✔️1. In honor of Malta and Creta Kano, read a book set in a country with a coast on the Mediterranean Sea. Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare - set in Albania
✔️2. Read a Boxall list book mentioned in another list book you have read in 2022. (Can be mentioned in the narrative and/or in a preface or introduction. Requires reading two Boxall books.) The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz - mentioned in The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
✔️3. Posthumously speaking, read a book that was either published after the author’s death, or narrated by a character who is deceased. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. Northanger Abbey was the first of two novels published posthumously in December 1817, six months after Jane Austen's death.
✔️ 4. Read a book with the word “love” or a word relating to another positive emotion in the title. A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz
✔️ 5. Read a book whose author has the same initials as you. (Can be first, middle, last, or any combination.) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - initials M. T.
✔️6. Read a book which has been gathering dust on your shelves for more than 5 years or sitting on your shelves the longest. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - Given to me by my father when I moved away from home in 2010.
✔️7. Read a book with food in the title or in which food plays an essential role. Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham
✔️8. Romance is in the air for 2022. Read a book originally written in one of the Romance languages: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, or Romanian. Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola written originally in French.
✔️9. Read a book set in a country you’ve always wanted to visit. The Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín - set in Ireland
✔️10. Read a book that mentions an actual musical composition (either instrumental and/or vocal). A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess - mentions many compositions, such as Jupiter by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
✔️11. In (ironic honor of Eugene Onegin), read a book with a character who has a disability or becomes disabled in the course of the novel. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Tiny Tim <3
✔️ 12. Read a book that has less than 1000 ratings on Goodreads. The Living and the Dead by Patrick White - 163 ratings 11/8-2022
✔️13. Read a book using the theme of 22. (Submitted by SaraSian and Irem). This is your chance to get creative! The Life and Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair - was published in 1922.
✔️1. In honor of Malta and Creta Kano, read a book set in a country with a coast on the Mediterranean Sea.
Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare - set in Albania
✔️2. Read a Boxall list book mentioned in another list book you have read in 2022. (Can be mentioned in the narrative and/or in a preface or introduction. Requires reading two Boxall books.)
The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz - mentioned in The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
✔️3. Posthumously speaking, read a book that was either published after the author’s death, or narrated by a character who is deceased.
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. Northanger Abbey was the first of two novels published posthumously in December 1817, six months after Jane Austen's death.
✔️ 4. Read a book with the word “love” or a word relating to another positive emotion in the title.
A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz
✔️ 5. Read a book whose author has the same initials as you. (Can be first, middle, last, or any combination.)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - initials M. T.
✔️6. Read a book which has been gathering dust on your shelves for more than 5 years or sitting on your shelves the longest.
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - Given to me by my father when I moved away from home in 2010.
✔️7. Read a book with food in the title or in which food plays an essential role.
Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham
✔️8. Romance is in the air for 2022. Read a book originally written in one of the Romance languages: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, or Romanian.
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola written originally in French.
✔️9. Read a book set in a country you’ve always wanted to visit.
The Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín - set in Ireland
✔️10. Read a book that mentions an actual musical composition (either instrumental and/or vocal).
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess - mentions many compositions, such as Jupiter by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
✔️11. In (ironic honor of Eugene Onegin), read a book with a character who has a disability or becomes disabled in the course of the novel.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Tiny Tim <3
✔️ 12. Read a book that has less than 1000 ratings on Goodreads.
The Living and the Dead by Patrick White - 163 ratings 11/8-2022
✔️13. Read a book using the theme of 22. (Submitted by SaraSian and Irem). This is your chance to get creative!
The Life and Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair - was published in 1922.