BYL Reading Challenge discussion

How is everyone doing with the challenge? I have been so busy I have neglected my monthly check ins, but I'm still working through the challenges!

So far, I've completed 16 challenges. Not too shabby considering that while I'm working on Level 12, I am basically lucking out that several of the books just happened to meet those challenges. There's still a lot to complete though!

Here's what I've completed:

An Award Winning Book - Beyond the Bright Sea
A Story Told in Multiple Perspectives - Pocahontas by Joseph Bruchac
A Book You Have Never Heard of Before - The Good at Heart
A New (to you) Book by a Favorite Author - Monday's Not Coming - Tiffany D. Jackson
A History or Historical Fiction Based on a Time Period you Know Nothing About - Commie Pinko
A Book about an Indigenous People Group - If I Ever Get Out of Here
A Book About Climate Change - Eye of the Storm
A New Release - Verity by Colleen Hoover
A Book Written by Someone Famous (for something other than writing) - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green
A Fantasy with at Least One Mythical Creature - Into the Drowning Deep (mermaids)
The Next Book in a Series you have Already Started - The Walking Dead Vol. 26
A Book Set in Space - Mars One
A Book You Think Will be a New Favorite - Sawkill Girls
A Book With Your Favorite Color on the Cover - All Different Kinds of Free (Green)
A Book Featuring Aquatic Life - A Whale in Paris
A Book with a Character with the Same First, Middle, or Last Name as You - Edge of Extinction

How is your challenge going? Share what challenges you have finished!

I'm loving the challenge. I have a mix of my books and my daughter's, but since she's 6 I'm reading hers aloud so I feel like that still counts for books I'm reading lol.
A book told an unconventional format: Station Eleven
An award winning book: Fifth Season
Story told in multiple perspectives: The Wartime Sisters
A story based in mythology: The Serpents Secret
Reread a favorite: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
A book with a lot of hype you haven't read: Outlander
A book you Haven't Heard of before: Wings Of Fire
Historical fiction on a time you know nothing about: The Lady of the Rivers
LGBTQIA protagonist: Annie on my mind
Reading crate book you haven't read yet: When Dimple Met Rishi
A New Release: Kingdom of Ash
A book written by someone famous for not writing: Magic Misfits (Neil Patrick Harris)
A fantasy book with a mythical creature: How to Train Your Dragon
The next book in a series you already started: Tower of Dawn
A book set in space: Dr Who The Secret In Vault 13
a book you based on it's cover (it was the title but thats on the cover so it counts right) Ban This Book
A book you think will be a new Favorite: Mariella of Green Gables
Non fiction about a skill you want to learn: Homebody
A book written the year you were born: The Color Purple
A book about an issue important to you: This Is How It Always Is
A book with a character with your first middle or last name: The Inquisitors Tale
A book with a similar theme to your favorite TV show: The White Queen

And I am currently reading the first book in The Wheel of Time series which kind of intimidates me because of how much hope my husband put on me liking it ( it's my first non YA fantasy, well second but I didn't like Fifth Season that much so he isn't counting that lol). And My daughter and I just finished Wings of Fire last night and she's pretty sure she wants to start the Giada De Laurentiis books so that might fit the country I want to visit, I forget what countries are in the series off the top of my head.

I think I am doing fairly good at 14 books down off the challenge, considering I fell in love with 2 different series and had to run (or read) down that rabbit hole..
Also, did I mention this is my 1st reading challenge? I also think its fair to mention that my husbands well intended time spent close to me as I read, quickly escalated into tension as he likes to loudly watch youtube videos or tic toc while Im trying to read...and my ADD brain just cannot abide this....Anyone else have this problem?? But I digress. Here is my list...

Own voices story from Asia-- "The three body problem" by Cixin Liu
Own voices story from Africa--"My sister the serial killer" by Oyinkan Braithwaite
A book that takes place in two time periods--"The German Girl" by Armando Lucas Correa
Story told in multiple perspectives-"The Passage" by Justin Cronin
A book with a lot of hype--"An absolutely remarkable thing" by Hank Green
A book I have never heard of before (but sooooo glad I did) "The gods of gotham" by Lyndsay Faye. This was one series I had to stop and read all of.
Historical Fiction from a time I know nothing about-"Gone with the Windsors" by Laurie Graham (this was more of a subject i knew nothing about)
A new release-"The Devil Aspect" by Craig Russell
A book written by someone famous... "Pleasure of my company" by Steve Martin
A book that takes place in my state (Texas)--"Ruby" by Cynthia Bond
Next book in a series I already started--"Seven for a secret" by Lyndsay Faye
A book set in space--"Binti" by Nnedi Okorafor
A book I think will be a new favorite "Year One" by Nora Roberts
Book with my favorite color (orange) on the cover--"There There" by Tommy Orange

I've read 24 and now I'm to the topics I will have to do some serious searching on. I'm enjoying the challenge and definitely reading books I otherwise wouldn't have. Also, I appreciate all the updates shared in Goodreads because that gives me more ideas!

