Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge: October Update
I've been plugging away at Book Riot's Read Harder challenge, and it looks like I'm almost done! I only have a third of the books left to go. I think I can do it!
Bold sections are the parts of the challenge I haven't accomplished yet.
Read a book about sports. – Lord of Misrule by Jaime Gordon
Read a debut novel. – Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Read a book about books. – The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass (This totally counts imo!)
Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author. – The Story of My Teeth. I'm in the middle of reading this, but I haven't finished it yet.
Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative. - In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri
Read an all-ages comic. - El Deafo by Cece Bell
Read a book published between 1900 and 1950. - I want to read The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
Read a travel memoir. - Eat Pray Love maybe?
Read a book you’ve read before. – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location. – Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location. – Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Read a fantasy novel. – Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Read a nonfiction book about technology. - From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
Read a book about war. Maybe I'll finally get around to reading A Very Long Engagement.
Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+. Tell Me How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farzian
Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country. The Color Purple - I think there was a local court case about this one a few years ago.
Read a classic by an author of color. - Native Son by Richard Wright
Read a superhero comic with a female lead. - Wonder Woman, Volume 1: Blood by Brian Azzarello (Writer), Cliff Chiang (Artist), Tony Akins (Artist), Dan Green (Inker), Matthew Wilson (Colourist), Jared K. Fletcher (Letterer) (A BUNCH OF DUDES D:)
Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey. - Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel – The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
Read a book published by a micropress. – This weird thing.
Read a collection of stories by a woman. - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love. - I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan, translated by...
Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color. – The Sellout by Paul Beatty
How are you doing on your reading challenges?
Bold sections are the parts of the challenge I haven't accomplished yet.
Read a book about sports. – Lord of Misrule by Jaime Gordon
Read a debut novel. – Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Read a book about books. – The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass (This totally counts imo!)
Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author. – The Story of My Teeth. I'm in the middle of reading this, but I haven't finished it yet.
Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative. - In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri
Read an all-ages comic. - El Deafo by Cece Bell
Read a book published between 1900 and 1950. - I want to read The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
Read a travel memoir. - Eat Pray Love maybe?
Read a book you’ve read before. – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location. – Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location. – Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Read a fantasy novel. – Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Read a nonfiction book about technology. - From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
Read a book about war. Maybe I'll finally get around to reading A Very Long Engagement.
Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+. Tell Me How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farzian
Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country. The Color Purple - I think there was a local court case about this one a few years ago.
Read a classic by an author of color. - Native Son by Richard Wright
Read a superhero comic with a female lead. - Wonder Woman, Volume 1: Blood by Brian Azzarello (Writer), Cliff Chiang (Artist), Tony Akins (Artist), Dan Green (Inker), Matthew Wilson (Colourist), Jared K. Fletcher (Letterer) (A BUNCH OF DUDES D:)
Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey. - Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel – The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
Read a book published by a micropress. – This weird thing.
Read a collection of stories by a woman. - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love. - I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan, translated by...
Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color. – The Sellout by Paul Beatty
How are you doing on your reading challenges?
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