2023 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
A book you meant to read in 2022
A book you bought from an independent bookstore
A book about a vacation
A book by a first-time author
A book with mythical creatures
A book about a forbidden romance
A book with “Girl” in the title
A celebrity memoir
A book with a color in the title
A romance with a fat lead
A book about or set in Hollywood
A book published in spring 2023
A book published the year you were born
A modern retelling of a classic
A book with a song lyric as its title
Friday I’m in Love by Camryn Garrett
A book where the main character’s name is in the title
A book with a love triangle
A book that’s been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge
A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
A book set in the decade you were born
A book with a queer lead
A book with a map
A book with a rabbit on the cover
A book with just text on the cover
The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
A #BookTok recommendation
A book you bought secondhand
A book your friend recommended
A book that’s on a celebrity book-club list
A book about a family
A book that comes out in the second half of 2023
A book about an athlete/sport
A historical-fiction book
A book about divorce
A book you think your best friend would like
A book you should have read in high school
A book you read more than 10 years ago
A book you wish you could read for the first time again
A book by an author with the same initials as you
Advanced
A book written during NaNoWriMo
A book based on a popular movie
A book that takes place entirely in one day
A book that was self-published
A book that started out as fan fiction
A book with a pet character
A book about a holiday that’s not Christmas
A book that features two languages
The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
A book with alliteration in the title
Around the USA Reading Challenge
Something I made up on a whim to go along with my blog. If there’s other places mentioned, they’re bonus!
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut-
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas-
Kentucky-
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico-
New York-
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon-
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont-
Virginia-
Washington
West Virginia-
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Extras- Where in the World
Read a novel about a trans character written by a trans author.
Read one of your favorite author’s favorite books.
Read a book about activism.
Read a book that’s been challenged recently in your school district/library OR read one of the most-challenged/banned books of the year by a queer and/or BIPOC author.
Read a completed webcomic.
Finish a book you’ve DNFed (did not finish).
Listen to an audiobook performed by a person of color of a book written by an author of color.
Read a graphic novel/comic/manga if you haven’t before; or read one that is a different genre than you normally read.
Read an independently published book by a BIPOC author.
Read a book you know nothing about based solely on the cover.
Read a cookbook cover to cover.
Read a nonfiction book about BIPOC and/or queer history.
Read an author local to you.
Read a book with under 500 Goodreads ratings.
Read a historical fiction book set in an Eastern country.
Read a romance with bisexual representation.
Read a YA book by an Indigenous author.
Read a comic or graphic novel that features disability representation.
Read a nonfiction book about intersectional feminism.
Read a book of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
Read a book of short stories.
Read any book from the Ignyte awards shortlist/longlist/winner list.
Read a social horror, mystery, or thriller novel.
Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
Since this is a picture from Instagram, I will be adding in the challenges as I finish them. I think I will post a pic of the book and then add the hashtag for it to count.
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What challenges are you doing this year?
Are we doing any of the same ones?
Will you join me in the states tracking?
Let me know or cheer me on in the comments!