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I'm looking forward to participating in these challenges for the year! I took a little break and I'm ready to jump back in. I'm aiming for a minimum of 12 books read this year, but I think I'm going to surpass that. Happy reading!

Needing to add/update:
Tempt Me at Twilight (re-read)
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Den of Vipers
Lady Friday

Yearly Challenges
Progressive Reading Challenge (view spoiler)[Time Frame: One Year from Start Date

How This Works

1. Choose your first book. (Keep in mind one word titles probably are not going to work for you on this challenge.)
2. When choosing your second book, pick one word from Book 1’s title so that it appears in Book 2’s title.
3. Keep doing that until you reach the number of books for your level.

Note: Make sure you use the actual word found in the title and not a variation of it!

Example:

Book 1: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Book 2: A Lotus Grows in the Mud by Goldie Hawn
Book 3: The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli
Book 4: Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
Book 5: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Book 6: Dark Lover by J.R. Ward (hide spoiler)]
Reporter's Challenge (view spoiler)[Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)

BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books

EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books

Rules: For this challenge � Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category � choose one � as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format � paper, ebooks, audio, etc.
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun! (hide spoiler)]
The Year of the Dragon

6 Month Challenges
Feb. 4 - Jul. 4
Genre Pyramid Roulette

3 Month Challenges
Feb. 4 - April 4
30 Days of Happiness
March. 1 - May 1
My 2024 Spring Bookish Ambitions

Monthly Challenges
February
BOOK It to the Finish Line!
10,000 Minutes Audiobook Group Challenge

March
Spin to Slim Your TBR Shelf
BOOK It to the Finish Line!
10,000 Minutes Audiobook Group Challenge

April
BOOK It to the Finish Line

Progressive Reading Challenge - 1/10 books

Silver Nitrate

Reporter's Challenge - 5/5 books 5/5 categories complete
10/10 books 4/5 categories complete
(view spoiler)[Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category) - completed 2/29/24
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)

BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books

EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books (hide spoiler)]
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) In the Shadow of Spindrift House
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.) Tempt Me at Twilight
A Protagonist who is involved in a love (dating) triangle
A Character who bakes

WHAT
A number in the title Twelve Nights at Rotter House
A color in the title Silver Nitrate
Title is at least five words Where the Drowned Girls Go
An anthology
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)

WHERE
Set in a state that touches water (Ocean or Lake)
Set on an island Wilder Girls
Set in a state starting with ‘M�
Set on a farm
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)

WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative
Set in the 1900s Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
Set during spring
Set during summer
Set during a holiday A Court of Frost and Starlight

WHY
(Motives)
Money/Greed
Jealousy
Revenge Red Rising
To stop blackmail
To keep a secret/cover up The Scourge Between Stars

BONUS CATEGORY � PULITZER PRIZE
WHO � A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out Den of Vipers
WHAT � Title or Series title starts with the 1st letter of your last name The House on Mango Street
WHERE � Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN � During a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
WHY � To kill a witness

EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY � NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 1st of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.

6 Month Challenge: Genre Pyramid Roulette
Duration: February 4- August 4, 2024

Genre 1: Children's
1.

Genre 2: Memoir & Autobiography
1. The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative
2. Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story

Genre 3: Horror
1. Wilder Girls
2. Last Days
3. The Bone Houses

Genre 4: Graphic Novel
1.
2.
3.
4.

Genre 5: Contemporary Fiction
1. The House on Mango Street
2.
3.
4.
5.

3 Month Challenge - 30 Days of Happiness
Duration: Feb. 4 - May 4, 2024
17/10-14 books

The Goals
1. Clean the Bed Sheets - read a book from your TBR list
The Sanatorium
2. Listen to Music From Your Younger Years - read a book where music is performed or listened to
Red Rising
3. Meditate - read a book with only a head of a person on the cover
4. Treat Yourself to Some Flowers - read a book with flowers on the cover
Wife by Wednesday
Den of Vipers
5. Compliment Someone & Yourself - read a book with a descriptive word in the title
6. Dance Like No One is Watching - read a book without a person on the cover
Last Days
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
7. Take Yourself Out to Lunch - read a book with food on the cover
8. Do Something Creative - read a book with a significant character who creates art of some kind
9. Take a Relaxing Hot Bath or Shower - read a book with water on the cover
10. Create a Pinterest Board of Things You Love - read a book from your favorite genre
Tempt Me at Twilight
11. Bake a Cake - read a book with poetry in it (even just a few lines) (because cake rhymes with bake :)
12. Go for a Walk - read a book where the mc does a lot of walking
13. Call a Friend - read a book recommended by a friend
A Court of Wings and Ruin
14. Read a Book - read any book you choose
It Happened One Autumn
15. Learn Something New - read a non-fiction book
Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
16. Try Something New - read a book by an author that is new to you
The Bone Houses
17. Help Someone - read a self-help book
18. Start a Journal - read an epistolary book
19. Yoga - read a book where someone is 'posing' on the cover
Lady Friday
20. Up-Level Something - read the next book in a series you've started
Sir Thursday
21. Celebrate Every Win - read a book set around a holiday
A Court of Frost and Starlight
22. Exercise - read a book with a 'X' somewhere on the cover
23. Cook from Scratch - read a book where the mc cooks
To Beguile a Beast
24. Make a Fancy Breakfast - read a book where the mc gets hungry
Wilder Girls
25. Listen to the Birds - listen to an audio book
The House on Mango Street
26. Tidy a Room in Your Home - read a book with a domicile on the cover
27. Visit Somewhere New - read a book set somewhere you have never been
28. Watch the Sunrise - read a book that has been or will be made into a movie
29. Eat Healthily - read a book while eating something healthy
30. Have a PJ Day - read a book while wearing pajamas

