{"id":4051,"date":"2017-01-31T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=4051"},"modified":"2017-01-31T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T19:30:00","slug":"reading-challenges-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/31\/reading-challenges-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Challenges 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone! Today, I&#8217;m telling you about the reading challenges I am participating in this year. All these are year long \u00a0challenges. I may or may not participate in other challenges, readathons or readalongs throughout the year.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Brunch Book Challenge<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/rf\/image_size_960x540\/HT\/p2\/2016\/12\/30\/Pictures\/_e972ec8a-ce98-11e6-a1a7-f672457d0d7f.jpg\" alt=\"Highlight Story\" width=\"418\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This challenge is hosted by HT Brunch. You can check out their twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HTBrunch\">@HTBrunch<\/a>\u00a0and also the challenge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/brunch\/brunch-book-challenge-is-back\/story-1Vxcpgxtzd44p0BJH3mEoK.html\">post<\/a>. The offcial hashtag is #BrunchBookChallenge.<\/p>\n<p>There are only two rules to complete this challenge.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Read 36 books in 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Read\u00a0at least six books by Indian authors, or those centered on India.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I have always been interested in this challenge but I&#8217;ve never been active in updating my reading. This year I want to change that. I will be posting my progress through my twitter account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tavleensoni\">@tavleensoni<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color:#000080;\">0 By 18<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/eee7c-0by18.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This challenge is hosted by Erin from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/readingwithwrin.blogspot.in\/p\/0by18-reading-challenge.html\">Reading With Erin<\/a>\u00a0and Valerie from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hesaidbooksorme.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/0by18.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He Said Books Or ME<\/a>. The aim of this challenge is\u00a0just to lower your TBR piles. The offcial hashtag is #0by18.<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Read My Own Damn Books<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/5055e-readmyowndamnbooksbutton.jpg\" alt=\"Sign Up for 2017\" width=\"339\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This challenge is hosted by Estella from <a href=\"http:\/\/estellasrevenge.blogspot.in\/2016\/12\/readmyowndamnbooks-2017-sign-ups.html\">Estella&#8217;s Revenge<\/a>. There aren&#8217;t any rules for this either. Just read your own damn books. The official hashtag is\u00a0#ReadMyOwnDamnBooks<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>Are you participating in any reading challenges this year? Let me know down below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone! Today, I&#8217;m telling you about the reading challenges I am participating in this year. All these are year long \u00a0challenges. I may or may not participate in other challenges, readathons or readalongs throughout the year. Brunch Book Challenge&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/31\/reading-challenges-2017\/#more-4051\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reading Challenges 2017<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,99,113,377,380],"class_list":["post-4051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-0by18","tag-books","tag-brunchbookchallenge","tag-reading-challenges-2017","tag-readmyowndamnbooks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11624,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/13\/2017-reading-year-in-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":4051,"position":0},"title":"2017- Reading Year In Review","date":"January 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone! I wish all of you a very very\u00a0 Happy New Year! May you never run out of books to read. This post is so hard to write. I guess that's because I have to reflect back on the last 12 months and write it down. It is difficult\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book Reviews&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Happy New Year!","src":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/happy-new-year.png?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4103,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/23\/my-tbr-jar-tasks-completed-in-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":4051,"position":1},"title":"My TBR Jar Tasks Completed In 2016","date":"January 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"In the beginning of 2016, I made a post called\u00a0My Reading More Diversely Jar\/ My Ultimate TBR Jar. 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That in itself is more than the books I collected in the whole\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Miscellaneous&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"IMG_20170507_010220_494","src":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/img_20170507_010220_494.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":627,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/02\/my-reading-more-diversely-jar-my-ultimate-tbr-jar\/","url_meta":{"origin":4051,"position":3},"title":"My Reading More Diversely Jar \/ My Ultimate TBR Jar","date":"April 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"For the last couple of\u00a0\u00a0years it has been quite a trend to make TBR (to-be-read) lists and jars in the book community. I had a list for 2015 and was successful in completing most of them. However, this year i didn't want to put pressure on myself and just wanted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"books\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/books-4-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11571,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/29\/my-reading-journey\/","url_meta":{"origin":4051,"position":4},"title":"My Reading Journey","date":"December 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone. I hope you all are doing well. Since the year is coming to an end I decided to sit back and look through my reading journey and see how my tastes have changed. Luckily, I have almost always kept a track of the books I have read either\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Miscellaneous&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Image result for the more you read the more you will know","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.ithinkwecouldbefriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Read-places-youll-go-5x7.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6830,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/02\/april-2017-wrap-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":4051,"position":5},"title":"April 2017 Wrap-Up","date":"May 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"April was an okayish month for me in terms of reading. The first two weeks I wasn't reading much and my school started after that so it got quite busy. The good thing is that I managed to read 6 books and that, good collection too. 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