The Whodunit Reading Challenge (Suspense, Mystery, and Crime)

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I was aiming to keep it simple this year, but couldn't help signing up to the Whodunit Reading Challenge, sponsored by the wonderful site, Gathering Books. To quote from the original post,
...to start 2011, we embrace books that are shrouded in secrecy, suspense, and mystery (and crime, too)
The challenge runs from January until June 30th, and there are 4 levels of participation:
  • Novice Profiler: 1-2 books
  • Crime Detective: 3-5 books
  • Mythic Crime Buster: 6-8 books
  • Criminal Genius/Mastermind: 9 books and above

I'm signing up for the Crime Detective level, so I shall now scour my TBR for at least 5 suspense, mystery, and crime stories. I have to make this challenge coincide with my 2011 reading plan, which is to read primarily from my TBR. Then again, I've just looked around at the books on my desk and below my dresser, and I think I can easily find five. 

The beautiful thing about this challenge is that the books can be for any age group--children, YA, or adult. It can be a classic book or a contemporary book. It can even be non-fiction, as long as it fits into the suspense, mystery, and crime category.

Anyway, if you want to find out more about the challenge (and, hopefully, sign up!), go to the challenge post at Gathering Books. And look around the site, too, if it's your first time there. It's a great blog and resource for those looking for good children's and young adult books.:)

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GatheringBooks said…
Hi Honey! Thank you so much for joining and for your very kind words. We love your blog too! We are revealing possibly TEN more book prizes soon (or quite possibly eleven). I can't wait to have them confirmed from our book sponsors (two huge institutions here in Singapore) - hopefully we get more sign-ups when we announce the titles. We're also looking forward to hearing more youthful voices about books (reviews done by teenagers/children). There might be a group here that would do just that, still to be confirmed. But it's exciting.
January 30, 2011 at 6:12 PM
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