Memoir Reading Challenge 2021

It's back, once again using a checklist. Some categories have been changed, however. To participate, you must read a minimum of five memoirs from any of the categories listed. One book can only count for one category. Re-reads are acceptable. You do not need a blog to participate. All book formats count. 

Other Rules:

• Books must be read on or after January 1, 2021 to count.
• Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2021.
• Books may cross over to other challenges in which you are participating. 
• Books must be labeled as memoirs to count. 
• You do not need a blog to sign up.  You may keep tract of your progress on Goodreads, Amazon or other similar sites with a shelf dedicated to this challenge.  Or sign up on Youtube, Facebook, or Twitter.

Need some reading ideas? Here are some lists to get ideas for reading:

Goodreads Memoir Book Lists
10 Famous Memoirs Everyone Should Read Once
17 Memoirs By Women
Best Celebrity Memoirs of All Time
Fictional Memoirs

Here are the categories:

1. _ Mental Illness Memoir
2. _ Other Illness Memoir
3. X Political Memoir: The Truths We Hold--Kamala Harris
4. X Food Memoir: From Scratch--Tembi Locke
5. _ Animal Memoir
6. _ Music Memoir
7. _ Travel Memoir
8. X Written by a person of color: Assata: An Autobiography--Assata Shakur
9. _ Written by a woman
10. _ Written by a person who identifies as LGBTQIA: Untamed--Glennon Doyle
11. _ Written by an actor or a comedian
12. X Written by an author or journalist: Thirteen Senses--Victor Villaseñor
13. _ Written by any other celebrity
14. _ Written by someone under 40
15. _ Written by someone over 40
16. _ Written by someone from a country different from your own
17. _ One you find thought-provoking
18. X Made into a movie: Beautiful Boy--David Sheff 
19. X Graphic Novel memoir: Lost Soul, Be At Peace--Maggie Thrash
20. _ Bestselling memoir
21. _ Humorous memoir
22. X Fictional memoir: Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend--Matthew Dicks
23. _ Won an Award
24. _ Published in 2021
25. _ Published in 2020 or earlier
26. X Under 300 pages: Girls Like Us--Rachel Lloyd
27. _ Over 300 pages
28. X One you want to re-read:Bitch--Elizabeth Wurtzel 
29. _ On a favorite subject
30. _ By a favorite celebrity
31. X Free choice: Sister Outsider--Audre Lorde
32. _ Free choice
33. _ Free choice