I finished the local library’s summer reading challenge. Quicker than I expected, but that’s nice because there was a much better selection on the prize book cart! (I got a copy of The Overstory by Richard Powers). Three of the items on the challenge list I skipped, just counting thirty minutes’ reading time (allowed). For the other choices, here’s what I read:
Re-read a book you read during childhood- Tomorrow’s Sphinx by Clare Bell
Read a book set in a place you want to visit- Dirty Chick by Antonia Murphy
Read a book that takes place in your home state or country- A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins
Read a graphic novel- The Magicians: Alice’s Story by Lilah Sturges (adapted from Lev Grossman)
Read a book recommended by a librarian- The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
Read a book outside of your comfort zone- Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Read a book outside of your own timeline- Too Late the Phalarope by Alan Paton
I always feel like I’m kind of fudging the read a book recommended by a librarian item. I’ve never yet actually gone up to a desk and asked one of the librarians for a direct recommendation. Instead I pick a book off one of the displays they’ve made on a theme- I figure if a librarian singled out those books to bring to the public’s attention, they must count as recommendations!
So this was fun. Once again it stretched me a bit, to read a few books I wouldn’t have otherwise- the teen romance and the WWII historical fiction. Most of the others were already on my TBR so I was happy to mark them off my personal list, too. And very pleased with my book prize!