The 2012 Reading Challenge
I love to read, but most of the time I find myself lacking time to read all the books I want. And after seeing a lot of others making reading lists for 2012, I decided to set up my own as well. Year after year I do make a promise to read my way through a reading list/challenge, but I never fully commit to it, but not this year! This year I’m making a reading challenge that I will complete. I’m only making it 33 books, which is a fair amount to me and is not completely impossible to end. I’ll probably end up finishing it and reading making another list, but for now, this is fine.
My reading list reads as follows:
Genre Category:
1. Realistic Fiction/Social Issues
2. Romance
3. Fantasy
4. Science Fiction
5. Apocalyptic/Dystopia
6. Mystery/Thriller
7. Classic
8. Adventure/Graphic
9. Horror
10. Anthology
11. Non-Fiction
Setting/Narrator Category:
12. Female Protagonist
13. Male Protagonist
14. LGBT Character15. Non-Human Protagonist:
16. Involves family conflict17. Takes place in a school: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
18. Takes place in other country
19. Takes place in your home state
20. First person narrator
21. Third person narrator
22. Multiple-perspective narrator
Author/Award Category:
23. Author you’ve never read before
24. Author from a country other than U.S., U.K., Canada, or Australia
25. A book that was originally a different language
26. Book that is being made or has been made into a movie
27. First book of a series
28. Nebula Award
29. National Book Award
30. Hugo Award
31. From Oprah’s Book Club
32. Michael L. Printz Award
33. Orange Prize Fiction
I found this list on PaperBackSwap, but I changed it a bit. I’ve already started and have crossed off two books, as you can see. Both of which I loved. I’m off to a good start, but with school starting soon, I think my pace may slow down.
But I will finish this challenge…hopefully.
