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20 in 2020 Reading Challenge 2020

20 in 2020 Reading Challenge 2020





This challenge, by a blogger/ reader friend Leo, was indeed a very interesting Reading Challenge. It required me to read at least 10 fiction and 10 non-fiction books to complete the 20 book challenge. I had a tough time with this one since I am not much of a "Non-Fiction" reader. But I read around 25 non-fiction books in 2020. That is really something, thanks to all the new Reading friends and such reading challenges. 

Here is my take on the challenge, its prompts, the books I read for them with their ratings. You could read two books for the same prompt, provided one was non-fiction and the other fiction. 

 

Prompt

Book

Rating

Fiction/ Non-Fiction

1

 Crime fiction or True crime book

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie

5

FICTION

2

A book set in the country where you are currently residing

My Story - Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

5

NON-FICTION

3

A book with a (mostly) white color cover

The 12-week Fitness Project - Rujuta Diwekar

4

NON-FICTION

4

A book with day/night in the title

May Day - Jess Lourey

4

FICTION

5

LGBTQ related book

Red, White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston

3

FICTION

6

Book originally published in the 1990s

Zen in the art of writing - Ray Bradbury

3

NON-FICTION

7

Book about mental health/dealing with mental illness

Mental Health: Reduce Anxiety and Discover True Happiness: Practical Techniques to Improve Mental Health - Adam Giola

4

NON-FICTION

8

A humor book

Born a crime - Trevor Noah

4

NON-FICTION

9

A book from an author you chose for another category in this challenge

And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

5

FICTION

10

Book with 11 letters/characters in the title (excluding spaces and punctuation)

Telling Lies - L.A Dobbs

4

FICTION

11

An epistolary book

Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn

5

FICTION

12

An epistolary book

Before You're Not Little Anymore - Vinodini Parimi

4

NON-FICTION

13

A book with a calendar month in the title

June Bug - Jess Lourey

4

FICTION

14

A book you read in your childhood days

The Secret of the Old Clock: 80th Anniversary Limited Edition - Carolyn Keene

5

FICTION

15

Book translated into English from another language

Tao Te Ching - Stephen Mitchell

3

NON-FICTION

16

A book that has something to do with sports

Think and Win like Dhoni, 2nd Edition, 2020  - Sfurti Sahare

4

NON-FICTION

17

An illustrated book

Book Love - Debbie Tung

4

NON-FICTION

18

A wartime book

News of the World- Paulette Jiles

5

FICTION

19

A book that has won the Sahitya Akademi Award for English

The Blind Lady’s Descendants - Anees Salim

4

FICTION

20

A book earlier reviewed by me

The End of your life book club - Will Schwalbe

3

NON-FICTION


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