2024 READING CHALLENGES & THEMES
Every other year I usually have a year long reading theme; this year I was going to read all Middle Grade, but there were so many books I didn't get to last year that I am postponing this until next year. In fact... there are so many books I want to get to that I am only holding myself to one monthly themed book: except for the ten days of Carib-A-Thon in June, and November Sci-Fi Month, this year.
MONTHLY THEMES
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JANUARY
DRAGONS
FEBRUARY
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
MARCH
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
APRIL
CELEBRATE DIVERSITY MONTH
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A couple of years ago I realized hardly anyone focuses on disabled people, and of those who do it's usually about mental health, or autism. Physically disabled people are pretty much ignored in books. I think because you can't romanticize it like other disabilities. Therefore, I've switched out my LGBTQ reading for books with characters who have physical disabilities, or intellectual/developmental disabilities (other than autism).
MAY
ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH
JUNE
NATIONAL CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN MONTH
PRIDE MONTH
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Carib-A-Thon runs for ten days. The rest of the month I will be focusing on LGBTQ titles.
JULY
SUMMER IN THE CITY
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Reading stories set in New York City.
AUGUST
DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
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Reading stories with dogs in them.
SEPTEMBER
WITCHES
OCTOBER
SCARY
NOVEMBER
SCI-FI MONTH
DECEMBER
CATCH-UP MONTH
CHALLENGES
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These were my 2023 challenges and how I did. All but one were personal challenges.
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NONFICTION 11/6
NATIVE AMERICAN/FIRST NATIONS AUTHORS I/6
BACKLIST ARCS 2/6
CLASSICS 3/3
RE-READS 6/3
FREEBIES/99¢ KINDLE BOOKS 1/12
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As you can see I was dreadful at fulfilling the Native American authored books goal, the backlist ARCs expectation, and freebie/99¢ ebooks personal challenge. I also failed at these three in 2022. Heh.
I will be lowering my expectations for these three challenges and making a folded paper jar for choosing the freebies-cheapo ebooks.
2024 CHALLENGES
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NONFICTION - 12
I have a lot of interesting Nonfiction on my TBR this year!
NATIVE AMERICAN/FIRST NATIONS AUTHORS - 4
I don't have much luck finding Indigenous authors I like.
BACKLIST ARCS - 4
CLASSICS - 6
RE-READS - 6
PLAYS - 4
Here's a new category!
MUSIC - 6
FREEBIES/99¢ KINDLE BOOKS - 9
GOODREADS CHALLENGE - 52
For the last seven years I had set my Goodreads Reading Challenge at zero and only used it as a counter, but seeing my goal of the last two years, and this year, has been keeping my reading down to one book a week... I decided to set it at fifty-two.
What are your reading goals this year?
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