Monthly Challenge - BOOK It to the Finish Line!
Duration: February 1 - 29, 2024
Books must be at least 140 pages.
There must be three different dogs on your skijoring team.
You can run the race as many times as you'd like.

Race 1: Pluto, Lassie, Blue
Race 2: Rin Tin Tin, Hachito, Old Yeller
Race 3: Odie and Balto

A list of famous dogs for your team.
Balto - read a book where someone needs medicine
Wilder Girls
Benji - read a book where the author's first name begins with "B"
Blue - read a nonfiction book
Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
Clifford the Big Red Dog- read a book that has 400+ pages
Cujo - read a thriller or a horror book
Fang - read a fantasy
Greyfriars Bobby - read a book with a policeman in it
Hachito - read a book with the word "loyal" in the text
Red Rising
Lady and the Tramp - read a romance
Lassie - read a book written by a female
Silver Nitrate
Nana - read a book with young children in it
Odie - read a book where the main character has a sidekick
Sir Thursday
Old Yeller - read a book that was first published over 30 years ago
The House on Mango Street
Pluto - read a science fiction book
The Scourge Between Stars
Pongo and Perdita - read a book with two people on the cover
Rin Tin Tin - read a book with a soldier in it
A Court of Wings and Ruin
Scooby-Doo - read a mystery
Snoopy - read a book with a nosy character in it
Toto - read a book with some extreme weather in it
Underdog - read a book that has less than 100 ratings
Wishbone - read a book that is a retelling

Yearly Challenge - 2024 The Year of the Dragon
Duration: February 10, 2024 - January 28, 2025
Dragon Wing: Complete 3-4 tasks/level

Level 1 Tasks: Tasks Completed: 3
(view spoiler)[1. Read a book published in December. (Cravon Manor, Wormwood)
2. Read a book where the MC makes a selfless sacrifice to help someone else. Red Rising
3. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% green. Last Days
4. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the word DRAGON. Sir Thursday
5. Read a book where any of the characters are suffering from a water-based environmental calamity (drought, flood, tsunami, etc.) (hide spoiler)]

Level 2 Tasks Tasks Completed: 3
(view spoiler)[1. Read a book with a confident MC. It Happened One Autumn
2. Read a book with all the letters of FIRE in the title and/or series name (you can use both). Wife by Wednesday
3. Read a book where the MC goes on an adventure.
4. Read a book published in May.
5. Read a book where the MC goes through a personal transformation of some kind. The Sanatorium (hide spoiler)]

Level 3 Tasks: Tasks Completed: 2
1. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the word EMPORER.
2. Read a book where a character is highly respected or revered. Lady Friday
3. Read a book where the MC has a successful career. Tempt Me at Twilight
4. Read a book with a MC is highly imaginative.
5. Read a book that has a dominant theme of justice.

3 Month Challenge - My 2024 Spring Bookish Ambitions
March 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024
Level: Birds and Bees (7 or more goals)
Goals Completed: 3/7+

In setting your level of participation, please note that the first goal can only be used once. All other goals can be used as many times as you like.

*During this Read-a-Thon be on the lookout for:
1. A book with a character who is a florist.
2. A book whose author's initials can be found in the word CROCUS.
3. A book where a baby is born.
4. A book whose cover is mostly green and yellow.
The Yellow Wallpaper
5. A book by an author who is Asian.

*The lookout tasks are optional, so feel free to complete as many or as few as you want.

