Do you love art? Do you love reading about art? Join The Art History Reading Challenge and challenge yourself to read at least 3 books about art in 2010. These books can be either fiction or nonfiction, and they can span every genre from historical fiction to graphic novel. Young adult and children's books count too. The challenge will last from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
How much art needs to be in a book to qualify? Use your best judgment! I've read books I thought would be about art, and they weren't. I've read books I had no idea were about art, but they were. Relax, have fun and enjoy reading!
You can make your list in advance if you'd like, or you can read according to your whims. You may overlap your selections with those for other challenges.
This year there will be four levels of participation:
- Curious - Read at least 3 books about art, either fiction or non-fiction.
- Fascinated - Read at least 6 books about art, either fiction or non-fiction.
- Enamored- Read at least 9 books about art, either fiction or non-fiction.
- Utterly enchanted - Read at least 12 books about art, either fiction or non-fiction.
Need ideas about what to read?
- Subscribe to this blog. On the first of every month I'll post a review of the month written by one participant. To be considered for review of the month, leave a link to any book reviews for this challenge in the comments. (Links can be to blogs, LibraryThing, Goodreads, Amazon, etc. Anything goes!) The first monthly post will be posted January 1, 2010.
- Scroll through the archives of this blog. Sarah did a fantastic job posting reviews from last year.
- We're on Twitter! Follow @arthistoryreads (http://www.twitter.com/arthistoryreads) for suggestions of books throughout the year. Tweet suggestions to us as well. Use the hashtag #arthistoryreads when posting review links on twitter!
- Friend arthistoryreads on LibraryThing. I'll update the collection of art history books people read this year at least once a week.
- There's also a group on LibraryThing for challenge participants.
Sound great? Leave a comment on this post with a link to your blog (or where you post your reviews)! Grab one of Sarah's awesome buttons to the right and post it on your blog too! At the start of the year, I'll update the blogroll to include all 2010 participants.
Have questions? Leave a comment, and I'll reply.
Happy reading!







