I told you I had a lot of reading plans for November. I’m not sure when exactly I’m going to find the time for all these challenges but who doesn’t get excited about reading plans? So another exciting reading event happening this month is Novellas in November hosted by Cathy and Rebecca.
Novellas are somewhere between 100 – 200 pages. For this challenge any genre is valid and you can combine it with other reading events. Cathy recently posted a compilation of novellas by genre, authors who write novellas, nonfiction, etc. It’s fantastic.
It was hard for me to find some novellas on my shelves but I did gather four titles which would fit nicely for this challenge and best of all one would also fit for German Literature reading month and the other would be for my Classics reading challenge. I’m all about stacking them together!
Henrietta’s War by Joyce Dennys (158 pages)
Article 353 by Tanguy Viel; translated by William Rodarmor (160 pages)
Rock Crystal by Adalbert Stifter; translated by Elizabeth Mayer and Marianne Moore (96 pages)
Lady Susan by Jane Austen (80 pages)
I believe there are other reading events going on but this is it. I’m done. I’m actually already thinking about reading challenges in the next year and I think I’m going to be making a change about how I approach some of those.
Anyway, now to select some books for all of these reading events I’m joining and to get settled in for a bit of a longer weekend. I’m taking a day off on Friday!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone and more bookish talk soon.
So glad you are joining in! Look forward to hearing your thoughts on your choices.
You’re more ambitious than I am. Good luck with all these reading challenges! 🙂
I heard that Henrietta’s War is very good, but I’ve not read it yet. Even though I wasn’t planning to take part in NOVNOV, I already have. It’s surprisingly easy to just “squeeze in” some novella reading, isn’t it?
It’s also German Lit month, NonFiction November, and Australian Reading Month….if Margaret Atwood’s Bday was in any other month, I’d’ve picked another for #MARM. Hee hee
Have fun, Iliana. I don’t have any novellas on my shelves. Maybe next year.
Cathy746Books – Thank you for hosting and all of the inspiration! I’ve already started one book and who knows I may end up reading another!
Lark – Or maybe a bit more crazy! 🙂 We’ll see how I do. End of the year work wise can be pretty hectic for me so I may not make much progress but it’s fun making lists!
BuriedinPrint – That’s the one I started with and so far it’s really charming! I totally forgot about Australian reading month and although tempting I can’t join another. I’ve also started my #MARM book. I’ll tell you more soon! Can’t wait to hear which novella you went with .
Lesley in OR – I don’t have very many either so I was lucky to find these but I’m definitely curious about some of the ones I’ve been hearing about so no doubt I’ll be adding more to my wish list!
I wish I wasn’t already so committed to Nonfiction November. Novellas in November sounds wonderful, too.
I rarely read novellas but they’re great should I need something light to read. 🙂
I guess I didn’t know about Austen’s Lady Susan … nice to have Austen title her book after my name … but then according to Amazon’s synopsis it says this: “Susan proves to be a remarkable figure, devoid of any redeeming qualities.” Uh-oh.