I took on a couple of major category challenges in 2012, requiring me to read 12 & 13 different categories respectively. There were only eight overlapping categories, though, so I ended up reading books for 17 different genres: eight non-fiction and nine fiction.

For the Library Thing 12 in ’12 group, I needed to pick any twelve categories and the books to fit them.

SUCCESS!

But why didn’t I just pick 12 of the 13 in the next challenge? Simple: I had posted my sign-up, publicly declaring my picks before I found the Mixing It Up Challenge. Honour kept me locked to them.

The five non-fiction and seven fiction categories I chose, and the books I read to fulfill them are list on my sign-up page.

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Ellie, who hosted the Mixing It Up Challenge at her blog Musings of a Bookshop Girl determined the categories. She set out 16 types of books, and the challenge levels.

I decided to skip the horror, romance, & manga groups and entered at the Two-Tier Cake level, needing to complete 13 categories.

SUCCESS!

To see the 7 non-fiction and six fiction categories that I completed, and the books I did it with, please visit my sign-up page.