Wednesday, October 8, 2008

German Reading Challenge - Rules

German Reading Challenge

Rules:

1. Read 6 to 12 books by a German author (I define "German" here as someone from a German-speaking country)

2. Read this books between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009

3. Overlaps with other challenges are allowed

4. Ebooks and audiobooks are okay as well

5. Leave me a comment so I can add you to this list with the participants on the left

ETA: I've set up a yahoo group where you can post your reviews/links and discuss the books we've read: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marnysreadingchallenges/

35 comments:

Grilsgood said...

I dind't see a link to books by German authors and I really dont even know one except for that bunch of German philosophers I studied in college including my fav Friedrich Nietzsche. Got any

Marny said...

The "book lists" can be found here

Click on the links (Amazon List 1 etc). There are plenty of books and authors mentioned on those lists. Hope that helps :-)

Lizzy Siddal said...

Dear me - this is a challenge I cannot pass up. I'm forever reading German books.

I already have a number of reviews on my blog. You can access them here.

Sorry - I can't help with the button.

3m said...

I'm interested! I have a strong German heritage, so I've been thinking of doing this for awhile anyway. I'll let you know when my post is up.

3M said...

I have a post up now!

Marny said...

@lizzy_siddal Thank you for participating :-)

Marny said...

@3m Thank you for participating :-)

Carrie said...

I'm in. And I'm going to add to the challenge for myself, and say that at least half the books I choose have to be read in their original German. Maybe I'll even read them all in German.

Marny said...

@carrie Thank you for participating :-)

Ex Libris said...

I would like to sign up for this challenge. I have several books by German authors and this will give me a reason to read them. I haven't posted about it yet, but will let you know when I do.

Marny said...

@ex libris That's great, thank you :-)

Sandra said...

I'd like to do this one. I probably have enough books in my library already that qualify and have been waiting to be read. Please sign me up and I can't wait until someone makes a nice button for us.

3M said...

I made a button if anyone wants to use it.

See it here. There's a larger and smaller version.

Carrie's Classics said...

My list is up:
www.carriesclassics.com/books/german-reading-challenge.html

tuesday said...

I'd like to participate too :)
My list is here

The Holistic Knitter said...

Count me in please. Will be posting my list here:
http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/ssssss.html

Marny said...

@tuesday Thank you for participating :-)

Marny said...

@the holistic knitter Thank you for participating :-)

Violette Severin said...

Sign me up! I will have to give my reading list some thought. I can't think of any German authors. By the way, I am a paralegal too.

Marny said...

@violette severin Thanks for participating, I've added you to the list. And there are links to Amazon lists with German books/authors under German Reading list on this site.

Anni said...

I love the German literature, this challenge is for me, sign me up, please!

Anni

Marny said...

@anni Thanks for participating, I've added you to the list :-)

Preoccupied_Precious said...

What a challenge! I'm definitely in! I will try to read them all in German.

I'm really looking forward to reading about all your greatest reads! Tips!

See you around!

Marny said...

@preoccupied precious Thanks for participating. I've added you to the list :-)

Intergalactic Bookworm said...

Add me to the list. Do you have a list of German authors? The way I make my buttons, I copy the picture and the link to the challenge, click on the picture feature for Blogger, and then make my button.

Judy/Intergalactic Bookworm

http://intergalacticbookworm.blogspot.com

Marny said...

@Judy Thanks for participating :-) You can find a list here

Violette Severin said...

I'm having trouble copying and pasting the code for the button. Any suggestions?

Kristin said...

Add me to the list!

Marny said...

@violette severin Mail me at marny(dot)s(at)gmail(dot)com. I'll mail you the button, maybe that'll work

Marny said...

@kristin Thank you for participating. I've added you to the list :-)

Matt said...

Thanks for this challenge; it motivates me to read books I've had for a long time. The link to my list is

http://www.xanga.com/buffaloSavage/687762533/item.html

Marny said...

@matt Thank you for participating. I've added you to the list :-)

Tracey said...

Hi - I'm a bit late joining but please sign me up. Thanks for hosting. Already I have come across lots of books I want to read for this!

Sandra said...

My post for the challenge is now up here:

http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2009/04/german-reading-challenge-2009.html

Thank you.

Ivy said...

Hi! Is it too late to jump in? I'm from Croatia, but I study German and English and would love to take this challenge!
xo,
Ivy