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Hello, I decided to join this challenge because it looks like fun.
I have finished over a 100 books already, but I would like prompts for more variety!

Please keep this in mind:
👍: I whole heartedly recommend this book.
👎: I hated it, do not waste your time nor money.


✅ 1- A book adapted to the big screen.


2- A book about slaves in the U.S. OR one about freed slaves.

✅ 3- A book by an author you've never heard of before.


✅👍 4- A book you chose simply because of its cover.
Note: It was as wonderful as the cover!

✅5- A book with epistolary or diary format.


✅6- A book set on a farm or a ranch.


✅👍7- Told from the antagonist's point-of-view.


8- A book written in the second person.

✅👍 9-.A book recommended to you, whether you think you'll like it or not.


✅ 10- A debut novel or book.


✅ 11-A book with a verb in the title.


✅👍12- A trilogy.


✅ 13- A book with an index.


✅ 14- A comic novel or humorous book.


✅ 15- A book published in the 1950s.


✅ 16- A book translated into English from another language.


17 - Book set in your current city or hometown.

✅👍18 - Book based in a city you’d love to visit.


19 - Book written by OR about a current or past First Lady.

✅ 20 - Book with a character that lives with a disability.


✅👍21- Book about Witchcraft and Monsters. Book with fantastical creatures.


22 - Book about immigration or displacement.

23 - Book about Nature/the environment.

✅ 24 - Speculative Fiction or Dystopian novel.


✅👍25 - Retelling of a Fairy Tale, fable, legend or ancient myth.


✅ 26 - Book about parenthood - F/NF.


✅👍27 - Book from Bill Gate’s Favorite Book List.


✅28 - Book about inequality (financial, racial, gender or other).


✅ 29- biography, memoir or autobiography.


✅👍30 - Music, art, dance, theater, acting theme.


✅👍31- A book published in 2023.


✅ 32- A play.


✅ 33- Read at least 23 books in 2023.
My 2023 Reading Challenge

✅👍34- Read a fiction and nonfiction book on the same topic.
and
Note: I chose the theme FBI.

✅35- A prize winning book that has a different prize then those listed in the other prompts.
Note: CWA Best Ever Winner.

✅ 36- A book about an animal(s) or nature - F/NF.


✅👍37- The title has a word that begins with a B,N or C in it.


✅ 38- A book about or set in a country you don't live in.


✅ 39- A book published before you were born.


✅ 40- A Young Adult book - F/NF.


✅ 41- Book with a name in the title.


✅ 42-A classic (modern or older).


43- A National Book Award.

44- Pulitzer Prize winning book.

45- A Booker winner.

✅46- A book written by a Nobel prize winner- any topic or genre.


✅ 47-A book written about an author, novel, biography, criticism.


✅👎48- Contains the word "Wife" or "Woman" in the title.


49-A book about Native Americans OR a book written by a Native American.

✅ 50- A book about a Real Life Person you admire.


51-A book about a Royal Person, any nation, any time period.

✅52-A book set in Asia - F/NF.


✅53-A book set in Africa - F/NF.


✅ 54-A book set in Australia/Oceania - F/NF.


55- A book set in South America - F/NF.

✅👎56-A book about Asians in the US. or a book written by an Asian American - F/NF.


✅👍57-A Novel related to Classics, such as a character from The Illiad with his/her own story/book.


✅👍58-Novela.


✅ 59- Book over 500 pages.


✅ 60- A book by Agatha Christie.


✅ 61- One word title.


✅👍62- book on a modern-day problem/issue? (ie global warming, gun violence, etc.) - F/NF.


✅ 63- A book you knew nothing about beforehand. However something caught your attention. Cover, blurb, title. Tell us why.
Note: What caught my attention was that it was a Work from Home 'The Office' type of book, written as chat groups. It was weird but enjoyable and funny!

✅👎64- a book out of your comfort zone, not a genre you normally read.


65- Concerning food or containing recipes.

✅ 66- A book where weather is involved - F/NF.


✅👍67- A book having to do with travel - F/NF.


✅ 68- Wild Card ! Any book you feel like recommending to fellow readers.


✅ 69- A health, diet, exercise, fitness or wellness book.


70- About business, the economy or economics. (Personal, home or business).

71- related to science.

✅ 72- Book about racism.


