Apparently, I’m in the mood for Reading Challenges since I intend to complete 7 this year. Here goes…

First up is the challenge I’m already working on, The New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge. I listed my books for that challenge in my sign-up post. This challenge runs through January — there’s still plenty of time to choose a book that supports a New Year project, resolution, or goal and join us!

Next is the 2014 Chunkster Reading Challenge hosted by Vasilly. To qualify as a chunkster for this challenge, a book needs to have 450 pages or more. We get to choose our own level. Since this is my first time, I’m not quite sure what number to pick. I know that I read at least two books last year that would qualify: Paris by Edward Rutherfurd and The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert. I know that I’ll be reading at least one more Edward Rutherfurd book this year in advance of a hoped-for trip to England in the fall. I suspect there will be other chunksters involved in my England reading. And, I do want this to be a challenge. So, I think I’ll go for four books and the first will likely be London by Edward Rutherfurd.

Speaking of England, I’m going to join the British History Reading Challenge hosted by Annette at Impressions in Ink. It’s a simple challenge to read at least three books about British History in 2014. Historical fiction, like London by Edward Rutherfurd, counts.

My reading themes for 2014 are England, memoirs, and writing books. Many of those books will be nonfiction, so I might as well join The Nonfiction Reading Challenge hosted by Jen at The Introverted Reader. I’m going to join at the top level, Master, intending to read 16-20 nonfiction books in 2014. London won’t count for this, but all the books in my New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge will.

This will be my fourth year to join the Foodies Read Challenge hosted by Vicki. Last year, I managed the Chef de Cuisine level of 14 books. That included a number of books about France since France and food go so well together. England and food? Not so much. So, I’m going to reduce my level to Sous-Chef with the intention of reading 9 to 13 Foodie books in 2014.

This is also my fourth year for the What’s in a Name Challenge, now with a new host, Charlie at The Worm Hole. I have yet to complete this challenge, but maybe this is my year. Here are the categories for 2014:

• A reference to time (Eleven Minutes, Before Ever After)
• A position of royalty (The People’s Queen, The Last Empress, The Curse Of The Pharaoh)
• A number written in letters (The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, A Tale Of Two Cities)
• A forename or names (Rebecca, Eleanor & Park, The Unfinished Work Of Elizabeth D.)
• A type or element of weather (Gone With The Wind, Red Earth Pouring Rain)

Watch late this summer for my announcement of the 2nd annual Back to School Reading Challenge (here are last year’s details, if you want to plan ahead) — we’ll be aiming to learn things from books in August and September.

What reading challenges are you tackling in 2014?