Showing posts with label Read Scotland Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Read Scotland Challenge. Show all posts

Friday, December 4, 2015

Read Scotland 2016

Link to announcement/sign-up post
Hosted by: Peggy Ann @ Peggy Ann's Post
Dates: January 1 - December 31, 2016

Guidelines:
  • Read and review books written by Scottish authors (by birth or immigration), or about or set in Scotland.
  • All genres and formats are allowed.
  • Books may count for other challenges.
  • You don't need a blog to participate.

Challenge levels:
  1. Just A Keek (a little look): 1-5 books
  2. The Highlander: 6-10 books
  3. The Hebridean: 11-15 books
  4. Ben Nevis: 16-20 books
  5. Back O' Beyond: 21+ books

I'm signing up at the first level (Just a Keek), and hope to read five books.

● See my original post about the challenge HERE.
● See the challenge announcement page HERE.
● See the challenge group at GoodReads HERE.
● See the page for linking wrap-up posts HERE.

MY READING LIST (books I've read, with links to reviews):

  1. Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus #1). Ian Rankin 



POSSIBLE READS:
  • The Anatomist's Wife (Lady Darby #1). Anna Lee Huber 
  • The Bachelors. Muriel Spark 
  • The Blackhouse (Lewis Trilogy #1). Peter May 
  • The Comforters. Muriel Spark
  • Death at the President's Lodging (Inspector Appleby #1). Michael Innes 
  • The Distant Echo (Inspector Karen Pirie #1). Val McDermid 
  • The Driver's Seat. Muriel Spark 
  • Enter Second Murderer (Inspector Faro #1). Alanna Knight 
  • Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey #7). Dorothy L. Sayers 
  • The Inn at the Edge of the World. Alice Thomas Ellis 
  • In Thrall. Eva Hanagan
  • Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus #1). Ian Rankin 
  • Legacy of the Dead (Inspector Rutledge #4). Charles Todd 
  • The Public Image. Muriel Spark
  • Raven Black (Shetland Island #1). Ann Cleeves 
  • The Sunday Philosophy Club (Isabel Dalhousie #1). Alexander McCall Smith 
  • Symposium. Muriel Spark 
  • Waiting Sands. Susan Howatch 
  • Wildfire At Midnight. Mary Stewart 
  • The Wrong Box. Robert Louis Stevenson


Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Read Scotland 2015


Hosted by: Peggy Ann @ Peggy Ann's Post
Dates: January 1 - December 31, 2015

Guidelines:
  • Read and review books written by Scottish authors (by birth or immigration), or about or set in Scotland.
  • All genres and formats are allowed.
  • Books may count for other challenges.
  • You don't need a blog to participate.

Challenge levels:
  1. Just A Keek (a little look): 1-4 books
  2. The Highlander: 5-8 books
  3. The Hebridean: 9-12 books
  4. Ben Nevis: 13-24 books
  5. Back O' Beyond: 25+ books

I'm signing up at the first level (Just a Keek), and hope to read four books.

● See my original post about the challenge HERE.
● See the challenge announcement page HERE.
● See the challenge group at GoodReads HERE.
● See the page for linking wrap-up posts HERE.

MY READING LIST (books I've read, with links to reviews):
  1. The Ice Twins. S.K. Tremayne (set in Scotland)
  2. Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Potting Shed Mysteries #3). Marty Wingate (set in Scotland)

Friday, December 27, 2013

Read Scotland 2014

http://peggyannspost.blogspot.com/2013/11/read-scotland-2014.html

Dates:  January 1 - December 31, 2014
Hosted By:  Peggy Ann @ Peggy Ann's Post

Guidelines:
  • Read and review Scottish books - either written by a Scottish author (by birth or immigration), or set in Scotland.
  • Any genre or format is allowed.
  • Books can overlap with other challenges.
  • You don't need a blog to participate.
  • There will be a page for linking up reviews. 
  • There is a group at GoodReads you can join.
Levels:
  1. Just A Keek (a little look): 1-4 books read 
  2. The Highlander: 5-8 books 
  3. The Hebridean: 9-12 books 
  4. Ben Nevis: 13+ books 

✷ I'm signing up for the second level ("The Highlander"), so I'll be reading 5-8 books. 

● See my original post about the challenge HERE.
● See the challenge announcement/sign-up page HERE.
~ See the review/progress/chit-chat page HERE.
~ See the GoodReads group HERE.

MY READING LIST (books I've read, with links to reviews):
  1. The Only Problem. Muriel Spark (author born in Edinburgh)
  2. Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster. Terrance Dicks (set mostly in Scotland)
  3. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author born in Edinburgh) 
  4. The Light Princess. George MacDonald (author born in Scotland)