The Europa Challenge

Progress to Date

1. A Kind of Intimacy; Jenn Ashworth - 5/5
2. The Lost Daughter; Elena Ferrante - 4.5/5 
3. The Days of Abandonment; Eleana Ferrante -4.5/5 
4. Troubling Love; Elena Ferrante - 4.5/5 
5. Treasure Island!!! Sara Levine - 3.5/5

I wasn't planning on joining any new challenges for the remainder of the year, but when I read about the Europa Challenge, Europa Editions, being one of my favorite Imprints (now with 100 titles), I just couldn't resist.  The quality and design of these books is just fabulous, and since I own several, and acquired (3) new ones last week, when we took a trip to Brattleboro, Vermont, I felt I was meant to join this challenge.

 
I hope to read (4) books by the end of 2011 - Europa Ami Level, but hope to keep this as a Perpetual Challenge with hopes of someday reading ALL the books in this collection. My (4) tentative selections are:

• A Kind of Intimacy; Jenn Ashworth - 5/5 (loved it)
• The Art of Losing; Rebecca Connell
• The Elegance of the Hedgehog; Muriel Barbery
• Heliopolis; James Scudamore

Here are some of the details about this challenge in case you are interested.

Announcing the 2011 Europa Editions Challenge!

The challenge runs from July 1 until December 31, 2011.

There are several levels of participation:

Europa Ami (friend in French): Read 4 Europa titles by the end of 2011;
Europa Haver (friend in Hebrew): Read 7 books by the end of 2011 (one per month);

Europa Amante (lover in Italian): Read 14 books by the end of 2011 (2 per month). 

At any level, you can qualify as

• A Connoisseur, by accepting the Perpetual Challenge;
• An Expatriate, by choosing books from a single country or original language;
• A Passport Holder, by choosing books from different countries or original languages.

We have two speciality challenges:
Love Challenge 
Sélim Nassib, I Loved You for Your Voice

Edna Mazya, Love Burns

Elena Ferrante, Troubling Love
Massimo Carlotto, Bandit Love

Creature Challenge

 Benjamin Tammuz, Minotaur
Alicia Giménez-Bartlett, Dog DayWolf Erlbruch, The Miracle of the Bears
Edwin M. Yoder Jr., Lions at Lamb House.
Roma Tearne, Mosquito
Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

You can do the speciality challenges towards any of the Ami/Haver/Amante levels.

• We encourage you to cross-post your reviews and posts to your own blog and link back to this blog. 
• To participate, you must be a contributor to The Europa Challenge blog. To become a contributor, please email the moderator (an email address is required, so comments to this post won't work).  Note:  you can also be a contributor to The Europa Challenge blog without doing a challenge.
• You can overlap your selections with other challenges as long as the books are published by Europa Editions.
• Post to The Europa Challenge blog listing your books and your anticipated level of participation.
• Post your book list whenever you want, and change your reading list at any time.
• Read, review, and post your reviews on The Europa Challenge blog.  See the Participant Guidelines for more information.
• Enjoy these great books!