Hi friends!
I feel like I’ve been hibernating in a cave somewhere for the past 4 weeks. I was hit with the biggest reading slump since August last year and found it impossible to concentrate on any books. Luckily it feels like I’m slowly climbing out of the dark ditch and am ready to take on 2019 with a reading challenge!
One of my goals this year is of course to set a higher books target. My second goal is to venture out of my comfort zone (thrillers) to discover other genres and new authors. Thought putting together a list of different prompts might make it a little bit easier and definitely more fun.
Kat’s 2019 Reading Challenge (35 books):
✓ A book that everyone’s talking about – Tangerine by Christine Mangan
A family member’s favourite book
A character that is an immigrant
✓ An audio book – The Passengers by John Marrs
✓ A fairy tale – A Whole New World by Liz Braswell
✓ An author you’ve never heard before – Annie’s Room by Amy Cross
✓ A book published in 2019 – Twisted by Steve Cavanagh
✓ Set in the Victorian Era – The Corset by Laura Purcell
✓ A book that is under 220 pages – Aprillilumi (Snow in April) by Rosamunde Pilcher
A book you borrowed from the library (I haven’t been in the library for years!)
✓ A book you were given as a gift – Blaze by Stephen King
✓ A book you meant to read in 2018 – The Plea by Steve Cavanagh
✓ A book being adapted in 2019 – The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
✓ A book with a name in the title – Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
✓ A book set in a city you’ve visited – Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes
A book that came out the year you were born
✓ A book picked out for you by someone else – Watching Edie by Camilla Way
✓ True crime novel – Columbine by Dave Cullen
✓ A one-word title – Psycho by Robert Bloch
The first book you see in a bookstore/library
✓ A ghost story – The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
✓ A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter – The Shut Eye by Belinda Bauer
Two books that share the same title (1)
Two books that share the same title (2)
✓ A novel based on a true story – The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
✓ Bought based on a review – One Of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
✓ Author starting with S – The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
✓ A second-hand book – A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult
✓ A book you never finished – The Girls Are Gone by by Allison Mann and Michael Brodkorb
✓ Self-published author – The Last Straw by Ed Duncan
A book recommended by a celebrity you admire
A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads
✓ A book with a place in the title – The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
A book in your best friend’s favourite genre
✓ A book by two authors – The First Lady by James Patterson & Brendam DuBois
Let me know what’s your target for 2019 and are you planning to venture outside your comfort zone?
Kat x
Templates used:
https://www.bookish.com/articles/2019-reading-challenge/
https://mommymannegren.com/2018/11/16/2019-reading-challenge-free-printable/
https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/Reading-Challenge-2019-45479424
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