TBR Challenge 2021

[Kadi, Creator]

@Robin I wouldn't mind buddy reading it because it's quite short! But it depends when you have in mind to read it. I don't think there's enough interest in the series to have it as our readathon, either that or I just don't feel like it would be a good series readathon for us all. (Also I said Sunny before thinking that was the 2nd book, whoops I meant Patina😂)

[Tiffany]

@Kadi P No worries; it happens! I'm good for now. Maybe after I've checked some off then I'll ask for suggestions for the others if I still haven't found anything to fill those categories. Thanks :)

[Kadi, Creator]

Update on my TBR Challenge:
1. Read the 46th book on your TBR shelf. - Enclave
2. Read a book with a red cover. - Urban Outlaws
3. Read a book written by an African-American author. - Pig-Heart Boy
4. Read a book with a major character that has a life-threatening disease/illness. - The Colossus Rises
5. Read a book that belongs to the contemporary genre. - Lost and Found
6. Read a book set during a war. - Words on Fire
7. Read a book set in Europe. - Brainwashed
8. Read a book in which the main character plays a sport. - Sidetracked
9. Read a poetry book or a book written as a novel-in-verse. - The Poet X
10. Read a middle grade book. - Greetings from Witness Protection!

Just finished my book for task 10! Read it as a buddy read with the lovely Lynn! It was a great read, check out my review here if you're interested: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Next month I'll be reading The Poet X for task 9 as a buddy read I think with Robin if he's still down for it!

[A Robin Reads]

@Kadi Your doing great! Yes, a buddy read would be fun
(my pronouns are he/him btw)

[Kadi, Creator]

@Robin great I'll set up the page! Also sorry about that, I'll change that and keep it in mind😊

[A Robin Reads]

@Kadi Awesome and thanks

[jessica]

so! here is my 2021 tbr challenge list:

1. read the 46th book on your tbr shelf: classical myth
2. read a book with a red cover: me before you
3. a book written by an african-american author: black girl unlimited
4. a book with a major character that has a life-threatening disease/illness: everything, everything
5. a book belonging to the contemporary genre: tweet cute
6. a book set during a war: the darkest minds
7. a book set in europe: emma
8. a book in which the main character plays a sport: ???
9. a poetry book or book written as novel-in-verse: hummingbird
10. middle grade book: class act

[A Robin Reads]

Good luck Jessica!

[jessica]

thank you!

[Virginia]

I would participate in this, but I don't have enough books on my TBR lol

[Kadi, Creator]

@Jessica some awesome choices there! Me Before You is so good, it made me cry! I hope you enjoy it too.

@Virginia you could choose from any books then if you like, it doesn’t have to be books already on your TBR. Just whatever you’d like to read that fulfils the tasks then go for it! That’s what the August mg reading challenge is going to be like so this is a good prepper for that if you end up taking part in that later on in the year.

[A Robin Reads]

@Virginia Wow, that's... I envy you haha. Great that you don't have a lot on your TBR

[Bella A.]

I’m just going to edit this comment as an update.

1. Read the 46th book on your TBR shelf; Words On Fire
2. Read a book with a red cover; The Place Of No Stars
3. Read a book written by an African-American author; Amari And The Night Brothers
4. Read a book with a major character that has a life-threatening disease/illness; Five Things About Ava Andrews
5. Read a book that belongs to the contemporary genre; The Wild Path
6. Read a book set during a war; The War That Saved My Life
7. Read a book set in Europe: Assassin
8. Read a book in which the main character plays a sport: Out of Left Field
9. Read a poetry book or a book written as a novel-in-verse: Out Of The Dust
10. Read a middle grade book; A Pocket Full Of Murder

[Lynn]

jessica wrote: "so! here is my 2021 tbr challenge list:

1. read the 46th book on your tbr shelf: classical myth
2. read a book with a red cover: me before you
3. a book written by an african-american author: blac..."

is very cute. ;-)

[Kadi, Creator]

@Bella some awesome choices there! And you’ve already finished 3, nice going👏🏻 Words On Fire is also one of my challenge choices! We could buddy read it if you like, it’s up to you of course! I was thinking of reading it in April because my book for this challenge for next month is The Poet X and I’m liking reading 1 book a month for this challenge. It keeps the momentum going pretty well

[Tiffany]

I just updated my original post on this thread. I've finished three of the books already!

3. Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson

7. A Ceiling Made of Eggshells by Gail Carson Levine

10. Can You See Me? by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott

[Kadi, Creator]

Whoop whoop🙌🏻🎉 great going Tiffany!

[Lynn]

Well, I'm halfway through 5/10. Just finished . One of the main characters is on his school's wrestling team. This book is a real tearjerker, but I liked it.

[Kadi, Creator]

@Lynn congrats! You're just blazing through this challenge! Also I saw "wrestling team" and I didn't expect the next words to be "real tearjerker". My interest is piqued! I'm going to check and see what this book is about!

[Lynn]

Kadi wrote: "@Lynn congrats! You're just blazing through this challenge! Also I saw "wrestling team" and I didn't expect the next words to be "real tearjerker". My interest is piqued! I'm going to check and see..."

I'd heard nothing about this book. I just stumbled across it and checked it out. It is such an emotional story.

[Lynn]

Just finished my 6th book in this challenge - by Elise Bryant. Cute love story about a girl who is a writer and suffers from writers' block, but then does everything wrong to get out of it.

[Lynn]

I just finished The Poet X, (review here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...) which is my 8th book in this challenge - just two left.

[Kadi, Creator]

Update on my TBR Challenge:
1. Read the 46th book on your TBR shelf. - Enclave
2. Read a book with a red cover. - Urban Outlaws
3. Read a book written by an African-American author. - Pig-Heart Boy
4. Read a book with a major character that has a life-threatening disease/illness. - The Colossus Rises
5. Read a book that belongs to the contemporary genre. - Lost and Found
6. Read a book set during a war. - Words on Fire
7. Read a book set in Europe. - Brainwashed
8. Read a book in which the main character plays a sport. - Sidetracked
9. Read a poetry book or a book written as a novel-in-verse. - The Poet X
10. Read a middle grade book. - Greetings from Witness Protection!

3 books done in 3 months! Check out my review for The Poet X here if you're interested: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It was definitely an interesting read but really not what I expected.

Next month I'm planning to take a break from reading for this challenge so I can focus on my coursework and exam prep but I'm hoping to read Lost and Found in May!

[A Robin Reads]

@Lynn Wow great going!

@Kadi Awesome!

[A Robin Reads]

Update:

I have finished 3 books for this challenge.

5. Read a book from the contemporary genre
I read: Red, White & Royal Blue

9. Read a poetry book or a book written in verse
I read: The Poet X

10. Read a middle grade
I read: Beetle Queen

For number 6: read a book set during a war
I'm going to read The poppy war by RF Kuang for that. War is in the title, so I guess it's about a war XD

[Tiffany]

I finished two more books for this challenge in March!

4. Five Things About Ava Andrews by Margaret Dilloway

5. The Sea in Winter by Christine Day

I still have five prompts left (# 1, 2, 6, 8, and 9).

[Kadi, Creator]

Great job Robin and Tiffany! You're making great progress👏🏻 Also Five Things About Ava Andrews has such a beautiful cover!! I'm really intrigued by it so I've added it to my TBR

[Tiffany]

@Kadi The cover is so pretty!! That's why I picked it up in the first place, haha! It was really good and the disability representation in it was fantastic!

[[deleted user]]

I am still new to this group but I was wondering if there are any discussions where people recommend good MG books? Thanks!

[Kadi, Creator]

@Hedda yep here's the directory page: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group... and from there you can find all the separate pages for each genre. Feel free to leave recommendations of your own too if you like!

We also have the Reader Recommends events which showcases 7 recommendations from certain group members each month, maybe check them out: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
The majority of the recs there are mg books but there are some adult and ya books too.

[Lynn]

Hedda wrote: "I am still new to this group but I was wondering if there are any discussions where people recommend good MG books? Thanks!"

You've come to the right group. Nice people, good recommendations and lots of them. Kadi is a great creator and she comes up with some terrific ideas for reading events.

[Kadi, Creator]

Oh Lynn ssh you make me blush! Half of the ideas come from you guys anyway so it’s more like great people, great people and great people. No one better to read books with than you guys! Speaking of books I need to get back on this challenge! Maybe I will read Lost and Found in May...

