Archive of Challenges

2012 Challenges

#1: Read a book that has been on your to-read list for an eternity and a half

• Katherine: A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
• Malin: At Swim, Two Boys, Jamie O'Neill

#2: Read a Serious Russian Novel

• Katherine: The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Malin: The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov

#3: Read a book that has won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award

#4: Read a Margaret Atwood novel

#5: Read a critically acclaimed work of contemporary fiction from the last five years

#6: Read a high school classic over which your K-12 education somehow skipped

• Katherine: Fahrenheit 491, Ray Bradbury
• Malin: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith

#7: Read about a book about a war other than World War II

#8: Read a Shakespeare play

#9: Read a short story collection

#10: Read a memoir/autobiography

#11: Read a book written before the 18th century (alternatively, read a Classic classic)

#12: Read a book in the other person's field of interest