Well hello April. Here in the UK, the clocks have gone forward, the nights are lighter and the sun has been shining, all great excuses for more reading.
Once again this year we have decided on an inclusive challenge with the 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!
April’s categories are:-
EASY – ALPHABETICAL CHALLENGE
Read a book by an author whose name begins with a D or a P.
Here are just a few suggestions for each letter, obviously, there are lots more:
Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl, Juno Dawson, Anthony Doerr, Emma Donoghue, Christine Dalcher, Len Deighton, Roddy Doyle.
Dorothy Parker, Ann Patchett, Tony Parsons, Sarah Perry, Jodi Picoult, Terry Pratchett, Natasha Pulley, Edgar Allen Poe.
HARD – MONTHLY CATEGORY CHALLENGE
Read a book published between 1930 and 1939.
Here are a few suggestions from the members of The Cwts Club Discussion Group.
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
The Good Earth – Pearl S. Buck
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
Down and Out in Paris and London – George Orwell
There are even more suggestions in our blogs
The Bestselling Fiction of the Last One Hundred Years: 1930
The Bestselling Fiction of the Last One Hundred Years: 1939
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 a D or a P (or both) and read a book published between 1930 and 1939.
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.
Happy reading in 2022!