2015 -- the year of the book

It has once again been 2 years since I have visited this blog. I'm not really sure why I tend to crave writing and then detest writing.  One constant in my life has been books.. well written books, poorly written books, life changing books, time wasted books.. I have decided to participate in 3 reading challenges this year to broaden my reading. I decided I wanted to record those challenges here. Feel free to tag along in my exploration of books...

The Main Challenge: Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

This is the first challenge that I decided I would complete in 2015. I have been searching for just the right book for each task. The tasks are as follows: 

A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25

A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65

A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people)

A book published by an indie press

A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ

A book by a person whose gender is different from your own

A book that takes place in Asia

A book by an author from Africa

A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans,Aboriginals, etc.)

A microhistory

A YA novel

A sci-fi novel

A romance novel

A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade

A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.)

An audiobook

A collection of poetry

A book that someone else has recommended to you

A book that was originally published in another language

A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind (Hi, have you metPanels?)

A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over)

A book published before 1850

A book published this year

A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”)

Definitely a challenge, eh?

The second challenge I found was The Road Trip Reading Challenge by She's Got Books on Her Mind.

 

For some reason I have always loved all things "road trip" and this challenge allows me to read books set in all 50 states.  EXCITED! 

The third challenge is the easiest I think. PopSugar's Ultimate Reading Challenge. 

Let the reading begin!