In a rush of insanity, only temporary, I trust, I decided to participate almost in every 2011 Reading Challenge. I’m not sure I’ll be able to complete any, but anyway it’s fun to participate. Here is my progress for the first quarter.
Read three books by Australian authors before 31 December. I’m currently reading Diamond Dove by Adrian Hyland
My latest post here: The Alphabet in Crime Fiction, O is for Orsi, Guillermo Orsi
2011 Eastern European Reading Challenge
Read 4 books before 31 December. Read so far Entanglement by Zygmunt Miloszewski (Poland).
Read two novels from each of these continents in the course of 2011: Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, South America and The Seventh Continent.
Read so far: Europe (Three Seconds by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström (Sweden) and Darkside by Belinda Bauer, UK), one South America (Blanco Nocturno de Ricardo Piglia, Argentina), one North America (B-Very Flat by Margot Kinberg, USA) and I’m currently reading one Australasia (Diamond Dove by Adrian Hyland, Australia)
2011 Ireland Reading Challenge
Read 3 books before 30 November 2011. So far I’ve read Borderlands by Brian McGilloway
Read 20+ books before 31 December 2011. So far: Three Seconds by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström, Yours Until Death by Gunnar Staalesen, The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo, Red Wolf by Liza Marklund, El chino de Henning Mankell (The Man from Beijing), Nadie lo ha visto de Mari Jungstedt (Unseen), The Snowman by Jo Nesbo, The Leopard by Jo Nesbo.
2011 Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge
Read 4-6 books written before 1960 from the mystery category. So far I’ve read: The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe and A Study In Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Agatha Christie Reading Challenge
I’ve submitted only one book so far Hickory, Dickory, Dock by Agatha Christie
Read 6 books by British authors in 2011. So far I’ve read Darkside by Belinda Bauer and Hickory, Dickory, Dock by Agatha Christie
Ficciones 2011 Argentina Reading Challenge
Read at 5 books. So far Blanco Nocturno de Ricardo Piglia and Nadie ama a un policía de Guillermo Orsi (No-one Loves a Policeman)
Italy in Books -reading challenge 2011
Read 12 books set in Italy by 31 December. So far: The Wings of the Sphinx by Andrea Camilleri and Testigo Involuntario de Gianrico Carofiglio (Involuntary Witness).
A Crime is Afoot 
>I'm glad I'm not the only one who signed up for more than they can manage Jose Ignacio! I realised today that I'm not doing too well with some of my challenges. Oh well…it's all a bit of fun. I've got plans to get stuck into challenge books in May but I swear I had the same plan for April and something went awry 🙂
>Glad I'm not alone too.
>José Ignacio – You are doing much better than I. I couldn't even bring myself to take on a lot of those challenges, and I admire you very much for doing so, yourself.
>I must admit I think you have been very optimistic. I finished one challenge the other day so now I only have four left. Shouldn´t be too difficult, but in periods I just need the freedom to grab the book *I* feel like reading, not one that I ought to read.