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Short Story Anthology Challenge



The challenge:
Read 10 short story anthologies

The criteria:
1. The anthologies will have different authors.
2. The anthologies will include at least 3 classics.
3. The anthologies will include at least 2 female authors.
4. The anthologies will include 1 contemporary selection.
5. The anthologies will include 2 different genres.
6. The anthology challenge requires you to track your progress by creating a bookshelf in your books.

The time period:
January 1-December 31, 2016

Enjoy!

I'm in! Can we use novella anthologies? (ex: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...)

Kris - My Novelesque Life wrote: "I'm in! Can we use novella anthologies? (ex: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...)"

For this challenge, short stories, but you can use the individual novellas for our 100 Challenge. :)

Sounds good! Thanks, Jen :)

Template

Name:
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1. Short Story Anthology Name:
Date Read:
Criteria Fulfilled:

2. Short Story Anthology Name:
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3. Short Story Anthology Name:
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Bookshelf Link:

Kris - My Novelesque Life wrote: "Sounds good! Thanks, Jen :)"

My pleasure, Kris. :)
And this challenge will help with the 100 Challenge, too, as you can overlap :)

To ensure I understand the rules, do you mean I can read only one, say, O. Henry anthology or that each anthology should have multiple authors?

Allegra wrote: "To ensure I understand the rules, do you mean I can read only one, say, O. Henry anthology or that each anthology should have multiple authors?"

You may read one anthology of O. Henry short stories and the remaining 9 anthologies must be from different authors. So, one O. Henry, one Mark Twain, one Neil Gaiman, etc. Hope that helps. :)

Jen ƸӜƷ wrote: "Kris - My Novelesque Life wrote: "Sounds good! Thanks, Jen :)"

My pleasure, Kris. :)
And this challenge will help with the 100 Challenge, too, as you can overlap :)"

Yay, thanks, Jen.

Thanks, Jen. That's what I wanted to know

Allegra wrote: "Thanks, Jen. That's what I wanted to know"

You're welcome

Jen ƸӜƷ wrote: "Template

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Love the challenge Jen. Do you want us to create our list in this thread or create our own individual thread?

To make it easier, create the list in this thread, Jayme. :)

Name: Jayme
Goal: 10 books

1. Short Story Anthology Name: Archangel
Date Read:
Criteria Fulfilled: female author; Andrea Barrett

2. Short Story Anthology Name: What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
Date Read:
Criteria Fulfilled: female author: Helen Oyeyemi

3. Short Story Anthology Name: Dubliners
Date Read:
Criteria Fulfilled: classic: James Joyce

4. Short Story Anthology Name: A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories
Date Read:
Criteria Fulfilled: classic: Flannery O'Connor

5. Short Story Anthology Name:
Date Read:
Criteria Fulfilled: classic

6. Short Story Anthology Name: I, Robot
Date Read:
Criteria Fulfilled: genre: sci-fi: Isaac Asimov

7. Short Story Anthology Name: Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
Date Read:
Criteria Fulfilled: genre: fantasy: Neil Gaiman

8. Short Story Anthology Name: This Is How You Lose Her
Date Read:
Criteria Fulfilled: contemporary: Junot Diaz

9. Short Story Anthology Name: Fortune Smiles
Date Read:
Criteria Fulfilled: different author: Adam Johnson

10. Short Story Anthology Name: The Shell Collector
Date Read: 7/1/16 ★★
Criteria Fulfilled: different author: Anthony Doerr

Bookshelf Link: short story anthology challenge 2016

Great list, Jayme!

Jen ƸӜƷ wrote: "Great list, Jayme!"

Thanks. Trying to make room on my bookshelves. I didn't realize how many anthologies I had :)

Name: Mary Ellen
Goal: 6 books

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Bookshelf link: 2016 short story anthology challenge

1. Short Story Anthology Name: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris
Date Read: January 30
Criteria Fulfilled: Contemporary

2. Short Story Anthology Name: Thurber on Crime by Thurber, James
Date Read: March 7
Criteria Fulfilled: Mystery/Crime

3. Short Story Anthology Name: Traditional Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens
Date Read: March 19
Criteria Fulfilled: Folklore

4. Short Story Anthology Name: Bobcat and Other Stories by Rebecca Lee
Date Read: March 31
Criteria Fulfilled: Female author

5. Short Story Anthology Name: Dubliners by James Joyce
Date Read: April 9
Criteria Fulfilled: Classics

6. Short Story Anthology Name: Spunk: The Selected Short Stories by Zora Neale Hurston
Date Read: June 14
Criteria Fulfilled: Female Author

7. Short Story Anthology Name: Detroit Is Our Beat : Tales of the Four Horsemen by Loren D. Estleman
Date Read: July 8
Criteria Fulfilled: Noir

8. Short Story Anthology Name: Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl
Date Read: July 10
Criteria Fulfilled: Classics

9. Short Story Anthology Name: Truth Tales: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of India by Mahasveta Devi, Ila Mehta, Suniti Aphaie, Mrinal Pande, Lakshmi Kannan, Ismat Chughtai, Vishwapriya Iyengar
Date Read: July 30
Criteria Fulfilled: Feminist Culture

10. Short Story Anthology Name: This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
Date Read: October 3
Criteria Fulfilled: Contemporary