Taking the lead from the awesome creators of the Fill in the Gaps: 100 Project and The Classics Club, I have decided to create a similar challenge focusing on non-fiction books. The fruition of this idea came to me yesterday as I was looking at my shelves of non-fiction books. In my library of 3000+ books, non-fiction makes up about 1000+ of that total. I focus so heavily on fiction I never take the time to squeeze in some non-fiction reads which I do love to read. So I thought, why not follow the lead of those I mentioned above and create this challenge for the non-fiction genre.
Here are the guidelines:
- choose 50+ non-fiction books; the number is up to you. Choose 50, 75, 100, 200. It's entirely your choice
- Books must be non-fiction--biography, autobiography, history, memoir, cooking, travel, science, etc.
- list them at your blog (or on Goodreads or another social media site, if you do not have a blog)
- choose your completion goal date five years in the future and make note of it with your list of titles (like this: reading goal--50 books goal dates--March 20, 2012 - March 20, 2017)
- come back here and post the link to your list in the linky below
- write a review (or a short summary) on the book when finished and link it to the title in your list (or link to your review on Goodreads, again, if you don't have a blog)
- there will be pages posted at the top of the blog for you to link your reviews
- when you have completed the challenge, come add your link to the Completed Challenges page
- there will be a blog roll in the sidebar where I will list you/your blog linked to your lists
- grab the button in the right sidebar and link it back to this blog
- check out this PAGE which contains links to various online sources with lists of reading ideas
- I might host a read-a-long from time to time. If you are hosting one, or an event or challenge surrounding a non-fiction title, post about it at this PAGE
A couple more important details:
Updates:
*I was asked if the list has to be made in advance. The idea is to work toward reading non-fiction that you've been wanting to read so the list is mandatory. However, the list does not have to be set in stone. You can change out titles as the mood suits you.
*Starting over and I'm opening up the number of years from five years to anywhere from five years to ten. That's right. If you want to change your goal and make it 7 years, go for it. If you want to make it 10 years, be my guest. I, for one, am making mine ten years. (See This Post)
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I hope I haven't forgotten anything. If you think I missed something, please let me know. I'm aiming to make this challenge as low maintenance as possible. There will be no mini-challenges or prizes. This challenge is all about challenging ourselves to read more and to expand our horizons. I truly hope you will join me on this adventure.
- this challenge can be crossed over with any other challenges
- your link in the linky below must lead to your list, not just your main blog address. Any links that are blog links only will be deleted
Updates:
*I was asked if the list has to be made in advance. The idea is to work toward reading non-fiction that you've been wanting to read so the list is mandatory. However, the list does not have to be set in stone. You can change out titles as the mood suits you.
*Starting over and I'm opening up the number of years from five years to anywhere from five years to ten. That's right. If you want to change your goal and make it 7 years, go for it. If you want to make it 10 years, be my guest. I, for one, am making mine ten years. (See This Post)
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I hope I haven't forgotten anything. If you think I missed something, please let me know. I'm aiming to make this challenge as low maintenance as possible. There will be no mini-challenges or prizes. This challenge is all about challenging ourselves to read more and to expand our horizons. I truly hope you will join me on this adventure.
If you're interested in reading the classics or filling in the gaps in your regular reading, why not check out the two challenges I mentioned above. I'm participating in both and they are both great concepts in challenges.
Happy reading!
