Wednesday 1 September 2021

Update on my challenges for 2021

European reading challenge:

Read:

The Book of Wonders - Julien Sandrel - France - Read
A Month in Siena - Hisham Matar - Italy - Read
Rag and Bone: A Family History of What We've Thrown Away - Lisa Woollett - England - Read

One more book to go in this challenge

Back to the Classics challenge:

Classic by a Women Author - Willa Cather novel
A travel or adventure classic (fiction or non-fiction) - Charmain Clifts Travels in Greece
20th Century classic - Virginia Woolf novel
A children's classic - The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper - Read

Three more books to go in this challenge 

Victorian Reading Challenge:

I need to read 5 books, one from each category:
  • NONFICTION. Read nonfiction books (autobiographies, biographies, etc.) published during the Victorian era OR nonfiction books about the Victorian era or specific Victorians -
    • Only Happiness Here: In Search of Elizabeth von Armin - Gabrielle Carey - Read
  • JOURNEYS and TRAVELS;
  • LOVE and MARRIAGE;
  • HOME AND FAMILY;
  • BACK TO SCHOOL

Four more books to go in this challenge

WW2 Reading Challenge:

My challenge is to choose 4 books from the following categories:

  • Fiction published during 1939-1945
  • Fiction set during 1939-1945 -
    Code Name Helene - Ariel Lawhon - Read
  • Fiction that is about the leading up to the war
  • Fiction that is about the direct aftermath of the war
  • Nonfiction books about the War
  • Biographies or Autobiographies with sections about the war
  • Essays, Articles, Op-Ed pieces
  • historical-historical (straight up historical with no sub-genres) -
    The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles - Read
  • historical romance
  • historical mysteries
  • historical coming-of-age
  • historical thrillers/suspense/spy novels

Two more books to go in this challenge

The Historical Fiction Challenge:

I've committed to the Renaissance Reader - 10 books

Read:
 
Miss Austen - Gill Hornby
The Runes of Destiny - Christina Courtenay
The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles
Belinda Goes to Bath - Marion Chesney
Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook - Celia Rees 
Code Name Helene - Ariel Lawhon
The Foundling - Stacey Halls
Mariana - Susanna Kearsley
 
Two more books to go in this challenge 

Read Scotland:

I have signed up to the 'Robert Burns' level which is 6-10 books

Read:

Confessions of a Bookseller - Shaun Bythell
Christmas at the Island Hotel - Jenny Colgan
500 Miles from You - Jenny Colgan
 
Four to eight more books to go in this challenge

Australian Women Writers Challenge:

 Read any books by Australia Women Writers or about Australian Women (need to read more than 1!)

Read:

Only Happiness Here: In Search of Elizabeth von Armin - Gabrielle Carey
Code Name Helene - Ariel Lawhon (US author but fiction based on the life of a famous Australian resistance fighter in WW2 France - Nancy Wake)

The Backlist Reader Challenge: 

The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris - Edmund White
Rebel Women - Rosalind Miles

Only two books read from my bookshelves so far this year... oh dear!


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