I was over at Eva's place A Striped Armchair and she has a new to me reading challenge. I thought I would love to join in on this one. What's it about and where is is at? It's over at Jill's place Fizzy Thoughts. The name of the challenge is The World Party Reading Challenge. This is how it works:
12 months, 12 countries, 12 books. Each month we will read one (or more, if you’d like) book either set in, or written by an author from, the featured country (in a few cases I’ve been vague and you just have to stick to the criteria). If you’d like to read a non-fiction book about the country, that works, too. However, I do ask that you avoid books like Eat, Pray, Love and You Shall Know Our Velocity!, which feature multiple countries. The intent is to try to get a sense of place from your book or author. And yes, audio books are allowed. Also, my apologies to the under-represented South American and Pacific countries. Next year I’ll have to find a National Shoe Day and then we can read about the Philippines. The challenge runs April 2010 to March 2011.
Here is the list of US holidays and observances that we will be celebrating with a book from another country:
* April – April Fool’s Day – France
* May – May Day – a communist country of your choice, past or present
* June – Juneteenth – Liberia
* July – July 4th – Rwanda
* August – Women’s Equality Day – New Zealand
* September – Native American Day – any sovereign Native American tribe
* October – Columbus Day – India
* November – Thanksgiving – Turkey
* December-Happy Holidays–choose your own country. It’s my little gift to you.
* January – Martin Luther King, Jr Day – Cambodia
* February – Valentine’s Day – England
* March – Saint Patrick’s Day – Ireland
My List of Books:
April - France - Science Fiction Pioneer: A Story About Jules Verne - Tom Stressguth
May - Cuba - Murder in Havana - Margaret Truman
June - Liberia - The Darling - Russell Banks
July - Rwanda - Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes - Pamela S. Turner
August - New Zealand - Hunter - Joy Cowley
September - Native American - The Porcupine Year - Louise Erdrich
October - India - Boys Without Names - Kashmira Sheth
November - Turkey - Forgotten Fire - Adam Bagdasarian
December - Australia - A River Town - Thomas Keneally
January - Cambodia - The Reckoning - Jeff Long
February - England - The Beasts of Clawstone Castle - Eva Ibbotson
March - Ireland - Nory Ryan's Song - Patricia Reilly Giff
2 wonderful people stopped by:
wow Sherrie. I so wish I could join in more of these challenges. This is another that sounds so interesting and rewarding if you stick with it. I find that I put too much pressure on myself just thinking about the challenge and thats without even picking up a book. I do like reading about yours and vicariously enjoying them this way.
That's a good looking list! Glad you're joining the party!
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