Saturday, December 30, 2017

Snowing! And a Couple More Reading Challenges!

Hello! It is lightly flurrying here this afternoon so I whipped up a nice big batch of black bean soup, wrapped the pups in their blankies, and thought it might be a great time to post a couple last reading challenges before New Years hits tomorrow night--one must have time to prepare, right?
 
The only thing that would make this even better would be mugs of cocoa....so cozy!!
 
First is the Ultimate Pop Sugar Reading Challenge which I attempted last year but ended up falling short trying to complete my A to Z Challenge at the same time. I like the idea of these 'scavenger hunt' type challenges, it just sometimes takes a little too much thinking to come up with an appropriately matching book for some of the prompts. Like, just let me read!! But then, a friend sent me a second similar challenge which I'll also post here, so throwing both of these out there for any takers. Here's the Pop Sugar list for 2018:
Click here for a printable list
 
And a second list for more reading fun for the new year:
A Reading Challenge for 2018
o   A book with a one word title
o   A book with a number in the title
o   An autobiography or memoir
o   A book based on a true story
o   A book based on a historical event
o   A book you once started but never finished
o   A book that is more than 100 years old
o   A book that won the Pulitzer Prize
o   A book you read as a child
o   A book you own but haven’t read yet
o   A book that has been made into a movie
o   A book from last year’s bestseller list
o   A collection of short stories
o   A book with a color in the title
o   A book you chose because of the cover
o   A classic romance
o   A book your closest friend recommends
o   A book written by an author with your initials
o   A book published the year you were born
o   A book based in a place you want to visit
o   A book set in the summer
o   A crime novel
o   A book with a proper name in the title
o   A book with a child as the main character
 
The plan for the rest of today is to finish Toni Morrison's Love then a short story in Ken Liu's Paper Menagerie. Looks like my first read from my backlist will be Peter Brett's Warded Man, one I've had on hand for at least a couple years...Ready to knock this list DOWN!! I hope everyone has a safe, warm, healthy, happy new year--we need it, right?? Looking forward to great things in 2018!!

 Cheers!

 

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