2019 Challenges – Tracking and Links

Updated 4/13/19 | This page will be updated regularly to track our progress on various Reader/Blogger challenges throughout 2019.

Want more challenges? Check out Part one, two and three of our “Challenge Yourself” post roundup.

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Blog All About It – Monthly Post, Word Theme

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Jan- “First” : First Book of The Year

Feb- Pink | Mar- Luck | April- Sweet | May- Bloom | June- Risk | July- Heat | Aug- Sky Sept- Crunch | Oct- Shiver | Nov- Thankful | Dec- Twinkle

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2019 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge– Read 12 books with the corresponding motif. #monthlymotifgxo

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January “New to You Author”

-I read 17 books in January and over half were new to me authors! Fiona Barton, Marcia Willetts, Stephanie Land, Maureen Joyce Connolly, Tara Westover just to name a few. My favorite was Mourning Dove by Claire Fullerton, click link for my review.

February “Cover Love”

This month, I read a book that will forever hold a place in my heart. The Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyne was a beautifully written, emotional read set over 70 years, in the life of Cyril Avery. I am behind on my reviews, so for now, here’s a link to my IG post of this gorgeous book (that coincidentally matches my official OrangeCountyReaders bookmarks!)

March “Royalty, Kingdoms, Empires, Governments”

April “Crack The Case”

May “One Sitting Reads”

June “Diversity Your Reading”

July “Through The Years”

August “Mode of Transportation”

September “Animal, Number, Color, Name”

October “Tricks and Trades”

November “Seasons, Elements, and Weather”

December “Last Chance”

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A to Z Challenge – Complete 26 books with titles corresponding to each letter of the alphabet. #2019AtoZChallenge

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12/26

Anonymous Girl, An by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen^

Beautiful Strangers, The by Camille DiMaio

Chelsea Girls, The by Fiona Davis

Daughter of Molokai by Alan Brennert^

Educated by Tara Westover^

Forget You Know Me by Jessica Strawser^

Girls At 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib^

Hearts Invisible Furies, The by John Boyne^

I’ll Be There For You by Kelsey Miller^

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hiller

Kiss Quotient, The by Helen Hoang*

Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff^

Maid by Stephanie Land^

Next Year In Havana by Chanel Cleeton

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline^

Park Avenue Summer by Renee Rosen

River Witch, The by Kimberly Brock^

Sadie by Courtney Summers^

Things You Save In A Fire by Katherine Center^

Us Against Them by Fredrik Backman^

Wartime Sisters, The by Lynda Loigman

Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin^

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler

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2019 New Release Challenge – Read between 1-30 books released in 2019. “New Release Newbie” #2019NewReleaseChallenge

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1. Things You Save In A Fire by Katherine Center

2. The Suspect by Fiona Barton

3. The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

4.Little Lovely Things by Maureen Joyce Connolly

5. Maid by Stephanie Land

6. Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff

7. The Wartime Sisters by Lynda Loigman

8. The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib

9. Daughter of Molokai by Alan Brennert

10. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaeldes

11. The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin

12. The Secret of Clouds by Alyson Richman

13. When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

14. Inheritance by Dani Shapiro

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The Backlist Reader Challenge – Read any book published in 2017 or earlier. #backlistreader

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Here are 5 backlist books I’m determined to get to in 2019:

1. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman ✅

2. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanthi^

3. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen^

4. When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin^

5. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare^

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2019 Discussion Challenge – Post 1-10 Book Blogging Discussion Posts. “Discussion Dabbler” #LetsDiscuss2019

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1. Discussion Post: Too Many Books?

2. Discussion Post: Dust Jackets or Naked Books?

3. Discussion Post: Ratings Criteria & Changing Ratings

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Nonfiction Book Bingo 2019 – Read at least 5 Nonfiction Books to get a BINGO.

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1. Biography | Educated by Tara Westover

2. A celebrity or public figure memoir | I’ll Be There For You by Kelsey Miller

3. 2019 Release | Maid by Stephanie Land

4. A Book About Parenting | Inheritance by Dani Shapiro

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Birth Year Reading Challenge – Read 3-5 books published in 1973.

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1. Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden

2. The Princess Bride by William Goldman

3. Child of God By Cormac McCarthy

4. Sybil by Fiora Rheta Schreiber

5. A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith

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Location, Location, Location 2019 – This is my own challenge! Keep track of the main cities or locations in the books we are already reading. See how many states we can check off. Bonus points for Europe! Nonfiction books will reference authors home town.

USA:

California – The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

Daughter of Molokai by Alan Brennert (also Hawaii)

A Lily in The Light by Kristin Fields (also Paris)

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

Connecticut

Inheritance by Dani Shapiro (also California and Oregon)

Idaho – Educated by Tara Westover

Iowa

Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf

Illinois– Little Lovely Things by Maureen Joyce Connolly (Chicago)

Massachusetts – Things You Save In The Fire by Katherine Center (Boston also Texas)

The Wartime Sisters by Lynda Loigman (Springfield Armory and Brooklyn)

Michigan

I’m Fine and Neither Are You by Camille Pagán (need to confirm)

Missouri – The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib (also Paris)

New York – The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff (also London and France)

The Secret of Clouds by Alyson Richman (also Ukraine)

Recursion by Blake Crouch

Trophy Life by Lea Geller

Is There Still Sex in the City? By Candace Bushnell

The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis

Tennessee

Mourning Dove by Claire Fullerton (also Minnesota)

Washington– Maid by Stephanie Land (also Missoula)

International:

Thailand– The Suspect by Fiona Barton (also UK)

South Devon, UK – The Songbird by Marcia Willett

Cuba

Next Year In Havana and When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

Ireland

The Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyne

France

One Summer In Paris by Sarah Morgan

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2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge – Read 40 books that fit the prompts. Click here to see my progress and suggested reads.

QOTD: Are you joining any Reader Challenges this year?

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