Happy New Year! The first month of the first ever Diversify Your Reading Challenge [DYRC] is here, and our book has been selected! This month’s theme is Memoir & Autobiography, which is a genre I am looking forward to exploring. You can learn so much by reading about others, or something that they have gone through, and hearing about it from their perspective is even more fascinating.
After a vote in the Diversify Your Reading Challenge Facebook group, our January 2019 Memoir & Autobiography pick is…
Educated by Tara Westover
An unforgettable memoir in the tradition of The Glass Castle about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University.
This book has been talked about all over the place, so you’re probably already familiar with it. I can’t wait to read it and see what all the hype is about.
I’m so excited to kick off the Diversify Your Reading Challenge, and with a book that I’ve been hearing about non stop! Here are three more memoirs & autobiographies on my radar:
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi
I just read this and it’s a 4* read in my book. A beautifully written memoir that tackles many questions about life and mortality.
I Am I Am I Am
by Maggie O’Farrell
I recently picked up a paperback copy of I Am I Am I Am and am looking forward to reading it once I finish Educated!
Becoming
by Michelle Obama
Becoming is my current audiobook listen – I absolutely love audiobooks that are narrated by the author, especially when it’s a memoir.
What are you be reading for the Diversify Your Reading Challenge this month? Share your post in the linkup so everyone can follow along, and then go check out someone else’s post. I’ll be sharing my favorites in February’s DYRC newsletter.
If you’re participating in the link up, don’t forget to display this month’s Diversify Your Reading Challenge badge on your blog post to show that you’re participating in the challenge.
Next month’s theme is Romance, so be sure to join the Facebook group if you want to see what we’re reading and join in on the discussion. Otherwise, look out for the February link up post next month! Don’t forget to check out the other reading challenges I’m doing in 2019, and my top reading tips & inspiration:
- 5 Ways to Track Your Reading
- Every Book I Read in 2018
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while I missed linking up for January, here is what I ended up reading for this month’s DYRC – https://www.ladyinreadwrites.com/of-keeshes-and-cows/
There will be linkups every month, so keep an eye out 🙂 Thanks for participating in the challenge!