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2022 Inter-Readathon Challenge

#9 is especially creative!

9/11 as of June 10!

1. Go to your local library, bookstore, freecycle book source, thriftstore that sells books, etc. Pick a book at random and check it out/buy it/adopt it. Read it.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
June 7 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

2. Get book recommendations from someone on social media. Pick 3 of those recommended books, get them, and read them.
Obama or Oprah recs

3. Choose a book with at least 300 pages, and a notebook/reading journal. Read the book, stopping every 20-30pgs to journal about your reading(pictures, quotes, reactions, etc.).
Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier
May 15 5 stars

4. Read a book published between 2020 and 2022.
The Heron's Cry (Matthew Venn #2) by Ann Cleeves
June 9 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

5. Read a book originally published before 1950.
Candide by Voltaire
Originally published 1759
June 10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

6. Browse the current world news. Choose a country/region/issue from the news that interests you. Find a book related to your chosen topic/location, and read it.
The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
June 10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

7. Read a book set during a world war.
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 by Władysław Szpilman
May 26 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

8. Write and post a review for a book you enjoyed this year. (This can be on Goodreads, Amazon, your blog, etc. We have a folder in our Goodreads group where you can post these, too.)
The Long Call (Matthew Venn #1) by Ann Cleeves
May 3 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

9. Make a 6-book rainbow (stack up books with a red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple spine).
RED
* I, Robot (Robot #0.1) by Isaac Asimov
June 26 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
ORANGE
* Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
June 8 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
YELLOW
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
May 8 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
GREEN
*Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda, translated by Polly Barton
May 24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
BLUE
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1) by Kate Atkinson
May 11 5 stars
PURPLE
The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope #1) by Ann Cleeves
June 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

10. Read a book that was selected for a book club or group.
Red Island House by Andrea Lee
June 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

11. Complete the 2022 Spring Readathon pre-readathon challenges (located in our Goodreads group).

CHALLENGE 1--SHORT STORIES-AUTHOR CHALLENGE
Read short stories by authors whose names begin with each letter of the alphabet.
A "Mallard and May" by Cecilia Ahern
B "Healthy Option" by Maeve Binchy
C "The Tuesday Night Club" by Agatha Christie
D “When a Man Loves a Woman” by Nana-Ama Danqua
E "Sacred Spring" by Barbara Erskine
F "People Like Us" by Jane Fallon
G "Cold Calling" by Philippa Gregory
H "Oxbridge Blues" by Wendy Holden
I “Five Years Next Sunday” by Idza Luhumyo
J "Thirteen Days with John C" by Jojo Moyes
K "The Christmas Ring" by Douglas Kennedy
L "Chocolate v. Husband" by Sarah-Kate Lynch
M "Smartening Up" by Aoko Matsudo
N "Topiary" by Freya North
O "One Careful Owner" by Hazel Osmond
P "Judging a Book By Its Cover" by Adele Parks
Q
R "Space of My Own" by Anna Ralph
S "The Handyman" by Jenny Steel
T "Forty Wonderful" by Adriana Trigiani
U
V "A Charitable Woman" by Jane Elizabeth Varley
W "Oxbridge Blues" by Wendy Holden
X
Y
Z "Longer Than the Threads of Time" by Zoraida Cordova

CHALLENGE 2--ARTS CHALLENGE
3/6 as of June 19
Read a book about
1. A poet
2. A theater
3. A music artist or ensemble
Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson
June 19 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. A museum
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
5. A painter or other visual artist
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
June 6 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. A dancer or dance troupe
The Magic in Changing Your Stars by Leah Henderson
May 23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

CHALLENGE 3--WARM AND FUZZIES
2/5 as of July 19
For this challenge, read a book featuring
1. A cat
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
July 19 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. A dog
A Chet & Bernie?
3. A zoo
4. A rodent
The Rescuers (Rescuers #1) by Margery Sharp
June 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Wild animals
Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey

CHALLENGE 4--READING SPRINTS & LONG LAPS DONE!
Week-Long Long Laps:
I'll set these for May! Picking up where we left off!
April 30-May 6
Pages read: 1,077
Books finished: 3
Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish by Mark R. Levin
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
The Long Call (Matthew Venn #1) by Ann Cleeves