[Lynn]

Kadi wrote: "Oh Lynn ssh you make me blush! Half of the ideas come from you guys anyway so it’s more like great people, great people and great people. No one better to read books with than you guys! Speaking of..."

You deserve it. You make everyone feel welcome. 🥰

[Ilsen]

1. Read the 46th book on your TBR shelf: This Lullaby
2. Read a book with a red cover: Dear Haiti, Love Alaine completed on 2/23/22
3. Read a book written by an African-American author: The Year of the Witching completed on 1/24/21
4. Read a book with a major character that has a life-threatening disease/illness: A Monster Calls completed on 8/18/21
5. Read a book that belongs to the contemporary genre: The Astonishing Color of After completed on 2/10/21
6. Read a book set during a war: Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening completed on 5/21/22
7. Read a book set in Europe: The Prince and the Dressmaker completed on 7/8/21
8. Read a book in which the main character plays a sport: Heartstopper: Volume One completed on 6/25/22
9. Read a poetry book or a novel in verse: Blood Water Paint
10. Read a middle grade book: The Screaming Staircase completed on 2/1/21

So technically I completed the book with a red cover but I really want to try to complete it with books that I want to read and not books I'm reading for school. But I think I am doing somewhat well. Even though I'm late to posting this.

[Kadi, Creator]

@Ilsen good progress so far! 3 down, 7 to go! I need to read some more for this challenge too! I'm feeling really down rn so I'm actually going to start on Lost and Found which is my book for task 5, apparently it's an uplifting book and it's not super long.

[Kadi, Creator]

Update on my TBR Challenge:
1. Read the 46th book on your TBR shelf. - Enclave
2. Read a book with a red cover. - Urban Outlaws
3. Read a book written by an African-American author. - Pig-Heart Boy
4. Read a book with a major character that has a life-threatening disease/illness. - The Colossus Rises
5. Read a book that belongs to the contemporary genre. - Holes
6. Read a book set during a war. - Words on Fire
7. Read a book set in Europe. - Brainwashed
8. Read a book in which the main character plays a sport. - Sidetracked
9. Read a poetry book or a book written as a novel-in-verse. - The Poet X
10. Read a middle grade book. - Greetings from Witness Protection!

So I tried reading Lost and Found and it was awful, I ended up DNFing it. Here's my review if you're interested in seeing my thoughts on it and why I DNF'ed it: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Also, now I've had to choose a new book for task 5 so I've chosen Holes which is a classic and I can't wait to finally be reading it!

[Lynn]

Kadi wrote: "Update on my TBR Challenge:
1. Read the 46th book on your TBR shelf. - Enclave
2. Read a book with a red cover. - Urban Outlaws
3. Read a book written by an African-A..."

I read your review. I gathered pretty quickly that you didn't like it.😉

[Spens]

Hi friends! I thought I'd put up an update on my progress for this challenge. :) (After all, I've decided to finish this before joining any other readathons.)

1. Read the 46th book on your TBR shelf. : The Diary of a Young Girl
2. Read a book with a red cover. : Fahrenheit 451
3. Read a book written by an African-American author. : The Hate U Give
4. Read a book with a major character that has a life-threatening disease/illness. : A Walk to Remember
5. Read a book that belongs to the contemporary genre. : Waiting for Fitz
6. Read a book set during a war. : The Kite Runner
7. Read a book set in Europe. : Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Currently reading
8. Read a book in which the main character plays a sport. : We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
9. Read a poetry book or a book written as a novel-in-verse. : Memories by Lang Leav
10. Read a middle grade book. : The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

Glad to say only Waiting for Fitz was disappointing so far!

[Kadi, Creator]

@Spencer aah no it's sad to hear you didn't like that book, it had such a beautiful cover! Reminds me of Impossible Music. It has such a beautiful cover but it was so awful. It took me literal months to read because it was that bad and it caused a huge reading slump last year. It too taught me the virtues of DNFing instead of subjecting yourself to the torture of reading an awful book!

I'd kind of completely forgotten about this challenge so thanks for reminding me! Now I'm planning to read Brainwashed next month...

[Spens]

Hi friends! I haven't been active on here lately but I finished the challenge!!

