Hour 20- Favorite reading challenge prompts Oct2022

[Jamie]

When you peruse a new bingo card or reading challenge, what prompts draw you in and make you more excited to take on the challenge? Which do you usually skip or avoid?

[Liander (The Towering Pile)]

I like when prompts are general enough that I can complete them with things I would eventually read anyway. For example, the board game from last year was great! There are squares for reading certain genres, read for 3 hours, read 200 pages, read a short story, that kind of stuff. The board game is hard to complete (I just finished doing it in 5 weeks) but not annoying to pick books for.

I skip challenges that have really specific or hard to fulfill requirements, like specific authors, or a book with a cat in it, etc.

[Jennifer]

I like challenges that allow me to change things up while I'm reading, like shift formats or genres, and bingo squares that remind me to take care of myself (stretch, have a hot drink).
Skips are hyper specific ones or ones that require me to leave home during the read a thon.

[Kelley]

i like general ones or alphabet challenges. I am NOT going to go on a hunt to find books to fit too obscure or too specific topics. I will not do a challenge that i cannot complete with books I already have or would already be interested in reading and getting from my library. For me, reading is a leisure/escape activity and as such I am very particular about what topics/themes/genres i read. If it is not a genre I am interested in I won't bother with it. if it is a theme or plot or author I am not already interested in, I won't do it.

[Newly]

Great question. I love the (prompts) challenges even though I usually stick to about 5. I usually fall head over heels in love with a prompt and then get a bit obsessed. There are so many unique and interesting voices.

[Cynda]

I like general prompts. I like the nonfiction prompts and would like some genre prompts.