I enrolled in a few Challenges during 2020 and here is the outcome.
Nonfiction November
I read five books this month. Two about painter Johannes Vermeer, one about Jenny Lind, famous opera singer called The Nightingale, one about Eels, very interesting and one about literature. All were interesting in their own ways.
1. Litteraturorientering (Educational book on Literature)
2. Ålevangeliet (The Gospel of Eels) by Patrik Svensson
3. Näktergalen (The Nightingale, biography of Jenny Lind) by Ingela Tägil
4. Vermeer's Little Street by Frans Gruzenhout
5. A View of Delft, Vermeer then and now by Anthony Bailey
Mount TBR Challenge
Hosted by Bev at
My Reader's Block. I almost made it up Mt Ararat (48 books) but ended at 43 a little bit below the top.
1. Gustaf Fröding by Staffan Bergsten
2. Presumption of Death by Perri O'Shaughnessy
3. The Letter by Kathryn Hughes
4. The Leopard by Jo Nesbo
5. The Whitsun Wedding by Philip Larkin
6. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
7. The Newton Letter by John Banville
8. Tiggaren (The Beggar) by Sara Sarenbrant
9. The Book of Secrets by Tom Harper
10. Drömmarnas vals (Die Strauß-Dynastie) by Peter Prange
11. The Andalusian Friend by Alexander Söderberg
12. Bokhandeln på Riverside Drive by Frida Skybäck
13. Morning in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
14. The Divine Comedy - Hell by Dante
15. Vågspel (Venture) by Ann Rosman
16. Axel Oxenstierna, part I by Gunnar Wetterberg
17. Välkommen till Amerika by Linda Boström Knausgård
18. before we met by Lucie Whitehouse
19. Laterna Magica by Ingmar Bergman
20. Nattens historia by Gunnar Broberg
21. A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle
22. The Red-Headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle
23. Five Orange Pips by Arthur Conan Doyle
24. The Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle
25. The Manns by Tilmann Lahme
26. The Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle
27. The Beryl Coronet by Arthur Conan Doyle
28. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
29. The Mangle Street Murders by M.R.C. Kasasian
30. Medicinhistoriska promenader by Magnus Carlsson
31. Längtan visar vägen by Patricia Tudor-Sandahl
32. The Divine Comedy - Purgatory by Dante
33. The Divine Comedy - Paradise by Dante
34. The Railwayman's Wife by Ashley Hay
35. Contemplating Adultery by Lotte and Joseph Hamburger
36. A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
37. Hummelhonung by Torgny Lindgren
38. Dorés bibel by Torgny Lindgren
39. Pölsan by Torgny Lindgren
40. Ingen mans land by Jan Guillou
41. Jaget och det omedvetna (Die Beziehungen zwischen den Ich und dem Unbewussten) by C.G. Jung
42. Min salig bror Jean Hendrich by Carina Burman
43. Sophie Brahe by Monica & Lennart Hultqvist
European Reading Challenge
Hosted by
Rose City Reader. The top is five-star deluxe entourage and I made it to 11 different European authors, of which I am rather proud. It is always interesting to read authors from different countries, outside the English speaking world from which most books come that I read.
1. The Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood by Jan Marsh (UK)
2. 120, Rue de la Gare by Léo Malet (FR)
3. The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (ES)
4. A Sorrow Beyond Dreams: A Life Story by Peter Handke (AUT)
5. Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum (NO)
6. Pennskaftet by Elin Wägner (SE)
7. The Newton Letter by John Banville (IRE)
8. Die Strauß-Dynastie by Peter Prange (DE)
9. The Divine Comedy - Hell by Dante (IT)
10. Den stora matchen (Einvígið (The Duel) by Arnaldur Indridason (ICE)
11. Vermeer's Little Street by Frans Gruzenhout (NL)
Read 52 books in 52 weeks
Read from my own shelves
From April I started a challenge on my own. To read at least 7 books from my shelves each month. Some months I read more, some less. In the end, I ended up on -3. I am rather pleased nevertheless.
2021 Reading Challenges
Another year is ahead and this year I have enrolled in four
challenges, all of which are aimed at lowering the number of books on my shelves. The challenges are:
I wish you all a good reading year and a lot of interesting challenges.
I never join the challenges but when I look at my book lists sometimes I realize I completed some I didn't know were even there! Well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I must admit that challenges have two sides. One is to pursue a sort of aim with your reading, the other side is that once I put the titles on a list I don't read them. I like to read the books I feel for, for the moment. As soon as you have to read them it becomes more difficult.
DeleteHope you will have a good reading year 2021.