In an attempt to do this, I am participating in the 12 in 12 Category Challenge on Library Thing. For this challenge, each participant creates categories and sets a goal for the number of books they plan to read in each category.
I purposely made categories that I can complete with almost no need to purchase new books. And rather than attempting to read 12 books per category, I'm doing a step challenge - 12 books in two categories, then 10, then 8, and so on, for a total of 86 books. (With the bonus category, the total is 98.) The dates I have set to complete the challenge are from 12-12-11 to 12-12-12.
CATEGORY ONE: EASELS & OCTAVES & ACTORS - OH MY!
books with plots involving art, music, or theater
1. Lucky Break by Esther Freud (theater)
2. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (music)
3. Half Blood Blues by Edi Edugyan (music)
4. Gillespie and I by Jane Harris (art)
5. Carry the One by Carol Anshaw (art)
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CATEGORY TWO: ON A WING AND A PRAYER
WW2-themed historical fiction
1. 22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson
2. No One is Here Except All of Us by Ramona Ausubel
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CATEGORY THREE: WHAT'S IN A NAME?
books with odd titles
1. How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall
2. The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam by Lauren Liebenberg
3. There but for the by Ali Smith
4. When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman
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CATEGORY FOUR: PERILOUS PESTILENCE
dystopia/apocalypse
1. The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall
2. Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
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CATEGORY FIVE: STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
speculative fiction, time travel, urban fantasy, surrealism, etc.
1. The Limits of Enchantment by Graham Joyce
2. Atonement by Gaétan Soucy
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CATEGORY SIX: TONGUE TWISTERS
translated literature
1. The Housekeeper + the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (Japanese)
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CATEGORY SEVEN: WHEREIN QUEEN VICTORIA RECEIVES A KINDLE©
cyber/steam punk
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CATEGORY EIGHT: OF VALHALLA AND VIKINGS
fantasy with a Norse mythology theme
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CATEGORY NINE: ORANGE YOU WONDERFUL?
books that won the Orange Prize for Fiction
1. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
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CATEGORY TEN: GET A CLUE
mysteries
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CATEGORY ELEVEN: TOTALLY TOKYO
Japanese literature
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CATEGORY TWELVE: INVITATION TO A TEA PARTY
Virago Modern Classics
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12 months in '12 The idea for this group challenge is to read books that have the names of the months in the title or the author's name. My twist will be to read books that have the month's birthstone, or the colour of the birthstone, in the title.
1. January: Miss Garnet's Angel by Salley Vickers
2. February: The Amethyst Child by Sarah Singleton
3. March: Aquamarine by Carol Anshaw
4. April
5. May
6. June
7. July
8. August
9. September
10. October
11. November
12. December
