I came across this challenge at the Musings of a Bookshop Girl blog, and thought I’d join in. The idea is to read books of diifferent types, with a view to pushing the boundaries of one’s reading. Sounds fun. There are sixteen categories altogether, but I’m going for ten. They are:
1. Classics – Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
2. Biography – People Who Say Goodbye by P.Y. Betts
3. Cookery, Food and Wine – Sweets by Tim Richardson
4. History
5. Romance
6. Travel – Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
7. Poetry and Drama
8. Journalism and Humour
9. Science and Natural History
10. Social Sciences and Philosophy
I have no set plans for which books I’ll read, or when (the Mixing It Up Challenge lasts all year), but I do want 2012 to be an interesting reading year.
11th January 2012 at 3:44 pm
Hi David – and welcome to Mixing It Up! Hope you have a good reading year… I have high hopes that I’ll actually vary my reading up more in 2012 instead of keep lunging for the easiest reads on my shelf!
10th April 2012 at 9:06 pm
Hi David! Just dropping by for a visit to mark our quarter-way point… where DOES the time go? Congratulations on tackling your first category! 🙂
16th April 2012 at 10:55 pm
Hi Ellie – agree with you on the time! I’m further behind on the challenge than I wanted to be by now, but there’s plenty of time yet…