2023 Reading Challenge

 2023 Reading Challenge!

Picture is of my bookshelf, and I got the sign at a travel store in Wisconsin.

Hello Readers!

Sorry that it's been a while since my last post. There's been a lot going on, especially in the past few months. I will include a life update in my end-of-year update. 

It's time for the launch of the 2023 Reading Challenge! Grab your reading beverage of choice and a cozy seat. It's going to be a good year for reading.

For those new to the challenge, this is a combined effort between myself and Co-conspirator Tress. You can find her blog here. We've been doing this challenge for several years, and you can find all of the previous year's challenges here. 

This challenge can be completed in a variety of ways. You can be super organized like Tress and plan out what you're going to read for each category, or you can be like me and approach it like a kid in a candy store. There are 60 books in total divided between five tiers. You can complete all of them (or not.) You can complete the tiers in order or not. It's really up to how you want to go about it. The point has always been to get people out of their reading comfort zones. 

If you use Storygraph, Tress will post the challenge there. If you have your own blog and do the challenge on your site, feel free to link us to the post in the comments. We love seeing what people are reading. 

Edit: Storygraph Challenge can be found here

If you need a PDF to print out for the challenge, you can find one here

Level 1: Book of the Month Club                            

1             Read a book recommended to you on social media or by a friend                             

2             Read a book under 300 pages                   

3             Read a book with a female main character                          

4             Read a book by an author whose name is Samantha, Sam, or a variant                   

5             Read a book that was written by an author from your home state                            

6             Read a book you meant to read for last year's challenge                

7             Read a book with a basic shape on the cover (examples: Circle, Square, Heart, star, Diamond)           

8             Read a book you got from Project Gutenberg, a library, or another nonprofit source                             

9             Read a book about a hobby you enjoy or want to pick up (fiction or nonfiction)                  

10           Read a book that starts with the first letter of your name                             

11           Read the next book in a series you haven't read in a while                           

12           Free Space! Pick any book           
              

               Level 2: Casual Reader Club                      

13           Read a book by Mary Faulkner (or one of her aliases - https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/mary-faulkner/)                       

14           Read a book of short stories or a novella                             

15           Read a book that involves a lot of traveling                         

16           Read a book published in 1998 (25 years ago)                    

17           Read a book with a yellow cover                             

18           Reread a book you have recommended to someone else                             

19           Read a book by Dean Koontz                     

20           Read a book with a one-word title                          

21           Read book 1 in a trilogy               

22           Read book 2 in a trilogy               

23           Read book 3 in a trilogy               

24           Free Space! Pick any book           

              

               Level 3: Dedicated Reader Club               

25           Read a book that takes place somewhere you'd like to live                          

26           Read a book recommended by https://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/                

27           Read a book by an author who shares a first or last name with one of your friends                             

28           Read a book with a neon-colored cover                

29           Read a book that has under 1,000 reviews or ratings on a website or app                             

30           Read a middle-grade book (8-12 age range)                        

31           Read a book with the word "Time" in the title                    

32           Read a book about a famous criminal(s)                

33           Read a movie novelization book (movie to book, instead of book to movie)                          

34           Read a fiction or nonfiction book that motivates you to be a better version of yourself                             

35           Read a self-published book                        

36           Free Space! Pick any book

                             

               Level 4: Speed Reader Club                       

37           Read a book that is over 600 pages                        

38           Read a book from List Challenge's Rory Gilmore Challenge https://www.listchallenges.com/rory-gilmore-reading-challenge                

39           A book by an author named David/Dave               

40           Read a "Dark Academia" novel                  

41           Read a book with a title that starts with the letter V                       

42           A book set in Asia or an Asian-inspired culture                   

43           Read a book with a cat on the cover                      

44           Read a Folklore book or book based on Folklore                

45           Read a book where the main character is a dancer                          

46           Read a book by a new author                    

47           Read a book that involves a conspiracy                 

48           Free Space! Pick any book

                             

               Level 5: Overachiever Club                        

49           Read one of the New York Public Library's Best Books of 2022 (any category) https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/best-books-2022                            

50           Read a book where the main character is a Villain or Anti-hero                   

51           Read a book that has a title that is punny and/or alliterative                       

52           Read a "Found Family" story                      

53           Read a book that has the letter Q in the title                          

54           Read a book that has an illustrated cover                            

55           Read a book that takes place in at least two different decades                    

56           Read a book about an entrepreneur (real or fictional)                    

57           Read a book that takes place in Alaska                  

58           Read a book with the word "Justice" in the title                

59           Read a book involving Dinosaurs                             

60           Free Space! Pick any book

If you're participating, let us know in the comments! I'll be posting this on various Social Media things as well.