20 Oct 2008

The Whitcoulls Challenge - Take 2!

I had so much fun with the Whitcoulls challenge this year, that I decided to repeat it for next year! Whitcoulls was my favourite bookstore in NZ. Every now and again they made a survey asking all their customers for their 3 favourite books. The top 100 made it into this list. So it's not a list of what people ought to read, or topsellers, but what people actually did read and love.

Read Your Way Through The Whitcoulls Top 100 List.

Time:
* From November 15th, 2008 to November 15th, 2009.

The Rules:
* Pick one of the 4 "Top 100" lists linked below and decide how many books (at least 4) you want to read from that list.
* The initial 4 have to be 'new' reads (new to you, that is).
* Books beyond the initial 4 may be rereads.
* All books may be cross-overs for other challenges.
* Audio-books are A-OK :)
* You may change your list at any time.
* If you read enough books to actually complete one of the "Top 100" lists, I'll make a post in your honour!

The Lists:
1998, 2002, 2006, 2008

Leave a comment here with the link to your list :)

21 comments:

Marny said...

Count me in :-)

And here is my list.

Rachelle said...

I'm in.

Nely said...

Hey count me in for the challenge.

Here is my list: http://bookwormygirl.blogspot.com/2008/10/whitcoulls-list-challenge.html

Suzanne said...

I just started learning about these challenges yesterday. I'm so terribly behind on these kinds of things! How do I do this? I don't understand what Mr. Linky is and I keep seeing bloggers mention it everywhere. When I do start the challenge, how do I show it on my blog the way I see it on others blogs?

Maria said...

tonyablum, I'm not going to use Mr. Linky, so just leave a link in the comments here to your list.

Suzanne said...

Great! One of these days I need to figure out that Mr. Linky thing though. Here's my list: http://storytimewithtonya.blogspot.com/2008/10/whitcoulls-challenge.html

Christina said...

Looks like a great idea so I'm in. My list is here: http://stacksofbooks.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-challenge-whitcoulls-top-100-list.html

Sandra said...

I'd love to do this one. Count me in.

Jenny said...

Hmm thought I'd already signed up for this but guess not. I want to read all of them so will start with the 4.
Harry Potter #4
The Pact
Life of Pi
The red tent
also have Eragon to read.

Kitty said...

I'm in Maria. My post is here.

Anonymous said...

I'm in - this is a great list of books!

My TBR's are here:
http://booksandneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2008/11/whitcoulls-challenge-take-2.html

Kristi

Grilsgood said...

I think I can do this. I hae no list yet and since it is the weekend it will hve to be next week before I can do it. I have no blog, so will post it here.

Lindy

Darcie said...

Count me in!

joanna said...

Count me in too please! My post is here:

http://lostinagoodstory.blogspot.com/2008/10/whitcoulls-challenge.html

Kitty said...

I'm in for your challenge. I haven't made my list yet, but my post is here and I will add to it shortly with a list.

Mary Beth said...

This is cool! I'm in for the challenge. And maybe next, I'll get to go find the actual store:)

Here's my post - I haven't listed books yet but I will.

http://marybeth494.blogspot.com/2008/12/2009-reading-challenges_4368.html

Sandra said...

Here's my post with tbr list for the challenge:

http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/whitcoulls-reading-challenge-2009.html

Anonymous said...

I'm a bit late joining but please count me in :-)

Lisa said...

Is it too late for me to join this challenge? Sounds like a fun one!

jlsheppard1@yahoo.com

Lisa said...

I'm in. My list is at:http://litandlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/whitcoulls-list-challenge.html

Grilsgood said...

Here is what I read:

1. Picoult, Jodi Vanishing Act
2. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus - John Gray
3. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
4. The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve