#2017ReadingChallenge

#NewYearNewMe may be all about health and fitness, but reading challenges are a thing of habit to me by now. This year, again, I’ve devised my own reading challenge. The challenge contains books I already own, to make sourcing easier. There’s also an affinity to Indian writing that I can’t get over!
I intend to read 50 books at the very least, in the following categories:

1. A biography of a writer 
2. A book based on a fairy tale 
3. A book based on mythology 
4. A book by a Bengali writer 
5. A book by a Japanese writer 
6. A book by a Kannada writer 
7. A book by an African writer 
8. A book by an author you don’t like 
9. A book by an Indian diaspora writer 
10. A book by your favourite author 
11. A book by a Malayali writer 
12. A book by a Marathi writer 
13. A book from your neighbouring country 
14. A book of poems 
15. A book of short stories 
16. A book from Oprah’s book club 
17. A book recommended by a friend 
18. A book that has been gifted to you 
19. A book that was made into a movie 
20. A book whose cover you love 
21. A book with feminist overtones 
22. A book with LGBT overtones 
23. A book with more than 4* ratings on Goodreads 
24. A book you have owned for long but not yet read 
25. A book you started reading but did not finish earlier 
26. A Buzzfeed recommendation 
27. A children’s book 
28. A detective novel 
29. A fantasy 
30. A free ebook 
31. A historical fiction 
32. A horror 
33. A humourous book 
34. A national award-winning book 
35. An international award-winning book 
36. A non-fiction book by an Indian 
37. A play 
38. A romance 
39. A science fiction 
40. A thriller 
41. A travelogue 
42. A war book 
43. An ancient book 
44. An autobiography/memoir 
45. Re-read a book you read in school/college 
46. A translated work in your mother tongue 
47. A self-published writer’s book
48. A book borrowed from a friend 
49. A book published in 2017 
50. A graphic novel

Based on these, I made a TBR jar for 2017, in which I put in 52 titles under these headings. 

I’ll pick up one each time I want to read a one, and this way the books would be both pre-decided and by chance! Since I’m bound to read over 100 books, this TBR jar contains only serious reading. The rest I’ll pick up based on my whimsy! I’ve set my Goodreads 2017 Reading Challenge to 52, and I am all set to start! Oh wait, I’ve already finished 6 books, and #nowreading 2 versions of Ramayana side-by-side — one by Ralph Griffith and another by C. Rajagopalachari. #happyme