Okay, after not reading a book for fun in several years, I've decided to read one per week for 2016. To make things a bit more interesting, I've found a template on the Internet for a reading challenge, so I'm going to give that a go.
The Categories
Read a book that takes place on each continent, or is written by an author from that continent (fiction or non-fiction)
1. North America 2. South America 3. Africa 4. Antarctica 5. Europe 6. Asia 7. Australia
8. A banned or challenged book 9. An award winning book (Pulitzer, Hugo, Man Booker, etc.) 10. Memoir/Autobiography/Biography 11. A dead author's last book 12. A book with LGBT matter or character(s) 13. A book your favorite author loves 14. A retold fairytale 15. A Young Adult book 16. A history book (fiction or non-fiction) 17. A book where you have seen the movie, but not read the book 18. A book from the NYT Bestseller list 19. A book with the point of view of an immigrant 20. A controversial book 21. The first book you see when you walk into a library or bookstore 22. A classic 23. A debut novel 24. Published this year (2016) 25. Based entirely on the cover 26. Own but never read 27. A book by an author you never read before 28. A book recommended to you by a friendly librarian 29. A book by a Nobel Prize winner 30. Mythology (not just Greek) 31. A book written by someone born the same year as you 32. Dystopia 33. Reread of a favorite book 34. A book about books 35. Book published the year you graduated high school 36. A book a child/teen/someone younger than you loves 37. A book about/set by the sea 38. A book with two authors 39. Author from your own state, province, or country 40. A book about a trip (road, cruise, around the world) 41. A book with the name of a person in the title: The Unexpected Vacation of George Thring by Alastair Puddick 42. Science Fiction 43. Fantasy 44. Wild card 45. Wild card 46. Wild card 47. Wild card 48. Wild card 49. Wild card 50. Wild card 51. Wild card 52. Wild card
I also plan to give a review for each book I read, which I will probably put here in the comments!
The Categories
Read a book that takes place on each continent, or is written by an author from that continent (fiction or non-fiction)
1. North America
2. South America
3. Africa
4. Antarctica
5. Europe
6. Asia
7. Australia
8. A banned or challenged book
9. An award winning book (Pulitzer, Hugo, Man Booker, etc.)
10. Memoir/Autobiography/Biography
11. A dead author's last book
12. A book with LGBT matter or character(s)
13. A book your favorite author loves
14. A retold fairytale
15. A Young Adult book
16. A history book (fiction or non-fiction)
17. A book where you have seen the movie, but not read the book
18. A book from the NYT Bestseller list
19. A book with the point of view of an immigrant
20. A controversial book
21. The first book you see when you walk into a library or bookstore
22. A classic
23. A debut novel
24. Published this year (2016)
25. Based entirely on the cover
26. Own but never read
27. A book by an author you never read before
28. A book recommended to you by a friendly librarian
29. A book by a Nobel Prize winner
30. Mythology (not just Greek)
31. A book written by someone born the same year as you
32. Dystopia
33. Reread of a favorite book
34. A book about books
35. Book published the year you graduated high school
36. A book a child/teen/someone younger than you loves
37. A book about/set by the sea
38. A book with two authors
39. Author from your own state, province, or country
40. A book about a trip (road, cruise, around the world)
41. A book with the name of a person in the title: The Unexpected Vacation of George Thring by Alastair Puddick
42. Science Fiction
43. Fantasy
44. Wild card
45. Wild card
46. Wild card
47. Wild card
48. Wild card
49. Wild card
50. Wild card
51. Wild card
52. Wild card
I also plan to give a review for each book I read, which I will probably put here in the comments!