What a great idea to have these magic squares to inspire the reading for 2020, and hopefully get me a bit out of some literary comfort zones. I included some additional categories and also removed ones. For example, I haven't included the'female author' square given that my 2019 reading list was preponderantly by women authors, and i extended the reading challenge into a 6*6 table. So .. these are my 2020 squares:
Row 1: ART THEME: currently reading Fake Like Me by Barbara Bourland SET IN ANCIENT TIMES OUTCAST CHARACTER: currently reading Eggshells by Caitriona Lally MENA AUTHOR SHORT STORIES SCIENTIST MAIN CHARACTER (for fiction) or AUTHOR (for nonfiction)
Row 2 TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH SET IN AFRICA YOUNG ADULT AWARD WINNING HORROR (i haven't read horror in 2019) SET DURING RENAISSANCE
Row 3 CLASSIC NOVEL (1900-1950) SCI-FI/ FANTASY TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE SPORTS THEME SET IN SOUTH AMERICA SIBLINGS CHARACTERS
Row 4 MEMOIR SERIAL KILLER TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE SET ON AN ISLAND GENDER FLUID CHARACTER or SEXUAL IDENTITY THEME SET IN CAMPUS or ACADEMIA
Row 5 CARIBBEAN AUTHOR POETRY COLD WAR CLASSIC NOVEL (1700S or 1800S TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE SET IN MY HOME COUNTRY (ROMANIA) or ADOPTIVE COUNTRY (IRELAND)
Row 6 MYSTERY OVER 500 PAGES TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH SET IN ASIA IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE SNOW AND COLD LANDS
Happy New Year all, i hope the year will bring many enriching reading experiences and literary discoveries
Row 1:
ART THEME: currently reading Fake Like Me by Barbara Bourland
SET IN ANCIENT TIMES
OUTCAST CHARACTER: currently reading Eggshells by Caitriona Lally
MENA AUTHOR
SHORT STORIES
SCIENTIST MAIN CHARACTER (for fiction) or AUTHOR (for nonfiction)
Row 2
TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH
SET IN AFRICA
YOUNG ADULT
AWARD WINNING
HORROR (i haven't read horror in 2019)
SET DURING RENAISSANCE
Row 3
CLASSIC NOVEL (1900-1950)
SCI-FI/ FANTASY
TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE
SPORTS THEME
SET IN SOUTH AMERICA
SIBLINGS CHARACTERS
Row 4
MEMOIR
SERIAL KILLER
TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE
SET ON AN ISLAND
GENDER FLUID CHARACTER or SEXUAL IDENTITY THEME
SET IN CAMPUS or ACADEMIA
Row 5
CARIBBEAN AUTHOR
POETRY
COLD WAR
CLASSIC NOVEL (1700S or 1800S
TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE
SET IN MY HOME COUNTRY (ROMANIA) or ADOPTIVE COUNTRY (IRELAND)
Row 6
MYSTERY
OVER 500 PAGES
TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH
SET IN ASIA
IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE
SNOW AND COLD LANDS
Happy New Year all, i hope the year will bring many enriching reading experiences and literary discoveries