One of the reading challenges I signed up to for 2018 was this one hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It involves reading a book predominantly set in each of the twelve time periods.
I’m happy to say that, with the help of a few swaps from my original list, I’ve managed to complete the challenge a few days ahead of the deadline. Hooray! It does help, of course, that I read a lot of historical fiction. You can see my list below with links to my reviews.
Sam has just launched the 2019 edition of the challenge. You can find more details here. I’ll certainly be taking part again and will publish my sign-up post in the next few days.
Pre 1500 1066: What Fates Impose by G. K. Holloway
1500-1599 Forsaking All Other by Catherine Meyrick
1600-1699 Traitor (Mercia Blakewood #3) by David Hingley
1700-1799 The Optickal Illusion by Rachel Halliburton
1800-1899 False Lights by K. J. Whittaker
1900-1919 The Power House by John Buchan
1920-1939 The Dark Tide by Vera Brittain
1940-1959 Dear Mrs Bird by A J Pearce
1960-1979 All The Beautiful Girls by Elizabeth Church
1980-1999 The Glass Diplomat by S. R. Wilsher
2000-Present Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon
The Future The Rain Never Came by Lachlan Walter
Lovely post, Cathy. I used to buy my father the cream of my reading year every Christmas. Still miss putting the list together for him after ten years. Have a lovely celebratory time with your family!
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Woohoo congratulations!
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Yes, I thought I’d get the good result out first before I update on some of the other challenges where progress has been, ahem, patchy…
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Congratulations from me too, some curious titles there. “The Optickal Illusion” in particular attracted my attention. I cannot wait to read it now.
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Well done, Cathy! That was the easy one though, wasn’t it? 😉
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Too right. My progress on another challenge involving my TBR pile has been virtually non-existent… I’ve started trying to slot some of my TBR pile into the time periods for the 2019 challenge.
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