2018 When Are You Reading Challenge

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Hey guys! I came across this awesome reading challenge yesterday on Yvo @ It’s All About Books blog.  She had just posted her wrap up for the 2017 edition of the challenge.  I’ve been looking for ways to add more variety to what I read this year since last year was fully dominated by fantasy and this seems like the perfect way to do it.  The challenge is hosted annually by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. Basically the goal is to read one book that takes place in each time section by the end of the year.  I was originally going to participate unofficially because my main goal for the year is to read my unread owned books (there are a LOT) but when I did some digging around, I found at least one book that will fulfill each section so I decided to just go for it officially.  As I complete books for each category, I will update this post with title, author, and year.

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The complete challenge will include 12 books from the following eras:

• Pre 1500
  • The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory (1450s-1485)
• 1500-1599
  • Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (1591)
• 1600-1699
• 1700-1799
• 1800-1899
  • Captain Wentworth’s Diary by Amanda Grange (1806-1816)
  • Mr. Knightley’s Diary by Amanda Grange
• 1900-1919
• 1920-1939
  • The Diviners by Libba Bray (1926)
• 1940-1959
  • Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (1941)
• 1960-1979
  • The Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock (1977)
• 1980-1999
  • It by Stephen King (1984-1985)
• 2000-Present
  • The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher (2011)
  • Dirty Red by Tarryn Fisher (2012)
  • Thief by Tarryn Fisher (2013)
  • Without Merit by Colleen Hoover (2017)
  • Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (2018)
• The Future

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Are you participating in this challenge?  What are some of your favorite historical fiction novels?