Challenge Complete - 2013 Eclectic Reader Challenge

Objective:
To try and push my reading experiences even further afield into genres and book styles I may normally have avoided. Check out my pre challenge post here!

Aim:
Read 12 Novels that fulfil the requirements defined in a list of sub-genre detailed on the host blog.

Result:
I did it, and I have loved every minute of the journey!

I've read-

Translated fiction

The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

Historical Mystery

Dissolution by C.J. Sansom

Romantic Suspense

Open Season by Linda Howard

Made into a Movie

Matilda by Roald Dahl

New Adult

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Urban Fantasy

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Dystopian

Farenheith 451 by Ray Bradbury

Memoir

I am Spock by Leonard Nimoy

LGBT

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Action Adventure

Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

Humour

Redshirts by John Scalzi

Published in 2013

Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer

I really enjoyed the quite extensive variety involved in this challenge. There were a few books I was a bit apprehensive about but still found everything enjoyable enough to read.

 
Summary:

This was the only challenege I took part in this year and I enjoyed the different styles and genre that it introduced to me. There is no doubt that I will be signing up again for 2014!