Time to take a look at the challenges I followed last year. I did not fulfil all of them, but a few at least.
My Top TBR for 2021
Read: 10/10
• Evolutionen och jag ('Evolution and I') by Johan Frostegård
• The Past by Tessa Hadley
• In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway
• Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
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Monthly Reading Challenge
Read: 9/12
January - A book with high expectations - In Our Time By Ernest Hemingway -
February - A book you got for free - Mordet på kommendören (Killing Commendatore) by Haruki Murakami
March - A book you bought on a trip - Eleanor Marx by Rachel Holmes
April - A book bought from a used bookstore - Barabbas by Pär Lagerkvist
May - A book you bought as a new release - Köttets tid by Lina Wolff
June - A book bought in a spending spree - XX
July - A book bought for the cover - The Edge of the World - How the North Sea Made Us Who We Are by Michael Pye Read
August - A book from an independent bookstore - The Sibyl (Sibyllan) by Pär Lagerkvist
September - A book you want to learn from - Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
October - A book you're secretly afraid of - XX
November - A book published before 2000 - Menfreya in the Morning by Victoria Holt Read
December - A book that reminds you of childhood - XX
Read: 5/12
1. A 19th-century classic: any book first published from 1800 to 1899 - Svält by Knut Hamsun (1890) Read
2. A 20th-century classic: any book first published from 1900 to 1971. All books must have been published at least 50 years ago - The Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham (1919)
3. A classic by a woman author - The Clockwinder by Anne Tyler
4. A classic in translation, meaning any book first published in a language that is not your primary language. You may read it in translation or in its original language if you prefer - Svält (Hunger) by Knut Hamsun
5. A classic by BIPOC author; that is, a non-white author - The Prophet by Khalil Gibran (1923)
6. A classic by a new-to-you author, i.e., an author whose work you have never read - The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares (1940)
7. New-to-you classic by a favourite author -- a new book by an author whose works you have already read - XX
8. A classic about an animal, or with an animal in the title. The animal can be real or metaphorical. (i.e., To Kill a Mockingbird) - XX
9. A children's classic - XX
10. A humorous or satirical classic - XX
11. A travel or adventure classic (fiction or non-fiction). It can be a travelogue or a classic in which the main character travels or has an adventure - XX
12. A classic play. Plays will only count in this category - XX
Read 26 of 29 not finding titles for Q, X and Z.
Read 21 of 26 not finding authors for A, D, U, Y and Z. Can't believe I did not read any authors from letters A and D.
Quite some nice challenges. I will try to stick to my resolution and not start any new challenges next year since I felt a little overwhelmed by the end of this one and still haven't put together the results of all of them. We will see. LOL
ReplyDeleteA wise decision. I do the same, just very few and they I do my own ones, aiming at lowering my TBR shelves. Working well so far, although January has turned out to be a very busy reading months.
DeleteReading is good, especially if it is for our own pleasure. I doubt I would ever need a challenge for anything but I love lists and that's always an incentive. LOL
DeleteAbsolutely. I think a challenge just add another kind of focus to the reading. I have noticed in during January. Maybe because I took more of a control of my challenges, rather than just join all of the interesting ones that are going around.
DeleteThat is a good idea. Have a good day.
Deletewell done!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I am quite pleased.
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