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Reading Challenge Transcripts
2021 Scholar’s Reading Challenge:
A translated work
A book by an author of color
A historical non-fiction
A book published before you were born
A book someone recommended to you
A book by an indigenous author
A non-fiction graphic novel
An epistolary novel
A novella
A biography
A book you meant to read last year
A Booker prize nominee or winner
Traveler’s Reading Challenge:
A book set in Antarctica
A book set in Portugal
A book set in space
A book set in Kenya
A book set in New Zealand
A book set in more than three different countries
A book set in Peru
A book set in Russia
A book set in the wilderness
A book set in South Korea
A book set in the Czech Republic
Don’t Judge a Book Reading Challenge:
A book with a cat on the cover
A book with only words on the cover
A book with a mythical creature on the cover
A book with a one word title
A book with water on the cover
A book with a name for a title
A book with a book on the cover
A book with a vertically printed title
A book with a movie or TV poster as the cover
A book with a number in the title
A book with gorgeous art on the cover
A book with the letter Z in the title
Exceedingly Peculiar and Quite Impossible to Describe Reading Challenge:
A book with tentacles on the cover
A book recommended by someone under 15
The first book that catches your eye in a store/library
A book from the year you were born
A book with time travel
A book by an author whose name starts with J
A book with an animal protagonist
A book with a floating person on the cover
A book set on a train
A book that’s an inch wide from cover to cover
A book based on mythology
A book thats title starts with your first initial
‘Hard Mode’ reading challenge:
A book that’s over 800 pages
A book you find intimidating
A book with no words on the cover
A book in a genre or format you haven’t read
A non-fiction book on a topic that’s new to you
A book that’s mentioned in another book
A book chosen for you by someone else
A book you know will break your heart
A book that’s been in your ‘to read’ pile for too long
A book that’s at least 100 years older than you
A book in verse
A book that has seven words in its title