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I've got a big ole stack of library books I checked out before Christmas, and I'm signing up for Bout of Books for an extra push in my January's reading. Want to get the year started on the right foot!

Some info: The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 6th and runs through Sunday, January 12th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 27 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team


Bout of Books


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Now that I’m spending quite a bit of time up north where there are actual proper winters with ice and snow, I’m enjoying the feeling of seasons shifting and filling into themselves, feeling like real, complete seasons, rather than mostly one long, extended summer with a few slightly chilly days passing for winter as it goes back home in the south. I’m going to participate in a couple of wintry reading challenges to enhance my enjoyment of the season, and get myself in the cozy, indoorsy mood I’m trying to cultivate.


  For January there’s the Winter’s Respite Readathon, which will be perfect for trying to get through some library books before the end of the month.


 
  For January through March there's the Japanese Literature Challenge, which is a marvelous opportunity for me to read some of the works I’ve been meaning to, more stories from Yukio Mishima, Tales of Moonlight and Rain, Masks by Fumiko Enchi, perhaps some Tanizaki Junichiro and/or Osamu Dazai, some Haruki Murakami (who I always feel the urge to read in February, for personal reasons), and various poetry.
 
It’s gotten warmer here at the start of the year, the snow from a month ago has melted, and I don’t know when there will be more frost and ice. A part of me is hoping for snow, to sit by the window with a book and read, while the world is blanketed outside. Soon enough, I suppose!
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My list of books to read is impossible and ever-expanding, so I’m signing up for a few reading challenges for the coming year to try to tackle my reading life slightly more tactically. I’m excited about trying to get better organized with my reading, and look forward to knocking some titles out! This is my spot for keeping track of those challenges that are year-round, godspeed!






Beat the Backlist
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Goal: 50 Books

5 / 50





 

Reading Classic Books:
 
( ) Read a classic over 500 pages 
( ) Read a classic by a POC and/or with a POC as the main character 
( ) Read a classic that takes place in a country other than where you live   
( ) Read a classic in translation 
( ) Read a classic by a new to you author 
( ) Read a book of poetry
( ) Read a classic written between 1800-1860 
( ) Read a classic written by an LGBT author and/or with an LGBT main character 
( ) Read a classic written by a woman 
( ) Read a classic novella 
( ) Read a classic nonfiction 
( ) Read a classic that has been banned or censored
 
 
 
 
 
 
(x) JANUARY-  Winter Wonderland
( ) FEBRUARY- Seeing Red
( ) MARCH- Sub-Genre Sound Off
( ) APRIL- Classics or Currents
( ) MAY- Author Introduction
( ) JUNE- Name or Number
( ) JULY- Around or Out of this World 
( ) AUGUST- Creature Feature
( ) SEPTEMBER- When Text Just Isn’t Enough
( ) OCTOBER- Thrills and Chills
( ) NOVEMBER- Dynamic Duos
( ) DECEMBER- Sugar, Spice, Everything Nice
 
 




 
( ) a book published the decade you were born 
( ) a debut novel
( ) a book recommended by a source you trust
( ) a book by a local author
( ) a book outside your (genre) comfort zone
( ) a book in translation
( ) a book nominated for an award in 2020
( ) a re-read
( ) a classic you didn’t read in school
( ) three books by the same author
   ( ) 1.)
   ( ) 2.)
   ( ) 3.)
 
 




 
 
( ) A Shakespeare Play 
( ) A Classic Detective Novel 
( ) A Classic Children's Book 
( ) A Contemporary Novel 
( ) A Historical Fiction Novel 
( ) An Ancient Greek Play 
( ) A Collection of Short Stories 
( ) A Biography or Memoir 
( ) A Devotional Work 
( ) A Book about Books 
( ) A Foreign (Non-Western) Book 
( ) A "Guilty Pleasure" Book 
( ) An Intimidating Book You Have Avoided 
( ) A Satire 
( ) A Complete Volume of Poetry by a Single Author 
( ) A Book by a Minor Author 
( ) A Classic Book by a Female Author 
( ) A Book of Essays 
( ) An "Out of Your Comfort Zone" Book 
( ) Reread a Book You Read in High School
 
 



 
 
( )  A Book by an Author from the Caribbean or India  
( )  A Book Translated from an Asian Language  
( )  A Book about the Environment
( )  A Picture Book Written/Illustrated by a BIPOC Author
( )  A Winner of the Stella Prize or the Women’s Prize for Fiction
( )  A Nonfiction Title by a Woman Historian
( )  A Book Featuring Afrofuturism or Africanfuturism
( )  An Anthology by Multiple Authors
( )  A Book Inspired by Folklore
( )  A Book About a Woman Artist 
( )  Read and Watch a Book-to-Movie Adaptation
( )  A Book About a Woman Who Inspires You 
( )  A Book by an Arab Woman
( )  A Book Set in Japan or by a Japanese Author
( )  A Biography
( )  A Book Featuring a Woman with a Disability
( )  A Book Over 500 Pages
( )  A Book Under 100 Pages
( )  A Book That’s Frequently Recommended to You
( )  A Feel-Good or Happy Book
( )  A Book about Food
( )  A Book by Either a Favorite or a New-to-You Publisher
( )  A Book by an LGBTQ+ Author
( )  A Book from the 2019 Reading Women Award Shortlists or Honorable Mentions  
 
BONUS:
( )  A Book by Toni Morrison  
( )  A Book by Isabel Allende

 

 
 
 

Library Love
Hosted by Angel’s Guilty Pleasures & Books of My Heart:

Goal:
Library Addict: Read 48 books

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Quarterly Victorian Challenge:

 
Book(s) read between January and March 2020 
1. 
 
Book(s) read between April and June 2020 
1. 
 
Book(s) read between July and September 2020 
1. 
 
Book(s) read between October and December 2020 
1.
 
 
 
  
The Backlist Reader Challenge sign-up link
 
Backlist Reader:

Goal: 50 Books

5 / 50







Year of the Asian Reading Challenge:

I am beginning at the Philippine tarsier level! 

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