✅👍73- LGBTQ+ character fiction or nonfiction.


✅ 74- Read more books than you did in 2022.

✅ 75- Book you started but never finished.


✅76- Book on a banned book list.


✅👍77- Education or teaching profession or has teacher or student in story - F/NF.


✅👎78- book with maps or photographs in it.


✅👎79- set in a country you have never visited.


✅ 80- set around a holiday.


✅👎81- books about trauma or mental health issue - F/NF.


✅ 82- Book with a 4 word title.


✅ 83- Famous author you've never read.


✅ 84-A book whose author's last name starts with B,N or C.


✅ 85- graphic novel.


✅ 86- WWI or WWII or any war - F/NF.


87- Book about or set in, the state or country you live in.

✅ 88- an author who has published at least 5 books.


✅ 89- Author is under 35 years old.


✅👍90- Thriller or mystery.


✅ 91- Crime - F/NF.


✅92 - History.


93- Disease - F/NF.

✅👎94- legal profession - F/NF.


✅ 95 - short story or essays.


✅96- a leader whose country you don't live in (living or dead).


✅ 97- a color in the title.


✅ 98- historical fiction.


✅ 99- spiritual or inspirational.


✅👍100- Romance.


✅101- Bio or NF about an Artist, Author or an Architect.


✅👎102- Book written before the 1800s - F/NF.


✅103- Book about Religion or Atheism - F/NF.


104- A book published in the 1960s.

✅105- A sport related book - F/NF.

Welcome to the challenge! I read Lonely Castle in the Mirror this year and enjoyed it as well.

For #7 (Antagonist's point of view) I went with Freshwater. It's perhaps not a perfect fit, as the antagonist narrator(s) are within her own mind. They're given names, but are essentially her split personality/voices within her. It was a fantastic read!

Reem wrote: "Hello, I decided to join this challenge because it looks like fun.
I have finished over a 100 books already, but I would like prompts for more variety!

Welcome to Book Nook Cafe and for joining the challenge, Reem !

Welcome to the group and our 2023 Challenge, Re-emerge. You have some neat books listed. While i haven’t read the book, we saw and were fascinated by the Netflix series based on The Chestnut Man. Now that i know there is a book…! Hurrah!

I enjoyed reading your challenge list, Reem. You're doing very well.

Thank you everyone, you all seem so nice and I'm glad to be here.
If you got any recommendations, I'll be up for it.
I mostly enjoy Fantasy and Mystery but I try everything.

Lindsey wrote: "Welcome to the challenge! I read Lonely Castle in the Mirror this year and enjoyed it as well.

For #7 (Antagonist's point of view) I went with Freshwater. It's per..."

Ooh I don't care if it doesn't fit the prompt, I'm still going to read it. It intrigued me a lot.

madrano wrote: "Welcome to the group and our 2023 Challenge, Re-emerge. You have some neat books listed. While i haven’t read the book, we saw and were fascinated by the Netflix series based on [book:The Chestnut ..."

I checked if there was a movie made after I read the book and it came up on Netflix, believe me on this one but the book is better lol.

High praise, indeed, Reem.

When i am stumped on a prompt, i look to see what others have read for that one. It helps. Even if not the book for me, it sparks ideas.

Continued success!

New prompts completed.
#34 & 86.

Well done !

What a terrific idea for the fiction/nonfiction prompt. I'm undecided on mine. I think I will go with WWII.

The Book of Lost Names—Kristin Harmel sounds good. Thanks for the title, Reem.

Alias Reader wrote: "Well done !

What a terrific idea for the fiction/nonfiction prompt. I'm undecided on mine. I think I will go with WWII."

Yes!!!! Your idea's awesome too.

madrano wrote: "The Book of Lost Names—Kristin Harmel sounds good. Thanks for the title, Reem."

You're most welcome, I hope you enjoy it.
AAAGGHHH the ending though......... tell me what you think please.

Will do.

I read the Maya Angelou book and will use it for two of the prompts.
#29 & 72.

Reem, that book was my introduction to Maya Angelou. At that point i wasn’t aware she was a poet, i only knew her from her small role in the tv miniseries Roots! Based on Alex Hailey’s book of the same name.

I followed her career from that point onward. What an inspirational woman. I hope you enjoyed that twofer-prompt book.

