Close Reads
Persuasion - Jan 2 to Jan 30The Netanyahus - Feb 6 to Feb 27
Pygmalion - March 6 to March 13
The Diary of a Country Priest - March 20 to April 17
The Optimist's Daughter - April 24 to May 8
The Scarlet Letter - May 15 to June 19 (w/ Karen Swallow Prior)
Everything Sad is Untrue - July 3 to July 24
The Picture of Dorian Gray - July 31 to September 4
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Sep 11 to Sep 25
The Moving Toyshop - Oct 2 to October 16
A Canticle for Leibowitz - October 23 to Nov 20
Things Fall Apart - Nov 27 to Dec 18
The Unread Shelf Project
January - ComfortFebruary - Courage
March - Enough
April - Delight
May - Curious
June - Explore
July - Joy
August - Immerse
September - Remember
October - Influence
November - Nurture
December - Connect
Read Your Bookshelf
January - starts with the word “a” or “the”February - cover or spine is a complementary color
March - starts with the next letter in the alphabet
April - different genre
May - has more pages
June - title has half as many letters
July - set in a different country or world
August - same genre
September - turn to page 50, read a book that has one of those words in the title
October - first letter of author's last name
November - different time period
December - within 20 pages
Buzzword Reading Challenge
Jan - "life" and "death"Feb - verbs
Mar - "secret"
Apr - emotions
May - flavours, spices, seasonings
Jun - "other"
Jul - weather related words
Aug - Body parts
Sep - Game related words
Oct - "magic"
Nov - "good"
Dec - Sound related words
World Full of Books
January - American historyFebruary - London
March - Agatha Christie
April - Country(side) (on cover, title, or content)
May - New England
June - Thrillers
July - Published in your birth year
August - The Netherlands
September - Travel
October - Mysteries
November - Your own locality
December - It's the season
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