Challenges
Goldberry Book Reading Challenge
- January:
A mystery you haven't read Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie - February:
A classic you haven't read The End of the Affair by Graham Greene - March:
A genre you normally don't love 1984 by George Orwell - April:
A biography about a non-American The Lightning Dreamer by Margarita Engle - May:
A book your mom/grandma/wife loves Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell - June: A book your dad/grandpa/husband loves
- July: A book that takes place somewhere you want to visit
- August: A book from the year you were born
- September: A nature or travel book
- October: A book by an author you love that you haven't read
- November: A book by an author from your home state
- December: A book published in 2022
Buzzword Readathon 2022
- January:
A book with one of the 5 w’s in the title The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill - February:
A book with a personal/possessive pronoun in the title. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner - March:
A book with a location in the title. Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon - April:
A book with ‘little’ or ‘big’ in the title. The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman - May: A book with a direction in the title.
- June: A book with ‘all’ in the title.
- July: A book with a book related word in the title.
- August: A book with an item/object in the title.
- September: A book with ‘light’ or ‘dark’ in the title.
- October: A book with an animal or creature in the title.
- November: A book with ‘ing’ in the title.
- December: A book with a number in the title.
Read Your Bookshelf Challenge
- January:
a QUIET word in the TITLE The Other Side of Silence by Margaret Mahy - February:
LOVE in the TITLE Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson - March:
GROWTH In Bloom by Fern Michaels - April:
YOUR INITIALS in the TITLE Thankful for Love by Kristen Ethridge - May: NEW TO YOU AUTHOR
- June: BOOK on COVER
- July: Want to read but HAVE AVOIDED
- August: BODY PART in TITLE
- September: a COLLECTION
- October: SECRET in TITLE
- November: COZY or NOSTALGIC
- December: Mostly WHITE on the COVER
22 Books for 2022
- 3 Book of the Month books
- 3 books about reading and/or writing
- Three Simple Lines: A Writer's Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku by Natalie Goldberg
- 3 Catholic books
- The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
- The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
- Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
- 3 books in the same series
- The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
- Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
- Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
- 3 Newbery medal winners
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
- Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
- Amos Fortune Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
- 3 books under 200 pages.
- I Can't Complain by Elinor Lipman
- Alexa, What is There to Know About Love? by Brian Bilston
- The Seven Last Words by Fulton Sheen
- 3 books published in 2022
- Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne
- Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson
- Looking for Leroy by Melody Carlson
- 1 book over 500 pages
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
40 Re-reads Before 40
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- The Rainmaker by John Grisham
- A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
- The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
- Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate Dicamillo
- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
- T-backs, Tee shirts, COAT, and Suit by E.L. Konigsburg
- The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
- Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
- 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
- Nothing But the Truth by Avi
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- That Summer by Sarah Dessen
6 Historical Fiction Books
22 Classics
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
- The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
- As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
- The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
- Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
- 1984 by George Orwell
- The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
- The Divine Comedy by Dante
Back to the Classics 2022
- A 19th century classic. Any book first published from 1800 to 1899
A 20th century classic. A Separate Peace by John KnowlesA classic by a woman author. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA classic in translation. Purgatorio by Dante A classic by BIPOC author. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryMystery/Detective/Crime classic. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie- A classic short story collection.
- Pre-1800 classic.
- A nonfiction classic.
- Classic that's been on your TBR list the longest.
- Classic set in a place you'd like to visit.
Wild card classic. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
New-To-Me Authors
- Amanda Eyre Ward
- Lia Louis
- Cherie Priest
- Mike deCapite
- Graham Greene
- William Faulkner
- Walker Percy
- Shauna Robinson
- Brian Bilston
- Leah Brunner
- Rachel John
- Emma Lee Jayne
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