Hi Everyone!
I am taking part in a readathon in May where you read books written from 1900-1950. There are a set of challenges but I am only doing a few of them. You can read just one book or twenty it is up to you and maybe it will encourage you to finally read a book you've been meaning to get to for ages. In this post I am going to share what books I hope to read for this challenge. I won't get to all of them but my goal is to read at least 3 of them.
It is hosted on booktube by Katie from her channel Books and Things. You can see her announcement video here! She is a wonderful booktuber, perhaps not the cosiest but her content is always engaging and gives so many recommendations.
Here are the challenges:
A few of these will fit into more than one category but I will just mention them once.
For challenge one, reading a book from your own country, I would like to get to Animal Farm By George Orwell. This one is very short so I am hoping to be able to read it. I am also planning to read Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier which will be my first Daphne DuMaurier and although it is longer that others on this list, I am will hopefully still read it. I have Anne Of Green Gables to read soon too, though I may not get to it for this readathon.
For challenge two, reading a book from another country, I have picked out Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck as it is an American classic I am going to be studying at school next year and so would like to give it a try.
For challenge three, to read a genre classic from this period, I have selected Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie. It is obviously a crime novel so fits this prompt and is a recent find (in our old phone box's second hand free library!) and as always with Agatha Christie, I am sure I will enjoy it if I manage to read it.
For challenge four, to read something that isn't a novel, I have chosen Women Who Did which has lots of short stories from 1890-1914 around the topic of the new woman which is fascinating. I will probably pick out one or two stories that fit the timescale.
I am not planning on reading anything for challenge five but that may change (any recommendations welcome!).
So those are the six books I have stacked up for this readathon. I also have the final Paper and Hearts Society book to read in May (I'm going to cry) which I have on pre-order so expect a review soon! It is also my birthday then so I will probably get a few books which I might get to as well.
As always, thank you so much for taking the time to read this post all about the 1900-1950 readathon in May and if any of you are interested in taking part then make sure to let me know in the comments!
Happy reading!
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| The books on my TBR for the 1900-1950 readathon (and a beautiful Z made by a friend!) |
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