CPL's Book a Week Challenge discussion

Edit: I added a new Take It or Leave It for Black History Month. Thank you to Susan for pointing it out to me. :)

February's Take It or Leave It challenges are below. Do one, do all, do none! It's totally up to you.

1. That's Ancient - Read a book written before 1920

2. Not All Tears Are Bad - Read a book that makes you cry (or that you think will make you cry)

3. What Makes Us Human? - Read a book with non-human characters

4. Dear Friend - Read a book in epistolary form (letter, diary, blog, emails, etc.)

5. Touchdown! - Read a book about or involving sports

6. Relive Your Glory Days - Read a bestseller from the year you graduated high school

7. All of Time and Space - Read a book that involves time travel

8. Black History Month - February is Black History Month! Read a book to celebrate.

Thank you to everyone who participated last month! Make sure you record your February challenge reads here, in this thread.

These are fun options!

Super surprised there isn’t a Black History month option- I was saving “an American marriage” for that reason! 😊😊

Susan wrote: "Super surprised there isn’t a Black History month option- I was saving “an American marriage” for that reason! 😊😊"

I can add one! The options are randomly generated (I have a document with 100+ options numbered and I use an online random generator to pick my numbers for me) and I wasn't paying attention. Lol.

2. Not All Tears Are Bad - Read a book that makes you cry (or that you think will make you cry)
Heartless by Marissa Meyer

3. What Makes Us Human? - Read a book with non-human characters
The Black Witch by Laurie Forest

So for February, I read:

1. That's Ancient: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. Not All Tears are Bad: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers.
3. What Makes us Human?: Animal Farm by George Orwell
4. Dear Friend: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
7. All of Time and Space: The Love that Split the World by Emily Henry

1. That's Ancient - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
2. Not All Tears Are Bad - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
3. What Makes Us Human? The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
4. Dear Friend - {Currently Reading} We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
5. Touchdown! - Moneyball by Michael Lewis
6. Relive Your Glory Days - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
7. All of Time and Space - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
8. Black History Month - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

This was quite a stretch for me and made me read lots of things outside of my "normal" reads. I really enjoyed {most} of them! I'm looking forward to March's challenge!!

Only 2 this month:
2) Just Once by Lori Handeland
3) Second Hand Spirits- Juliet Blackwell

for my February I read 5) Big Game by Mark Liebovich and 8) The Strange Career of William Ellis, by Karl Jacoby. Both really interesting!

So I managed to read all of the required books for February, but neglected to log them during the month. Here is my list:

1: Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Gray
2: Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
3: Animal Farm by George Orwell
4: The Martian by Andy Weir
5: Under the Lights by Shannon Stacey
6: The Runaway Jury by John Grisham
7: Outlander by Diana Babaldon
8: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I had fun with this month and am looking forward to March.

I didn't get to read much in February, but the two I did fit into the mini-challenge.

2. Not All Tears Are Bad - Read a book that makes you cry (or that you think will make you cry)
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

4. Dear Friend - Read a book in epistolary form (letter, diary, blog, emails, etc.)
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff