1. One Big Book
Personal Challenge
Read one book during the year that I consider a challenging book; a book I've avoided reading for years due to its daunting nature. Must be completed by 12/31/23.
My 2023 One Big Book is: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas ✔
2. Pulitzer Challenge
Personal
Read the current Pulitzer Prize winner announced in May of each year. And read these past winners from a list I created.:
1. 2023 winner: TBA
2. 2013 winner: Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
3. 2007 winner: The Road by Cormac McCarthy ✔
4. 2004 winner: The Known World by Edward Jones
5. 2001 winner: The Amazing Kavalier and Clay by Michael Charbon
Personal
Every year the National Book Award is given out in five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction. Poetry, Translated Literature; Young People's Literature. My goal is to read two of the five winners (or finalists) per year. This award is not announced until November.
Hosts: Feed Your Fiction Addiction and It Begins at Midnight.
Post a discussion topic related to books, reading, or related topics.
I'm aiming to complete the beginning level, Discussion Dabbler or 1-10 posts in 2023.
Tracking topics/dates:
Read 110+ in 2023.
I will keep track of my books on the Goodreads website.
Host: The Classics Club
About ten years ago I created a list of 50 classic books I wanted to read. I kept adding titles to the list faster than I read them. I still have about 30 books left on that expanded list. In 2023 I want to read at least five books from my list.
Tracker:
1. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
2. Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
3. The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
4. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
7. Super Past Due Reviews
A personal challenge
Write five super past due reviews (over a year old)
Reviews completed tracker:
8. Big Book Summer Challenge
Read 400+ page length books during summer (Memorial Day to Labor Day). My goal is 4 big books.
Tracker:
-Anne
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