It's That Time of Year!

 

The school year is quickly flying by and I decided to put together a summer reading challenge that would broaden my typical scope of genres. I came up with Twelve Weeks-Twelve Genres-Twelve Titles. Being a bookseller, I'm often asked for recommendations and not always for what appeals to myself, but to customers who have different interests and tastes in reading. So--I considered a few of 'not my normal genre preferences', along with some that are, of course (who wants to spend an entire summer reading books that don't ordinarily appeal to them??) and here is the list I put together:

Classic—Brave New World (Huxley)

Memoir—A Chance in the World (Pemberton)

Literary Fiction—Little Life (Yanagihara)

Fantasy—A Darker Shade of Magic (Schwab)

Mystery-Into the Woods (French)

Sci-Fi—Dune (Herbert)

Travel-Notes from a Small Island (Bryson)

Horror—NOS4A2 (Hill)

 

History—River of Doubt (Millard)

Manga—Death Note Vol 1: Boredom (Ohba)

Spirituality—Book of Joy (Dalai Lama)

Nature-Hidden Life of Trees (Wohlleben)

Pets—A Dog’s Purpose (Cameron)

 

Teen--Thirteen Reasons Why (Asher)  

Extra Credit—a new 2017 bestseller

Wildcard—feel free to swap out a title or genre

Okay, there's actually fourteen titles and genres--but I hoped the list would interest others to play along and give a little leeway that if someone just wasn't interested in one title or genre, maybe another one would. Then I also threw in the wild card and extra credit--just read!! Myself, I don't generally read mystery, travel, nature, manga, teen, or sci-fi (though I love the Expanse series by James Corey!) And, I realize these are not all little books--it's not a challenge if it's easy!

I've posted my challenge at work and some of them jumped right in, so I've already finished Brave New World and started NOS4A2 (so good!! Really love Joe Hill!!) I do intend to read all fourteen titles with time at the end of summer to add on a wild card and extra credit (I'm just an overachiever at heart...)

I also whipped up bookmark trackers and would be happy to mail out a copy with a list of the challenge to any takers if you just want to send me a quick email with your mailing info and I'll zip that right out to you!

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 What's on your summer reading list?