Continuing through the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2015...
I just realized I have only nine more categories to complete! And it's only March!! What is really enlightening about this challenge is to realize I do read rather widely, and topics that I thought would be a challenge (audiobooks, for example) are much easier than I had anticipated.
(The first book in each category that I've read is in blue; the second in each is in red. I'm finding that it's pretty easy to have multiple books in most of the categories. And of course, some of my books would obviously fit in more than one category, but I'm only listing them once.)
I just realized I have only nine more categories to complete! And it's only March!! What is really enlightening about this challenge is to realize I do read rather widely, and topics that I thought would be a challenge (audiobooks, for example) are much easier than I had anticipated.
Here's my list so far:
(The first book in each category that I've read is in blue; the second in each is in red. I'm finding that it's pretty easy to have multiple books in most of the categories. And of course, some of my books would obviously fit in more than one category, but I'm only listing them once.)
A book written by someone when they were under 25:
A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65:
A collection of short stories:
A book published by an indie press: The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson (Open Roads Media Sci-Fi and Fantasy)
A book by or about someone who identifies as LGBTQ: We the Animals by Justin Torres
A book by someone of a different gender than you: Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy by Paul Thomas Murphy
A book that takes place in Asia: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
A book by an author from Africa:
A book by or about someone from an indigenous culture: The Bone People by Keri Hulme
A microhistory: Desire and Disaster in New Orleans: Tourism, Race and Historical Memory by Lynnell L. Thomas
A YA novel: Paper Towns by John Green
A sci-fi novel: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
A romance novel:
A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer from last decade:
A book that is a retelling of a classic story: Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi (retelling of Snow White); The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (The Jungle Book)
An audiobook: Voices and Poetry of Ireland (a collection)
A collection of poetry: Once by Alice Walker
A book that someone else recommended to you: Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner and Saint by Nadia Bolz-Weber
A book originally published in another language:
A graphic novel, memoir or collection of comics: Captain Marvel, Vol. 1 by Kelly Sue Deconnick; Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
A guilty pleasure:
A book published before 1850:
A book published this year: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Jan. 2015 release date)
A self-improvement book: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
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