I fell a little behind in January so I wasn’t able to share my Reading Challenges I’m hoping to complete in 2022. This one will just be the listing of the Challenge and prompts. I will check in quarterly (like all my other odds & ends lists lol) to see just how far I’ve gotten, which is where you’ll see the books matched with the prompts. Hopefully by the first check-in I’ll have more graphics to use lol.

Oh and for anyone curious, I will be using one book across multiple challenges if and when I can! No reason to make this super hard mode lol.

Enough said lol, let’s get started.

A to Z Challenge

This one’s pretty self-explanatory, plus it’s been around forever. That being said, I’m going to attempt to just use the first letter in a title as much as possible. If it becomes too hard, or I’m unable to find a letter that fits then I can use an author’s last name.

2022 Fully Booked Reading Challenges

• a book with a number in the title
• a book published in the month you were born
• a 2021 award-winning book
• a debut
• an “own voices” book
• a book with time travel
• a book based on a true story
• a book with a colour in the title
• a book that makes you laugh out loud
• a book with an LGBTQIA+ protagonist
• a book with an animal sidekick or pet
• a book recommended by an author
• a book with a non-human protagonist
• a book with a classical element in the title (water, earth, fire, or air)
• a book inspired by mythology or folklore
• a book from an indie author
• a book from a genre you don’t normally read
• a graphic novel
• a book from a BIPOC author
• a book based on the cover
• a book you read in less than 48 hours
• a book with a location you’d love to visit
• a classic you haven’t read before
• a book you’ve seen someone else reading
• a book with an alliterative title
• a book written before 2012
• a book that surprised you
• a book that has been on your TBR for over a year
• a book recommended by a friend/family member
• a book everyone is talking about

Genre Reading Challenge

I don’t know if I’ll be able to read all of this, but I thought it was a nice goal to try out. Like the prompt: classic will be the hardest.

• Fantasy
• Historical Fiction
• Science Fiction
• Contemporary
• Poetry
• Romance
• Mystery/Suspense
• Non-Fiction
• Horror/Thriller
• Classics

“Reading Rainbow” Challenge

• Red
• Orange
• Yellow
• Green
• Blue
• Purple
• Pink
• White
• Black
• Grey

“On the Cover” Reading Challenge

• an animal
• a flag
• a house or building
• a weapon
• a mode of transportation
• a door
• two or more people
• something upside down
• water
• a gem or jewel
• wings
• leaves
• a heart, diamond, spade or club
• a moon or sun
• sunglasses
• jewelry

“Around the World” Reading Challenge

• North America
• South America
• An Island
• Europe
• Russia
• Asia
• Middle East
• Africa
• Australia/New Zealand
• Antarctic/Artic

PopSugar Reading Challenge

• a book published in 2022
• a book set on a plane, train, or cruise
• a book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society
• a book with a tiger on the cover or “tiger” in the title
• a Sapphic book
• a book by a Latinx author
• a book with an onomatopoeia in its title
• a book with a protagonist that uses mobility aid
• a book about a found family
• an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner
• A #booktok recommendation
• a book about the afterlife
• a book set in the 1980s
• a book with cutlery on the cover or in the title
• a book by a pacific islander author
• a book about witches
• a book becoming a tv show or movie in 2022
• a romance novel by a BIPOC author
• a book that takes place during your favourite season
• a book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read
• a book about a band or music group
• a book with a character on the ace spectrum
• a book with a recipe in it
• a book you can read in one sitting
• a book about a secret
• a book with a misleading title
• a Hugo Award Winner
• a book set during a holiday
• a different book by an author you read in 2021
• a book with name of a board game in the title
• a book featuring a man-made disaster
• a book with a quote from your favourite author on the cover
• a social-horror book
• a book set in Victorian Times
• a book with a constellation on the cover or in the title
• a book you know nothing about
• a book about gender identity
• a book featuring a party
• an #Ownvoices SFF book
• a book that fulfills your favourite prompt from a past PopSugar Reading Challenge (I’ve never participated before so I’ll have to research this, but feel free to comment your favourite!)
• Advanced: a book with a reflected image on the cover or “mirror” in the title
• Advanced: a book that features two languages
• Advanced: a book with a palindromic title
• Advanced: a duology (1)
• Advanced: a duology (2)
• Advanced: a book about someone leading a double life
• Advanced: a book featuring a parallel reality
• Advanced: a book with two POVs
• Advanced: two books set in twin towns or “sister cities” (1)
• Advanced: two books set in twin towns or “sister cities” (2)

TBR and Beyond Yearly Reading Challenge

For this challenge, TBR gives two prompts to pick from. As I find books and pick the prompt option I’ll update by changing the font colour of the prompted picked.

• A Book with author with your first or last name OR a character with your first or last name
• A Book incorporates or inspired by a board game OR video game
• A Book from your least favourite genre OR least favourite trope
• A Book written by an author who was an immigrant OR refugee
• A Classic Book written by an author of colour OR a debut by an author of colour
• A Book with a nonbinary main character OR asexual main character
• A Book With a multilingual main character OR translated work
• A Book based on your zodiac sign or your friends zodiac
• A Book where you like the US cover over the UK OR you prefer the reg cover over special ed.
• A Book recommended by a telenovella fan OR KDrama
• A Book compared to a movie OR show OR musician
• A Book With A character with a braid OR Dreads OR headcover on the cover
• A Book with a cover the same colour of your pet OR a animal you wish you had as a pet
• A Book shared on WTF Thread OR viral on Booktok
• A Book recommended by Booktube OR Bookstagram
• A Book that was traditionally published after indie pub OR a webtoon
• A Book on your TBR more than 5 yrs OR published more than 5 yrs ago
• A Book a Mel’s horror buddy read OR Swoonalong buddy reads
• A Book because of fan art OR the author’s social media
• A Book you hated in high school OR a sequel you’ve been putting off
• A Book with a holiday or day of the week on the cover
• A Book with a beverage in the description OR on the cover
• A Book with a Greek OR Roman OR Egyptian retelling that isn’t a Riordian Presents
• A Book based on an African OR Asian OR South American mythology retelling

Buzzword-athon

Buzzword-athon is organized by Kayla from BooksinLala and hosted on Goodreads. I’m not officially participating in this – at least not on a month to month basis. I’m more following Kayla’s lead last year where it’s just a matter of meeting the prompts within the year. But I left the month, just in case by some miracle I manage to do it within the allotted month lol.

Jan: Who, What, Where Why, When
Feb: Pronouns (we, ours, he/she/they)
Mar: Locations
Apr: Little/Big
May: Directions
Jun: All
Jul: Bookish (library, page, read)
Aug: Item/Object (key, door, nail, bottle etc)
Sep: Light/Dark
Oct: Animal/Creature
Nov: Ending with ing
Dec: Numbers

Ok I’m pretty sure that’s all the year long challenges I’m hoping to finish in 2022. It’s a lot when you lay them all out like this, but at least I have a chance since I’m letting myself use one book over multiple challenges. Are you participating in any of these? How are they going for you so far?