2026 Book Reading Challenges

Book H... Monthly Surprise Prompts

January – author's debut -- The Have Not

February – 

March – 

April – 

May – 

June – 

July – 

August – 

September – 

October – 

November – 

December – 

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Read Your Bookshelf Challenge

FORM

January: title must include an article (a, an, the)

   The Red Cottage

 

February: three or more objects on cover (not including person)

   As Time Goes By

 

March: weapon on cover or title

   Castle of Whispers

 

April: title includes conjunction (and, but, or, so)

   Hieroglyphs and Homicide 

   Man of Shadow and Mist

 

May: title includes a place (country, city, room, valley, mountain)

   The Heather Hills of Stonewycke

   Storm in the Village

   The Vanishing of Loxby Manor

 

June: five or more words

   Check TBR, many

   The Count of Monte Cristo

 

July: has a map inside (Mantles of Oak and Iron)

   The Orb and the Airship

 

August: water on cover or title

   Be an Angel 

 

September: animal on cover or title (Caleb and Kit)

   Caleb and Kit

 

October: book on cover or title (Between the Shadows)

   Bound by Disaster

   a cozy mystery?

   The Stolen Letter

 

November: vehicle on cover (Breath of Bones)

   Breath of Bones

   Death by the Book

 

December: True or false in title, or the word lies, or a true statement, false statement

   Unlocking the Truth

   And Only to Deceive?

 

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Eating Our Words Reading Challenge

Post a comment & fill out checklist at end of year. Read in correct month or anytime.

JANUARY – Breakfast of Champions
A book involving either fresh starts, new year’s resolutions, OR there are eggs or chickens on the cover.
FEBRUARY – 20,000 Leagues Under the EOW Kitchen
A classic book or a retelling of a classic. (example of retelling: Joanne Bischoff Dewitt’s THE HEART OF BENNET HOLLOW is a retelling of P&P, there are many fairy tale retellings, etc.)
MARCH – C is for Cook-ie
A story with either a bakery, includes a recipe, OR story involves a character who can’t cook
APRIL – Eat Your Vegetables
A book involving farming or gardening – or the setting involves a farm
MAY – Family Dinner
Multi-generational, big family, or a book in a series where the characters are family throughout the series.
JUNE – Sundae at the Park
Ice Cream must be in the book
JULY – A Moveable Feast
A book that either involves travel, a different culture, OR a character is moving (as in moving truck, not just moving and grooving).
AUGUST – The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Any book of your choice
SEPTEMBER – Do the Mashed Potato
A comfort read, bonus POINTS FOR WRITTEN BY AN EOW AUTHOR (TRACIE, KIM, AMANDA, JANA- JAYNA, DARCIE, JAIME)
OCTOBER – Hot Chocolate
The story needs to have spicy food (Cajun, Indian, etc.) OR is in a hot location (think Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, etc.)
NOVEMBER – Surf ‘n’ Turf
Setting is on the coast, or has some body of water in it, OR there is a cow in the story.
DECEMBER – Frankincense and Gingerbread
Christmas novel or novella OR a book set in Biblical times

 

Note to self: You can also get bonus points for reading ALL books in correct month, AND doing the challenge again anytime.

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Malissa's Merry Reading Challenge 

January – 

February – 

March – 

April – 

May – 

June – 

July – 

August – 

September – 

October – 

November – 

December – 

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COYER

Check ins throughout the year: March, June & September 

Linky

Read-a-Thons: (check back Jan. 1st on same post)

 

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The Goal:  Read & review 48 books (Library Addict)

➜ Winter Semester: Jan. 1st, 2025 – April 30th

➜ Summer Semester: May 1st, 2025 – Aug. 31st

➜ Autumn Semester: Sept. 1st, 2025 – Dec. 31st

Note to self: Link up on review linky as I finish each book. 

Giveaway: At the end of each semester. 

Bonus: Audiobook Challenge (June-July), the Library BINGO (Sept-Oct), & an Mid-Year Check-In (July 7), End Of Year Check-In (Dec. 15th)

The Goal:    

16-25 books – Detective

Note to self: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller/Crime genres, 100+ pages.
Monthly linky. (Linked up in: [])

Giveaway?:  Halfway point & end of the year?

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Reading With Wrigs

An author with a Z in their name:   Castle of Whispers
A book about siblings            
A book with a tree on the cover            
A book with a road trip            
A book set in a Nordic country            
A book with a body part in the title:   The Golden Tresses of the Dead
A book to screen adaptation:   The Count of Monte Cristo 
A book with an animal main character:   The Tale of Hawthorn House
A book with a building or cityscape on the cover            
A book featuring music or a musician            
A book with a color in the title:   The Red Cottage   
A book with a recipe in it:   As Time Goes By

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Personal Challenge: Read as many Netgalley books as possible (coordinate with B.H. challenge).

2ndly: Read from Goodreads TBR.

3rdly: Read from BookFunnel / Kindle library.

4thly: After finishing other book challenges, return to finish all B.H. categories.