I wanted to share challenges I found we can join this year. This is a list of everything I’ve found so far, but I’ll be adding to it. The latest entries can be found at the end of each category. Feel free to let me know in the comments if you know of another challenge and I’ll add it to the list.
In the past I have tried to host different challenges and they didn’t do as well as I would have like. This morning I found a article I plan on reading and if your like me and you’re considering hosting a challenge yourself, you might want to check this guest post over at 125 Pages with advice on Running a Successful Meme or Challenge.
The Challenges
Book Blogger Discussion Challenge @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction & It Starts at Midnight
Welcome to the 2019 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight!
Often, book bloggers mean to post more discussions on our blogs, but we just don’t quite get around to it. Well, we wanted to give everyone a little motivation to keep the discussions going, plus give us a place to link up our discussions so that more people will see our precious words of wisdom (or … you know … our GIF-filled rants).
I hope you’ll join us for this challenge and pledge yourself to posting more discussions in the upcoming year. I promise we’ll have lots of fun talking together! We’ve found that the Discussion Challenge is its own little community
To join this challenge click here
Challenges About Challenges
Reading Challenge Addicts @ Reading Challenge Addict – Enter and complete reading challenges! (The link brings you to the About page, the sign-up for 2019 is HERE).
About
How addicted are you?
- Easy as Pie: 1-5 Challenges (Entered & Completed)
- On the Roof: 6-10 Challenges (Entered & Completed)
- In Flight: 11-15 Challenges (Entered & Completed)
- Out of This World: 16+ Challenges (Entered & Completed)
- Each edition of the challenge will begin on January 1 and end on December 31.
- Write a starting post joining the challenge and outlining your challenges.
- Track all of your challenge accomplishments – good & bad.
- Comment like crazy and offer support for your fellow addicts.
- Have FUN!
Dread & Read Challenge @ Hotchpot Cafe – This challenge sweetens the deal for list readers who have books they’d rather not read–but have to finish to accomplish their goal of reading all the books on their list. You can earn “sweeteners” by reading your books (which sounds like a giveaway?)
Join anytime before March 1, 2019. The challenge ends at midnight EST on December 31, 2019.
Face your dread! Name the book(s) you’re going to knock off this year and what kind of treat you’d like when you’re finished. Get reading, then say when you’re done. Not only will we celebrate with you, you’ll receive a surprise.
Bookish Resolutions Challenges
Bookish Resolutions Challenge @ Because Challenges Make Reading More Fun – Create three or more resolutions related to books/book blogging/writing (there are examples but you can make up your own). There will be a giveaway at the end of the year.
It’s time for the brand NEW challenge for the New Year: 2019 Bookish Resolutions Challenge
- Create between 3 or more resolutions related to books/book blogging/writing (there are examples below but you can make up your own)(you can have as many resolutions are you would like there is no limit)
- Create a signup post and add it to the Linky on this post (sign up before Feb 28th)
- Since this is a year long challenge we ask that you pick goals with some longevity. Pick a goal that will take you no less than 4 months to complete.
- Twice a year we will have an update to see how you are doing. May 1st and September 1st. The last update will be the end post in December for you to link up.
- For each goal you complete you get one entry into the giveaway that will be in our wrap up post on December 31, 2019
Reading Resolutions@ Goodreads (The Challenge Factory) – Five topics for resolutions.
Cover/Title-Based Challenges
Color Coded Challenge @ My Reader’s Block – Read books that feature a specific color in the title or where the color is dominant on the cover.
There continues to be a lot of love out there for both the Color Coded and Read It Again, Sam Challenges. Since I don’t monitor these quite as closely as my other challenges, I am setting these up on the same sign-up and headquarters sites again this year. The Headquarters with review links and wrap-up links will be posted on the sidebar at the beginning of the year.
Here are the challenge descriptions and sign-up links:
Once again the categories will be more open–the color may either be named in the title or it may appear as the dominant color for the cover of the book. For “implies color” the image implying cover should dominate the cover–for instance a large rainbow, a field of flowers, or the image of a painter. Get ready for a rainbow of reading in 2019.
Here are the rules:
~Challenge runs from January 1 through December 31, 2019 and any book read after January 1 may count regardless of when you sign up. Sign-ups accepted until November 1, 2019.
~Read nine books in the following categories:
1. A book with “Blue” or any shade of Blue (Turquoise, Aquamarine, Navy, etc.) in the title/on the cover.
2. A book with “Red” or any shade of Red (Scarlet, Crimson, Burgandy, etc.) in the title/on the cover.
3. A book with “Yellow” or any shade of Yellow (Gold, Lemon, Maize, etc.) in the title/on the cover.
4. A book with “Green” or any shade of Green (Emerald, Lime, Jade, etc.) in the title/on the cover.
5. A book with “Brown” or any shade of Brown (Tan, Beige, Sand, etc.) in the title/on the cover.
6. A book with “Black” or any shade of Black (Jet, Ebony, Charcoal, etc.) in the title/on the cover.
7. A book with “White” or any shade of White (Ivory, Eggshell, Cream, etc.) in the title/on the cover.
8. A book with any other color in the title/on the cover (Purple, Orange, Silver, Magenta, Pink, etc.).
9. A book with a word that implies color in the title/on the cover (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Shadow, Paint, Ink, etc.).
~Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
~Please post about the challenge on your blog, if you have one and sign up using the linky below. Give your name and blog (Example: Bev@My Reader’s Block) and use a direct link to your challenge post as your url.
~No blog or social media site? No problem!
