Anyhoo, this is about my book challenge! I’ll have to do another post about sewing later!
Since working at the library, I’ve realized that I tend to stick to the same genre--YA. This isn’t surprising as I used to run a YA book blog with my besties. Recently I’ve been getting into middle grade too, which has been so fun.
But today when a patron asked me about book recommendations, I had nothing! I realized that it would do me some good to branch out into other genres and read some new things. So, of course, I googled reading challenges, but instead of using any of them, I’m making my own!
This challenge is a part of my goal to read 50 books this year. I've currently read 21, so I'm three books behind schedule. However, I'm in the middle of a few books (Girl, Wash Your Face, Because of Winn-Dixie, and The Iron Queen), so hopefully I'll catch up soon.
Here it is: Read one book each month that is out of my comfort zone.
I know that seems so simple, but I only read about three books a month, so making one of them something new seems doable. I’m a big believer in setting attainable goals, and I can definitely do this one!
I’ll be picking those six books out of these categories:
A graphic novel
A book club book (from work)
Biography
A book on the 2019 NYT Bestsellers list
Nominated for (but didn’t win) the Goodreads 2018 choice awards
A classic
A book that is also a movie
Harry Potter
Audiobook
These are all things I never read (yes, I work at a library and had a YA blog and somehow never read Harry Potter), so I’m excited to give them a try! I’m currently listening to an audiobook (Girl, Wash Your Face) while I sew, so I guess that’s a bonus one since this challenge starts in July. If I remember (and have time) I’ll share updates here!
Until next time!
