2012 Mixing it up challenge

Next year, I plan to take part in Ellie’s Mixing it up Challenge. It sounds like it should be fun!

If you’re perusing Ellie’s page right now, I’m planning on aiming at the Mixing Bowl, probably going for 12 categories. This is going to be the place-holder until I can get more details put in

Edit January 2 2012: Added categories and potential reads!

1. CLASSICS

Candidates:  The Woman in White, Twenty Years After

2. BIOGRAPHY

Candidates: Henry VIII biography, William Rufus biography

3. HISTORY

Candidates: Many potential ones, including Medieval Intrigues (Ian Mortimer), the book on the history of the Church 200-1000AD that I got for Christmas, Britain in the Middle Ages (Frances Pryor), The Templar Knights in Britain (Evelyn Lord)

4. MODERN FICTION

Candidates: Need to find something for this

5. GRAPHIC NOVELS AND MANGA

Candidates: So many to choose from!

6.  CRIME AND MYSTERY

Candidates: Possibly Case Histories (Kate Atkinson). I read a lot of mysteries so I’d like to use a new author/series for this one

7. ROMANCE

Candidates: The Secret Mistress (Mary Balogh), No Proper Lady

8. SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY

Candidates: So many!

9. TRAVEL

Candidates: A book that a friend gave me about a journey from Scotland to Canada or may Eccentric Guide to Oxford

10. POETRY AND DRAMA

Candidates: Wilfred Own

11. SCIENCE AND NATURAL HISTORY

Candidates: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

12. CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT

Candidates: So many to choose from!

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