Am I really writing a post about challenges? That’s never happened before. I’m not exactly a joiner and don’t really believe in challenges (see here for why), but here I am doing a few all the same.
The first round of the 2666 challenge is kicking off on Monday, January 25, with the first 51 pages of the novel. The reading schedule looks pretty doable without dragging things out impossibly. Also, I have the interesting distinction of “deaths tracker”; that is, along with a partner, I’ll be keeping an annotated list of all the deaths in the book. The group is tracking several other things as well and I’m quite into the idea.
Woolf in Winter is continuing, with To the Lighthouse scheduled for a discussion hosted by Emily on Friday, January 29. I thought Mrs. Dalloway went pretty well in terms of discussion; the posts from last week are collected here.
And finally, the Scottish Literature Reading Challenge and Clishmaclaver is kicking off over at Wuthering Expectations. It’s wild and crazy and a whole new kind of challenge. Some great pre-19th century suggestions were posted yesterday. I’m having such a hard time settling on something, but I suppose I have all year to decide.
2666 and Woolf in the same winter? Oh yes! Now that looks like a dream to me. And the Scottish Lit challenge. I will reserve judgment until I get a closer look. :) You join selectively I see.
Yeah, there’s no hurry with the Scottish book.
I beg you, no hurry!
The 2666 thing, like the Woolf, is one of those What I Would Be Reading If I Were Not Reading What I Am Reading things. Glad you’re doing it.
I’ve never been a challenges fan either, mostly because I’m hardly an organized reader. If the occasional challenge is attractive, though, why not participate? Diverse challenges that seem like actual fun, giving an opportunity to do something a long time coming… (maybe?) And — pirates!
Of course, the potential problem now is that I won’t read anything else!