Rainy Day Reads

I decided to try and do something to organize my reading for the new year and I thought reading topics for each month might be fun. I usually enjoy Non-fiction November, so why not expand that idea to the rest of the year. These are the topics I came up with and some books I should like to read for each topic. I don't necessarily plan on reading all the books for each month, but it's fun to have something to start with. Feel free to join me on this topical reading quest and if you have any recommendation please leave them in the comments. JAZZY JANUARY (historical fiction from the jazz age) FEMINIST FEBRUARY MOTIVATIONAL MARCH The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine We should all the feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Getting things done by David Allen The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Girls will be girls by Emer O’Toole Start b...

So I saw this video on Youtube by Jean over on Jean Bookishthoughts, and I thought it was a fun idea to challenge your reading style in the new year. I don't normally set myself goals as such, when it comes to my reading. I use the Goodreads challenge, but other than that I pretty much just pick up whatever I want during the year. But I thought it would be fun to challenge myself as to the actual books I will be reading, and not just the number of books I read during the year. So I made this bingo chart. I've put some "easy" ones in there, that I was probably going to do anyway, like re-reading Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. Read a collection of short stories Read a graphic novel Read a book by Haruki Murakami Read a Man Booker 2015 shortlisted book Read a non-fiction book Read a book by Shirley Jackson Read some modern translated fiction Read a book by Jan Guillou Read a vampire book Read a Bronte book that is...