Reading Challenge 2016

I've never been one to participate in reading challenges. The one exception is the Witches and Witchcraft Reading Challenge sponsored by Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf. However, this year I created a reading challenge for members of my local chapter of Sisters in Crime, Murder on Ice. I thought I'd offer up the challenge to you too. There's no prize. This is just an exercise to expand your reading. Complete as much or as little as you'd like. I'd love to hear periodic updates and your final results. What do you think of this challenge?   

Reading Challenge 2016

1.       Read a book published prior to 1900.

2.       Read a book published in the 20^th century.

3.       Read a book published in the 21^st century.

4.       Read a book published this year.

5.       Read a nonfiction book.

6.       Read a romance novel.

7.       Read a cozy mystery.

8.       Read a non-cozy mystery.

9.       Read a police procedural.

10.   Read a book from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.

11.   Read a review.

12.   Read a magazine.

13.   Read a short story.

14.   Read an anthology.

15.   Read a book featuring the paranormal.

16.   Read a book written by an author NOT from the USA, Canada, or Great Britain.

17.   Read a book written by an author from the country of your primary ethnicity.

18.   Read a book about mental illness.

19.   Read a play.

20.   Read a children’s book.

21.   Read a YA book.

22.   Read a work from a member of Murder on Ice.

23.   Read a work from a member of Sisters in Crime, not in our Chapter.

24.   Read a book NOT set in the present time.

25.   Read a book from a genre you normally wouldn’t pick.