Question on Genre Challenge - Edit 1
Before modification by aria at 03/01/2011 03:32:05 AM
The Not-So-Dirty Half Dozen Challenge.
1. Read a work of Classic literature - one you've never read before.
Extra challenge for this task: write a review of the book and post it on the board.
The Rules:
Every two months you must complete a task. You'll have all of those two months to complete each task. (Thus Task One is for January and February, Task Two is for March and April, etc.)
And don't forget these:
Genre Challenge
Quite simply, just read one book from each of the genres below before the year is out. Rereads are allowed; it's up to you whether you choose all new books or not. I probably won't. And choose one of the books in this challenge to review for the board.
- Historical Fiction/Alternative History
- Western
- Horror
- Mystery
- (Auto-) Biography
- History
- Family chronicle
- Allegory/parody/satire
- Surrealist novel
- Extra option for those who can: a novel in a foreign language
Old Favourite:
The 50 Book Challenge. Says it all, really.
If you're an extra-speedy reader then make it 100 books. List 'em all, starting from today!
And one more thing:
It's a good time for you to pick up a book you've been meaning to read for ages. Just tell us which book it is in this post and then read it sometime in 2011.
So! Go ahead and tell us what you're reading for January/February's challenge, and for the Book You've Been Meaning To Read For Ages.
I would really like to try this because it would open me up to several genres that I don't typical read. But what are some examples of books in the Family Chronicles and Surrealist genres? I think the others are fairly straight forward, if as someone mentioned earlier, subjective. But these are not genres I am familiar with, at least not by those names.