Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge 2017 – May Update

I am seriously behind on my Goodreads Challenge. I blame working on my novel. But since I made the first post about Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge, I fulfilled a major dream and became a Book Riot Contributor! And yet, that gives me less time to read. Ha!

Anyway, here’s an update on my Read Harder progress.

1. Read a book about sports. – Lord of Misrule by Jaime Gordon
2. Read a debut novel. – Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
3. Read a book about books. – The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass (This totally counts imo!)
4. Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author. – I have several on my TBR.
5. Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative.
6. Read an all-ages comic.
7. Read a book published between 1900 and 1950.
8. Read a travel memoir.
9. Read a book you’ve read before. – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
10. Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location. – UGH this one is hard. Their Eyes Were Watching God would count. So would Paper Towns. But I’ve read those, and I don’t like rereading!
11. Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location. – Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
12. Read a fantasy novel. – Uprooted by Naomi Novik
13. Read a nonfiction book about technology.
14. Read a book about war.
15. Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+.
16. Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country.
17. Read a classic by an author of color.
18. Read a superhero comic with a female lead.
19. Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey
20. Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel – I need a rec for this, please!
21. Read a book published by a micropress. – This weird thing.
22. Read a collection of stories by a woman.
23. Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love.
24. Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color. – The Sellout by Paul Beatty

So I may need some recommendations… I have ideas for about half of them.