The end of the 30 day book challenge
A few days ago I posted my last instalment of this challenge. I have to thank the writers of Snobbery for setting me going on what has turned out to be a long journey.
These are the stops on the way:
Day 1: My Favourite Book
Day 2: My Least Favourite Book
Day 3: A Book That Surprised Me
Day 4: A Book That Reminds Me of Home
Day 5: A Non-Fiction Book I Like
Day 6: A Book That Makes Me Cry
Day 7: A Book I Find Hard to Read
Day 8: An Unpopular Book I Think Should Be A Bestseller
Day 9: A Book I’ve Read More Than Once
Day 10: The First Novel I Remember Reading
Day 11: The Book That Made Me Fall In Love With Reading
Day 12: A Book So Emotionally Draining, I Had To Set It Aside
Day 13: Favourite Childhood Book
Day 14: A Book That Should Be On High School Or College Required Reading Lists
Day 15: Favourite Book Dealing With Foreign Culture
Day 16: Favourite Book Turned Movie
Day 17: Book Turned Movie That Was Completely Desecrated
Day 18: Book I Love That I Can’t Find On Shelves Anymore
Day 19: A Book That Changed My Mind About A Particular Subject
Day 20: A Book I’d Recommend To An Ignorant/Racist/Closed-Minded Individual
Day 21: A Guilty Pleasure Book
Day 22: Favourite Series
Day 23: Favourite Romance Novel
Day 24: A Book I Later Found Out The Author Lied About
Day 25: Favourite Biography/Autobiography
Day 26: A Book I Wish Would Be Written
Day 27: A Book I’d Write If I Had All The Resources
Day 28: A Book I Wish I’d Never Read
Day 29: An Author That I Completely Avoid/Hate/Won’t Read
Day 30: An Author That I’ll Read Whatever They Put Out
Most of the route has been down memory lane and it’s been useful, and at times exciting, to scour my recollections of past reading in order to write the posts. Looking back I see I’ve read a lot of great stuff.
Remembering the books has also made me remember how I felt on reading them: I had forgotten that I cried over Black Beauty, felt really cross with Dennis Wheatley, and thrilled at the description of the research in Josephine Tey’s Daughter of Time.
My original plan of writing one post a week has long since failed, but I think that may have been a good thing, giving me more time to mull over what to write and, importantly, what to leave out.
I’ve considered taking up the NaPoWriMo challenge but, if I can’t stick to once a week, every day has no chance.
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