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This challenge runs from January 1st to December 31st, 2023.

This challenge is for every kind of reader out here and is planned to make reading fun & easy. It might also be helpful in meeting your yearly reading goals.

GENERAL RULES:-
1. Each month there will be 4 easy and 4 challenging prompts based on a monthly theme. It will be posted by the end of the previous month.
2. The book must be read in the respective month to count in the challenge.
->As we are a month late, for January, you can read books this month and count them under January prompts.
3. Each book can fit only 1 prompt, either easy or challenging, but Bonus points can work for each book that qualifies for it.
4. Each prompt can be used a maximum of 2 times.
5. Each book read must be at least 150 pages to count.
6. A minimum of 1 book must be read each month to qualify for the challenge.
7. Bonus points can only be added to books read for an easy or a challenging prompt, they can’t be used individually as a prompt.

Monthly Reading Prompts: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Log the books acc to the following format:-
Posting Format:-

Month:
Book Name with link/author's name:
Date read:
Prompt used:
How it fits:
Bonus Points:
Points (total):

Month: January
Book Name: Normal People by Sally Rooney
Date Read: January 1st, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book from an author who is new to you.
How it fits: I had never read a Sally Rooney novel.
Bonus Points: 0
Points Total: 3

Month: January
Book Name: One Last Gift by Emily Stone
Date Read: January 8th, 2023
Prompt Used: Read a book featuring winters/occurs in winter.
How it fits: A Christmas romance set during many winters over time.
Bonus Points: 0
Points Total: 5

Month: February
Book Name with link/author's name: Oedipus the King by Sophocles
Date read: February 19th, 2023
Prompt used: Re-read a book you already love
How it fits: Love Greek mythology, and I love the Theban plays.
Bonus Points: 0
Points (total): 5

Month: February
Book Name with link/author's name: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Date read: February 28, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book that your best bookish friend always recommends.
How it fits: My favorite booktuber always recommended this book.
Bonus Points: 0
Points (total): 5

Month: March
Book Name with link/author's name: Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone
Date read: March 17th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book with a “new beginning” aspect (either in a relationship or personal life of MC)
How it fits: The characters spark a new friendship/relationship over the phone.
Bonus Points: 0
Points (total): 5

Month: April
Book Name with link/author's name: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Date read: April 14th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book that is funny/filled with humor.
How it fits: Ove is very funny throughout, being your typical grumpy grandpa. It is very sad though, don't let this inclusion fool you lol.
Bonus Points: 0
Points (total): 3

Month: May
Book Name with link/author's name: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Date read: May 8th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book with a shy, introverted MC.
How it fits: Our MC, Elanor Oliphant, lives alone and is introduced as a lonely woman who lives by her own rules.
Bonus Points: 0
Points (total): 3

Month: June
Book Name with link/author's name: Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
Date read: June 19th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book having 6 in page count.
How it fits: Page count: 264
Bonus Points: 0
Points (total): 3

Month: June
Book Name with link/author's name: Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Date read: June 19th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book where any 2 of these words can be found in the text: June, watermelon, berries, sea, sunlight, July, lemonade, tea.
How it fits: Uses the word "sunlight", "sea", and "berries"
Bonus Points: 0
Points (total): 5

Month: July
Book Name with link/author's name: Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray
Date read: July 27th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book with a brown/black cover.
How it fits: The cover is black.
Bonus Points: 0
Points (total): 3

Month: July
Book Name with link/author's name: Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
Date read: July 30th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book where the story takes place in ancient times.
How it fits: Takes place in Ancient Greece (Thebes & Colonus)
Bonus Points: 0
Points (total): 5

Month: July
Book Name with link/author's name: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Date read: July 13th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book having 7 in page count.
How it fits: Page count: 279
Bonus Points: 0
Points (total): 3

Month: August
Book Name with link/author's name: Greek Myths: A New Retelling by Charlotte Higgins
Date read: August 10th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book set in a different country or culture than yours.
How it fits: Set in parts of Greece
Bonus Points: 2 - Multiple young protagonists
Points (total): 5

Month: August
Book Name with link/author's name: Beasts of Ruin by Ayana Gray
Date read: August 9th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a YA with a vocal protagonist.
How it fits: Our young MC, Koffi, is very vocal in this sequel.
Bonus Points: 2 - Multiple young protagonists
Points (total): 5

Month: August
Book Name with link/author's name: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Date read: August 18th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book that explores the role of young people in politics.
How it fits: Morrison exposes how racism and white beauty standards can affect the lives of young children.
Bonus Points: 2 - Multiple young protagonists
Points (total): 7

Month: September
Book Name with link/author's name: Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Date read: September 18th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book set in your own country or a place you've visited.
How it fits: Takes place in my country and a place I've visited (NYC)
Bonus Points: 2 - MC travels to North Carolina for the whole summer.
Points (total): 5

Month: October
Book Name with link/author's name: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Date read: October 9th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book with a strong female protagonist.
How it fits: Miss Eyre is very strong considering her life circumstances.
Bonus Points: 2 - female protagonist
Points (total): 5

Month: October
Book Name with link/author's name: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Date read: October 2nd, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book that focuses on female relationships/friendships.
How it fits: Our MC learns how to make friends with other young witches
Bonus Points: 2 - female protagonist
Points (total): 7

Month: October
Book Name with link/author's name: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Date read: October 26th, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book by a female author of color.
How it fits: The author is Native American
Bonus Points: 0
Points (total): 5

Month: November
Book Name with link/author's name: Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Date read: November 1st, 2023
Prompt used: Read a book where at least 2 of these words can be found in text: Experiment, Hypothesis, Research, Chemical, Discovery, Quantum, Microscope, Laboratory.
How it fits: Uses the words "experiment", "research", "chemical", and "Laboratory"
Bonus Points: 2 - tagged under sci-fi
Points (total): 7

Month: November
Book Name with link/author's name: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Date read: 11/17/2023
Prompt used: Read a book featuring time travel/robots.
How it fits: This book focuses on two people communicating through time travel.
Bonus Points: 2 - tagged "Science" or "Sci-Fi".
Points (total): 7