I took the 50 Book Pledge!

I signed up to read at least 75 books in 2014 at the 50 Book Pledge.  So far I'm on track to do a lot more, so I'll give it a look later and revise if I think I can break 100 this year.  The site has giveaways and badges you can earn as you meet your challenge, and adding books to your shelves is as easy as searching for the book's title and clicking add on the shelf page.  I'll be adding this challenge onto my challenges page as well.

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2011

To really get my year in books off the ground, I've decided to take part in some of the reading challenges out there on some book blogs.  The first one I've decided to join should be a breeze for me, since historical fiction is my favorite kind of fiction.  So I'm very excited to throw my hat in the ring for the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2011!

I've decided to sign up at the "Severe Bookaholic" level, which means completing 20 books between now and December 31.  I'm confident I can do that many (possibly more!), and I've even got started on my to-read list.  So, in no particular order (links go to each book's page on goodreads):

1. The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar ✓
2. The Pirate Devlin by Mark Keating ✓
3. The Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig ✓
4. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
5. Queen Hereafter by Susan Fraser King
6. Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
7. The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor
8. The Wake of the Lorelei Lee by L.A. Meyer
9. The Spanish Bride by Georgette Heyer
10. The Wrong Blood by Manuel de Lope
11. Juliet by Anne Fortier ✓
12. Poison by Sara Poole ✓
13. Prophecy by S. J. Parris
14. The Lady's Slipper by Deborah Swift
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... and that's all for now, just going off my current library stack and the books on my shelf.  Others will be added in time but half the list chosen this early in the year is a pretty good start.