The Mixing It Up 2012 Reading Challenge
COMPLETED
Ellie over at Musings of a Book Shop Girl is hosting a Mixing It Up 2012 Reading Challenge. This is sort of like the 12 in ’12 Challenge, but Ellie defines the categories in this one. She’s described 16 categories of books and participants can choose any number of categories in which to read at least one book.
I’m going to skip the horror, romance & manga, and enter at the Two-Tier Cake level: getting ambitious with 13 categories. Although I don’t think I have to choose my books now, this will give structure to my reading in the new year. (Although I may make substitutions.)
YEAR-END UPDATE:
1. Classics: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
2. Biography: Mordecai: The Life and Times by Charles Foran
3. Cookery, Food & Wine: Canadian Food Guide by Pierre & Janet Berton
4. History: Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 by Sally M. Walker
5. Modern Fiction: 419 by Will Ferguson
6. Crime & Mystery: Murder at Hazelmoor by Agatha Christie
7. Science Fiction & Fantasy: The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
8. Travel: Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
9. Poetry & Drama: A Midsummer’s Night Dream by William Shakespeare
10. Journalism & Humour: Notes to My Mother-in-Law by Phyllida Law
11. Science & Natural History: Seeing Trees by Nancy Ross Hugo & Robert Llewellyn
12. Children & Young Adult: A Prairie Boy’s Winter by William Kurelek
13. Social Sciences & Philosophy: Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Welcome Debbie! Sorry it took so long to get here – I was hoping to visit everyone by the end of December but we’ve had some rather boisterous house guests AND I’ve got a rubbish cold… 🙁
Anyway, good luck this year! We might have a few crossover titles along the way, by the looks of it – I’ve got Henrietta Lacks and Half Blood Blues fairly high up Mount TBR right now – and I’m sure I’ll end up wishlisting one or two more…
Happy reading this year! 😀
Thank you for the welcome, Ellie!
We often have cross-overs, I’ve noticed (one reason I so enjoy your blog). It will be interesting to compare notes this year.
Happy reading in 2012!
Ha, that’s true, actually! It’s one of the things I love about reading book blogs – not just discovering new books, but finding out what other people think of the books you’ve already read, or books on your shelves, or on your wishlist. I think it might be a sickness… 🙂
If addiction is a sickness, Ellie 🙂
Three down, you’re right on track! I’ve barely touched my challenges so far this year, I’m ashamed of myself – but hey, plenty of time to catch up, right? Keep up the good work, it feels pretty good ticking each one off as we go! 🙂
I really thought I’d be further along, Ellie. Thanks for the words of encouragement!