Inspiration
My inspiration was 30 Books in 30 Days Challenge | Book Riot, with a few tweaks of my own, since I’ve been haphazard with what I read. So I went through my kindle app and picked a variety of books I’ve been meaning to read. There’s a wide assortment, I feel, with some non-fiction, and a diverse range in fiction genres. Could be a little more diverse, but I only had 30 slots, and let’s say over 30 choices, not counting all the Instapaper article collections I have sent to my Kindle app.
Everyone is welcome to follow along! Make your own rules, or follow mine. The only firm rule is that it has to be thirty books in thirty days. The definition of a book is up to your taste. I’m planning on doing similar challenges for poetry, plays, short stories, and essays at a later time.
I’ll be posting a review of each book, so bear with me as I shake the rust off my reviewing skills. I’ll start the challenge on September 1, 2020, and do a wrap-up post beside the book reviews so keep your eyes peeled, or subscribe to the blog.
My Personal Rules
These are the rules I set for myself for this challenge. Adjust the rules if you wish for your own personal challenge.
- Over 100 pages & able to read the entire book in a day. ~900 is my max length.
- Cannot reread over 15 books. (Not Applicable because all the books I chose I haven’t read yet.)
- A mix of genres, but cannot be a blogging book, writing craft book or a business book.
- Must already have a copy. No buying specifically for this.
- No box sets, anthologies, or series bundles. Individual books only. Can read a series, but they have to be individual books.
My Booklist – 30 Books in 30 Days
- Strange Love: An Alien Abduction Romance – Ann Aguirre
- The Bear and the Nightingale – Katherine Arden
- The Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me – Christopher Beha {Nonfiction}
- Grumpy Jake – Melissa Blue
- The Emperor’s Edge – Lindsay Buroker
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet – Becky Chambers
- A Closed and Common Orbit – Becky Chambers
- Record of a Spaceborn Few – Becky Chambers
- The Invisible Library – Genevieve Cogman
- In the Vanisher’s Palace – Aliette de Bodard
- Servant of the Underworld – Aliette de Bodard
- Dragon Unleashed – Grace Draven
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe – Fannie Flagg
- The Price of Salt – Patricia Highsmith
- A Curse So Dark and Lonely – Brigid Kemmber
- The Raven Tower – Ann Leckie
- Jade City – Fonda Lee
- Brazen and the Beast – Sarah MacLean
- Sex on the Moon – Ben Mezrich {Nonfiction}
- Gods of Jade and Shadow – Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Love & Other Poisons – Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Sleeping Giants – Sylvain Nuevel
- Waking Gods – Sylvain Nuevel
- Only Human – Sylvain Nuevel
- A Conspiracy of Truths – Alexandra Rowland
- The Priory of the Orange Tree – Samantha Shannon
- White Whiskey Bargain – Jodie Slaughter
- Make Me No Grave: A Weird West Novel – Hayley Stone
- Artemis: A Novel – Andy Weir
- American Nations – Colin Woodward {Nonfiction}
