I’ll talk more about the 2020 Reading Challenges I took part in soon, but I want to focus on the 2020 While I Was Reading Challenge today. And not just because it’s the only one I completed.
This was the third year for it, and the third year I participated and managed to complete. I really enjoy the categories that Ramona puts together, and a few times has made me think about books/titles in ways I wouldn’t normally. And yes, I’m coming back for the 2021 Challenge.
I finished the last one on this list Tuesday night (“A book that’s been on your shelf for more than a year” YES! One more off the TBR!!), a little closer to the 31st than I’d like, but…eh. Whatever. I’ve written at least a little about all but one of them (although, I thought I’d written about it, too, until about an hour ago), you can read that if you click the links.
2020 While I Was Reading Challenge Categories
- A book with an emotion in the title: City of Hate by Timothy S. Miller
- A young adult novel: Venators: Legends Rise by Devri Wells
- A book translated from another language: Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling, Jamie Lee Searle (Translator)
- A book that’s centered around a holiday: Silent Bite by David Rosenfelt
- A novel based on a true story: Kopp Sisters on the March by Amy Stewart, Christina Moore
- A book with song lyrics in the title: Back to Reality by Mark Stay, Mark Oliver, Narrated by Kim Bretton
- A book that’s been on your shelf for more than a year: Light It Up by Nick Petrie
- A book with a non-human narrator: Of Mutts and Men by Spencer Quinn
- A book with a month in the title: May Day by Josie Jaffrey
- A book you heard about on TV/Radio/a podcast: No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality by Michael J. Fox (heard about on WTF with Marc Maron Podcast Episode 1176)
- A book set in the state you live in: Rattlesnake Rodeo by Nick Kowalski (I actually read 5 books that would meet that this year, never read so many set in Idaho before. Maybe one a year, max. Very strange year)
- A romance novel: Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan, Narrated by Ryan Gesell, Tara Sands
Ramona
Great list! I’m glad to hear you’re coming back for 2021, you’re a great edition to the group. I’m going to try to be more interactive with members this year!