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BYOB Reading Challenge 2016
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My checklist Read Argetenian Litt- Isabel Allende novels
Beautiful prose
Read the Age of innocence and watched the movie too
3. Read a dark love story - Does The Girl on the Train count? 6. Listen to an audiobook - Mindy Kaling's Why Not Me?.
9. Read a book recommended by your grandparent or a person above the age of 70 - How Will You Measure Your Life?
10. Read a book which has won an Indian literary award - What about an Indian that won the Booker Prize? The God of Small Things
11. Read a book from one of India’s neighbouring countries - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Pakistan)
12. Read a book/series, which has been adapted into a movie or TV series, and then watch the movie/TV series - Hector and the Search for Happiness
That's 6/12.
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12. Have read and watched
but going for all Hannibal Lecter books now. Books, movies and TV series.
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1. [not done] Read a book on India’s social or economic problems, unless you can count Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi's Red Light District
2. [done] Read a book in another language -
(french), one story (Lihaaf) from
, also - not finished yet:
, also tried reading L'etranger3. [done] Read a dark love story -
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, and thrillers like Gone Girl, Behind Closed Doors etc. But of course,
4. [not done] Read a travelogue or a story which takes place in your holiday destination this year -
(unfinished)5. [not done] Read a science non fiction - reading
for this6. [done] Listen to an audiobook -
7. [done] Read a sports biography - @
8. [not done] Read some Argentinian literature, but had fun researching it
9. [done] Read a book recommended by your grandparent or a person above the age of 70 or read a book recommended by a child below the age of 10 - I did read out Bhagwat Gita to my granddad. Recommended by my late grandmom years ago
10. [not done] Read a book which has won an Indian literary award - nope.
11. [not done] Read a book from one of India’s neighbouring countries - Chinaman again for this!
12. [done] Read a book/series, which has been adapted into a movie or TV series, and then watch the movie/TV series -
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and Divergent Series Complete Box Set and Gone Girl and The Great Gatsby
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Books mentioned in this topic
Divergent Series Complete Box Set (other topics)Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi's Red Light District (other topics)
The Great Gatsby (other topics)
Identity Crisis (other topics)
Gone Girl (other topics)
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The BYOB Club is here to give you a more interesting list to check off from as 2016 proceeds. We are setting our members across Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore and elsewhere a challenge that would widen their reading horizons! It includes little-explored genres and tasks, and even regional literature. The idea is to ensure that your reading makes you constantly think and question your understanding of the world as you see it through diverse points of view. Here’s the list, let’s see how many you can tick off by the end of the year!
1. Read a book on India’s social or economic problems
2. Read a book in another language
3. Read a dark love story
4. Read a travelogue or a story which takes place in your holiday destination this year
5. Read a science non fiction
6. Listen to an audiobook
7. Read a sports biography
8. Read some Argentinian literature
9. Read a book recommended by your grandparent or a person above the age of 70 or read a book recommended by a child below the age of 10
10. Read a book which has won an Indian literary award
11. Read a book from one of India’s neighbouring countries
12. Read a book/series, which has been adapted into a movie or TV series, and then watch the movie/TV series
Yes, the idea was inspired by Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge. We have made ours a little more achievable and specific to our Indian sub-continent. For example, as an Indian, if you can read a book in ONE language, you are probably capable of reading it another, but probably haven’t thought of it/are too lazy/are not as proficient in the other language. Here’s a reason to brush up your second/third language!
As the year passes, we will be in touch with each other’s progress in various meet-ups and on our Goodreads page. We will exchange recommendations for each task, especially #9 which we are the most excited about!
The rewards for completing the challenge? You’ll see for yourself!