I’m signing up for the Audiobook Challenge again this year, hosted by Hot Listens and Caffeinated Reviewer; I just forgot to sign up earlier. I listen to a lot of audiobooks, while I'm doing chores, walking, sometimes even at work. The goal of the challenge is to find a new love for audios or to outdo yourself by listening to more audios in 2020 than you did in 2019. I read 51 in 2019, so I'm just going for the Marathoner level again, which is 50+....
I complete the Marathoner level of the Audiobook Challenge, hosted by Hot Listens and Caffeinated Reviewer. Here's my list:
Kingdom of the Blind by Louise PennySapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah HarariThe 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart TurtonVoice of the Violin by Andrea CamilleriThe World Beneath by Rebecca CantrellSomething Fresh by P.G. WodehouseThe Library Book by Susan OrleanSo Pretty a Problem by Francis DuncanSwing, Brother, Swing by Ngaio MarshMurder at the Mousetrap by Helena MarchmontA Murderous Ride by Helena MarchmontCherringham, Episodes #7-9 by Matthew CostelloCherringham, Episodes #10-12 by Matthew Costello, Neil RichardsThe Secret Agent by Joseph ConradKiller Thriller by Lee GoldbergWillful Behavior by Donna LeonThe Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och DagBlood Money by Doug RichardsonThe Dispatcher by John ScalziThe Crime at Black Dudley by Margery AllinghamLook To The Lady by Margery AllinghamAccessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Avis LangThe Overnight Kidnapper by Andrea CamilleriWe by...
Erica from The Broken Spine is hosting a new reading challenge, Reading Classic Books. I've been loving the classics I've been reading but a bit of a push never hurts. You can find out more about the challenge at her post. Our hashtag will be #readclassicbooks2020.
THE CATEGORIES: (My potential reads are in italics, but they’re open to change. Books may be used for up to two prompts.)
Read a classic over 500 pages: Dune by Frank HerbertRead a classic by a POC and/or with a POC as the main character: A Rage in Harlem by Chester HimesRead a classic that takes place in a country other than where you live: The Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsRead a classic in translation: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne Read a classic by a new to you author: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherRead a book of poetry: The Odyssey by Homer Read a classic written between 1800-1860: Walden by Henry...
So, I was looking for a non-fiction reading challenge for next year, mostly because that's the only way I read non-fiction. The Femibooks Non-Fiction Reading Challenge looks perfect.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5YDwDsA-zf/
I love the variety of categories. My goal will actually be 12 books, but since the categories can overlap, I'm not sure how many of the 24 I'll cover.
Edited: So there's no rules and this year I'm apparently focusing on happiness, I may have multiple personal development books rather than trying to cover as many categories as possible.
Released in 2020: Why We Can’t Sleep by Ada Calhoun Memoir from a writer who is still alive: Becoming by Michelle ObamaAbout history: The Radium Girls by Kate MooreAbout personal development: The How of Happiness by Sonja LyubomirskyAbout personal development: Rethinking Positive Thinking by Gabriele Oettingen...
This year I was intending on reading 12 categories for the Back to the Classics 2019 Reading Challenge, hosted by Karen at Books and Chocolate, but I ended up doing 10 because Christmas reading snuck up on me and I couldn't find December books that fit the last two categories. I've earned two entries.
19th Century Classic: Bleak House by Charles Dickens20th Century Classic: The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery AllinghamClassic by a Woman Author: Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. StevensonClassic in Translation: We by Yevgeny AmyatinClassic Comic Novel: Something Fresh by P.G. WodehouseClassic Tragic Novel: The Secret Agent by Joseph ConradVery Long Classic: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasClassic Novella: Double Indemnity by James M. CainClassic From the Americas (includes the Caribbean): The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithClassic From Africa, Asia, or Oceania (includes Australia): Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
It's too hard to pick a favorite. I honestly enjoyed all of them this year.
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Rekha at The Book Decoder is hosting the British Crime Classics Challenge. The rules are simple — read British mysteries written before 1965. And the goal is to read as many as you want. I'm starting with six, but I read a lot of classic mysteries, so will probably end up with more.
The hasthtag is #BritishCrimeClassicsChallenge....
