I started with the The 2020 Christian Reading Challenge (removing all the Christian theology gives a good challenge for anyone), cut out anything I didn’t want, expanded or changed the global section, and utilized a prompt or two from The Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge. I’ve a few more on here, but they are a little too personal at the moment. I don’t tend to follow these too well, but we shall see. I’d like to mostly focus on the geographic ones, if I can do a continent or area in a month I will be good.
After I wrote these out, I was listening to this and this episode on the What Should I Read Next podcast which mention global reading and a strong sense of place (a term which I love and which I want from the novels I’m reading, I don’t want a book that could be set anywhere, I want the flavor of the place . . . or the book just belongs on a basic TBR). Both feature sources (and another podcast, this podcast, y’all, looks amazing) that I’m hoping will help me find something I can at least manage to read.
- A European classic
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A book about a European country
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An African classic
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A book about an African country
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A Middle-Eastern classic
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A book about a Middle-Eastern country
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A Far East Asian classic
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A book about a Far East Asian Country
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A South American classic
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A book about a South American country
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A Canadian classic
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A book about Canada
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An American classic (or maybe one a month or one every other)
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a book about America
- A book on the sciences outside of my interest
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A book published the decade you were born
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A biography
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A history book
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A book aimed at women
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A Book from a best of 2019 list
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A book more than 200 years old
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A book you think will make you a better person
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A book on the current NYT bestseller list
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A book that won an award
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A book about food
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A book about joy or happiness
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A memoir or autobio
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A book about art
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A book about relationships or friendships
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A book you own but have never read
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A book aimed at men
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A graphic novel
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A book about marriage or singleness
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A book on money or finance
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A book about reading or writing
So many challenges, so little time! Good luck with this one.
Thanks, I got a little ambitious without quite meaning to.