Black Classics Reading Challenge

Here is another reading challenge I will be participating in! I am looking forward to it!  For me 2010 will be a great year for reading! You can find out more about this challenge here at this book blog The Black Bookshelf. Very nice book blog!

Taken from Lea's blog...
"2010 will be the first year for The Black Classics Challenge. The purpose of this reading challenge is to encourage people of all ages to read great, pre-modern literature that is not regularly promoted in the Western canon."

Challenge Dates: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Challenge Rules:

1. The book must have been originally published prior to the Harlem Renaissance (1920).
2. The author of the book, regardless country of birth, may be of African decent.
3. The book may be fiction or nonfiction, poetry or prose.

Challenge Levels of Participation:

Curious -- I commit to 3 books
Experienced -- I commit to 7 books (may include 1 anthology)
Enthusiast -- I commit to 15 Books (may include 2 anthologies)