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Jen's 2012 Genre Challenge


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This is where I will log my books for the 2012 genre challenge.

 

Kell, over at Diary of a Domestic Goddess is running a challenge to read 12 different genres over 12 months.

 

I am going to try the Maxi challenge, reading a different genre each month. These are the 12 genres I will read (not necessarily in this order):

 

Historical fiction (pre WW2)

Autobiography/Biography/Memoir

Children's/Young Adult

Newly published in 2012

Crime fiction/mystery

Horror/Thriller

Modern Classic (post WWI to the 1980's)

Fantasy/Urban fantasy

Romance

Comedy/Satire

Saga

Action/Adventure

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January - Autobiography/Biography/Memoir

Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together

 

by Ron Hall

It was an interesting book, each chapter alternating between the art dealer and the homeless man. It wasn't the best book that I ever read, but I definitely enjoyed it and found it to be very thought provoking.

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February - Historical Fiction

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

 

I LOVED this book. It takes place in 19th century China and follows the special laotong relationship between Lily and Snow Flower. I learned so much about the lives of Chinese women during this time and was riveted by what their lives were like, especially the descriptions of foot binding.

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