2016 (Blended) Reading Challenge

[ahavah]

I will be merging the Read Harder and #BustleReads challenges, since several of the prompts overlap (or I can make them overlap). And whenever possible, I believe I'll throw in a dash of the Mount TBR challenge and read as many books as possible from the huge stash of unread books that I currently own

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[kiwiria]

Do you want recommendations for some of these? Because I've got a few :) Otherwise just ignore the rest of this comment, because you know I can't help myself

[ahavah]

Thanks so much! By all means, rec away, & I appreciate it! Although I'm also sticking to my goal of trying to first read books I already have at the house (or ebooks I have collected for free through BoobBub). If I don't have one that fits though, I'll be heading to the library.

I know I have a lot of religious books. Josh & I have collected several about Christianity (mostly Unity in particular), Buddhism, and paganism, and then I inherited lots of books from my mom & Grandma (which I still haven't even gone through yet). I kind of wanted to learn more about either Sufism or Islam, but besides Rumi's poetry, I don't have any about those two.

I also won the poetry collection Ariel from Dewey's Read-a-Thon, but I don't think that counts as contemporary either. I'm going to shoot for one published in the last 5 yrs, I think.

Thanks again! I think I'll add a 'book recs' tag and try to check out your recommendations later if I can't find them for free now. :)

[kiwiria]

Focusing on books you already own is a brilliant idea! I ought to do the same :-P

[adoptedwriter]

Jeffrey Eugenedes' book, MIDDLESEX was a fab book about transgender. I highly recommend it if you haven't already checked it out.
Hooked me in right away.

AW

[ahavah]

Thanks! I don't believe I own that one, but I'll see if the library carries it.