Once again this year we have decided on an inclusive challenge with three options, Easy, Hard, and Super Reader but this year’s monthly category will be “Read Through the Decades” and the alphabetical part will be by author’s name. Hopefully, this will mean that everyone can join in, whether you read one book a month or three or more!
September’s categories are:-
EASY – ALPHABETICAL CHALLENGE
Read a book by an author whose name begins with an I or a U. Slightly more unusual letters for this month!
Here are just a few suggestions for each letter.
Kazuo Ishiguro, Naomi Ishiguro, Christopher Isherwood, Laila Ibrahim, Eowyn Ivey, Eva Ibbotson, John Irving.
Barry Udall, John Updike, Lisa Unger, Jean Ure, Jane Urquart, Barry Unsworth, Jennifer Uglow, Lisa Unger.
HARD – MONTHLY CATEGORY CHALLENGE
Read a book published between 1980 and 1989.
Here are a few suggestions from the members of The Cwts Club Discussion Group.
Prince of Tides – Pat Conroy
Red Dragon/Silence of the Lambs – Thomas Harris
Joy Luck Club – Amy Tan
The Color Purple – Alice Walker
Light a Penny Candle – Maeve Binchy
Beloved – Toni Morrison
The Stranger Beside Me – Ann Rule
The Accidental Tourist – Anne Tyler
Gorky Park – Martin Cruz Smith
There are even more suggestions in our blogs
The Bestselling Fiction of the Last One Hundred Years: 1980
The Bestselling Fiction of the Last One Hundred Years: 1989
There are also blogs for all the intervening years just use the search function on the website and put in the year you require.
SUPER READER – READ HARDER CHALLENGE
Read a book by an author whose name begins with an I or a U (or both) and read a book published between 1980 and 1989.
As in all our previous challenges, pick a book from our list, pop along to your local book shop or library, order something online or pick up something that’s already in your TBR pile.
Don’t forget to share what you are reading in our Cwts Club Discussion Group.
For Reading Addicts Reading Challenge 2024
For Reading Addicts Reading Challenge 2023 – Read a Rainbow – October