The Reading Challenge Group discussion

This is my first year in this group, and I see many challenges here that I really like! So I'm making myself a thread to join in on the fun :)

Bookopoly



GO - Read the book on your shelf that matches the number rolled

Dark Blue - Genre: Classic
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Dark Blue - Genre: Fantasy or Sci Fi (Can also include Paranormal / Dystopia / Horror)
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Railroad - Travel Afar: Featuring a journey
Light Blue - Theme: Relationships
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Light Blue - Theme: Purpose, War, Survival
Light Blue - Theme: Tradition & Change

Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned

Purple - Category: Published this year
Electric Co - In a setting that's new to you
Purple - Category: Recommended to you
Purple - Category: Part of a series
Railroad - Travel Along: Set in a different time (past or future)
Orange - Genre: YA, Middle Grade, or Children's
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Orange - Genre: Mystery
Orange - Genre: Historical Fiction

Book Sale! - Book by a favorite author, or an old favorite

Red - Category: Highest number of ratings on your shelf
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Red - Category: Book with the highest average rating on your shelf
Red - Category: The shortest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Abroad: Set in a different country
Yellow - Theme: Nature
Yellow - Theme: Society
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Yellow - Theme: Times of Life (e.g. childhood, young-adulthood, mid-life, old age, etc.)

Go to Book Ban!

Green - Category: Most recently added to your shelf
Green - Category: On your shelf the longest
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Green - Category: The longest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Away: Set in another world
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Blue - Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Water Works - By an author that's new to you
Blue - Genre: Award winner

Roll 1
7 - Sort TBR by random and read the first book
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (May 25)

Roll 2
6 - Recommended
Hamsun

Roll 3
8 - Highest number of ratings on your shelf
1984 by George Orwell

Anti-Alphabet Challenge

Mission: 26 books, each missing one letter of the alphabet

No A- To the Lighthouse (Jan 1)
No B- Station Eleven (April 1)
No C- This is How You Lose the Time War (Jan 30)
No D- The House in the Cerulean Sea (Jan 20)
No E- I Kill Giants (March 30)
No F- Grey Bees (March 10)
No G- The Complete Maus (March 27)
No H- The Great Gatsby (Feb 28)
No I- Every Heart a Doorway (Jan 2)
No J- Anne of Green Gables (May 17)
No K- Interview with the Vampire (April 29)
No L- Watership Down (Feb 26)
No M- On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Feb 11)
No N- The Graveyard Book (Jan 8)
No O- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Feb 15)
No P- The Old Man and the Sea (March 31)
No Q- The Obelisk Gate (May 3)
No R- The Fifth Season (Feb 21)
No S- The Eyre Affair (Feb 18)
No T- Rock Paper Scissors (Jan 16)
No U- Carrie Soto Is Back (March 3)
No V- The Once and Future Witches (April 11)
No W- Tales from Earthsea (March 25)
No X- Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (April 30)
No Y- After the Dragons (March 16)
No Z-

For my reference: Letter frequencies (view spoiler)[Z (hide spoiler)]

Mt TBR

For this I'm counting everything that was added to my TBR prior to 2023.

⛺ Level 1 Base Camp ⛺
1 - To the Lighthouse (Jan 1)
2 - Every Heart a Doorway (Jan 2)
3 - The Lightning Thief (Jan 5)
4 - The Graveyard Book (Jan 8)
5 - The House in the Cerulean Sea (Jan 20)

Level 2 Start The Climb
6 - This is How You Lose the Time War (Jan 30)
7 - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Feb 11)
8 - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Feb 15)
9 - The Fifth Season (Feb 21)
10 - Watership Down (Feb 26)
11 - The Great Gatsby (Feb 28)
12 - Carrie Soto Is Back (March 3)
13
14
15

Level 3 Going Higher
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Level 4 Reach The Summet
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Plant your flag, you made it to the top!

2023 Monthly Genre Challenge

Going to do this (mostly at least) out of order :)


January
1. Read a novel at least 150 pages long
2. Read a novel by an author new to you - The House in the Cerulean Sea (Jan 20)
3. Read a book with a one-word title

February
1. Read a romance, play or poetry collection
2. Read a book with a two-word title
3. Read a book by one of your favourite authors

March
1. Read a mystery or suspense novel - Rock Paper Scissors (Jan 16)
2. Read a book where one of the main characters' names starts with "M"
3. Read a book set in Ireland or with a green cover

April
1. Read a western or adventure book
2. Read a book that makes you laugh - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Feb 15)
3. Read a book with a four-word title - Carrie Soto Is Back (March 3)

May
1. Read a book by a female author new to you
2. Read a book by one of your favourite female authors
3. Read a book about a woman/girl you admire

June
1. Read a fantasy or graphic novel
2. Read a book set in a hot place or during the summer
3. Read any book in a series

July
1. Read a children's or YA book The Lightning Thief (Jan 5)
2. Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with J - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Feb 18)
3. Read a book set on an island - To the Lighthouse (Jan 1, set on the Isle of Skye)

August
1. Read a memoir or biography
2. Read a book set in a place you love to visit or would like to travel to
3. Read a book where the main character goes on a journey (fiction or non-fiction) - Watership Down (Feb 26)

September
1. Read a science fiction or dystopian book - The Fifth Season (Feb 21)
2. Read a book set in any school, college or university - Every Heart a Doorway (Jan 2, set in Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children, which is a boarding school)
3. Read a book with an orange, yellow or red cover - Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov (Merch 10, yellow/orange cover)

October
1. Read a book or story that is considered horror or has supernatural elements
2. Read a book that has witches, ghosts or vampires - The Graveyard Book (Jan 8)
3. Read a Halloween story, including picture books

November
1. Read a book that is set before 1950 - The Great Gatsby (Feb 28)
2. Read a non-fiction book about any topic that interests you
3. Read a book that has a title with five or more words, subtitles count - This is How You Lose the Time War (Jan 30)

December
1. Read a book originally published before 1970
2. Read a classic short story
3. Read a book of your choice!

Welcome to the group, Kristin!
Good luck on your challenges and happy reading!