The Literary Life Podcast 20 for 2020 Reading Challenge

The Literary Life Podcast 20 for 2020 Reading Challenge is hosted by Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins at The Literary Life Podcast website.  You can listen to Episode 31: Our Year in Reading to hear them talk about the challenge and give some suggestions for the categories.  I will record my progress below.




1.  A Shakespeare Play - The Winter's Tale
2. A Classic Detective Novel - Death on the Nile
3. A Classic Children's Book - Pollyanna
4. A Contemporary Novel - The Saturday Night Supper Club
5.  A Historical Fiction Novel - The Solace of Water
6.  An Ancient Greek Play - The Trojan Women by Euripedes
7.  A Collection of Short Stories - Fidelity by Wendell Berry
8.  A Biography or Memoir - Safe Passage by Ida Cook
9. A Devotional Work - Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney
10.  A Book about Books - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
11.  A Foreign (Non-Western) Book - Malice by Keigo Higashino
12.  A "Guilty Pleasure" Book - Two Steps Forward
13.  An Intimidating Book You Have Avoided - The Great Divorce
14.  A Satire - 1984 by George Orwell
15.  A Book of Essays - The Way of Ignorance by Wendell Berry
16.  A Book by a Minor Author - Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty
17.  A Classic Book by a Female Author - Persuasion by Jane Austen
18.  A Complete Volume of Poetry by a Single Author - Songs of Innocence and Experience by Wm Blake
19.  An "Out of Your Comfort Zone" Book - Beartown by Fredrik Backman
20.  Reread a Book You Read in High School (book by an author I read in hs) - Cannery Row by Steinbeck