2015 Reading Assignment Challenge

                                             
This is being hosted by Berls @ Fantasy is More Fun and Michelle at Because Reading.  Head over to Berls blog to check out the full details.

Some of the details are as below.

The Levels

Reading Level 1:
6 books
No Extra Credit, No Passes

Reading Level 2:
12 books (1 book/month)
1 Extra Credit, 1 Pass

Reading Level 3:
24 books (2 books/month)
2 Extra Credits, 1 Pass

Reading Level 4:
36 books (3 books/month)
3 Extra Credits, 1 Pass

Reading Level 5:
48 books (4 books/month)
4 Extra Credits, 1 Pass

Extra Credit:
Each level gets a set amount of extra credit that they may claim throughout the challenge. So if you’re having a good month and want to get ahead (and haven’t used up your extra credit) go ahead and read an extra book from your Assignment List. Once you’ve used up your Extra Credit, you have to stick to your scheduled number of books per month.

Passes:
Level 2 and up gets 1 Pass. This means you can skip a month without dropping out of the challenge. You’ll have to use your extra credit to make it up, but you still have a chance.

CLARIFICATION (edited 12/02/14): Extra Credit can ONLY be used for books on your list from January 1st – November 30th. Extra credit is helping you recover from a month you passed. However, if you do your assigned reading according to schedule, you will start December with unused extra credit. You may add a book for each remaining extra credit to your assignment list, to be announced in your November post (which links up 12/1 – 12/7). If you choose to add books to your list, YOU MUST read them to complete the challenge. IF YOU FAIL TO READ THEM, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE GRAND PRIZE. IF YOU DO READ THEM, YOU’LL GET AN EXTRA ENTRY FOR EACH EXTRA CREDIT YOU CASH IN. So its up to you play it safe or gamble for more chances to win and rise to the top of the class!

I think I will go for Level 5.  48 books in the year - 4 a month. That gives me 4 extra credits and 1 pass.

My List of Books for this challenge.

End of year update: I chose Level 5. This gave me 4 extra credits and 1 pass. I needed to use 1 credit early. Didn't need to use my pass.

January: Completed.

• Come What May                  Sherryl Caulfied       
• Sea of Love                          Susan Donovan
• I Saw Her Standing There    Marie Force
• Purity in Death                      J.D.Robb

February: Completed.

• Welcome to Serenity              Sherryl Woods
•  Black Hills                             Nora Roberts
• Portrait in Death                      J D Robb
• A Place Called Harmony        Jodi Thomas

March:

• By Bread Alone                      Sarah Kate Lynch
• Outback Blaze                        Rachael Johns
• Thief With No Shadow          Emily Gee
• Last Time I Was Me               Cathy Lamb

April:

• Home in Carolina                   Sherryl Woods
• Sense and Sensibility              Joanna Trollope
• Imitation in Death                   J. D. Robb
• What I Remember Most          Cathy Lamb

May:

• Sweet Tea at Sunrise               Sherryl Woods
• Jericho                                    Ginger Jamison
• Up At Butternut Creek           Mary McNear
• Remember When                    J. D. Robb/ Nora Roberts

June

• Divided in Death                     J.D. Robb
• Zac and Mia                            A. J. Betts
• Honeysuckle Summer             Sherryl Woods
• Visions in Death                      J. D. Robb

July

• Three Weeks With Lady X     Eloisa James
• Bitter Greens                           Kate Forsyth
• Me Before You                       Jojo Moyes
• Heavenly Hirani's School of Laughing Yoga     Sarah-Kate Lynch  

August

• Time Will Tell                       Fiona McCallum
• Survivor in Death                    J. D. Robb
• Blood Brothers                        Nora Roberts
• Midnight Promises                 Sherryl Woods

September

• Origin in Death                      J. D. Robb
• The Hollow                            Nora Roberts
• The Ravenscar Dynasty         Barbara Taylor Bradford read in August = 1 credit.
• Daughters-in-law                    Joanna Trollope

October

• Every Crooked Nanny           Mary Kay Andrews
• Memory in Death                   J. D. Robb
• Catching Fireflies                   Sherryl Woods
• An Absolute Scandal             Penny Vincenzi

November

• Flight Lessons                        Patricia Gaffney
• The Thirteenth Tale                Diane Setterfield
• Born in Death                         J. D. Robb
• The Pagan Stone                    Nora Roberts

December

• Where Azaleas Bloom            Sherryl Woods
• Queen of the Road                   Tricia Stringer
• Innocent in Death                     J. D. Robb
• The Gamble                              Kristen Ashley

This challenge will clear some books off my TBR shelves. Oh my, by the end of 2015 I may have significantly more room on this shelf!