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Read Harder 2016
I own books to fill in all but 2 categories.
Heather wrote: "List printed and researching books now! I think the only one I need help on is 'Read a book originally published in the decade you were born'. I was born in 1983."https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9
Rainey wrote: "Heather wrote: "List printed and researching books now! I think the only one I need help on is 'Read a book originally published in the decade you were born'. I was born in 1983."https://www.good..."
I was born in 1982 - I'm just looking at that list and I can't believe how many of them I read as a kid. I'm going to have to either find a Stephen King that I missed or grab a sci-fi masterwork, I think...
I was still on the fence about the challenge until I saw the list and now I am so excited to get started. I'm already looking into books from the year I was born (there were some great books that year), and I was about to start reading Lucy Kinsley's Relish this week but I think I'll hold off and save it for the Food Memoir challenge. Trying to get some friends to join me but most people I know aren't big readers (sad face).
Woot! I'm so excited to start planning my TBR.
So excited about this! I discovered Book Riot and Goodreads this summer and have been catching up on Podcasts and the 2015 Read Harder Challenge over the past few months. As an English graduate currently teaching Maths, it's been so nice to feel connected to a bookish community again. I am determined to complete the 2015 Challenge by the end of the year (2 and a couple of pages to go - totally doable!) and cannot wait to get stuck into 2016! Thanks to all at BR and here :)
The best part is feeling the humongous surge of book love reverberate throughout the Internet when Book Riot posted the challenge for 2016!
hooray!! i skipped out on the 2015 challenge for absolutely no good reason, so i'm excited to join in for 2016!
SibylM wrote: "hmmm . . . a book written from a different religious perspective than your own? A book written in second person narrative?"I like the idea of a book written from a different religious perspective.
I can't see any opportunity where I'm going to be able to read a book out loud to someone else. So, I won't be completing the challenge this year; but I'll do the rest of it anyway.
What about just reading the book out loud, even if you don't have an audience? Might seem odd at first, but others have said they're gonna read to pets, which sounds cool, and I'm sure you'd soon get used to it - and it would be a different experience to the way you normally read, which might be really interesting. I remember reading The Twits by Roald Dahl out loud to my teddies when I was 11/12ish, and I being really mesmerised by the experience. (...not weird...)
I have a tendency to read out loud, mainly to myself! It's really good when I'm dozing but don't want to stop in the middle of a chapter! I also sometimes read with accents, lol. Weird I know but I think it's fun!
I was thinking about Anna Karnina for historical fiction set before 1900, it was written in 1800s something and all Leo Tolstoy is considered historical fiction i guess..
I am from Egypt by the way :) any readers from the region? :)
I appreciate the comments and recommendations and ideas from you all - and they may inspire other people to take the challenge on if they were having any reservations about it.For myself, I will still not be completing that 1 challenge.
I love the new challenge! Thank you so much. I just saw a picture on Facebook of a woman reading to a litter of Golden Retriever puppies. That would work for those concerned about reading aloud to someone. : )
Bea wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "love it! Great categories this year. Though reading a book aloud to someone else is going to be hard. I might have to babysit a friend's child."I do not have anyone to read to so ..."
Same here -- I'm going to read to my dachshund, Lola. Perhaps a book about hot dogs!!
Great list! But I expected that from the awesome folks at Book Riot. Some of the categories that I thought would be tough I already have on my TBR.
I have another suggestion for reading aloud: volunteering to read a book for Librivox. It's a charitable opportunity to record public domain books for readers to enjoy as audio, whether they just want to listen to an audiobook format classic or have a more urgent need due to sight challenges.Here's the link to learn more about it: Volunteer for LibriVox
Awesome, I have only just discovered this Read Harder concept and have been eager to see what the 2016 challenge would look like. I am a fairly slow reader, so it pretty much will be my reading list for the year. I think the best part is going to be discussing and deciding on titles for each task.
Yaaay! thanks, I'll start planning my next year's challenge!
I'm totally reading to the dog whether he likes it or not!
I'm totally reading to the dog whether he likes it or not!
