I will be joining The Literary Life Reading Challenge again this year. I enjoy this challenge because it gets me to read things I wouldn't otherwise read. Also, the hosts of the podcast, Cindy Rollins, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks, often discuss books that will fill a category from the challenge. I will record my progress here.
A Poetry Anthology - One Hundred and One Famous Poems (I didn't finish this - I read 130 pages)
A book (or selection) of Letters - Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
A book from Your To-Be-Read Stack - The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
An Ancient Greek or Roman Work - The Iliad by Homer
A Book on Education, Art or Literature - A Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason
A Victorian Novel - The Gentlewoman's Choice by George MacDonald
A Lesser-Known Book by a Well-Known Author - Home by Marilynne Robinson
A Shakespeare Play - As You Like It
A Book You have Avoided - The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron & Suzanne Stabile
Finish a Book You Started but Never Finished - A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle
A Literary Biography - My Own Two Feet by Beverly Cleary
Something Russian - The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
A Regional or Local Book - Diggin' Up Bones by Bonnie Wright
A 14th, 15th or 16th Century Book - The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Book in a Genre You Don't Normally Read - Father Elijah: An Apocalypse by Michael D. O'Brien
An Obscure Book Mentioned by Thomas Banks (or any book mentioned on the podcast) - Harry Potter and the Socerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
A Light Comedic Novel - Boo by Rene Gutteridge
An "Other World" Book - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
A Travel Book - My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Those are interesting categories. Happy Reading.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I am looking forward to some of these categories!
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