Reading Challenges – Page 220 – What Cathy Read Next…

when-are-you-reading-2019

The When Are You Reading? Challenge is hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words and involves reading a book predominantly set in each of the twelve time periods. You can see how I got on with the 2018 challenge here.

My list for the 2019 challenge is now complete! Links from the title will take you to my review. I deliberately chose books that had been in my TBR pile for way too long.

If you love historical fiction but often find yourself sticking to one or two favourite time periods, or if you’re keen to read more historical fiction in 2020, look out for next year’s challenge sign-up post.

Pre-1300: Wolf of Wessex by Matthew Harffy Read and reviewed

1300-1499: The Turn of Midnight (Black Death #2) by Minette Walters Read & Reviewed

1500-1699: The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea Read and reviewed

1700-1799: Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson Read and reviewed

1800-1899: Josephine’s Daughter by A. B. Michaels Read and reviewed

1900-1919: A River in the Trees by Jacqueline O’Mahoney Read and reviewed

1920-1939: The Photographer of the Lost by Caroline Scott Read and reviewed

1940-1959: The Mathematical Bridge by Jim Kelly Read and reviewed

1960-1979: Joan Smokes by Angela Meyer Read and reviewed

1980-1999: The Playground Murders by Lesley Thomson Read and reviewed

2000-Present: 99 Nights in Logar by Jamil Jan Kochai Read and reviewed

The Future: Aurelia by Alison Morton Read and reviewed (a bit of a cheat as it alternate history rather than set in the future)

TBR Challenge 2018

I signed up for this challenge hosted by Adam at RoofBeamReader as the perfect motivation to force me to read some of the wonderful books I have sitting on my Kindle or bookshelves but which never seem to get to the top of the reading pile. Well, that was the idea at least…

You can find more details about the challenge here but the most important rule is that the books must have been on your bookshelf or “To Be Read” list for AT LEAST one full year. .

My list is shown below. Unfortunately, with less than ten days to go, I’ve only read four of them (follow the link from the book title to read my review). Pathetic, I know. I’ve also been remiss at posting updates for the monthly checkpoints Adam hosts. There’s no way I’m going to read the other eight before the end of the year. In fact, I’ll be lucky if I can manage one of them (probably The Man in the High Castle as it’s the shortest one).

I really hope the challenge runs again in 2019 because I’m determined to do better next year.

1 Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge

2 Salley Vickers, The Cleaner of Chartres

3 Laurent Binet, HHhH

4 Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth

5 Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand

6 Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop

7 David Ashton, Nor Will He Sleep

8 Chris Cleave, Everyone Brave Is Forgiven

9 Maggie O’Farrell, This Must Be The Place

10 Patricia Highsmith, Carol (The Price of Salt)

11 Philip K Dick, The Man in the High Castle