{"id":6030,"date":"2017-12-23T04:34:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T12:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?p=6030"},"modified":"2017-12-22T15:57:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T23:57:47","slug":"european-reading-challenge-2017-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/european-reading-challenge-2017-wrap-up","title":{"rendered":"European Reading Challenge 2017 Wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4491\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EuropeanReadingChallenge2017.jpg\" alt=\"European Reading Challenge 2017\" width=\"320\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EuropeanReadingChallenge2017.jpg 320w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EuropeanReadingChallenge2017-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The goal of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosecityreader.com\/p\/the-european-reading-challenge-january_19.html\">European Reading Challenge<\/a>\u00a0hosted by Gilion at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosecityreader.com\/\">Rose City Reader<\/a> was to read books from different European countries. There were several different levels to choose from, each of which was represented by a different level of hotel accommodation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FIVE STAR (DELUXE ENTOURAGE): Read at least five books by different European authors or books set in different European countries.<\/li>\n<li>FOUR STAR (HONEYMOONER): Read four qualifying books.<\/li>\n<li>THREE STAR (BUSINESS TRAVELER): Read three qualifying books.<\/li>\n<li>TWO STAR (ADVENTURER): Read two qualifying books.<\/li>\n<li>ONE STAR (PENSIONE WEEKENDER): Read just one qualifying book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I decided to go for Deluxe Entourage accommodations, and I&#8217;m happy to report that I met my challenge, and even exceeded it by reading books set in six different European countries:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>France:\u00a0<\/strong><em>The Mystery of the Yellow Room<\/em> by Gaston Leroux &#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/the-mystery-of-the-yellow-room-by-gaston-leroux\">Finished 1\/1\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>United Kingdom:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Far from the Madding Crowd<\/em>\u00a0by<br \/>\nThomas Hardy\u00a0&#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/classics-club-8-far-from-the-madding-crowd-by-thomas-hardy\">Finished 4\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Italy:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Romola<\/em> by George Eliot<strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/classics-club-book-13-romola-by-george-eliot\">Finished 10\/22\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Russia:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Dead Souls<\/em> by Nikolai Gogol<strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/classics-club-15-dead-souls-by-nikolai-gogol\">Finished 11\/25\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Germany:\u00a0<\/strong><em>The Sorrows of Young Werther<\/em> by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/the-sorrows-of-young-werther-by-goethe\">Finished 2\/8\/2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Norway:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Kristin Lavransdatter<\/em> by Sigrid Undset &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/classics-club-17-kristin-lavransdatter-by-sigrid-undset\"><strong>Finished 12\/18\/2017<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4561\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Leroux_Chambre_Jaune.jpg\" alt=\"The Mystery of the Yellow Room French Edition\" width=\"220\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Leroux_Chambre_Jaune.jpg 220w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Leroux_Chambre_Jaune-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5021\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/madding_crowd.jpg\" alt=\"Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy\" width=\"234\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/madding_crowd.jpg 259w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/madding_crowd-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5317\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/romola.jpg\" alt=\"Romola by George Eliot\" width=\"234\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/romola.jpg 323w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/romola-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dead_souls_gogol.jpg\" alt=\"Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol\" width=\"221\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dead_souls_gogol.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dead_souls_gogol-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/young_werther.jpg\" alt=\"The Sorrows of Young Werther - First Edition\" width=\"215\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/young_werther.jpg 350w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/young_werther-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/kristin_lavransdatter.jpg\" alt=\"Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset\" width=\"226\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/kristin_lavransdatter.jpg 310w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/kristin_lavransdatter-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed this challenge so much that I am going to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/european-reading-challenge-2018\">embark on another journey in 2018<\/a>, hoping once again to visit at least five different countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The goal of the European Reading Challenge\u00a0hosted by Gilion at Rose City Reader was to read books from different European countries. There were several different levels to choose from, each of which was represented by a different level of hotel accommodation: FIVE STAR (DELUXE ENTOURAGE): Read at least five books by different European authors or books set in different European countries. FOUR STAR (HONEYMOONER): Read four qualifying books. THREE STAR (BUSINESS TRAVELER): Read three qualifying books. TWO STAR (ADVENTURER): Read two qualifying books. ONE STAR (PENSIONE WEEKENDER): Read&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"European Reading Challenge 2017 Wrap-up","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[878,873],"class_list":["post-6030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-2017-reading-challenge","tag-reading-challenges"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/european_reading_challenge_2017_banner.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pOucj-1zg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6030"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6093,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6030\/revisions\/6093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}