Dymocks Reading Challenge

Hello!!! I hope all of you are having a great weekend so far and for anyone living in a place where it's winter, I hope you are staying warm. 

I have been doing the Dymocks book shop reading challenge, which they started to help book lovers achieve their reading goals. There are 26 categories of books listed which is a lot but we can read a book which fulfills more than one category.and there's no deadline for the challenge which is great, especially for people who don't have much time to sit down and read. 

In this post, I am going to share the books I have read so far. 

Category - A book by a celebrity, A book based on truth and a book with more than 400 pages.

A Promised Land by Barack Obama
This is a memoir by the 44th president of the United States of America. He tells the story of his life, starting from his childhood and going all the way to his first few years as president. He goes into a lot of detail and I feel like it is a heavy read, with 712 pages divided into seven parts but it is very interesting. This is actually the first part of his memoir. A part two is coming and I am keen to read that too!

Category - A book that makes you laugh.
Seriously ... I'm kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres talks about her experiences and gives advice on a variety of topics in this book, which was published in 2011. I am a big fan of Ellen. I watch her show regularly and enjoyed reading it. What I love about the book is that Ellen has written it using her great sense of humour. I really laughed out loud a few times as I was going through each page. I know there has been a big scandal about how Ellen has treated her staff and some guests. People have different opinions about her but she has done great things for so many people. If you're looking for a funny red, get this book.

Category - A book that makes you feel nostalgic and a book by an Australian author.

Butterflies by Susanne Gervay

This as one of the books I had to read for English in high school. It tells the story of a young girl who was severely burnt when she was three-years-old and how she copes with family, friends, school and life in general as a burns victim. Of all the books I was forced to read in school, this one was my favourite and I enjoyed it just as much the second time. 

Cateogory - A book adapted for screen and an award-winning book.

Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta

Looking for Alibrandi is about seventeen-year-old Josphine Alibrandi who sees her father for the first time in years, discovers family secrets and falls in love, all while in her final year of school. I have watched the movie and honestly, I don't think there's much of a difference between the two except there's another character in the book who we don't see in the movie. This is an Australian classic that everyone should read. 

Category - A book published this year. 

Crossroads by Kaleb Dahlgren

Kaleb Dahlgren is a Canadian student, founder of a diabetes advocacy program and motivational speaker and former member of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. In Crossroads, Kaleb tells the story of his life from his childhood right up to the summer of 2019. I wrote a review of the book which you can read here http://thevrk.blogspot.com/2021/03/book-review-crossroads.html. This is a great memoir which Kaleb wrote with so much emotion and heart. It is one of the best books I have ever read! I highly recommend this book to everyone. 

As you can see, I have fulfilled multiple categories with one book. It's great that we can do that and finish the challenge faster. I'm enjoying it and will write another post about the other books I read for the challenge. All of these books are great and if you like reading, I suggest you get your hands on all of them.