So, I said I was going to keep things simple and lowkey this year and just let my reading flow, but I can't resist joining my public library's reading challenge.
Especially since they had these really nifty little reading logs printed. I mean, how perfect for a simple challenge of a mere dozen themed reads over the course of the year. Having this booklet to guide me makes it all the more appealing (and it was already appealing before).
Each theme has a two page spread in the booklet to note down the book read and a few other little details. And the themes are really pretty accessible--most likely I will manage to read them as a matter of course anyway.
Read a Book in One Sitting
Read a Book Made into a Movie or TV Show
Read a Book by a Nebraska Author
Read a Book from OPL's 2019 Top Shelf
Read an "Own Voices" Book
Listen to a Book
Read a Fantasy, Myth or Fairy Tale
Read a Book in Translation
Read the 2020 Omaha Reads Book (to be voted on and announced later this year)
Read a Book by a Nonbinary or LGBTQ+ Author
Read a Classic That is New to You
Read a Nonfiction Graphic Novel
My first read of the year is actually a graphic nonfiction title, so I take that as a sign this is going to work. I hope to share Nora Krug's Belonging, which I have wanted to read since it was first released. A perfect first book of the year, especially as my one small challenge to myself is to read one graphic novel (or nonfiction) each month, but at least ten, this year.
One of my first book checkouts by the way, is The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith, which sounds most intriguing and would fit nicely in that fantasy theme. I have not yet started it (I am trying to persevere with the books I selected to start the new year off and "finish" them before adding new books to the pile--I know it won't last, but I will try).
My posts may continue to be irregular but I want to try and write three times a week here about my reading adventures. I hope everyone else's reading year is off to a good start as well.