Tis past that time of year to get up my reading challenges...The best kind of challenge for me is a short month or two with no prompts. I can then focus on mood reading. But I do like to think about what kinds of books I read and get some prompts to help me focus and diversify from time to time and reading challenges with prompts fit that bill.
Book Challenge by Erin 18.0 is a private Facebook bookclub hosted twice a year. Anyone can signup. First round is January through April. I tried to pick books I own so I can work on that TBR own pile this year a bit more.
1. Prime Number <1000: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2. Book with an unusual narrator: Watership Down by Richard Adams
3. Title with 1st letter of your first name (H): Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
4. Heart or love in the title: The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
5. Set in small town or rural setting: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
6. Goodreads award winner: (history & biography) The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
7. Black or white in the title: Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine by Olivia Campbell
8. Author with 3 names: The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky
9. Book set in Australia or by an Australian author: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
10. Freebie: The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
Fourth quarter- Beloved by Toni Morrison. Also read this one a few years ago but I really enjoyed it and it's short so I plan on rereading.
I joined StoryGraph a couple of years ago. It's a great site to keep track of my personal reading challenges. They also host their own reading challenges every year. The one I joined is StoryGraph Reads the World 2023.
Argentina: Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrrica
Colombia: Either Love in the Time of Cholera or 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Cuba: Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy by Carlos Eire
Italy: From Scratch by Tembi Locke
Nigeria: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Norway: Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Pakistan: Either The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood or The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
South Africa: Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Syria: Others Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad Noir: The Classics edited by Earl Lovelace & Robert Antoni
Whew! Should keep my reading interesting!
I haven't done any challenges the last few years but I kinda miss 'em. I've always kind of wanted to read Watership Down. And the Auel series too.
ReplyDeleteSome great prompts for the Build Your Library one.
I LOVE that image for the Horror challenge.
Sometimes the reading challenges can get a bit daunting but I remember I don't have to do all of them and that a lot of times it's just to branch out and see what others are reading as well. It's been more fun each as I keep that perspective!
DeleteYou do have a great starting point for diversification, which is always a goal but not always achieved in my own reading. I absolutely loved Hamnet, and beginning with the letter H is as good a reason as any to read it! I also want to read The Daughter of Dr Moreau. I read 100 Years of Solitude so long ago I can barely remember it but do remember that it made me fall in love with magical realism.
ReplyDeleteHappy reading!
That's a wonderful recommendation for 100 Years of Solitude! Oh good. I'm excited to read Hamnet. I have another of her books I want to finish this year as well.
DeleteGood luck with your challenges!
ReplyDeleteThank you and you too!
DeleteSome good books you picked for these challenges. Someday I'll get to Sigrid Undset. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteHa ha! We shall see how far I get into any of these challenges. But it's sure fun trying!
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