Paula Vince, over at Vince Review has come up with a reading challenge for 2025 that I would love to join, so I thought that I would share with you how I get on throughout the year. I currently don't have any reading goals for 2025 so this little challenge should be fun and easy to commit to. In fact, I already have a few titles in mind to fit each of the categories, but there are some that I am going to do have to do some research for.
If you would like to see Paula's original post, you can see it here. Basically, she is inspired to read more Australian literature and has stipulated that each novel must have an Australian setting and not simply an Australian author. I think it's really important to support Australian authors and literature, and as I tend to gravitate towards European or American classics, I am keen for the challenge. Australian literature really does have a flavour all of its own and I have read embarrassingly little of it. This is something that I would like to remedy in 2025.
Without further ado, here are the categories that Paula has designed for the reading challenge:
1) Time Travel
2) Fan Fiction
3) Memoir/Autobiography
4) Cosy Mystery
5) Convict Story
6) Bushfire Story
7) Migration Story
8) Romantic Fiction
9) Historical Fiction
10) Modern Fiction (or at least set in the 21st century)
11) A Name in the Title
12) Nature in the Title
Twelve categories for twelve months of the year, easy! My first read will be Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park which fits the Time Travel category. Have you read it? It's a 1980 classic that my children have enjoyed reading too. It's been a number of years since I've read it and I look forward to delving into Park's time-travelling novel.
Do you have any reading goals or challenges for the year? Let us know in the comments below and thanks for stopping by.
I have excellent memories of your time travel choice from years ago, when it was on my English syllabus at High School. It was fun to study, and all these years later, whenever I've been lucky enough to visit the Rocks area at Sydney, I've thought of 'Playing Beatie Bow'. It's even been on sale at some of the colonial homes and museums. I'll look forward to your thoughts on this book.
ReplyDeleteI remember it from school too and just like you always think of it when I visit the Rocks. I'm really enjoying going back and re-reading this one, although I have to say I have less tolerance of Abigail's angsty attitude this time round! I love the historical descriptions of Sydney in the1870s though - so vivid!
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