This is where I will keep a record of the Read Along with Emilie 2018: A Reading Challenge issued by one of my favourite authors Emilie Richards. Go on over and read her post and why she likes a bit of a reading challenge.
The categories are:
- A book set on the water The Denim Blue Sea Joanne DeMaio
- A novel that features a character with a disability The Promise Between Us. Barbara Claypole White. (Disability = OCD)
- A classic you always promised yourself you'd read Persuasion Jane Austen
- A novel with a person's name in the title The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin
- A travelogue Table for Eight Tricia Stringer ( Pacific Islands cruise)
- A novel featuring a woman over sixty as a major character The Single Ladies of the Jacaranda Retirement Village Joanna Nell
- A novel set in a different century and a country not your own The Duchess Danielle Steele
- A family saga The Pearl Sister. Lucinda Riley.
- A novel from a genre ( cozy mystery) that you rarely or never read: Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle
- A novel by Emilie Richards Night Magic.
- A non-fiction "how-to" book Photo Album Quilts Wendy Butler Burns
- A young adult (YA) book Becoming Magdalene Fleur Beale
- A book you choose just because... it had a quilt on the cover! A Soft Place to Fall Liz Flaherty
- A time travel novel As You Wish Jude Deveraux
- A novel that's been made into a movie
- A book that's been in your TBR pile for more than a year Flirting with Pete Barbara Delinksy
- A memoir Promise Me Dad. Joe Biden (Memoir) Narrated by Joe Biden. 5 stars
- A book by a local author Hearts of Resistance Soraya M. Lane
The ones I'll find most difficult to fulfil I suspect are: a book set on water, a travelogue (erk!) and maybe a genre I never read. I'm doing a couple of challenges that call for classics - and... classics reading is a far from strong point for me!!
What would be your Waterloo?
Have you any suggestions of books you've read that would fit one of these categories?
I always said I'd read "The Old Man and the Sea" - so a classic that is set on water? :)
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That would be fun to cover two in one go. I am not sure Its for me - I've heard of it, but in a vague kind of way, must have a look at it though. Thanks Sherry.
DeleteA Dog's Purpose by Bruce Cameron would be good for A novel that's been made into a movie; the book is way better. I listened to the audiobook and loved it. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton was also made into a movie, one I need to see, and it's a classic. For memoir, I loved Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson and Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki. A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford is a family saga my mum and I read long ago.
ReplyDeleteAha The Outsiders - a classic! Will look into it Stefanie. Thanks.
DeleteEmilie Richards has a reading challenge!! I'm not sure I can resist this one. I think I'd struggle the most with time travel. I'm not sure what constitutes a travelogue exactly but have you tried Bill Bryson? You might enjoy his books. They can be a bit rambly but in a college professor bumbling kind of way if that makes sense.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what a travelogue is either but will have to explore it! I'll look into Bill Bryson, I haven't read anything by him, so would be a new experience.
DeleteI’m a fan of J. Maarten Troost’s travelogues - Sex Lives of Cannibals or Getting Stoned with Savages about his experiences living on islands in the South Pacific (Kiribati, Vanuatu)
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