Doing this one again, getting as many books as possible during the time frame indicated.
It will start on June 1 and run through August 12, 2022. To enter, read seven books from 25 categories.
What’s different?
- I read Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen this spring and it is so fantastic that for the first time I’m choosing a book for us. (I’ll share more about it later.)
- A few new categories
- No COVID or Olympic focus this year
What’s the same?
- Many categories will be similar because reading is reading. But you will notice a few new gems
- Counting a book of more than 700 pages as two books.
- Choosing a penalty book within the first week of the challenge. A penalty book or category is one you declare to yourself I will read or be penalized. The last four summers I’ve selected a penalty book and it worked!
- Like previous years, if you do not read your “penalty” book, you will subtract two books from your total.
What’s in it for you?
- All who comment between August 11-15th with the names of the books they read will be entered to win one of ten $10 Amazon gift cards.
Drumroll . . . here are the categories!
- Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood--Gary Paulsen
- A Biography or about history: Hiroshima--John Hersey
- A book you already own: The Summer of Jordi Perez--Amy Spalding
- A book you’ve been wanting to reread: Willow Weep for Me--Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
- A book a friend recommended: A Crack in the Sea--H.M. Bouwman
- A Young Adult book (YA): Listen to Your Heart--Kasie West
- A book with a great cover: The Guncle--Steven Rowley
- A book of poetry: Vanilla--Billy Merrell
- A memoir or autobiography: Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama--Bob Odenkirk
- A graphic novel: Lumberjanes: Friendship to the Max--Noelle Stevenson & Grace Ellis
- A book for professional development (loosely defined): Decluttering at the Speed of Life--Dana K. White
- A book longer than 700 pages (counts as two books): Voyager--Diana Gabaldon
- A book with a verb in the title: Would Like to Meet--Rachel Winters
- A play: The Merchant of Venice--William Shakespeare
- A book about a country or culture you have never visited: Half a Yellow Sun--Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- A book with the number 7 in the title or subtitle (in honor of this being the 7th anniversary): Punk 57--Penelope Douglas
- A book that won an award: The Girl Who Drank the Moon--Kelly Barnhill
- A book by someone with a different view point than you recommended you read: Poor Unfortunate Soul--Serena Valentino
- A mystery: The Coldest Case--Martin Walker
- A classic: Anne of Avonlea--L.M. Montgomery
- An audiobook: Vacation Under the Volcano--Mary Pope Osborne
- A book with an animal: A Cat Story--Ursula Murray Husted
- A book less than 100 pages: Retro Rhythms--Francesca Damkar
- A book you want to discuss with others: The Homewreckers--Mary Kay Andrews
- A book you read as a child: By the Shores of Silver Lake--Laura Ingalls Wilder
My Penalty Book: Tell the Wolves I'm Home--Carol Rifka Brunt
25 books (+ penalty book) read. Challenge completed on July 21
Some fun categories there. Happy reading.
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