There are two challenges in which I want to participate:
- The Year-Long Memoir Reading Challenge - My friend Pattie is hosting this challenge that involves reading memoirs of people who have taken on year-long projects, then written and published a book about the experience.
- Reading to Know Book Club 2013 - This one I heard about through my friend Leann. I'm not completely sure how it is structured, but the chosen books interest me. Some of them I would never take time to read were I not challenged to do so. But is that not at least part of the point of a reading challenge? :-)
Now, though, comes a challenge of a whole 'nother kind - figuring out how to participate electronically. For starters, I'm writing this post.
For the year-long memoir challenge, I've read A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans. While I may not agree completely with all of the conclusions drawn by the author, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book. It was well-written, thoroughly researched, and her year-long project was imaginatively carried out. I applaud "Team Dan and Rachel."
January's book for the Reading to Know Book Club was to be the reader's choice of any book written by children's author L.M. Montgomery. I have long loved her Anne of Green Gables books, and have collected not only the Anne series (yes, I am also Anne, with an "e") but also several others. I chose this month to read Pat of Silver Bush, which did not disappoint. In fact, I couldn't resist following it with Mistress Pat, which I am enjoying every bit as much. I'm an old-fashioned girl at heart.
A reviewer of books I am not, so I'll stop writing and go back to reading!
