Welcome to Week 2 of the #BackpackEurope reading challenge.
I’m starting week 2 in France. Bonjour!
Last week, as you know, I flew into Heathrow and started my journey in England with Wuthering Heights. Although not a book I ended up liking, I can at least now say I’ve read it. (And bonus, I can mark it off my #GARbingo board.)
And go give my friends over at The Reader’s Room some love for creating and hosting this fun literary adventure! Continue reading
On Monday, I started the Backpack Across Europe Summer 2018 Reading Challenge. This reading challenge, hosted by the awesome folks over at The Reader’s Room, is all about exploring Europe via literature.
The challenge has rules, special events, and travel obstacles making it like a virtual board game with reading. As you know, I opted to “fly”* into Heathrow on Monday and my literary journey started with English author Emily Brontë’s classic Wuthering Heights. Continue reading
If you caught my last post, then you read about the 5 reading challenges I’m currently doing (or will be doing).
Today starts the Science Fiction/Fantasy To Be Read Reading Challenge. It runs from today, July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019. Twelve months to complete this 50-book challenge.
I have a starting TBR of 50 books—and that’s just the ones I currently own. (I know, I know!) As I went through the synopses, (yep, that’s correct. That’s the plural of synopsis. I checked.) I believe I’m missing a few categories. So I may be asking for recommendations in some of the categories.
I’ll be posting my #SFFTBR updates here, on Goodreads/Twitter (my Twitter account is connected to my GR account), and on Litsy (wanderinglynn). (Just look for the #SFFTBR hashtag.)
And if you’re so inclined & want to play along, then here are the categories (or here’s the handy-dandy SFFTBR Reading Challenge PDF version):
| 1 | Longest Book on your TBR |
| 2 | Shortest Book on your TBR |
| 3 | Written by Person of Color |
| 4 | Written by straight, white male author (look close & critically on diversity) |
| 5 | Strong female lead & passes Bechdel test |
| 6 | Set in the future |
| 7 | Set in the past |
| 8 | Horror (or close equivalent) |
| 9 | Award-winning Fantasy |
| 10 | Award-winning SF |
| 11 | includes African mythology |
| 12 | includes Norse mythology |
| 13 | includes Asian mythology |
| 14 | includes LGBTQ+ relationship |
| 15 | YA novel not suited for (younger) teens |
| 16 | A sequel |
| 17 | Compared to the “Hunger Games” |
| 18 | Compared to “Game of Thrones” |
| 19 | includes a prophecy |
| 20 | Saving the world from evil |
| 21 | “…” of “…” Title |
| 22 | A book that was gifted to you |
| 23 | gorgeous cover |
| 24 | lowest rated on GR |
| 25 | can’t remember how much time has passed since you bought the book |
| 26 | love triangle |
| 27 | POV character dies or family member died |
| 28 | encountering an alien species |
| 29 | murder investigation |
| 30 | shows the worst of humanity |
| 31 | war or soldier story |
| 32 | short story |
| 33 | graphic novel |
| 34 | recommended by a litten |
| 35 | elves/orcs/dwarfs |
| 36 | space exploration |
| 37 | fairytale retelling |
| 38 | New York Times Bestseller |
| 39 | here be dragons |
| 40 | includes a map |
| 41 | children’s book |
| 42 | last in a series |
| 43 | beautifully written |
| 44 | one of Unbound World’s Top 100 Fantasy novels that you never heard about |
| 45 | steampunk |
| 46 | classic Fantasy/SF |
| 47 | your choice |
| 48 | your choice |
| 49 | your choice |
| 50 | your choice |
Tell me in the comments below if you plan on playing along. And share your recommendations for any of the categories too!
Happy Reading!