1. Read the 46th book on your TBR shelf. : The Diary of a Young Girl
2. Read a book with a red cover. : Fahrenheit 451
3. Read a book written by an African-American author. : The Hate U Give
4. Read a book with a major character that has a life-threatening disease/illness. : A Walk to Remember
5. Read a book that belongs to the contemporary genre. : Waiting for Fitz
6. Read a book set during a war. : The Kite Runner
7. Read a book set in Europe. : Pride and Prejudice
8. Read a book in which the main character plays a sport. : We Dream of Space
9. Read a poetry book or a book written as a novel-in-verse. : Memories
10. Read a middle grade book. : The Magician's Elephant

General thoughts are: I should've checked the trigger warnings for The Kite Runner because I was not expecting so many terrible things happening there but I liked it still. I didn't enjoy Pride and Prejudice although I didn't hate it either. Loved We Dream of Space and Memories! Liked The Magician's Elephant. :))

[Kadi, Creator]

@Spencer wow and congratulations! That's so awesome, you've finished!! I haven't even read half of mine😂 I'm halfway through The Colossus Rises. I'm not enjoying it but now I'm halfway through it I don't want to DNF it, I've spent too much time reading it.

I actually have heard that The Kite Runner has triggering content even though I haven't read it myself. You chose a lot of adult contemporary books! So out of all of them how many did you like and how many did you not?

[Spens]

I have been reading a lot of adult lately! I miss MG so much so gonna try to do that for the rest of the year. I think I liked 8 and disliked 2 (Waiting for Fitz and Pride & Prejudice) which is a total win! I'm super hesitant to even add Colossus Rises to my TBR because I've heard mixed reviews, but I might give it a shot in the future.

[Tiffany]

I've finished two more books for this challenge, so now I have three left!

I read Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! for #8 (main character plays a sport) and Starfish for #9 (novel in verse). Both were really good!

I still need to read the 46th book on my TBR, a book with a red cover, and one set during a war.

[Spens]

That's awesome Tiffany!!

[Kadi, Creator]

@Spencer liking 80% of the books for the challenge certainly shows it was a success for you! I'll have to up the ante for next year's challenge. Did you complete last years too? I've still got books downloaded on my kindle app to read for last year's challenge😂

@Tiffany great job! Only 3 left wow! When did you start reading for this challenge?

[Kadi, Creator]

It's been quite a few months since I was last on here but I've been making progress!

Update on my TBR Challenge:
1. Read the 46th book on your TBR shelf. - Enclave
2. Read a book with a red cover. - Urban Outlaws
3. Read a book written by an African-American author. - Pig-Heart Boy
4. Read a book with a major character that has a life-threatening disease/illness. - The Colossus Rises
5. Read a book that belongs to the contemporary genre. - Holes
6. Read a book set during a war. - Words on Fire
7. Read a book set in Europe. - Brainwashed
8. Read a book in which the main character plays a sport. - Sidetracked
9. Read a poetry book or a book written as a novel-in-verse. - The Poet X
10. Read a middle grade book. - Greetings from Witness Protection!

That's 5 books down, 5 to go!
I started reading The Colossus Rises a couple of months back and reached just about the halfway point before I DNFed it. It was a total slog but no way am I giving up after reading that much so I'm hoping to pick it back up soon and finish it, if only to give it a really awful rating and review.

I recently finished Holes (3 stars) and Brainwashed (2 stars) during the August Reading Challenge but I didn't really enjoy either of them.

I've not done a good job at spacing out these books over the months but I do really want to finish this challenge before the year ends so I need to crack on with it already! Next I'll be reading Pig-Heart Boy and hopefully I'll enjoy it more than my 2 previous reads...

[Lynn]

I've done them all except for the book set during a war and the 46th book on my TBR (saving this one for last because it changes as I read other books).

Update: I was all excited about this until I realized that I've been stuck at that same spot since early March. 🤨

[Lynn]

Spencer wrote: "Hi friends! I haven't been active on here lately but I finished the challenge!!

1. Read the 46th book on your TBR shelf. : The Diary of a Young Girl
2. Read a book with a red cover. :..."

Great job, Spencer.

[EdenB15]

Ive read like 200 this year

[Lynn]

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