The last theme for 2019's Reading Challenge will get you looking back through your unread pile (if not forward to find a new book): "History".
You know we're very relaxed about how you interpret the themes for our reading challenge. You could, of course, take "History" to mean "events that happened in the past". If you did that, we'd like to encourage you to explore the 900s.
Call numbers starting with 900 are History in general. The 930s covers the History of the Ancient world to about 499 CE (bit of a the old Egypt/Greek/Rome focus, but you'll possibly find some things further afield). History of Europe is found in the 940s, and the 950s holds the History of Asia. 950s is History of Africa, 960s the History of North America and 980s the History of South America. Everything else is squeezed into the 990s, so if you were interested in Australian history you'll need to go to 994.
BUT!
No one said you had to interpret "History" that way. You could look at all of the past (geddit?) reading challenges and grab a book you thought of reading for an earlier challenge, but didn't quite get to (no need to stick with the 2019 challenge, either. The 2018 challenge was a bucket of fun).
Or you could read a book that was on a reading list from years ago, or one that was lent to you a while back - or maybe one that you read in your childhood, or one your parents loved when they were younger.
Or you could read a book about an alternate history, or one with the word "history" in the title... It's the last reading challenge for the year, have fun with it!
Remember, to meet the challenge for the month, you have to read as many books as you can, and tick all of the following boxes:
- At least one work of fiction
- At least one work of non-fiction
- At least one work by an Australian Author
- At least one work by an author you haven't read before.
And one book can tick several boxes, so you can meet the challenge with just two books if you're time poor (or reading really big books).
Remember, we love publishing reviews from our readers, so if you've read a book that people can borrow from our library (or at least one of the local libraries), send us your review! Pop them into library@jcu.edu.au.
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