2020 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE
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ANNOUNCING THE 2020 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE WINNER!
TO FIND THE 2020 REVIEWS, GO TO THIS PAGE
TO FIND THE 2020 WRAP UP POSTS, GO TO THIS PAGE
THE 2021 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE SIGN UP PAGE IS AT THIS PAGE
The European Reading Challenge started in 2012. Participants tour Europe in books by reading books set in different European countries or written by authors from different European countries.
Big thanks to all the participants who joined Grand Tour in 2020! The European Reading Challenge may have been more fun in 2020 because we didn't do much in real life traveling last year!
JET SETTER GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Each year, the Jet Setter Prize goes to the European Reading Challenge participant who reads and reviews the most books from different countries. There are a total of 50 European countries so the maximum number of books for this challenge is 50. So far, no one has come close to reading 50 books.
The 2020 Jet Setter Prize goes to repeat champion Maphead who visited 20 different European countries and reviewed the books he read. His wrap up post has links to all his reviews. He visited big countries like Russia and Germany, little countries like Switzerland, and even the tiny, independent territory of the Vatican City.
Maphead has been an enthusiastic participant over the years and has won several times, but not every time. Will someone beat him in 2021?
Honorary Mention (but no prizes) go to seven other participants who read and reviewed books from 10 or more unique countries:
The [Blank] Garden (15)
Typings (15)
Bitter Tea & Mystery (13)
Canadian Bookworm (13)
Books & Chocolate ((11)
Honorary Mention (but no prizes) go to seven other participants who read and reviewed books from 10 or more unique countries:
The [Blank] Garden (15)
Typings (15)
Bitter Tea & Mystery (13)
Canadian Bookworm (13)
Books & Chocolate ((11)
Kitty Furious (10) (who participated in Instagram)
My own wrap-up post is here. I read books from 10 different European countries, but only reviewed a couple of them. I read many more books set in or written by European authors in 2020 than in years past, but for the 2021 European reading Challenge I am going to try to visit different countries. I need ideas for Eastern Europe and Balkan countries in particular. Any suggestions?
Congratulations to all the readers who completed the challenge! Thank you for posting wrap up posts as it makes it much easier for me to find you. There is still plenty of time to join us in 2021.
JOIN THE 2021 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE! SIGN UP HERE.
The gist: The idea is to read books by European authors or books set in European countries (no matter where the author comes from). The books can be anything – novels, short stories, memoirs, travel guides, cookbooks, biography, poetry, or any other genre. You can participate at different levels, but each book must be by a different author and set in a different country – it's supposed to be a tour.
You do not need a blog to participate in the European Reading Challenge. You can participate on social media like Instagram, Facebook, goodreads, whatever. Use the links to your social media posts. Or participate in the comments on the Challenge pages.
Sign up HERE for the 2021 Challenge.