October Book Choice – 2018 Reading Challenge

Can you believe we are already in October? I don’t know about you, but I think it’s been a good reading year so far. But we only have three more months in the year, which means three more prompts in the 2018 Reading Challenge! So what exactly is the theme for this month?

The October prompt is ‘An eighteenth century classic’.

Moment of honesty here. When I made the list for the 2018 reading challenge I didn’t mean for this to be a category. When I typed ‘eighteenth century’ what I was picturing in my mind was ‘1800’s’. My intention was to read some Jane Austen but then when I looked back at the list a few weeks ago to choose my October book I realized my error…

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But I’m in too far to back out now, so instead of Austen I will be reading A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift. Now this isn’t a long work – my Kindle app tells me it will only take me about a half an hour to read. But from what I understand, this was a politically important satirical essay targeted at the economic plight of Irish families at that time. I read and enjoyed Gulliver’s Travels as a child, though I didn’t get the symbolism in it at the time, so I hope I will similarly enjoy A Modest Proposal.

What will you be reading for your October choice? (If you decide to go with Austen I won’t blame you).

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  1. I had no idea A Modest Proposal was so short! Maybe I’ll add that to my reading list because it’s totally doable!

    • Strangely enough, memoir is the one genre that I haven’t really ventured into. A lot of people say it’s their favorite, so I really should try it!

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