Challenge 1: Read Your Doppelganger

Challenge 1: Read Your Doppelganger is the first of the Take Another Chance Challenge tasks.

This “Take Another Chance Challenge” aims to help you unearth ways to find your next book via a book challenge. What’s the strategy? It nudges you to venture into the world of books in ways that are both imaginative and unusual. Comprising a selection of 12 distinct activities, each exercise calls for an element of surprise, original thinking, or discovery. Depending on your enthusiasm and availability, you have the option to engage in 3, 6, or all 12 activities. While the official timeframe stretches from January to December, participants are free to extend their journey at their own pace. Ultimately, the objective is to spotlight overlooked titles and foster conversation and reflection around them.

Challenge 1: Read Your Doppelganger

Task Description: Ever wondered if there’s another version of you out there, navigating the literary world? In this challenge, your task is to find an author who shares a name-based connection with you. This connection could manifest in various ways: maybe you share the same initials, have a matching first or last name, or—believe it or not—possess an identical full name. Once you identify this writer, delve into one of their works.

Privacy Note:

If you’re blogging about this challenge or sharing it on social media and prefer to maintain your privacy, there’s absolutely no requirement to disclose how your name aligns with the author’s. You can simply state that you’ve found your “Doppelganger” without going into specifics.

Reading Tips:

If you have trouble finding a book by your chosen author, consider seeking out shorter works like essays, articles, or even interviews they’ve done. The idea is to engage with their body of work.

As you read, note down elements that catch your eye: plot twists, character developments, stylistic choices, etc. It may add an extra layer of intrigue to consider whether these elements resonate with you personally, given your name-based connection with the author. So go ahead, find your next book or next great book here…

Writing Prompt:

After completing the book, take some time to compose a commentary or review. Discuss your overall impressions, delve into specific elements that stood out to you, and consider the unique experience of reading a work by your “Doppelganger.” Did the name connection add any extra significance or enjoyment to your reading experience? Feel free to explore this angle in your commentary.

Challenge 1 Read Your Doppelganger: Entry Instructions:

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and post your name as an entry in the comments. Enter the name of the writer whose name aligns with yours. (You can use initials only for even more privacy). Provide the name of the book of that author that you read and a link to your blog where you talk about the book.  Also, don’t forget to credit the original blog or website where you discovered the book.

Optional Challenge:

If you find this experience particularly enlightening or enjoyable, you might decide to make it a recurring activity. Perhaps you could read a book by your “Doppelganger” every year on your birthday, or create a book club where everyone reads a book by their name-aligned author.

Your “Doppelganger” could serve as a unique lens through which to discover new genres, themes, or styles you might not have explored otherwise. Happy reading!

Click this link to see the rest of the tasks and the three participation levels. Take Another Chance Challenge. This page is the entry form to the first step of the challenge.

Click on this link to go to Challenge 2: Blogroll Roulette Entries.