I'm the literal worst at sticking with reading challenges and stuff, but I keep signing up for them anyway.
#1KBE Reading Challenge is celebrating the upcoming release of A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, a book featuring retellings of various Asian mythologies and legends. This includes stories from East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
I'm so excited for this challenge. I know that the majority of the retellings I've read come from Western mythology, so I can't wait to read this upcoming book to learn more about Asian mythology and legend. Also, I have read some of these authors' works: Julie Kagawa, Cindy Pon, Melissa de la Cruz, Sona Charaipotra, Roshani Chokshi, and Renee Ahdieh. However, I plan to mostly read new authors.
I plan on reading the upper left corner diagonal. Here is my planned reading:
- Cindy Pon: Sacrifice (I haven't really been a fan of her other books, but I hope this changes my mind)
- Elsie Chapman: Along the Indigo (I haven't read any of her work, so I'm excited to try it)
- Ellen Oh: Spirit Hunters (I've read some middle grade recently, and I'm looking forward to reading more)
- Aisha Saeed: Written in the Stars (I've seen this cover a few times, but I just hadn't read it yet)
This challenge goes from June 10 (yesterday) to July 1, so I think I should be able to read everything. I have a bunch of other library books checked out so I need to get reading!
Are joining this reading challenge? Have you read any other these books? What did you think of them?
SapphicAThon is a readathon where all you have to do is read books that feature f/f romances. There is also a bingo board with challenges, but you don't need to follow it.
I don't plan on trying to get a bingo, since my library doesn't have many f/f books and I don't have much money to buy books right now.
Here are some of the books I plan on reading:
- Ash by Malinda Lo
- Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis
- A History of Blood and Glitter by Hannah Moskowitz
- The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember
- Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust
I'm only setting my goal for five books because of other readathons, but I'm hoping I can read more.
What do you plan on reading?
#ReadersCrossing is inspired by Animal Crossing Pocket Camp, a game I'm completely obsessed with. The reading challenge is a bingo board with a number of paths and challenges you can complete for points. For the full rules, visit the sign up post.
I'll be following the Sporty path first:
- Set in the Wilderness-Ivory and Bone by Julie Eshbaugh
- Written by a Team of Authors-Slasher Girls and Monster Boys by April Genevieve Tucholke
- Main Adventure Plot-A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
- Superhero-Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo
- Graphic Novel-Lighter Than My Shadow by Katie Green
An here is my ID card:
I'm always terrible at keeping up with these challenges, but I'm determined to do much better this time. Plus, it also helps that I LOVE Animal Crossing and I'm almost done with the semester.
Do you plan on joining?
The Rules
- Post a blogpost saying you’ll be joining me trying to reach all those goals and challenges we committed ourselves to throughout the year.
- Share your list of challenges, goals and whatnot and state what you’re going to try and reach / tick off during this month’s read-a-thon.
- If you’re sharing your updates on social media, use #RemNovember so we can follow up on each other!
Overall, life has been crazy for me. I have so much going on, so I haven't been able to read much. This means that I a little behind on my reading challenges on goals. I'm hoping that things slow down this month so I can get some reading done.
My Goals
- Catch up on my diverse reading challenges
- Catch up on my dystopia reading challenge
- Catch up on my steampunk reading challenge
- Catch up on my graphic novels reading challenge
- Catch up on my new release reading challenge
- Catch up on my fantasy reading challenge
- Read some of the books I recently got in the mail
- Read some of the books I've set to the side
Fortunately, a lot of books I plan to read fit multiple challenges. I'm going to try to post updates about the books I read. I don't have a super high goal, I just want to get some books read and I'm leaving things open.
Do you plan on joining? What do you plan on reading?
The Rules:
- Begin at the bottom, with the sign that says ‘trick or treat.’
- As you follow the path you will come across sign posts, these sign posts will give you your challenge instructions.
- Sometimes the signposts will simply give you your prompt. Other times you will have to choose between two different prompts.
- If you have to choose between two prompts, you will then follow the path in the direction of your chosen prompt.
- At no point should you ever be moving DOWN the map. You should always be moving from the bottom to the top.
- Continue up the map until you reach the end of the path.
- To save space, the signposts only have part of the prompt written, they should be fairly easy to figure out, but there is also a table of all the prompts written in full (scroll down a bit to see it) just in case anything isn’t clear enough.
- At the end of the path your character will be waiting for you! There are five characters in total.
My TBR:
- Read a book of your choice-The Coldest Girl in Cold Town by Holly Black
- Read a book set in the past-Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken
- Read a book with magic in it-The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
- Read a book with orange on the cover-The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Reading by Alexandra Bracken
- Read a book only after the sun has set-Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab
- Read a the first book in a series-Roseblood by AG Howard
- Read a fantasy novel-The Rose Society by Marie Lu
Because I end at reading a fantasy novel, that means I'm Team Witch!
I have a lot going on, but I am really hoping to get some reading done during this time, at least during the weekend.
Do you have any plans for Halloween?