A book written by someone famous (for something other than writing) - Full Disclosure by Stormy Daniels
A book from a previous Family Reading Crate that you haven't read yet - Nightfall by Halpern & Kujawinski
A book you have never heard of before - Breaking Free by Abby Sher
A book that takes place in two different time periods - The Art of the Swap by Kristine Carlson Asselin and Jen Malone
A memoir about a person you find fascinating - Becoming by Michelle Obama
A history book told in graphic novel format - March by John Lewis
The next book in a series you have already started - March: Book 2 by John Lewis
An award-winning book - Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
A book written the year you were born - Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
A book about a social and/or political issue that is important to you - Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion
A history or historical fiction book based on a time period you know nothing about - Limping through Life: A Farm Boy's Polio Memoir by Jerry Apps
A book featuring aquatic life - A Whale in Paris by Daniel Presley & Claire Polders
A book of short stories or poems - Our Stories, Our Voices by Amy Reed
A story based in mythology - Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog by Ralph Hardy
A book with the name of an element from the Periodic Table in the title - Radium Girls by Kate Moore
A book that takes place in a country you have always wanted to visit - Tuscan Holiday by Holly Chamberlin
A story that is meta - Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks
A book that takes place in your state - Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger & I'll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara (we moved!)
Re-read a favorite book - Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
A new release - The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates
A book with your favorite color on the cover - All the Wild Hungers by Karen Babine
A book you think will be a new favorite - Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan ABrennert
A book about an indigenous people group - Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
A fantasy book with at least one mythical creature - A Crack in the Sea by H. M. Bouwman

Holy cow Nikki! Major props for finishing so many books.
You have now added a ton of books to my "want to read" pile!!

Katrina wrote: "Holy cow Nikki! Major props for finishing so many books.
You have now added a ton of books to my "want to read" pile!!"

Thanks! I've been lucky that some were read alouds with my daughter so I have multiple going at once. :)

I just found out about this is it okay that I'm late to the game :)

Alanna wrote: "I just found out about this is it okay that I'm late to the game :)"

Absolutely! Maybe you can go back through books you've read in 2019 to fill in some spaces. :)

cool :)

I've read almost 57 books so far this year, but so far I've only managed to match up 19 to the challenges. I'm doing my best to not use a book more than once even though there are definitely several that work for more than one. I just wanted to push myself a bit if I could! I kind of slowed down over the summer due to some extreme sickness and nausea thanks to first trimester fun, but I'm back at it and have a few books lined up to knock out some more categories this fall. So far for me:

✅ 1. A book that tells a story in an unconventional format.

☐ 2. An award-winning book.
✅ 3. An #ownvoices story that takes place in Asia.

☐ 4. An #ownvoices story that takes place in Africa.
☐ 5. An #ownvoices story that takes place in Central or South America.
☐ 6. A book that takes place in two different time periods.
☐ 7. A story told in multiple perspectives.
☐ 8. A story based in mythology.
✅ 9. Re-read a favorite book.

✅ 10. A book that got a lot of hype that you haven't read.

✅ 11. A book you have never heard of before.

☐ 12. A new (to you) book by a favorite author.
☐ 13. A history or historical fiction book based on a time period you know nothing about.
☐ 14. A memoir about a person you find fascinating.
✅ 15. A book with an LGBTQIA+ protagonist.

✅ 16. A book about a female scientist.

☐ 17. A book with the name of an element from the Periodic Table in the title.
✅ 18. A history book told in graphic novel format.

✅ 19. A book from a previous Family Reading Crate that you haven't read yet.

☐ 20. A book about an indigenous people group.
✅ 21. A book about climate change.

✅ 22. A new release.

☐ 23. A book written by someone famous (for something other than writing.)
✅ 24. A book that takes place in a country you have always wanted to visit.

✅ 25. A book that takes place in your state.

✅ 26. A fantasy book with at least one mythical creature.

✅ 27. The next book in a series you have already started.

☐ 28. A book set in space.
✅ 29. A book that you judged based on its cover.

✅ 30. A book you think will be a new favorite.

☐ 31. A book that intimidates you.
☐ 32. A story that is meta.
☐ 33. A non-fiction book about a skill you want to learn.
✅ 34. A book written the year you were born.

☐ 35. A book with your favorite color on the cover.
✅ 36. A book about a social and/or political issue that is important to you.

☐ 37. A book of short stories or poems.
☐ 38. A book featuring aquatic life.
✅ 39. A book with a character with the same first, middle, or last name as you.

☐ 40. A book that is similar (in theme or story) to your favorite movie or tv show.