Brainstorm 112: Summer Reading Challenge - Set Sail on a Sea of Pages

It’s summer time, so that means it is time for another optional summer reading challenge! This year I’m challenging you to read broader geographically by reading authors from various countries or books set in those countries. You can chart your reading on the map provided showing where you travel via books over the summer (click on the map below for a pdf file). If you want to record the titles you read too, you can write them on the map, on the back or on the suggested sailing routes sheet (list also shared below). I'll share a few ideas for each location in the coming week. Have fun, and happy sailing!

Where will you sail via pages this summer? Here are some ideas. You decide which to do. This is a voluntary challenge. You set your own goals and guidelines.

Trace your summer voyages on your map! Write book titles you read on this sheet, another sheet, or on your map.

• Read a book by an African author or set in Africa – M on map
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• Read a book set in Antarctica – S on map
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• Read a book by an Australian or set in Australia – R on map
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• Read a book by a Caribbean author or set in the Caribbean – L on map
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• Read a book by a Central American author or set in Central America – K on map
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• Read a book by an East Asian author or set in East Asia – H on map
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• Read a book by an Eastern European author or set in Eastern Europe – F on map
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• Read a book set in an imaginary place – T on map
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• Read a book by an Indian subcontinent author or set in the Indian subcontinent – J on map
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• Read a book by a Middle Eastern author or set in the Middle East – I on map
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• Read a book by a North American author or set in North America – B on map
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• Read a book by an Oceana/Pacific Island author or set in Oceana/Pacific Islands – P on map
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• Read a book by an astronaut/cosmonaut or set in outer space – A on map
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• Read a book by a Russian author or set in Russia – D on map
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• Read a book by a Scandinavian author or set in Scandinavia – C on map
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• Read a sea story (set mostly on a boat at sea) – Q on map
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• Read a book by a South American author or set in South America – O on map
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• Read a book by a Southeast Asian author or set in Southeast Asia – N on map
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• Read a book by a UK author or set in the United Kingdom – E on map
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• Read a book by a Western European author or set in Western Europe – G on map

Bonus Challenges: 

• Read a fictional book.

• Read a nonfiction book.

• Read a collection of poems, essays, or short stories.

• Read a graphic novel.

• Read a book translated from the author’s original text into a language you read.