Deborah, it’s an intro for me as well. All I knew about her was that wonderful poem she wrote, Phenomenal Woman, it’s so good.
I didn’t know she acted, I should check that out!!!

Love Phenomenal Woman!

Prompts completed:
# 7 & 35 & 76

And I absolutely recommend reading Vicious!!!!

I haven’t read Vicious but read & liked the other two. Thanks for the rec on V. And congratulations on finishing three more prompts, Reem.

Well done on 3 more prompts, Reem !

Thanks for the recommendation of Vicious, it looks like one I am going to enjoy!

James wrote: "Thanks for the recommendation of Vicious, it looks like one I am going to enjoy!"

I really hope you do, it's my current favorite!!!

70 prompts done & 30 to go!

I am not going to finish 100 prompts, because I don't care for at least 15 of them, but I'm very proud of myself 😌🫢

Congrats Reem!! You have such a wide range of book genres represented here!

I, too, will likely not be completing all 100 prompts, but it's such a fun way to choose books that I'd likely never pick up otherwise. :)

Well done, Reem.

Thank you for joining the challenge. It's as fun to follow how others do the challenge as to do the challenge myself.

Lindsey wrote: "Congrats Reem!! You have such a wide range of book genres represented here!
I, too, will likely not be completing all 100 prompts, but it's such a fun way to choose books that I'd likely never pic..."

Absolutely, I agree.
Also, read the books I have stacked in my library for years and was too lazy to pick up!!!

Alias Reader wrote: "Well done, Reem.
Thank you for joining the challenge. It's as fun to follow how others do the challenge as to do the challenge myself."

Aw, thank you Alias. I'm so glad I joined, I've always wanted to do one! I'm planning on doing at least six more prompts and then see what happens till the end of the year.

I have yet to complete a yearly challenge of this magnitude. But i certainly eliminate many books which have been on my TBR for decades! Happy Enough.

Great work, Reem.

madrano wrote: "I have yet to complete a yearly challenge of this magnitude. But i certainly eliminate many books which have been on my TBR for decades! Happy Enough.

Great work, Reem."

That is true!!!

:-)

76 prompts done & 24 to go!

Well done, Reem !

Great job, Reem!

83 prompts done & 17 to go!!
I am very excited and I wrote a little something about the prompts I filled since last time, then clicked the back button by mistake 😭😭😭.

Prompt numbers: 6-50-62-67-74-102-105 & switched 31.


Book 1 was 'meh!'. Kevin Hart's was alright, I'm mad at myself for not going to his show when he came to my country💔!!!!! 3rd book is switched with the last one, cause I remembered there was a big plot about the environment. 4th doesn't only have travel in it, but TIME travel; Yep, proud of my choice with that prompt😂😂. Dante's Inferno was THE WORST, I HATED IT. 6th was also 'meh!'. 7th was my favorite❤️❤️❤️.

For 74, I read more books than last year, which was 238. Yep! this year, I am a Hermit with an eclectic taste!

Reem wrote:
I read more books than last year, which was 238"

That's amazing.

Reem wrote: "For 74, I read more books than last year, which was 238. Yep! this year, I am a Hermit with an eclectic taste!..."

Congratulations on that front, Reem!

I was tickled to see that Alex Kingston is writing novels about her Doctor Who character River Song! I've got to find the first & begin my own reading travels with her. Thanks for the title.

And, well done, on the healthy list of books read.

madrano wrote: Congratulations on that front, Reem!
I was tickled to see that [aut..."

YES! River Song is my favorite and the book was really good. She did the audiobook herself as well, I recommend it 100% 😍😍😍.
And if you'd like, you can start with it, it's a stand alone book.

Third book to be used for two prompts, #47-101.
Mama got me into reading, by buying me Christie books from the library at her college❤️ Now, I finally know what happened the week AC went missing, though I don't buy it!


#94 Legal profession - F/NF.
Supposed 'mystery thriller' about a criminal psychologist? even the author doesn't know! and a DA and a serial killer case. Do Not Recommend.

Reem, I'm glad the Christie book was a winner for you. It' helped a bit to balance the other book which was 👎thumbs down.

My reading has sort of been the same.

Well done, Reem. I didn't know Lucy Worsley wrote a book about Christie. Interesting.

Thanks for keeping us updated. Continued success!