The Eclectic Reader Challenge 2015

I first joined  the The Eclectic Reader Challenge last year, but this is the fourth year for this reader event. 

The goal is to push us out of that comfort zone by reading up to 12 books during the year from 12 different categories.

Join in:

• The challenge will run from January 1st to December 31st 2015. Participants may join at any time up until December 1st 2015

• Create a blog post committing to  your participation in this challenge.

*  If you don’t have a blog you are still welcome to sign up. You can create a shelf for the challenge at Goodreads or LibraryThing or a similar site Just include your name and a link to your shelf.

• Select, read and review a book from each category listed below during the year for a total of 12 books. A book may be in print, electronic or audio format.

*  You can choose your books as you go or create a list in advance. You may combine this challenge with others if you wish.

*  Where a book is identified by more than one genre eg historical romance, it may only count for either the historical fiction or romantic fiction genres – not both.

*  You can read your chosen titles in any order, at any pace, just complete the challenge by December 31st 2015 to be eligible for the prize drawing.

Bookmark the Eclectic Reader Challenge Page for future reference

Categories

1. Retellings (of fairytale, legends or myth)
2.  A book set in a country starting with the letter S (eg. Sweden, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Slovakia)
3.  PI Crime (fiction featuring a private investigator)
4.  A novel published before you were born
5. Contemporary romance
6. Fiction for foodies (fiction featuring food/food related business)
7. Microhistory (Non Fiction)
8. Science Fiction set in space
9. Sports (Fiction or Non fiction)
10. Featuring diversity
11. Epistolary Fiction (fiction written in the format of letters/emails/diary entries)
12. Middle Grade/YA Adventure

• Each time you read and review a book as part of this challenge, make sure you identify it by adding either a direct statement  and /or the challenge image badge to the post. If you tweet use the tag #eclecticreader or @bookdout
• Share your review with other challenge participants by posting your name/blog name and title of the book with a direct link to your review in the Linky.

3. PI Crime  The Deep End by Julie Mulhern
2. Spain Flamenco, Flan and Fatalities by Mary McHugh
12. Middle Grade Stellarcadia by Julie Anne Grasso
5. Contemporary Romance To Fall in Love Again by David Burnett
6. Fiction for foodies Criminal Confections by Colette London
11. Epistolary Fiction Letters to Loretta rom the Radio Shack by Laura Lynn Ashworth