Goals to work from:
1. Number of books to complete in the month - or number of books per week in the month. This goal can also be stated as the number of pages to read per month or week, or the number of hours to listen to audio books per month or week. This is the only goal that may be used just once in a quarter.
Goal: Read 1 book a week
Week of March 4 - Last Days
Week of March 11 - It Happened One Autumn
Week of March 18 - To Beguile a Beast
Week of March 25 - The Bone Houses
Week of April 1 - Tempt Me at Twilight
Week of April 8 - Den of Vipers
Week of April 15 -
Week of April 22 -
Week of April 29 -
Week of May 6 -
Week of May 13 -
Week of May 20 -
Week of May 27th -

2. Finish a challenge or part of a challenge. Tell us which challenge is your focus.
Get to level 3 of the Year of the Dragon challenge
Link to Year of the Dragon topic
Completed? - 3/19/24

3. Start a challenge. Tell us which challenge you are starting. You should try to read at least one book for a new start, but these are just goals... so we understand if that doesn't entirely work out!
Challenge started -
Completed? -

4. Series catch up. Select a series you want to focus on bringing current and state how many books you hope to complete for that series. Name the series and tell us your beginning and (hoped for) ending spots.
My goal is to get caught up on the Mistborn First Age series. I'm starting 68% into the 1st one and aim to be finished with the series (book 3 - Hero of Ages) for this goal
Mistborn -
Well of Ascension -
Hero of Ages -

5. Buddy reads. Participate in a buddy read or group read.
Doing a buddy read with my mom with The Sanatorium
Completed? - 3/19/24

6. Participate in a game challenge. Tell us which game and how many books you hope to complete for the game during the quarter.
Game Challenge -
Completed? -

7. Spell outs. Spell out any word that you associate with the Spring season. Complete the spell outs using the first letter of a title or the first initial of an author's first or last name.

8. New author. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
Author: Adam Nevill
Completed? - Yes, 3/6/24 (Last Days)

9. New genre. Read a book from a genre you have never tried, or from a genre you normally don't read.
Genres to choose from: westerns, contemporary fiction, magical realism
Completed? -

10. Clean up that TBR list! Eliminate some books from your TBR list. Could be the oldy moldies or a certain author or any other grouping you want to pare down.
Goal of books to read for this:
NOS4A2
The Long Walk
The Bone Houses finished 3/24/24
The Neverending Story

Monthly Challenge - Spin to Slim Your TBR Shelf
Duration: March 1 - 31, 2024

My number: 9
-- published in a year ending in 9
-- series #9
-- published in September
-- 9 in the page #
-- can spell NINE with letters in the title

A Court of Frost and Starlight - 229 pages
It Happened One Autumn - spells NINE in title
The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative - spells NINE in title
To Beguile a Beast - published in 2009
The Bone Houses - published in 2019

Monthly Challenge - BOOK It to the Finish Line!
Duration: March 1 - 31, 2024
Books must be at least 140 pages.
You are welcome to run this race as many times as you'd like.
You can repeat a task that you used in a previous race.

To complete this race, you must read a book for each part of the adventure.
Races completed: 2

To cycle 20 km, read one book:
with wheels on the cover
that is the second in a series or trilogy
published since 2000
Last Days (pub. 5/24/2012)
To Beguile a Beast (pub. 5/1/2009)
The Bone Houses (pub. 9/24/2019)
with one person on the cover
where someone rides a bicycle

to run 14 km, read one book:
with feet on the cover
with a 1 and a 4 in the page count
set before automobiles were invented
It Happened One Autumn
(read one book) in 24 hours
The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative
where someone has to run away

To kayak 11 km, read one book:
with water on the cover
where time is spent on a boat or ship
where the author's name begins with O, A or R
with two 1s in the publication date (2/16/91)
A Court of Frost and Starlight (pub. 5/1/18)
The Sanatorium (pub. 1/1/20)
set on a small island

Monthly Challenge - BOOK It to the Finish Line
Duration: April 1 - 30, 2024
Books must be at least 140 pages.

To complete this race, you must read a book for at least three of these checkpoints.
Races completed: 1

black buoy (is actually yellow) - read a book where someone gets confused
Fulham Football Club - read a book with an athlete in it
Mile Post (a stone monument) - read a book where someone goes to a museum
Crabtree Tavern - read a book with a tree on the cover
Harrods Depository - read a book where the author's or MC's first name begins with 'H'
Hammersmith Bridge - read a book where the MC repairs something
St. Paul's School - read a YA book Lady Friday
Chiswick Eyot (a small island) - read a book set on an island
Fuller's Brewery (founded in 1845) - read where the MC drinks alcohol Den of Vipers
Chiswick Pier (Colin Firth is from Chiswick) - read a famous book (has 50,000+ ratings) The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
The Bandstand - read a book with a musician in it
Barnes Railway Bridge - read a book where the MC travels by something other than a car or truck
Stag Brewery - read a book where the MC is not married