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 2024) and the main “rule” is that books do not double-count.
January – RESOLUTIONS
- Read a book that you meant to complete last year
- Read a book that is part of a series that you have already started
February – SWEET
- Read a book involving friendship
- Read a book with something sweet on the cover
March – NEW BEGINNINGS
- Read a debut novel
- Read a book about someone starting over
April – EARTH DAY
- Read a book with nature on the cover
- Read a dystopian book
May – MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU
- Read a Sci-Fi book
- Read a book that you associate with the number four
June – PRIDE
- Read an LGBTQ+ book
- Read a book with a pan or ace character
July – VACATION
- Read a book set in another country
- Read a book involving a road trip
August – BACK TO SCHOOL
- Read a book with a book on the cover
- Read a nonfiction
September – LEAVES
- Read a book with leaves on the cover
- Read a book set in nature
October – HALLOWEEN
- Read a spooky book
- Read a mystery
November – THANKFULNESS
- Read a book that involves family
- Read a book with food on the cover
December – ENDINGS
- Read a book that is the end of a series
- Read a book where something ends
March Novel Picks: Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1) & Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
I am selecting Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1) for the first prompt (Read a debut novel) and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine for the second one (Read a book about someone starting over).
~ JANUARY ~ Theme: RESOLUTIONS – Prompt 1 (read a book that you meant to complete last year) – Book Lovers & Prompt 2 (read a book that is part of a series that you have already started) – A Tale of Beauty and Beast (Beyond the Four Kingdoms #2).
~ FEBRUARY ~ Prompt 1 (read a book involving friendship) – The Secret Garden & Prompt 2 (read a book with something sweet on the cover) – Take a Chance on Me.
~ MARCH ~ Prompt 1 (Read a debut novel) – TBR & Prompt 2 (Read a book about someone starting over) – TBR.
We are already almost to the third month! The four novels that I have completed, so far, have been very interesting in their own ways. Some were better than others, but I love that I finally had the chance to read them. This is the true positive about this challenge as it “forces” me to read novels that have been sitting on my TBR. I want to read all of them, but there just isn’t enough time in the day, so I love that this challenge helps me to narrow down my choices. I look forward to my next two novels as one is a little older since it was published in 2009. It was popular, but it is not as well known as my other pick, which was published years later.
HAPPY READING!
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