Reading Challenges
In 2018, I challenged myself to read 150 books. As of writing of this post, I have read or listened to 136 books and I’m currently reading 2 books and listening to an audiobook, which I hope to finish before the end of the year. While I’m not making my goal of 150 books, I came close again this year and read some really great books along the way, many of which I may not have picked up had it not been for the variety of reading challenges I took on during the year.
The last few years I’ve taken part in the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge. Though I have yet to complete it, it has expanded my book selection. Each year the staff of Book Riot puts together a list of 24 book prompts for you to complete. Some of the prompts can be pretty easy to fulfill like reading a western or a bit more challenging like finding a book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 (this is not one I completed this year).
Since I don’t always complete my Goodreads Challenge or the Read Harder Challenge I try to pick some other easier challenges to complete. This year I joined a friend’s attempt at the A to Z Challenge. Participants read a book starting with each letter of the alphabet (with the allowance of you could skip hard letter like Q, U, X, Y, Z). I managed to find something to read for each letter and a lot of them crossed over with the Read Harder Challenge.
In past years I’ve done the following challenges
You can find these and a more challenges on A Novel Challenge, a blog that collects reading challenges. Some challenges last all year while others are for specific months or seasons. Don’t feel overwhelmed when you look up a challenge and see that they want you to post to a blog or comment on check in posts. You can keep these low tech by using a notebook and pen.
I’ll end this by challenging you to a little challenge. Can you read one book from each of our collections in the library system?
The last few years I’ve taken part in the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge. Though I have yet to complete it, it has expanded my book selection. Each year the staff of Book Riot puts together a list of 24 book prompts for you to complete. Some of the prompts can be pretty easy to fulfill like reading a western or a bit more challenging like finding a book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 (this is not one I completed this year).
Since I don’t always complete my Goodreads Challenge or the Read Harder Challenge I try to pick some other easier challenges to complete. This year I joined a friend’s attempt at the A to Z Challenge. Participants read a book starting with each letter of the alphabet (with the allowance of you could skip hard letter like Q, U, X, Y, Z). I managed to find something to read for each letter and a lot of them crossed over with the Read Harder Challenge.
In past years I’ve done the following challenges
- Men in Uniform Challenge
- Support your Local Library Challenge
- Color Coded Reading Challenge
- TBR Pile Challenge
- Finish the Series Reading Challenge
You can find these and a more challenges on A Novel Challenge, a blog that collects reading challenges. Some challenges last all year while others are for specific months or seasons. Don’t feel overwhelmed when you look up a challenge and see that they want you to post to a blog or comment on check in posts. You can keep these low tech by using a notebook and pen.
I’ll end this by challenging you to a little challenge. Can you read one book from each of our collections in the library system?
- Biography
- Book on CD
- Fiction
- Graphic novel
- Juvenile books
- Picture books
- Mystery
- Non fiction
- NJ collection
- Sci-fi
- Short stories
- Young adult
- Amelia R., Information Technology
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