I love perusing library shelves. Yes, with ebullient memories of library days during childhood, still one of my simple pleasures is meandering through the library book stacks, reading the various titles while pulling certain books off the shelves as possibilities to take home and read. Books are friendly to me.
Since every year is moving by at an extraordinary rate of speed, and since I am only getting older, I thought I would take the time and effort this year to create a purposeful Reading List, after all my "want to read" book stacks are only getting larger. I fancy calling it my 2020 Reading Challenge, join along if you would like.
The book blog, Books And Chocolate, recently posted a 2020 Back to Basics Reading Challenge which piqued my interest in adopting a similar reading list, mostly classics (books written at least 50 years ago). I have chosen to follow the basic mainstay of her list, adding
several other novel types as well.
1. 19th Century Classic
2. 20th Century Classic
3. Classic written by a man author
4. Classic in Translation
5. Genre Classic (fantasy, mystery, science fiction, western. etc.)
6. Classic with a person's name in the title
7. Classic with a place in the title
8. Classic with nature in the title
9. Classic about family
10. An abandoned title (one you had begun in the past and had not finished)
11.A Classic adaption(movie or TV series)
12. A Childhood Classic
13. A perennial ( a re-read)
14. A religious classic/book
15. A Grace Livingston Hill book
16. A biography or an autobiography
Scribbled on yellow legal pads are the actual book titles I am planning to read or have already begun. I will post them soon. I would love any recommendations!
