December Reading Challenges

This month I would like to join in the challenges:

 Advent Readathon 1-24
Challenges: 


  • Oh Christmas Trees. Read a Green Book
    • Thunderhead, Neal Shusterman
  • Deck the halls. Read a red Book
    • Ruin and Rising, Leigh Bardugo
  • Silent Night. Read a book solely at night.
    • The Hazel Wood, Melissa Albert
  • Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Read a book featuring an animal. 
    • The Hazel Wood, Melissa Albert
  • Santa Claus is coming to town. Read a book that will get you in the holiday spirit.
    • Amazing peace and other poems, Maya Angelou
  • Jingle Bell Rock. Read a book that has been on your TBR forever.
    • El principe de la niebla, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  • Away in a manager. Read a Christmas classic.
    • A Christmas Story, Jean Shephard.
  • I saw mommy kiss Santa Claus. Read a book with Romance.
    • Ruin and Rising, Leigh Bardugo.
  • We wish you a merry Christmas. Read a book that gives you all the feel.
    • Wonder, R.J. Palacios
  • Six white boomers. Read a summery book.
  • All I want for Christmas. Read a book that has been gifted to you.
    • The Walking Dead Woodbury, Robert Kirkman & Jay Bonansinga
  • I wish it could be Christmas every day. Read a book that will give you a holiday nostalgia.
    • The Greatest gift: A Christmas Tale, Phillip Van Doren Sern
BFF Readathon 1-31
Rules: 

  1. No Rereads.
  2. Someone else picks your TBR
Challenges:
  • Read a book with your Favorite color on the cover.
  • Pick a book you think you'll never read.
  • Pick a book with your favorite mythological creature
  • Judge a book by its cover and pick your favorite cover off my shelf.
  • Pick the first book in a series.
  • Pick a book featuring an animal.
  • Pick a book that starts with the first letter of your first name.
  • Pick a book in a series I haven't finished.
  • Pick a book you want me to read because you want to know if you want to know if I recommend it to you.
  • Pick a book you think I'll love. 
#BecauseDragonsRAT 1-31 
Lord of the Rings Inspired.
Challenges:
  1. Read a book with a morally gray character.
    1. Thunderhead, Neal Shusterman.
  2. Read a book that features travel or adventure.
    1. The Hazel Wood, Melissa Albert
  3. Read a book with treasure on the cover or title.

Tis Season A Thon 3-9
Challenges:
  1. Read a book with red or green on the cover.
  2. Read a book while listening to holiday music.
  3. Read a warm and fuzzy book.
  4. Read a short book (200-250)
  5. Read a holiday-themed book
  6. Buddy Read: Snow in Love.
Thunderhead, Neal Shusterman for challenges 1 and 2
The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale, Phillip Van Doren Stern for challenges 3 and 5
Looking for Alaska, John Green for challenge 4

#Yearathon 3-9 
Challenges: Books under 300 pages.
Looking for Alaska, John Green.
The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale, Phillip Van Doren Stern 









Cosyathon 3-9
Rule: No Triple up challenges

Challenges:
  • Group read: A List of Cages
  • Read a book with a cold cover.
    • A Wicked Snow, Gregg Olsen
  • Read a Christmas themed book.
    • How the Grinch Stole Christmas Story, Dr Seus
  • Read a book about a plan falling apart.
    • Ruin and Rising, Leigh Bardugo
  • Read a book in your coziest setting.
    • Ruin and Rising, Leigh Bardugo
  • Read a book about being stranded.
  • Read a book that's set in winter.
    • The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale, Phillip Van Doren Stern
Yule a Witch a thon 14-21

 Challenges: 


  • Yule is a time of a gift giving. Read a book that you received as a gift.
    • The Walking Dead Woodbury, Robert Kirkman & Jay Bonansinga
  • We have descended into the darkest part of the year. Read a book that plays with a dark subject matter.
    • El Principe de la Niebla, Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
  • Read while enjoying a hot beverage.
    • El Principe de la Niebla, Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
  • This season is meant for introspection. Read a book that challenges you to see another perspective
    • Wonder, R.J. Palacios
  • It might be the darkest part of the year but this darkness can make us see the light all the more clearly. Read a book that makes you feel optimistic. 
  • Our year is ending. Read a book you've blacklisted on your TBR for a long time.
  • Group Read: The Bear and the nightingale. 

 Magical Readathon: Christmas at Howarts 17-26

 Challenges:
  • Finish your coursework - finish your current read 
  • Help Hagrid decorate the trees - book with a golden detail 
    • The Hazel Wood, Melissa Albert
  • Have a snowball fight with the Weasley twins - a book you think will be humorous 
  • Visit 3 Broomsticks for muller pixie wine - a read that should only take you a day/evening
    • Alli te comeran las turicatas, Cristina Rivera Garcia 
  • Exchange presents at your Common Room - read featuring/about friendship 
    • Wonder R.J. Palacios
  • Sneak into the kitchen to gift dobby odd socks - read that has an item of clothing on the cover 
  • Attend a Yule Ball - a book you’ve been preparing yourself for
  •  Fly around snowy Hogwarts grounds - building on the cover 
    • El principe de la niebla, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  • Put on your knitted sweater from Molly Weasley - read with present parents or a focus on family 
  • Use your Invisibility Cloak to get to the Restricted Section of the Hogwarts Library - read a banned book 
  • Bring a festive treat to Hedwig at the Owlery - animal on the cover/title/series name 
  • Attend the Christmas Feast - watch a Harry Potter movie (optional)

Short a thon 21-31
General information: Read the shortest books on your TBR.

Options:

Alli te comeran las turicatas, Cristina Rivera Garcia
Arte de la guerra, Sun Tzu
Dear Ijeawele or a Feminist Manifesto in 15 suggestions, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Burnt he fairy tales, Adelne Whitmore
A Work in progress, Conor Fronta
A happy death, Jean Sarocchi transl. Albert Camus
Wonder, R.J. Palacios
El principe de la niebla, Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

Duodecathon 22-28
Challenges:
- Read 1,200 pages
- Read the second book in a series
- A book about a villain/antihero
- A book published the year you were born
- A 2018 bestseller
- An award winning book
- A book with multiple points of view
- A book with antonyms in the title
- A banned book
- A book with a great first line
- A "high school" book you haven't read
- A book recommended by someone in the Duodecathon group (one of the threads is where you can post recommendations)

The House of Scorpion, Nancy Farmer.


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