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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.
2018 When Are You Reading Challenge
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
Are you participating in this challenge? What are some of your favorite historical fiction novels?
What a great challenge. Good luck!
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Thank you! 🙂
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I really like the sound of this challenge. Will you be making a TBR beforehand? I’d be interested in seeing your list. Good luck with the challenge!
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I have a rough TBR worked out from books that I own. My plan is to pull those books from my shelf tonight to take photos in the morning and put together a TBR post for Monday 🙂 I have horrible lighting during the week in the winter since I’m only home when it’s dark out lol.
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I know exactly what you mean. Natural light is the best light, but it does no good if it’s cloudy.
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I’m glad to see you joined the challenge, good luck! I’m impressed you already have titles for each era… I always hopelessly failed to find titles straight away for the older ones. xD
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