May 7-13
Pages read: 967
Books finished: 3
The Recovery Agent (Gabriella Rose #1) by Janet Evanovich
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1) by Kate Atkinson

May 14-20
Pages read: 624
Books finished: 2
Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier
The Christmas Pig by J.K. Rowling

May 21-27
Pages read: 2,612
Books finished: 8
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Poppy War (Poppy War #1) by R.F. Kuang
The Right To Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe. by Bette Greene
The Magic in Changing Your Stars by Leah Henderson
Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 by Władysław Szpilman

May 28-June 3
Pages read: 1,146
Books finished: 4
Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Cross (Alex Cross #12) by James Patterson
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot #1) by Becky Chambers
The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

2022 Reverse Readathon Pre-Challenge/InterReadathon Challenge Extension

3/3 as of August 1!

Row 1: Read something published in the 1960s.
Read something with a gray cover.
by Kazuo Ishiguro
August 1--5 STARS
Read something set during winter or set someplace cold.

Row 2: Read something with only 1-3 characters in it.
Read something with poetry in it.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
July 19 (5 STARS)
Read something recommended by, or read by a character in something else.

Row 3: Read something published before 1920.
Read something with a red cover.
Double Cross (Alex Cross #13) by James Patterson
July 21 (4 STARS)
Read a book you picked at random from a shelf of books.(Try not to cheat, but if your first try lands on something ridiculous you can try again, once.)

Fall 2022 Pre-Readathon Reading Challenge
Posted August 10, 2022
(Fall 2022 Readathon October 22-23)

10/20 as of October 13!

1. A non-fiction book.

2. A book with more than one poem in it.

3. A play written by a woman.

4. 5 books with autumn colored spines or covers.
1) Chirp by [Messner|1010796]
yellow and green
August 13--5 STARS
2) One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
orange and red (Goodreads won't pull the cover!)
August 16--5 STARS
3) The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George, translated by Simon Pare
brown (Goodreads won't pull the cover!)
August 30--5 STARS
4) Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie #4) by Kate Atkinson
yellow, green, orange, red (Goodreads won't pull the cover!)
September 3--5 STARS
5) Ghost (Track #1) by Jason Reynolds
yellow Goodreads won't pull the cover!)
September 11--5 STARS

5. A short story collection by an author who did not publish a full-length novel.

6. A book by Stephen King, John Grisham, Clive Cussler, Louis L'Amour, James Michener, Michael Crichton, or Robert Ludlum.

7. A book by Anita Shreve, Jane Smiley, Barbara Kingsolver, Jan Karon, Pearl S. Buck, Jane Austen, or Edith Wharton.

8. A book set on each continent (7 total- North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica/Oceania)
3/7
NORTH AMERICA
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed #1) by Octavia E. Butler
August 13--5 STARS
EUROPE
Strange Magic (Essex Witch Museum Mystery #1) by Syd Moore
August 27--5 STARS
ASIA
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
August 29--5 STARS

9. A book about the future, published before 1960.
Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
1958
September 12--5 STARS

10. A book from a series of more than 3 books.
Alex Cross's Trial (Alex Cross #16) by James Patterson
August 20--5 STARS

This list would have us reading 20 books to finish all the prompts, though if you wish you can of course combine some of them to read fewer books. If you run out of books to read before the readathon and need a few more prompts...
A. A book that was mentioned by, or being read by a character from one of the books you read for the first 10 prompts.
B. A non-fiction book about a place or subject that featured in one of the books you read for the first 10 prompts.
C. 5 books by one of these authors- Georgette Heyer, Arthur B. Upfield, Ngaio Marsh, Rex Stout, Agatha Christie, Dick Francis, Sue Grafton, Alexander McCall Smith, Susan Wittig Albert, Boris Akunin
D. 3-5 books by one of these authors- Andre Norton, Julian May, Joan D. Vinge, Michael Moorcock, Ben Bova, J.D. Robb, Larry Niven, Robin Hobb, Jack McDevitt, Mercedes Lackey, Kim Stanley Robinson, Octavia Butler.

In addition to this challenge, your challenge during this pre-readathon interval is to perfect your TBR. Some of us have perfected the art of building the perfect TBR stack, but for the rest of us this is our chance to improve our TBR building talents.
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