Stina's Personal Reading Challenge for 2020

[Stina]

Most of these prompts reflect uncompleted prompts from various challenges I foolishly took on. I'm doing it a little differently this year and separating it into four sections.

The first section contains prompts I've failed it at least two years in a row. I must complete those before I can count any other books as completed. (You are perfectly welcome to ignore this self-flagellation.)

- A book that you bought while on vacation
- A book by an indigenous author
- A book first published the year you were born

The second section contains prompts I failed from Linz the Bookworm's challenge. It was set up in levels and I was not allowing myself to count the "free" read until I had completed the previous level. Treat that however you like.

Level 3
- Read the first book of a trilogy
- Read the second book of that same trilogy
- Read the third book of that same trilogy
- Read a book by Brandon Sanderson
- Free Space! Read any book
Level 4
- A book about time travel
- A book authored by a Catherine/Katherine or variant
- A book by Anne Rice
- A book from TIME Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels list
- A book with the word "dream" in the title
- Free Space! Read any book

The third section contains my normal prompt fails. Some were from seasonal challenges, but I'm not restricting myself to a season for this challenge.

- Fewer than 100 Goodreads reviews
- Read for school
- High fantasy
- Middle grade
- Ugly cover
- Historical romance
- Western
- Set in Asia
- A book of poetry
- A book longer than 700 pages
- A play
- A book about a country or culture you have never visited
- A book related to a skill
- A book of short stories
- The first book by a favorite author
- A book based on a true story
- A book at the bottom of your TBR pile
- Read a book being adapted for TV or film this year
- Read a book set on every continent
- A true crime book
- A book of nonviolent true crime
- A book by an Australian author
- The oldest ARC you own
- A #bookstagram recommendation
- Highest Goodreads rating
- Longest-standing TBR book on Goodreads
- A book written as a journal
- A book published on your birthday (just the day, not the year)
- An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
- An #ownvoices book set in Oceana
- A business book
- A book by a South East Asian
- Read an ethnography or a book involving an anthropologist
- A book set on a college or university campus
- A book with "love" in the title
- A LitRPG book
- Read a book that you were recommended by a friend on Goodreads
- Finish a series you started at least a year ago
- A family member's favorite book
- A book published when you were a teenager
- A 'random number' book
- A 'collected works' volume
- Any book in the Redwall series
- A 'Top 10 of 2019' book

And the final section contains prompts inspired by books I read that didn't fit any of my challenge prompts.

- A book featuring an abandoned building
- A book with the word "river" in the title
- A graphic novel
- A book with a disabled protagonist
- A memoir by a woman of color
- A story spanning several decades
- A screenplay

As usual, approach this however you like. I'm not the challenge police, there are no points or prizes, this is just a fun way to tackle and/or build your TBR.

I will be posting discussion threads for all of the prompts, so check those out to suggest books, find recommendations, and discuss your reads with our reading community. There will also be a place to post your reading list, and if you'd like to track your challenge progress here, you are welcome to use the stina-challenge-2020 shelf tag.