What’s In A Name Challenge 2024 – Sign Up

What's In A Name 2024The What’s In A Name Challenge is being hosted again for 2024 by Andrea at Carolina Book Nook. Having succeeded in completing the challenge last year, I’m going to join in again.  

The challenge runs from 1st January to 31st December 2024. You can sign up at any time but can only count books you read between those dates. Read a book in any format (hard copy, ebook, audio) with a title that fits into each category. (Andrea has provided some examples for each category on the challenge sign-up page.) You can’t use the same book for more than one category but creativity in matching the categories is not only allowed, it’s encouraged! You can choose your books as you go or make a list ahead of time.

I’ve made some provisional selections from my TBR pile but I’m finding the last category impossible to find a match for at the moment. Links from the title will take you to the book’s entry on Goodreads (or, at some point, my review). 


Double Letters         A Dry Spell by Clare Chambers

An NFL Team            Day of the Caesars (Eagles of the Empire #16) by Simon Scarrow (Philadelphia Eagles)

A natural disaster  The Year Without Summer by Guinevere Glasfurd

A virtue                     How to be Brave by Louise Beech (fortitude)

A shape                    Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

Footwear                   ?

 

 

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2024 Sign-Up #histficreadingchallenge

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2024The start of a new year means it’s time to sign up for some reading challenges. I’ve decided to take part again in the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge hosted by Marg at The Intrepid Reader. As well as indulging my love of historical fiction, I like sharing reviews and recommendations with other fans of the genre every month. And Marg also compiles fascinating statistics about the books read by participants each month.

You can find full details of the 2024 challenge here, including where to post your reviews each month, but the main idea is to choose one of six different reading levels to aim for:

20th Century Reader – 2 books
Victorian Reader – 5 books
Renaissance Reader – 10 books
Medieval – 15 books
Ancient History – 25 books
Prehistoric – 50+ books

By my reckoning I read 67 historical fiction novels in 2023 which makes me officially ‘Prehistoric’. Given historical fiction is my favourite genre, I’m going to aim for Prehistoric level again in 2024. I already have my eye on some of the books in my TBR pile (see below).  If you enjoy historical fiction or would just like to read more of the genre, why not join me and sign up?