Please feel free to post your book lists here AND join the StorygGraph challenge if you're so inclined!
There are again two alternatives to choose from each month (or both if you're feeling feisty). The months of March, July, September, and October have had some updates.
RULES (that you can completely ignore if you want!):
- The book only has to make sense to you to fit into the topic for that month. If you can justify it to yourself, go for it! There are two alternatives for each month, so you have some freedom to clear out that TBR!
- The book should be on your TBR as we are trying to reduce TBRs, not pick new things.
- Books can be read in any order! The monthly themes are there as an aid to picking TBR books, but if you want to read something from the October prompt in March - go for it!
- Anything goes – fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, collected comics, and anything else I haven’t thought of.
- Have fun! Feel free to invite another user for a buddy read if they post something interesting.
Remember - if you would like to see what books others have added to the challenge, just enter the challenge and click on the month title and it will show you all books added, with yours at the top. You add books the same way - go to the month, and you will be taken to a page where you can add books to that month's challenge.
January
- The Leftovers – a book from your TBR you wanted read least year that you just didn't get around to reading.
- New Beginnings - start a new series, new to you author, or book that you got for the holidays (something new to your TBR).
February
- St. Valentines - A book by an author you love or a genre you love.
- Shortest Book - Read the shortest/smallest book on your TBR, irrespective of any other topic.
March
- International Women’s Day - A book by and/or about women, women’s rights, or gender equality.
- St. Patrick’s – A book that can in some way be associated with “green.” Bonus if it is related to St. Patrick or Ireland in some way.
April
- April Showers - a book about rain, weather, spring, or something new – try a new author or series (bonus if its weather related!)
- April Fools - read the silliest or most foolish book on your TBR. Can be the title, subject, cover or just your perception that it being on your TBR list at all is silly.
May
- Ovid's May - Ovid tells us the month of May was named for the maiores, Latin for "elders." Read something old, or a book about something or someone old.
- Mayday! - a book that you think you might bail out on, or a book about emergencies, panics or escapes.
June
- Beached - read a book about the ocean, maritime life, coasts, or something sea-related. Bonus if it’s also fishy in some way.
- Fixed or Broken - read a book about things/people/places/galaxies being fixed and/or broken.
July
- Independents – A book you got via your local indie bookseller or bought used. Library loans count too!
- FREE SPACE – Any book from your TBR for any reason!
August
- When I Grow Up - a fiction or nonfiction title about a career you dreamed of as a child. Can also be about a common career even if you had no interest in it. Bonus if you went into that career!
- Back to School - a book from your TBR that has something to do with schools, education (or something you bought to educate yourself about something)
September
- Brevity - a book with a one-word title, a collection of short stories, or a short drama.
- Seasonal - a book from your TBR that is wholly or partially set in or about the season it is in your part of the world (or an associated holiday/event).
October
- Masks - a book from your TBR about people wearing masks, hiding, or masquerading as something they are not.
- Mysteries – a book from your TBR that is shrouded in mystery (of any kind!)
November
- Indigenous - a book from your TBR by, about, or telling the story of an indigenous population or person. Bonus if it is someone/something from your own country's history.
- Families – a book from your TBR about families (real or imagined, inherited or found)
December
- Endings – Continue or finish a book or series that has been lingering for a long time.
- Gifted – a book about something or someone who is gifted (in any sense of the word) or a book you were gifted.