These are the two Reading Challenges I plan to do for 2010:
World Religion 2010
Hosted at the World Religion Challenge blog, the criteria are pretty broad. I myself have chosen option number four, which is called the “Unshepherded Path,” meaning I’m not going to read from specific religions, but am going to be free to go all over the place. What’s interesting is that this challenge isn’t limited to books, but can include movies, plays, concerts, religious services, and anything else connected to a religion.
My choice will most often be books, though, so I’ll keep track of the books here, as I’ve finished them.
- Testament: The Bible and History, by John Romer (Finished January 17, 2010)
What’s in a Name
Hosted by Beth F at the What’s in a Name blog, this challenge involves reading one book from each of these categories:
- A book with a food in the title: Clockwork Orange, Grapes of Wrath, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- A book with a body of water in the title: A River Runs through It, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, The Lake House
- A book with a title (queen, president) in the title: The Murder of King Tut, The Count of Monte Cristo, Lady Susan
- A book with a plant in the title: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Wind in the Willows, The Name of the Rose
- A book with a place name (city, country) in the title: Out of Africa; London; Between, Georgia
- A book with a music term in the title: Song of Solomon, Ragtime, The Piano Teacher
I will keep track of those books here as well as posting over there.
Books finished:
- A book with food in the title:
- A book with a body of water in the title: The River, by Tricia Wastvedt, finished April 29, 2010
- A book with a title in the title: The Game of Kings, by Dorothy Dunnett, finished March 25, 2010
- A book with a plant in the title: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See, finished January 26, 2010
- A book with a place name in the title: Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill, finished April 12, 2010
- A book with a music term in the title:
