I am joining up again for 2015 for The Eclectic Reader Challenge.
You can read the full details over at Book'd Out blog. Here are a list of the kind of books for the challenge with some of the ones I might read for it added in.
1. Retelling (of fairytale, myth or legend)
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
2. A book set in a country starting with S Scotland.
My Very Best Friend Cathy Lamb
3. PI Crime
Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman
4. A novel published before you were born
West of Pecos Zane Grey
5. Contemporary romance
Jilted. Rachael Johns
6. Fiction for foodies
Secret of Everything Barbara O'Neal
7. Microhistory (non-fiction)
Clean Katherine Ashenburg
8. SF set in space
9. Sports (fiction or non fiction)
Raw - Martin Crowe
10. Featuring Diversity Passing Through Perfect. Bette Lee Crosby
11. Epistolary Fiction
Where'd You Go Bernadette Maria Semple
12. Middle Grade/YA Adventure
Sidekick Auralee Wallace
Hello. Good luck on the challenge.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like it's not for me. Already through my A to Z countries challenge (doing second edition in 2015 with 12 books) or through your blog I read broader. One thing is "going outside comfort zones" and another is "reading genres you don't like" (here: romance and ya). I'm writing this to let you know that I liked your challenge for those reasons. It was general enough to go broader, and if you wanted a romance, you could still read that, but you weren't forced.
If you'd be interested in general challenge, reading global writers, check this challenge: http://forculturessake.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/around-the-world-a-to-z-2015-reading-challenge/
Cheers.
Thank you, I like this particular challenge as it does make me read something different. Although general challenges do entice me as well.
DeleteSome great choices Kathryn - especially Bitter Greens - I loved it!
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Yes I have heard great things about Bitter Greens from bloggers.
DeleteGreat to see Canadian author, LM Montgomery's Tangled Web on your list ;)
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