Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Booklist Queen's 2022 Reading Challenge



Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2022, I plan to read a total of 104 books in 2022 by completing the 52 Book Club's 2022 reading challenge and the Booklist Queen 2022 Reading Challenge. If you'd like to participate in this 2022 reading challenge, visit www.booklistqueen.com/reading-challenge-2022.

Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2022 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2022. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

The Booklist Queen 2022 Reading Challenge:

  1. By a author you love: Head Bangers by Zane
  2. Goodreads winner in 2021: The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
  3. Book becoming a movie in 2022: Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka
  4. Book with a twist: A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
  5. Speculative fiction: Dwellers by Eliza Victoria
  6. With a bird on the cover: Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton
  7. About a difficult choice: Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat by Patricia Williams 
  8. Published in 2012: Wild by Cheryl Strayed 
  9. With a name in the title: Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
  10. By a local author: Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
  11. Discussion-worthy book club book: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
  12. 2021 bestseller: The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
  13. Genre you don't usually read: Sackett's Land (western) by Louis L' Amour
  14. Shakespearean play: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
  15. With a two word title: Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades
  16. About a Muslim protagonist: How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
  17. Set in the 1980's: The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak
  18. Asian American & Pacific Islander Author: The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
  19. Bottom of your to-read list: Heated by Naima Simone
  20. Literary fiction: I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi
  21. Recommended on Instagram: The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
  22. LBGTQ+ book: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
  23. Book everyone is talking about: Finding Me by Viola Davis
  24. Pulitzer prize winner: The Tradition by Jericho Brown (2020 winner in poetry)
  25. With a blue cover: My Lady's Choosing by Kitty Curran & Larissa Zageris
  26. Author who shares your initials: Spy x Family, vol. 1 by Tatsuya Endo
  27. Epic adventure: Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne
  28. A guilty pleasure read: Larger Than Life by Maria Sherman
  29. An audiobook: Run the Mile You're In by Ryan Hall
  30. Catchy title: Eat Cake for Breakfast and 99 Other Small Acts of Happiness by Viola Sutanto
  31. About nature: Friluftsliv by Oliver Luke Delorie
  32. Two books by the same author (1): Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire 
  33. Two books by the same author (2): Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
  34. YA fantasy: The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
  35. Purchased at a bookstore: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
  36. Family drama: Revenge of the Scapegoat by Caren Beilin
  37. Classic you've avoided: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  38. Set in Africa: The Memory of an Elephant by Alex Lasker
  39. Recommended by a librarian: Wash  Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith
  40. By a British author: Assembly by Natasha Brown
  41. Reread a favorite: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
  42. Under 300 pages: Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine
  43. Spooky read: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
  44. Nonfiction bestseller:  Atlas of the Heart by Brene' Brown
  45. A book about life: You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
  46. Reese Witherspoon book club pick: Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
  47. Makes you laugh: Everything I Need to Know I learned From a Golden Book by Diane Muldrow
  48. Historical novel: The Forty Elephants by Erin Bledsoe
  49. A 2022 new release: Tanqueray by Stephanie Johnson & Brandon Stanton
  50. Inspiring memoir:  Lady Death:  The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper by Lyudmila Pavlichenko
  51. Cozy mystery: Murder in Cherry Hill by Paige Sleuth
  52. You own but haven't read: Book Nerd by Holly Maguire

Friday, November 12, 2021

The 52 Book Club's 2022 Reading Challenge


Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2022, I plan to read 52 books in 2022 by completing the 52 Book Club's 2022 reading challenge. If you'd like to participate in this 2022 challenge, visit www.the52book,club.

Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2022 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2022. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

The 52 Book Club's 2022 Reading Challenge:

  1. A second-person narrative: Million Little Mistakes by Heather McElhatton
  2. Featuring a library or bookstore: The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson
  3. Title starting with the letter "E:" Every Body Yoga by Jessamyn Stanley
  4. Title starting with the letter "F:" Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
  5. Chapters have titles: Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like "Journey" in the Title by Leslie Gray Streeter
  6. Household object on the cover: Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing by Olga Mecking
  7. A non-fiction bestseller: The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey (New York Times 2020)
  8. Involving the art world:  The Art of the Con by Anthony M. Amore
  9. A book that sparks joy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
  10. A book based on a real person: White Houses by Amy Bloom
  11. A book with less that 2022 Goodreads ratings: What's Your Enneatype by Liz Carver & Josh Green
  12. Set on at least two continents: The Catch Me If You Can by Jessica Nabongo
  13. Includes a club: Mean Girls Club: Pink Dawn by Ryan Heshka
  14. A character with superhuman ability: Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney & Robyn Smith
  15. A five-syllable title:  Running For My Life by Lopez Lomong 
  16. A book you've seen someone reading in a public place: Portraits of Childfree Wealth by Jay Zigmont
  17. A book picked based on its spine: My Seven Black Fathers by Will Jawando
  18. Jane Austen-inspired: The Code For Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor
  19. A book that has an alternate title: Where's Waldo: Deluxe Edition by Martin Handford
  20. Related to the word "gold:" Gold Rush Women by Claire Rudolf Murphy & Jane G. Haigh
  21. Published by Simon & Schuster: Self-Care For Black Women by Oludara Adeeyo
  22. An unlikely detective: An Equal Opportunity Death by Susan Dunalp
  23. Author with an X, Y, or Z in their name: Saving Myself One Step at a Time: A Running Memoir by T.J. Bryan
  24. Addresses a specific topic: Never Too Late by Kate Champion
  25. A wealthy character: January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky
  26. Has an "Author's Note:" Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
  27. Include a map: Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive by Chris Colfer
  28. Award winning book from your country: Life is So Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman 
  29. Over 500 pages long: Roots by Alex Haley (729 pages)
  30. Audiobook is narrated by the author: Will by Will Smith
  31. Technology-themed: Awesome Achievers in Technology by Alan Katz
  32. A book that intimidates you: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
  33. A bilingual character: You Had Me At Hola by Alexis Daria
  34. An author's photo on the back: Secret Inland Empire: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Larry Burns
  35. From the villain's perspective: Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
  36. Recommended by a favorite author: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Recommended by Atul  Gawande)
  37. Set in a rural area: We We're Rich and We Didn't Know It by Tom Phelan
  38. Don't judge a book by its cover!: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig
  39. A middle-grade novel: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  40. A book with photographs inside: National Geographic Rarely Seen: Photographs of the Extraordinary by Susan Tyler Hitchcock
  41. Involves a second chance: You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
  42. An indie read: Love & Saffron by Kim Fay
  43. Author's who published in more than one genre: The Running Shaped Hole By Robert Earl Stewart (also published poetry)
  44. An anthology: The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce edited by Angie Manfredi
  45. A book with illustrated people on the cover: Caught Up in the Rapture by Sheneska Jackson
  46. A job title in the title: Maids by Katie Skelly
  47. Read during the month of November: Second Coming: Volume 1 by Mark Russell, Richard Pace, Leonard Kirk, & Andy Troy
  48. Redo one of the year's prompts, but with a different genre (title starting with the letter "F"): Fairest of All by Serena Valentino
  49. Book title starts with the same letter as your first name: Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh
  50. A person of color as the main character: Happy Endings by Thien- Kim Lam 
  51. The word "game" in the title: Good Game, Well Played by Rachael Smith, Katherine Lobo, & Justin Birch
  52. Published in 2022: Clean Air by Sarah Blake

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