Are you taking part in the Genre Challenge? If so, I've got a couple of questions for you.
Aight.
1. Is there a book you've read as part of this challenge that you really enjoyed? What was it that made it so enjoyable?
Milk, Sulphate, and Alby Starvation by Martin Miller. I liked it enough that I actually reviewed it here, which I almost never do.
2. Is there a book you've read as part of this challenge that you really hated? What was it that made it so awful for you?
No.
3. Do you read a wide range of books in your usual reading schedule?
Yes.
4. Are there any genres listed below that you've never or rarely read anything from?
I almost never read westerns, and only slightly more often read horror.
5. Have you read something in that(those) genre(s) as part of this challenge? How was that?
Yes. They were both ok. Not terrible, not spectacular.
As a reminder, this is the challenge:
Genre Challenge
Quite simply, just read one book from each of the genres below before the year is out. Rereads are allowed; it's up to you whether you choose all new books or not. I probably won't.
Genre Challenge
Quite simply, just read one book from each of the genres below before the year is out. Rereads are allowed; it's up to you whether you choose all new books or not. I probably won't.
- Historical Fiction/Alternative History
The Pecos Kid, by Dan Cushman
Ellen Foster, by Kaye Gibbons
Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas, by Morgan Llywelyn
- Western
The Pecos Kid, by Dan Cushman
- Horror
Salem's Lot, by Stephen King
- Mystery
Trouble in Triplicate, by Rex Stout
Assault With a Deadly Glue Gun, by Lois Winston
- (Auto-) Biography
Wishful Drinking, by Carrie Fisher
A Journey Round My Skull, by Frigyes Karinthy
The Irresistible Revolution, by Shane Claiborne
Enslaved By Ducks, by Bob Tarte
- History
American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt, by Daniel Rasmussen
Turning Points in World History - The Scientific Revolution, by Mitchell Young
- Family chronicle
Dune, by Frank Herbert
Towers of Midnight, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas, by Morgan Llywelyn
- Allegory/parody/satire
The Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, by C.S. Lewis
- Surrealist novel
Milk, Sulphate, and Alby Starvation by Martin Miller
- Extra option for those who can: a novel in a foreign language
This is the one I have left to do. At some point I need to read something in Spanish.
The Genre Challenge - how is it going for you?
- 17/09/2011 06:42:05 PM
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Some answers from me.
- 17/09/2011 06:51:10 PM
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Not really participating, but it seems I've read a lot of genres this year
- 17/09/2011 07:23:29 PM
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Re: Not really participating, but it seems I've read a lot of genres this year
- 18/09/2011 08:42:20 AM
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I hadn't glanced at the categories when I typed
- 18/09/2011 06:57:47 PM
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Not too badly, I think, but I may have to put more focus on it in the last months of the year.
- 17/09/2011 08:28:08 PM
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I'm almost done with it!
- 18/09/2011 09:10:37 AM
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