Reading challenge #2 - pick one!

I enjoy being pushed to read a bit outside my usual genres and I know the same is true for other people as well, so I thought I'd post a series of reading challenge swaps.

Each time I'll list 5 challenges.

Pick ONE. Read (or listen to) the book for that challenge.

Then email your partners. Tell them what you read including the author and the title, and which challenge it was for.

Write a paragraph about the book. What was it about? Did you like it? Did you dislike it? Was it already familiar to you or was it a new departure? Would you recommend it as a good read? Anything you like really -- but do write more than a brief sentence.

CHALLENGES FOR SWAP #2 (remember, you only have to read one book -- not all five!)

(1) A book set in France, Germany, Spain, Italy or Sweden

(2) A Christmas-themed book

(3) A book that has won an award

(4) A cookbook

(5) A book with a title starting with 'G'