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I’ve been thinking about whether or not I want to do the Expanding Horizons Challenge again next year. And… I think not. Before you get all depressed (like you would. Really.), I’m not doing away with it entirely. I just came up with another idea for a challenge instead. It was born out of my love of food books, my missing Lesley’s Armchair Traveler Challenge this year (I don’t think she did it at all…), and my desire to host a challenge, but not the exact same one I did last year.
This year, I give you the Well-Seasoned Reader Challenge.
Here’s how it works:
Rule #1: The challenge runs from January 1 to March 31. (No cheating and starting before!)
Rule #2: You must read three books. After that, it’s up to you how much you want to read.
Rule #3: The books must:
have a food name in the title
OR
be about cooking/eating
OR
have a place name in the title
OR
be about one (or more) person’s travel experience
OR
be about a specific culture
OR
be by an author whose ethnicity is other than your own (see, I squeezed it in!)
I’ll leave it up to you to choose how the three books you read fit the criteria.
Rule #4: They must be middle-grade on up, but can be either fiction or non-fiction.
The purpose, this winter, is to take yourself someplace out of the ordinary, to go on a literary trip, whether that be challenging your expectations, discovering a new place, or enjoying the experience of reading about good food, places, and people.
Sign up using the Mr. Linky below. I’ll probably set up a blog for the challenge sometime before January. This post will stay up until the challenge starts.
http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=megcateali&postid=27Oct2008
The Book Nut 
I think I might just join in here. Sounds like fun.
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I would love to be in on the fun…don’t know how to link up, but will join! Thanks for hosting.
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There’s no Mr. Linky showing so I’ll put my post link here:http://freshinkbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/well-seasoned-reader-challenge.htmlI have read my three books and am still going.
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Melissa, I have never done a book challenge before but I love seeing all of the great book reviews…is it too late for me to join in the fun?
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Hey I thought I signed up for this but I don’t see my name on the Mr. Linky! I must have forgot to come here! I wrote my list of books in this < HREF="http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/present-and-future-challenges-2009-1st-quarter/" REL="nofollow">post<>.
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I’m not one to do many challenges but this one sounds like fun and I just finished a book that fits so I’m right on track. My list of books is here: http://goodcleanreads.blogspot.com/2009/02/well-seasoned-reader-challenge.html
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K finished with time to spare. Loved Michael Pollan’s book The omnivore’s dilemma.Here is the link to my blog and finished challenge.http://jennysimpsonjenny.blogspot.com/search/label/Well%20SeasonedThanks for a fun challenge.
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Woo hoo! I’m done! My last read was fantastic. Please read A Golden Age if you get the chance. http://throughtheeyesofthecreator.blogspot.com/2009/01/well-seasoned-reader-challenge.htmlThank you for the great challenge…and it was definitely a challenge to find new books to read with in the guidelines.
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I am done:1. Food Apples Nottbridge, Phoda 2. Place Name Keene, Carolyn The Secret of Shadow Ranch 3. Travel Steinbeck, John Travels with Charley
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