This challenge was created in 2021 by Completely Melanie. You can check out her Booktube channel with the original rules, posts, and prompts by clicking here. In this challenge, there are two prompts/challenges per month. The goal is to complete both challenges using titles from your TBR (novels published prior to 2023) and the main “rule” is that books do not double-count.
January – WHITE AS SNOW
- Read a book with only words on the cover
- Read a book with a mostly white cover
February – BLACK HISTORY MONTH
- Read a book by a black author
- Read a book about a topic affecting the black community
March – WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
- Read a book based on something regarding women’s rights
- Read a book with a strong female lead
April – NEW LIFE
- Read a book with an animal on the cover
- Read a book with flowers on the cover
May – MOTHER’S DAY
- Read a book your mother would enjoy
- Read a book with a mom in it
June – PRIDE
- Read an LGBTQ+ book
- Read a book by a queer author
July – SUMMERTIME BLUES
- Read a book with blue on the cover
- Read a book you think will make you cry
August – BACK TO SCHOOL
- Read a book set in a school setting
- Buddy read a book
September – COZY
- Read something cozy
- Read a book with Fall in the title or series name
October – HALLOWEEN
- Read a thriller
- Read a book with a monster in it
November – SELF-CARE
- Read a book that’s going to make you feel good
- Read an easy or relaxing book
December – GIFTS
- Read a book that was gifted to you OR gift someone else a book
- Read a book with gift in the title or a gift on the cover (can also just have something that you might give as a gift on the cover such as books)
May Novel Picks: Where’d You Go Bernadette & The Witness
I am selecting Where’d You Go Bernadette for the first prompt (Read a book with a mom in it) and The Witness for the second one (Read a book your mother would enjoy).
~ JANUARY ~ Prompt 1 (read a book with only words on the cover) – A Very Large Expanse of Sea & Prompt 2 (read a book with a mostly white cover) – Lore.
~ FEBRUARY ~ Prompt 1 (read a book by a black author) – Year of Yes & Prompt 2 (read a book about a topic affecting the black community) – Such a Fun Age.
~ MARCH ~ Prompt 1 (Read a book based on something regarding women’s rights) – Lessons in Chemistry & Prompt 2 (Read a book with a strong female lead) – Graceling (Graceling Realm #1)
~ APRIL ~ Prompt 1 (Read a book with an animal on the cover) – The Scorpio Races & Prompt 2 (Read a book with flowers on the cover) – A Lowcountry Bride (Brides of Lowcountry #1)
~ MAY ~ TBR
~ JUNE ~ TBR
~ JULY ~ TBR
~ AUGUST ~ TBR
~ SEPTEMBER ~ TBR
~ OCTOBER ~ TBR
~ NOVEMBER ~ TBR
~ DECEMBER ~ TBR
I can’t believe we are already in May! For this one, I know my mother has at least one Nora Roberts’s novel on her bookshelf, so I decided to go with one that I could remember. As for the other novel, I know it has something to do with the mother, so I decided to check it out this month. Both novels have been on my TBR for a long time, but are not ones that I usually consider right away to read next.
HAPPY READING!
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