who decide to join in. I personally am going to go for the 36 book, insane challenge and I’m really looking forward to it. While there are some genres I’m not looking forward to reading, it’s all part of being a literary explorer. What could be wrong with that?

Easy Challenge

1. Classics
2. Fantasy
3. Graphic Novels
4. Historical Fiction
5. Horror
6. Literary Fiction
7. Mystery
8. Non Fiction
9. Romance
10. Science Fiction
11. Thriller
12. Young Adult

Hard Challenge

1. Adventure
2. Auto-Biography/Biography
3. Chick-Lit
4. Classics
5. Drama
6. Fantasy
7. Graphic Novels
8. Historical Fiction
9. Horror
10. Humour
11. Literary Fiction
12. Magical Realism
13. Mystery
14. Non Fiction
15. Paranormal
16. Philosophical
17. Poetry
18. Pulp – (Hard-Boiled or Noir)
19. Romance
20. Science Fiction
21. Steampunk
22. Thriller
23. Victorian
24. Young Adult

Insane Challenge

1. Adventure
2. Auto-Biography/Biography
3. Chick-Lit
4. Childrens Book
5. Classics
6. Cyberpunk
7. Drama
8. Dystopian
9. Educational
10. Erotica
11. Espionage
12. Fantasy
13. Graphic Novels
14. Gothic
15. Hard-Boiled
16. Historical Fiction
17. Horror
18. Humour
19. Literary Fiction
20. Magical Realism
21. Mystery
22. Noir
23. Non Fiction
24. Paranormal
25. Philosophical
26. Poetry
27. Post-Apocalyptic
28. Romance
29. Science Fiction
30. Steampunk
31. Supernatural
32. Thriller
33. True Crime
34. Urban Fantasy
35. Victorian
36. Young Adult

If you would like to join me in the challenge, click on the challenge badge at the beginning of this post.

This just looks like so much fun that I have to go for the INSANE CHALLENGE (36 genres)!

I will keep track of my progress below and link up my reviews (here are some books that I might read for the challenge): 

1. Classics: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Christmas Books, Book #1)
2. Mystery: Holiday Grind by Cleo Coyle (Coffeehouse Mystery, Book #8)
3. Dystopian: Rebel Heart by Moira Young (Dust Lands, Book #2)
4. Paranormal: Marked by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (House of Night, Book #1)
5. Urban Fantasy: White Cat by Holly Black (Curse Workers, Book #1)  
   
6. Horror: Undead by Kirsty McKay (Undead, Book #1)
7. Fantasy: Witch World by Christopher Pike (Witch World, Book #1)
8. Childrens Book:  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, Book #1)
9. Young Adult:  Divergent by Veronica Roth (Divergent, Book #1)  
10. Supernatural: Shadow's Claim by Kresley Cole (The Dacians, Book #1)     
11. Adventure: By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman
12. Thriller: Three Graves Full by Jamie Mason
13. Auto-Biography/Biography: Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman by Dorothy Sterling (Scholastic Biographies)
14. Science Fiction: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (Lunar Chronicles, Book #2)
15. Post-Apocalyptic: The End Games by T. Michael Martin
16. Erotica:  Nauti Siren by Lora Leigh (Nauti, Book #7)
17. Romance: Last Kiss Goodnight by Gena Showalter (Otherworld Assassin, Book #1)
18. Historical Fiction: The Terrible Wave by Marden Dahlstedt
19. Chick-Lit
20. Cyberpunk
21. Drama
22. Educational
23. Espionage
24. Graphic Novels
25. Gothic
26. Hard-Boiled
27. Humour
28. Literary Fiction
29. Magical Realism
30. Noir
31. Non Fiction
32. Philosophical
33. Poetry
34. Steampunk
35. True Crime
36. Victorian