2015 I Love Picture Books Reading Challenge

For this year’s reading challenges, I decided to do something very different and drastic.  I am going to read women authors.  I feel like I’ve been neglecting all those wonderful female authors sitting on my shelves.  I will be tailoring my challenge participation to account for this overall goal.  I do have a few exceptions.  I may read a male author if 1) I’ve already started the series and desperately want to finish it (i.e. Song of Ice and Fire) 2) It is a book club selection (out of my hands) or 3) If it is a male author writing nonfiction specifically about a women subject (e.g. a biography of Kate Chopin).  Other than those three exceptions, I want to discover some wonderful women authors.

From Book Dragon’s Lair:

For all of you who still love picture books but find they don’t qualify for your other challenges… You know you’re going to read them, they might as well count!

Guidelines:

• Challenge runs from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015
• Read picture books.
• Pick a number and go for it. Twelve too easy? Go for 20. Piece of cake? Go for 40.
• Books you own and library check outs count. So do ebooks and re-reads.
• Please post about the challenge and sign up with a direct link.
• A blog is not necessary, just link to where you talk about the challenge
• Reviews are not necessary but would be nice (so we know which ones to read ourselves!) A link for reviews will be posted in January.

I’m going for 150 books!  We easily passed that last year, so it should be easy peasy.