Sunday, January 10, 2016

2016 Reading Challenges

Here are the reading challenges I am choosing to participate in this year!  I will do monthly updates on my progress, as I did last year.

There are two challenges that I started in August 2015 and will continue until July 2016: The A to Z Female Main Character Challenge and the A to Z Male Main Character Challenge.

2016 PopSugar Reading Challenge

  • A book based on a fairy tale
  • A National Book Award winner
  • A YA bestseller
  • A book you haven't read since high school
  • A book set in your home state
  • A book translated to English
  • A romance set in the future
  • A book set in Europe
  • A book that's under 150 pages
  • A New York Times bestseller
  • A book that's becoming a movie this year
  • A book recommended by someone you just met
  • A self-improvement book
  • A book you can finish in a day
  • A book written by a celebrity
  • A political memoir
  • A book at least a 100 years older than you
  • A book that's more than 600 pages
  • A book from Oprah's Book Club
  • A science-fiction novel
  • A book recommended by a family member
  • A graphic novel
  • A book that is published in 2016
  • A book with a protagonist who has your occupation
  • A book that takes place during summer
  • A book and its prequel
  • A murder mystery
  • A book written by a comedian
  • A dystopian novel
  • A book with a blue cover
  • A book of poetry
  • The first book you see in a bookstore
  • A classic from the 20th century
  • A book from the library
  • An autobiography
  • A book about a road trip
  • A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with
  • A satirical book
  • A book that takes place on an island
  • A book that's guaranteed to bring you job


Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2016

  • Read a horror book
  • Read a nonfiction book about science
  • Read a collection of essays
  • Read a book out loud to someone else
  • Read a middle grade novel
  • Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography)
  • Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
  • Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
  • Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award
  • Read a book over 500 pages long
  • Read a book under a 100 pages
  • Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender
  • Read a book that is set in the Middle East
  • Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia
  • Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900
  • Read the first book in a series by a person of color
  • Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
  • Read a book that was adapted into a movie
  • Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues
  • Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
  • Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction)
  • Read a food memoir
  • Read a play
  • Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness


2016 Girlxoxo Monthly Motif Challenge

  • January--Who Dunnit? (mystery)
  • February--New Releases (within last year)
  • March--Take a Trip (time travel or set in a different country)
  • April--Best of the Best (recognition or literary award)
  • May--Story of Survival (surviving something or dystopian)
  • June--Girlxoxo Recommends
  • July--LOL (something that will make you laugh out loud)
  • August--Genre Jumble (from a genre you don't usually read from)
  • September--Steampunk, Sci Fi, & Fantasy
  • October--Things That Go Bump in the Night (ghost stories, murder mystery, paranormal creepy)
  • November--Fiction Takes a Break (nonfiction)
  • December--That's a Wrap (finish a series or the next book)

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