Rachael | Booklist Queen’s Comments (group member since Dec 02, 2021)

Rachael | Booklist Queen’s comments from the Booklist Queen Reading Challenge group.

To finish off your Reading Challenge, reread one of your favorite books.

I've decided to try to do as much of the reading challenge as I can via audiobooks. I'm hoping to get the challenge down early instead of scrambling to finish it in December.

You'd think since I'm the one who picked the categories it would be easier!

Finished RC Prompts:
Goodreads Winner 2022 - I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
More than 500 Pages - Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
Local Author - My Story by Elizabeth Smart
Own But Haven't Read - The Pioneers by David McCullough
Audiobook - Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

Planned Prompts:
Character with Disability - One Two Three by Laurie Frankel
About Royalty - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Book Everyone is Talking About - Spare by Prince Harry
Set in South America - Violeta by Isabel Allende
Empowering Read - The Confidence Code by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman

So in the discussion forum, if you create a new topic, you can add it to the 2023 Reading Plans folder. You weren't seeing it since it was empty, so I added a topic to the folder so that it shows in the discussion board. I'm hoping you can add your own topics to the folder as well.

Rachel wrote: "I'm wondering if we could start a folder to post our reading lists for the 2023 challenge-that way people can see what we propose to read for it, and we can mark off the prompts we have done as we ..."

I made the 2023 Reading Plans folder. Are you able to add new topics to folders? Or as moderator, am I the only one who can do that? The Book Chat folder was intended for the group members to freely chat about books.

pothreads wrote: "So this is too separate books? I have never heard of this before so I am struggling to understand it, sorry."

Yep, read two books (one fiction, one nonfiction) that you think have something in common. Same setting, same topic, same author.

Examples:
(Same Topic)
She Said by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey
The Comeback by Ella Berman

(Same Setting)
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron

(Same Setting)
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Breathless by Amy McCulloch

(Same Author)
The Green Mile by Stephen King
On Writing by Stephen King

Good decision! It was one of the most overrated books I've read recently.

Let's start the 2023 Reading Challenge with a winter read - a book that just feels like the perfect choice to curl up with next to a fire.

Goodreads lets readers vote for their favorite books in the Goodreads Choice Awards each year.

Another way to diversify your reading is to choose books written by diverse authors. For this prompt, pick up a book by a Black Author.

Yes, short books are always tantalizing with their promise of a quick read. But sometimes you just want a long immersive read that you can dive into.

Time to read a book that's as old as you are, literally.

We all have them, those famous authors we avoid reading because we have opinions about what their books will be like, even though we haven't read them. Time to set aside your judgment and try a famous author you've avoided.

Read a book that features a main character with a disability, whether physical, mental, cognitive, learning, or sensory disability.

Time to read a pair of books - a fiction and a nonfiction book that go together. Either about a similar topic, with a similar setting, or maybe with the same author.

Instead of shop local, consider reading local. Pick up a book by an author with ties to your location (or one from your hometown).

Giddyup, Partner! Find your inner cowboy and read a Western book.

I know, the temptation to buy new books can be overwhelming. But for this category, take a second to shop for a book from your own bookshelves and read a book you own but haven't read.

Bird. Tiger. Cat. Dog. Horse. Snow Leopard.

Doesn't matter the animal, as long as there is one on the cover.

Who doesn't love libraries? For this prompt, try a book recommended by a librarian.

Every year, the American Library Association awards the Newbery Medal to an esteemed children's book published the previous year.