Well I held off for as long as I could in signing up for the Book Awards Reading Challenge however finally cracked yesterday and decided to join after taking a look at different book award lists and realizing that I owned many books that have won awards but hadn't gotten around to reading yet.
The rules are to read any 12 award-winning books from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. Examples of book awards are the Pulitzer Prize, Orange Prize, Booker Prize, Newbery Award, etc. The challenge also allows the participants to read any book from an author who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. However, at least SIX of the twelve books must be actual book prize winners. Books may also be cross-posted with other challenges.
There is a blog set up for this challenge at Book Awards Challenge that allows participants to post to or participants can choose instead to post on their own blog.
My tenative list for the challenge is:
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt - 1997 Pulitzer (Biography/Autobiography)
B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton - 1986 Anthony
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly - 1992 Edgar Award (First Novel)
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak - 2007 Book Sense (Children's Lit)
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen - 2001 National Book Award
Eldest by Christopher Paolini - 2006 Quill Awards (Young Adult/Teen)
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald - 1997 Commonwealth Writers (First Book)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy - 2007 Pulitzer (Fiction)
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry - 1990 Newbery Award
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - 1962 Nobel Prize
Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky - 2004 Prix Renaudot
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - 2007 Alex Award
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