Every year I set myself so many reading challenges, it is just ridiculous. I've signed up for a few already. #AWW2021 for example and a couple of others on Goodreads - an A to Z of places and an A to Z of titles.
Now, I've decided to sign up for #mmdchallenge which is the Modern Mrs Darcy Challenge. I liked the sound of this one because there was a little more thought put into it. I had to think about what my intentions were and what my reading life needed. So here we go. My goal is to read 50 books this year.
Intentions
I want the following from my reading life:
- learning
- new experiences
- empathy
Reading Life Needs
- consistency in reading
- taking notes
- writing reviews
Mini Projects to give my reading life a boost
- participation in a reading retreat - nup I've never done one. Nup, I've got no idea what they involve. If you do, let me know.
- Give away books - we have too many and there are ones that quite frankly I don't want to keep
- Try bibliotherapy or being involved in a literacy charity
Potential categories
- a book in translation
- a book set somewhere I've never been but would like to visit
- a classic I didn't read in school
- a Pulitzer Prize winner
- a book by an author new to me
- A Newbery Award winner
- three books by the same author
- a memoir or book of creative nonfiction
- a book by an author of a different race, ethnicity or religion than my own
My reading list
Now, this is really a combination of all the challenges I have signed up for already but also making sure that I have captured some of the potential categories above. AA stands for an Australian author. 11-29 are the books listed A-Z by title. The next lot are by place. The remainder will probably be pulled from my TBR pile. Wish me luck!
The Champagne War by Fiona McIntosh- E Elemental by Amanda Curtin #AWW2021. This also doubles as E in A-Z of titles and F for Fremantle for A-Z of places
- K Kokomo by Victoria Hannan #AWW2021. This also doubles as K in A-Z of titles.
- J Joan Makes History by Kate Grenville #AWW2021. This also doubles as J in A-Z of titles.
- P The Power of Bones by Keelen Mailman #AWW2021. This also doubles as P in A-Z of titles
- T The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein #AWW2021. This also doubles as T in A-Z of titles
- Y Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks #AWW2021. This also doubles as Y in A-Z of titles.
- M: Loner by Georgina Young #AWW2021. This also doubles as M for Melbounre in places A-Z
- T: Toronto Cherry Beachby Laura McPhee-Browne #AWW2021 and doubles as T for Toronto in A-Z of places.
- #AWW
- A All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy and doubles for I for India in A-Z of places
- B Born or Bred? Martin Bryant: the making of a mass murderer by Robert Wainwright AA
- D The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally AA
- F Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris and doubles for U in SaUdi Arabia in A-Z of places
- G Ghost River by Tony Birch AA and doubles for Y as in Yarra River in A-Z of places
- H Home Stretch by Graham Norton and doubles for N for New York in A-Z of places
- I The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See and doubles for J for Jeju in A-Z of places
- L Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam and L for Long Island in A-Z of places
M Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey- N
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb - O One Bright Moon by Andrew Kwong
- Q Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
- R Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie and doubles for Q as in Quebec for A-Z of places
- S Snare by Lilja Sigurðardóttir and doubles for R for Reykijavik in A-Z of places
- U The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- V The Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona
W Weather by Jenny Offill- X Max by Alex Miller AA
- Z Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
- D: Durham The Offing by Benjamin Myers
- H: Hove Craven House by Patrick Hamilton
- K: Kenya Enidby Robert Wainwright AA
- O: Oxford Any Human Heart by William Boyd
- P: Portugal Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi
- S: Scotland The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
- V: Vietnam The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do AA
- W: West Bank Apeirogon by Colum McCann
- X: Mexico The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia
- Z: Zanzibar The Sultan's Daughter by Jane Downing
- a book in translation
Isabel López-Quesada at Home- a book set somewhere I've never been but would like to visit- a classic I didn't read in school
- a Pulitzer Prize winner
Honeybee by Craig Silvey- A Newbery Award winner
- The Last Resort Alison Lurie
- Truth and Consequences Alison Lurie
- Foreign Affairs Alison Lurie
Flesh Woundsby Richard Glover - a memoir or book of creative nonfictionThe Mountains Singby
Have you set yourself a reading challenge for the year? What are your intentions? What does your reading life need?
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