Candiss wrote: "I have another suggestion for reading aloud: volunteering to read a book for Librivox. It's a charitable opportunity to record public domain books for readers to enjoy as audio, whether they just w..."Wow! This sounds great!
I'm toying with the idea of trying to complete the challenge by reading 100% women authors (just as a little added challenge to myself).
I've started planning, and wondering if Anna Karnina works as a historical fiction set before 1900s...
Heather wrote: "List printed and researching books now! I think the only one I need help on is 'Read a book originally published in the decade you were born'. I was born in 1983."You can use Goodreads Listopia to find best books by decade. That's how I found my decade, 1960. Listopia is under the explore section at the top. I used it to find a lot of my books for this year's challenge.
Nelly wrote: "I've started planning, and wondering if Anna Karnina works as a historical fiction set before 1900s..."Nelly, A.K. was published in the 1870s and takes place in the 1860s-1870s. This is not before the author's lifetime, which is what often defines "historical fiction." This can not be called "historical" to Tolstoy; it was just "fiction."
For historical fiction I am reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
I really, really like the list of categories for next year's challenge!! :)
Thank you thank you, yay, excited, etc. We need a "Read Harder 2016 Challenge Plans" thread please! I tried to create one but apparently only Moderators can create topics for the Discussion folder.
SibylM wrote: "I'm toying with the idea of trying to complete the challenge by reading 100% women authors (just as a little added challenge to myself)."Ooo, that's a great idea!
I'm so excited to plan for the new categories...I think the hardest ones for me will be middle grade (I like the occasional YA book, but I just can't see myself enjoying a middle grade read), reading a book aloud, and a biography. I'm most excited for post-apocalyptic (one of my favorite genres), a play, and a book from the decade I was born. So many books to find!
Um, I just spent my evening watching Harry Potter movies and filling in potential titles on my challenge list and placing holds at the library. I'm so excited for the challenge. Despite being in grad school, I'll need the distraction!
I'm so excited to participate this year!
This will be my first year doing a challenge like this, and I just finalized my list! Can't wait to share my picks.
This is fab! I didn't discover the 2015 challenge until mid October this year, so at least now I have a fighting chance at tackling some of the 2016 reads. Very excited about it!
For someone outside the U.S. I'm not sure what a middle grade read is? Great list this year!
Lee wrote: "For someone outside the U.S. I'm not sure what a middle grade read is? Great list this year!"Age 9-11? I'm in the UK so don't take that as 100% correct!
Miss Davies wrote: "Lee wrote: "For someone outside the U.S. I'm not sure what a middle grade read is? Great list this year!"Age 9-11? I'm in the UK so don't take that as 100% correct!"
I had this question too, so I looked it up. Many publishing sources agree - MG books are aimed at readers 8-12 years old.
GR Choice Awards has a whole Middle Grade and Children's category so I'm starting there for research into which book I choose for this category.
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In addition to the Goodreads lists, we've got a nice flowchart by interest that might help: http://bookriot.com/2015/08/26/update...
I am really excited to try this challenge!
Has anyone else checked out (no pun intended) the NYPL website which is linked from the Book Riot site? It has a list of titles for each of the 2016 challenges but I'm not able to view it on my desktop computer or my mobile device. Anyone else having that problem?
Mark wrote: "I can't see any opportunity where I'm going to be able to read a book out loud to someone else. So, I won't be completing the challenge this year; but I'll do the rest of it anyway."
Lots of elementary schools look for volunteers to read to students. This is a possible opportunity. Also, what about recording what you read as a gift for someone?
Lori wrote: "Has anyone else checked out (no pun intended) the NYPL website which is linked from the Book Riot site? It has a list of titles for each of the 2016 challenges but I'm not able to view it on my des..."I'm not having trouble with it. On the NYPL page, the suggestions for each category are "listed" as book cover tiles (graphic) for each title. It may be your web browser - some don't display certain types of graphics well or at all. You may want to access this page with a graphic-friendly web browser. I used Google Chrome.
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I do not have anyone to read to so ..."
I'm going to read to my cats :)