2019 Reading Challenges

Here is my 2019 page for Reading Challenges because they are one of the most fun things you can do with books (other than read them). So as New Year’s Resolutions go, I have made great plans for my reading year.

2019 Retellings Reading Challenge

Almost but not quite the same as my usual (personal) Fairy Tale Retellings Challenge, this one is hosted by cornerfolds and includes a more diverse range of retellings than just fairy tales. Because I always need to catch up on my retellings and I adore the bingo card, I thought I’d join in the fun. I’ll enter the challenge at the Warrior Princess level – that’s 6-10 retellings to read this year.
But really, I want to fill the entire bingo card!

Here’s the excellent bingo card and some ideas about what I’ll read for it:

Beauty and the Beast: Brigid Kemmerer – A Curse so Dark and Lonely
Set in a foreign country: Leigh Bardugo – The Language of Thorns
Stand-alone book: Maggie Stiefvater – The Scorpio Races
Wonderland: Colleen Oakes – Queen of Hearts
Award-winning book: Helene Wecker – The Golem and the Jinni
One word title: Helen Oyeyemi – Gingerbread
Bronte or Austen: Ibi Zoboi – Pride
Native American myth: Rebecca Roanhorse – Trail of Lightning
2019 release: Joanna Ruth Meyer – Echo North
Egyptian myth: Kiersten White – The Chaos of Stars
Greek myth: Madeline Miller – Circe
Debut author: Melissa Bashardoust – Girls Made of Snow and Glass
Free Space: Lisa Goldstein – The Uncertain Places
Shakespeare: Lisa Mantchev – Eyes Like Stars
Asian myth: Natasha Ngan – Girls of Paper and Fire
Indie book: Esther Dalseno – Drown
Russian folklore: Katherine Arden – The Winter of the Witch
Weapon on the cover: Steven Brust – The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars
Norse myth: Joanne Harris – The Gospel of Loki
Peter Pan: Brianna R. Shrum – Never Never
Over 500 pages: Marion Zimmer Bradley – The Mists of Avalon
Set in space: Joan D. Vinge – The Snow Queen
Middle Eastern myth: S. A. Chakraborty – The City of Brass
Brothers Grimm: Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran – Snow, Glass, Apples
Written 10+ years ago: Nancy Springer – Fair peril

O.W.L.s readathon

N.E.W.T.s readathon

Goodreads Reading Challenge

Last year, I decided to read a manageable 52 books – one book per week – in the Goodreads Reading Challenge. With almost no comics, I managed to reach and surpass that goal, so this year, I’m aiming a little higher. ETA: and higher… and higher still. 🙂