"Take no heed of her...She reads a lot of books."
~Jasper Fforde


Sunday, December 25, 2022

Reading Challenge 2023

Merry Christmas, everyone!

While I have a few moments of unexpected solitude, I thought it might be fun to share my plans for the coming year.  As longtime readers know, I love to read, and every year I try some sort of reading challenge.  I usually do well, but I never finish, so this time, I'm trying something a little bit different.

Past attempts have seen me using a book for as many prompts as I could.  Other years, each book can only complete one prompt.  I've tried starting in December.  I've tried keeping track on paper.  I've tried keeping track online.  And this time, I think I found the magic solution.

I desperately want to whittle down my TBR list, so I'm going to try and take books from that list exclusively.  And in order to do that, and to make sure that I don't get stuck throughout the year, I've started putting together a list of books (from my TBR) that fit each prompt.  I've done something similar in the past, where I had one or two books selected.  But, this year, I've got lists upwards of 10 titles to choose from for each prompt.  There should be no way that I'll be at a loss for titles to fit my mood!

I'm combining PopSugar's Reading Challenge with three others I found online, plus one I made up (a book title for each color of the rainbow).  It's going to be a real challenge, but I'm very excited.

To keep me on track, each month, at the end of the month, I'll post a list of all the books I read and the prompts they fulfilled (with a small description of the book and my thoughts).  So, keep your eyes peeled throughout the year, for 12 book prompt reading lists!

I'll start the festivities off on January 1st.  We're looking at 173 prompts.

I hope you'll join me in sharing your reading selections (and reading challenge prompts) in the comments throughout the year!

Thank you for being a part of my ramblings!

♥Emmy