Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Final Extra Credit Categories in this year's reading challenge!


Hello there, reading friends

 I haven't posted here in a while because I've been trying to get some research done and have been having a pretty busy summer. I will get back to posting cateogry recommendations soon. However, the big news is that the challenge FB group has voted on the the 2 10th anniversary bonus extra-credit categories. These are

19: A book about class and
20. A book about natural disaster and/or natural disaster response. 
 

 The complete list is here: 


1. A book by a friend, colleague, former teacher or former student (10)
 2. a book by a Palestinian author (10)
3. A book by an author you've seen cited or heard about a lot but never read (10)
4. a book about housing, homelessness, and/or the use of urban space (20)
5. a book written in the 1960s (10)
6. A book that you've owned for a long time but have never read (10)
7. A book about a rural location or rural life in general (in any country) (20)
8. A book by a winner of the Nobel Prize for literature (10)
9. A book that won an academic prize (20)
10. A book about conspiracy theories or "conspiracism" (10)
11. A book about mental health/illness (20)
12. A book of fiction in which a non-human animal is a major character, or in which non-human animals feature significantly in the plot (10)
13. A book published before 1900 (10)
14. A book about a specific election or elections in general (10)
15. A book about a place you've visited for no longer than a month (20)
Extra Credit:
16. Extra-Credit: A book about the effect of a disease outbreak or epidemic on religion (20)
17. Extra Extra-Credit: A book by a recently-ish deceased author (10)
18. Super-Duper Extra Credit: A special issue of an academic journal (20)
10th anniversary bonus categories!
19. A book about class
20. A book about natural disaster and/or natural disaster response