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		<title>2012 e-Book Reading Challenge</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This challenge is being hosted by Jamie at Bumps in the Road. Between free Kindle books, under $5 Kindle books, and gifted books I have a ton of unread books!  My goal this year is to make a dent in my Kindle collection.  With my other challenges I shouldn&#8217;t have trouble getting up to  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go Indie 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love earning Amazon gift cards from taking surveys online or earning my SwagBucks.  I tend to use these small gift cards to see how many Kindle books I can get.  If you like trying out new authors like I do, you can buy 5 $0.99 books with a $5 gift card.  Most of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nds Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katy&#8217;s (A Few More Reading Challenges) other reading challenge goes hand in hand with the 1st in a series challenge.  In the 2nds challenge you can either read the 2nd book in a series or find an author where you have read one of their books and now you are reading a second book.  Since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1st in a Series Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katy at A Few More Reading Challenges is hosting 2 challenges this year for readers who love a good book series.  The first challenge is the 1st of a series challenge &#8211; read the first book in a series.  I love series since I just like following characters from one book to another so this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s What You Think Challenge!</title>
		<link>http://www.theblondediaries.com/2012/01/01/thats-what-you-think-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alex at Blethering About Books is hosting a challenge this year to show the BBC how wrong they are about the number of books on their "100 books" list that people should read.  I've read 16 of these books and want to get into the 20s so I'm adding 5 more books for this year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Explore the Many Genres of Jane Austen Spinoffs 2012 Reading Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shanna at Existing&#8217;s Tricky is hosting a Jane Austen spinoff in 2012.  I remember the first time I read a Jane Austen book.  It was a required book I think my freshman year of high school. I remember complaining left and right over it.  The print was too small, the language was old english, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victorian Challenge 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laura at Laura&#8217;s Reviews is hosting a Victorian Book Challenge in 2012.  I love old books and historial books so this should be right up my alley.  It was nice to see some books from my TBR List included in various Victorian Book lists.  I&#8217;m going to aim for 2 Victorian books this year and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Cruisin&#8217; through the Cozies Book Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure which was my favorite last year &#8211; cozy mysteries or vampire fiction.  Vampires I had been reading since 2010 but cozies were completely new to me.  All I know is that I&#8217;m looking forward to reading more about both this year.  This challenge is being hosted by Yvonne at Socrates&#8217; Book Reviews. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Gossip Girl Book Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.theblondediaries.com/2012/01/01/2012-gossip-girl-book-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading with Tequila is hosting a Gossip Girl book challenge.  I noticed that I have the same issue: I have the entire series and have yet to start them.  Couple that with what I&#8217;ve heard about the tv show and the fact that these books showed up on a few banned/challenged book lists and these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Romantic Suspense Book Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.theblondediaries.com/2012/01/01/2012-romantic-suspense-book-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another fun challenge brought to you by The Eclectic Bookshelf.  I&#8217;m not quite sure if I&#8217;ve ever read a Romantic Suspense book &#8211; maybe but not realize it?  So this should help me define the sub genre.  I&#8217;m going to aim for Level 2: 10 books! Rules: Anyone can join You don&#8217;t need a blog [...]]]></description>
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