One of the items on my 101 List is complete a Reading Challenge. I really enjoy challenging myself and I also love lists. It gives a sense of accomplishment when I complete something or cross it off. It has taken me a while to find a challenge, that a) would be a challenge and b) didn’t involve ghost or horror stories/authors etc… I don’t do spooky stuff!!
As I was looking for ideas for my 101 List on the Day Zero Project website. I found the Ultimate Reading Challenge. It was just what I was looking for. I have posted it below for you to have a look at. I am aiming to complete this over the 1001 Days.
The Ultimate Reading challenge
1 Read a book with over 500 pages
2 Read a classic romance
3 Read a book that became a movie –
4 Read a book published this year – (I am doing this over 4 years (roughly) so one for each year –
5 Read a book with a number in the title
6 Read a book written by someone under 30 years old
7 Read a book with non-human characters
8 Read a funny book
9 Read a book by a female author
10 Read a mystery or a thriller
11 Read a book with a one word title
12 Read a book of short stories
13 Read a book set in another country
14 Read a non-fiction book
15 Read a popular authors book
16 Read a book an author I love and have not read yet
17 Read a book recommended by a friend
18 Read a Pulitser Prize winning book
19 Read a book based on a true story
20 Read a book at the bottom of my to read list – my to read lists are not in any order so this might just be the last book I read off my to read shelf
21 Read a book my mother loves
22 Read a book that scares me
23 Read a book that is more than a 100 years old
24 Read a book based entirely on the cover
25 Read a book I should have read in school but didn’t
26 Read a memoir
27 Read a book you can finish in a day
28 Read a book with antonyms in the title
29 Read a book set somewhere I want to visit
30 Read a book that came out the year I was born – I was born in 1980
31 Read a book with bad reviews
32 Read a trilogy
33 Read a book from my childhood
34 Read a book with a love triangle
35 Read a book set in the future
36 Read a book set in a high school
37 Read a book with a colour in the title
38 Read a book that makes me cry
39 Read a book with magic
40 Read a graphic novel
41 Read a book by an author I have never read before
42 Read a book I own but have never read
43 Read a book that takes place in your home town
44 Read a book originally written in another language
45 Read a book set during Christmas
46 Read a book by an author with the same initials as me
47 Read a play
48 Read a banned book
49 Read a book based on or turned into a TV Series
50 Read a book I started but never finished
Even though all the items are numbered there is no restriction in what order I will be completing each of these tasks. I imagine some of them will be completed without thinking about it too much. There are a number of items on this list which might take some researching and thinking about.
I hope you will join me with this challenge and please feel free to offer your reading recommendations.
Lulu-By Place 