~Please use the Review Headquarters Page (sidebar link coming in January) to post review links and a final wrap-up post and/or comments.
Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge @ My Reader’s Block – For this challenge, there are six key words associated with each month in 2019. Your task is to read one book each month whose title includes one or more of the key words for that month.
GUIDELINES
*The challenge runs from January 1 to December 31st, 2019. You may sign-up at any time until November 1, 2019. But to complete the challenge you will need to read (or have already read) books with keywords from any months missed by the time of sign-up.
*The object is to read one book each month–ideally during that month
Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge @ Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book – Read books with titles from every letter of the alphabet.
Details
This challenge will run from January 1st, 2019 until December 31st, 2019.
You can join anytime. You do not have to post a review of the book. Books can come from any genre.
You do not need to link up each spoonful.
Make a page or a post or a GoodReads shelf where you will keep track of your spoonfuls. I keep track of mine on my Challenge Page.
Crossovers to other challenges are allowed and encouraged!
It’s an alphabet challenge!!! The challenge is to read one book that has a title starting with every letter of the alphabet.
You can drop the A’s and The’s from the book titles as shown below.
The First Main Word Needs To Be
The Letter You Are Counting
The Alphabet Soup Challenge means that by December 31, 2019 your bowls must be filled by one book for each letter of the Alphabet.
Follow Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book as there may be special announcements made about the challenge.
There is also a very active group on Facebook where you can share your books read and converse with others taking part in the challenge. Alphabet Soup Challenge – You can share your accomplishments throughout the year there. Right now they are finishing this year’s challenge but it will switch over to the new year on January 1.
This year I am asking everyone to sign up using Google Forms. Sign Up Here. This way I have your emails in case I need to contact you about any changes to the challenge or about special events.
Read My Name Challenge @ SMS Nonfiction Book Reviews – GOAL: Read books with your first, middle or last name as an author name, character name, place name or is about someone of that name. You choose your goal # of books.
This challenges goes from Jan 1, 2019 to Dec 31, 2019 and includes all types of books (audio, ebooks etc), rereads are fine and you can choose books as you go or ahead of time. You can overlap books with other challenges. It’s okay if you started a book before Jan 1 as long as you finish it in 2019.
To clarify:
- You can use your first, middle and/or last name and may include nicknames if you so choose.
- You don’t have to use the same name for each read or in the same way.
- You can use maiden and/or married names if you have both.
- The names don’t have to be spelled the same. e.g. Meagan can read books by a Megan or a Meaghann
2019 Reading Challenge @ Read Another Page – Read a book that begins with each letter of the alphabet. For every 6 books you read, you can enter the giveaway for a kindle of one of the author’s (Rebekah A. Morris) full length books. And everyone who reads at least 12 books will get a free kindle copy of one of her short stories.
This challenge goes from January 1st, through June 30th, 2019.
Alphabet Yearly Challenge @ Goodreads – With Easy, Medium and Hard levels. (Using just titles, or using author names, etc too).
The Classic A-Z of Reading – Welcome to the 2019 Alphabet Challenge!
Time Frame: 01 January 2019 – 31 December 2019
Rules:
* Re-reads are allowed as long as they’re read during the time of the challenge.
* Use your sign-up post for your list, it’ll be linked in the participants list.
* When you’ve finished a book rate & date it.
* You can change your books and level at any time.
* No minimum page requirement.
For more information click here:
Ready, Set, Cover @ Goodreads – Items and colors listed for each month.
The Ready, Set, Cover challenge is a go for 2019! We’ve changed this from a speed reading challenge to a yearly challenge, so everyone can get involved. Pick a level, find books that fit either of the requirements and read, read, read! Please note that all books are to be read in their corresponding task month!
For more information on this challenge click here:
Location-Based Challenges
Aussie Author Challenge @ Booklover Book Reviews – The objective of this challenge is to showcase the quality and diversity of the books being produced by Australian authors.
Literary Escapes Challenge @ Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – Try to read 1 book set in each of the 50 states + the District of Columbia.
Where in Canada are You Reading? @ Faith Hope and Cherrytea – Read books written by Canadian authors or featuring Canada as a location.
European Reading Challenge @ Rose City Reader – Read books by European authors or set in European countries. There will be a giveaway.
Brit Trip Adventure @ Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks – Follow the Roman Road through England with the intent of reading a book from each of the 45 counties with a few extra trips to London. Options for mystery reading or mixed genre reading.
The Sweet Southern Reading Challenge @ Readeropolis – Read fiction primarily set in the southern United States (aka the American South or the South).
Where are You Reading? @ Book Dragon’s Lair – Read a book set in a location for each letter of the alphabet. This can include states, cities, countries, and fictional locations too.
A – Z Places Spell-Out @ Goodreads – For each letter, read a book in which the location name begins with the corresponding letter. For the difficult letters Q, X, Y and Z, you may use locations where the letter appears somewhere in the location name. You can use the location’s country or city/town name.
Time Period-Based Challenges
Family Tree Reading Challenge @ Becky’s Book Reviews – Read a book from the birth year of at least three selected family members. Or, this year, she’s added the option of books set in family members’ home states or books that represent family members.
Australian Women Writers Challenge @ Australian Women Writers – Read and review books by Australian women throughout the year.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
Don’t forget to rate and date your book.
No page limits.1. Read more of my own books – read books that you already own
2. Do a clean out – read books from your TBR list
3. Read more non-fiction – read non-fiction books (obviously 🙂
4. Re-read Harry Potter – read books you have read before
5. Finally get to some popular series – read books that are part of a series