Reading in 2019 Resource Page

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”33393″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2017 I started a reading challenged focused on books from Morocco.

Last year with my pregnancy and other life commitments I didn’t have the time to run the challenge again.

So, this year when I found out a few other bloggers were joining with Mary Jo Manzanares founder of The Travel Reading List for a general reading challenge I was ready to get on board and share again!

The premise is simple; read 2 books a month for a total of 24 books in a year with the option to read 6 additional “challenge” books.

Instead of specific books you’ll be given a prompt to choose a book that fits.

You can also join the Facebook group where book discussion and inspiration happens.

Below you’ll find the prompts to get started![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Basic Challenge (an average of two books per month)

1. A book by an author of a different nationality than you
2. A book with a destination in the title (country, city, state, geographic area)
3. A book about food
4. A book published in 2019
5. A book set in a destination you want to visit
6. A book about a controversial topic
7. A book that inspires you to travel
8. A book where the main character is female
9. A book on the New York Times Best Seller List
10. A book that is a debut novel
11. A book that is the first in a series
12. A best seller from 2018
13. A book written by a person of color
14. A book with a one-word title
15. A book about a historical event that happened in your lifetime
16. A travelogue
17. A book published by a small press
18. A book set on the continent of Africa
19. A book about a quest
20. A book on one of your hobbies
21. A true crime story
22. A book about books (bookstores and/or libraries)
23. A book with a red cover
24. A book that is next in a series you enjoy

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1. A book with a Muslim main character
2. A book published before 1900
3. A book set in a war or conflict zone
4. A book set in or about a natural disaster
5. A book that won a literary award
6. A book in the humor genre

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1. The Tenth Gift – Jane Johnson (likely to have at least one character that isn’t your nationality)
2. Leaving Tangier – Taher ben Jelloun
3. For Bread Alone – Mohamed Choukri
4. still researching – will update!
5. updating
6. Another Morocco: selected stories
7. The Alchemist
8. In Morocco – Edith Wharton
9. updating
10. Sweetness in the Belly
11. updating
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14. Tangerine – Christine Mangan
15. Allah’s Garden
16. updating
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18. Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits – Laila Lalami
19. updating
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23. The Last Storytellers
24. updating

Advanced

1. The Moor’s Account – Laila Lalami
2. updating
3. Lords of the Atlas (past conflict zone)
4. updating
5. updating
6. updating

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