I’m going ambitious this year – taking on a mountain of challenges in an effort to mix things up and not read fantasy novels exclusively. I will probably definitely have overlap between these lists, but I also anticipate some of these categories having multiple entries to make up for it when all is said and done.
Read About Where
- Your home state or county – Blankets
- Your favorite place you’ve been –
- The place you most want to go to – A Darker Shade of Magic (Red London!)
- North America – Alexander Hamilton, The Color Purple, The Complete Essex County
- South America – 1491
- Antarctica – At the Mountains of Madness
- Africa – Heart of Darkness
- Asia – Persepolis
- Europe – Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Frankenstein, Wolf Hall, Persuasion, Bring Up the Bodies, War and Peace, The Importance of Being Earnest
- Australia / Oceania
- The Ocean – Dead Wake
- Space – Dune Messiah, Children of Dune
Pretty Books Classics Challenge
From Pretty Books
- January – Heart of Darkness, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
- February – Frankenstein
- March – Persuasion
- April – The Catcher in the Rye
- May – The Turn of the Screw
- June – The Killing Joke
- July – War and Peace
- August – The Three Musketeers
- September – The Importance of Being Earnest
- October
- November
- December
When Are You Reading?
From Taking on a World of Words
- Pre 1500 – The Last Kingdom
- 1500-1599 – Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies
- 1600-1699 – The Three Musketeers
- 1700-1799 – Alexander Hamilton
- 1800-1899 – Heart of Darkness, Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Frankenstein, Persuasion, The Turn of the Screw, War and Peace, The Importance of Being Earnest
- 1900-1919 – Dead Wake
- 1920-1939 – At the Mountains of Madness, A Contract With God, The Color Purple
- 1940-1959 – The Catcher in the Rye
- 1960-1979 – High Rise
- 1980-1999 – Persepolis
- 2000-Present – The Big Short
- The Future- Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, Illuminae
The Outdo Yourself Challenge
I read 47 books last year. This year’s goal is 52.
It’s not a huge increase, but considering I’m back in Grad School which is a time eater, it’s a pretty decent goal!
Current Progress : 82 Books
Totally complete.
The Writing Reviews Challenge
From Delighted Reader
I’m challenging myself to write a review for every single book I finish this year. So far, so good!
Current Progress : 79 out of 82 reviews
The Laurenest 