First of all, Happy New Year’s Eve! New Year’s is my favorite holiday for many reasons, but the feeling of starting fresh is definitely high on the list. I’m really excited for that this year, as 2019 was a tough one for us. Onwards and, hopefully, upwards – amirite?!
Anyways, last year I created my own diverse reading monthly challenge, the Just One More Pa(i)ge Reading Challenge 2019, with a prompt for each month. And it was a really cool experience to create it and keep up with it. Plus, I loved seeing what other followers read on any given month. Unfortunately, I just didn’t have time to put something together for 2020. It happens.
However, I did want a little structure to my reading this year. Something flexible, something diverse. The Reading Women Challenge (IG handle: @thereadingwomen) fits the bill perfectly. It’s 24 prompts over the course of the year – read them whenever and however works for you. I’m going to go for it!
Reading Women Challenge 2020
Here’s a list of the prompts:
- Author from Caribbean or India
- Translated from an Asian Language
- About the Environment
- Picture Book by a BIPOC Author
- Stella or Women’s Prize Winner
- Nonfiction by a Woman Historian
- Afrofuturism or Africanfuturism
- An Anthology by Multiple Authors
- Inspired by Folklore
- About a Woman Artist
- Read and Watch a Book-to-Movie Adaptation
- About a Woman Who Inspires You
- By an Arab Woman
- Set in Japan/by a Japanese Author
- A Biography
- Featuring a Woman with a Disability
- Over 500 pages
- Under 100 pages
- Frequently Recommended to You
- A Feel-Good/Happy Book
- A Book about Food
- By a Favorite or New-to-You Publisher
- By an LGBTQ+ Author
- From the 2019 Reading Women Award Shortlists
Bonus:
If you have any suggestions for any of the prompts, please leave them in a comment. I’m working on making a plan now and would love any recommendations you have!
Just One More Pa(i)ge 
Hope your new year is wonderful!!!
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Thank you – and same to you!
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Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord would fulfill the folklore challenge, as well as the Caribbean author, as well, since she is from Barbados.
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Ohhhh ok – thanks!
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Oooh I love this challenge!! I am definitely going to have to look into doing this in 2020…
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Yay! It seems really good – flexible and diverse and some genres/topics I usually don’t choose, so I’m excited for it!
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This is a cool challenge! I’m terrible at reading challenges, unfortunately. I start strong but then completely forget about them after a few months. Good luck😁
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Haha I know the feeling. I am hoping that the flexible nature of it will help….and a big push at the beginning and end of the year will help with the fact that I’ll likely forget about it a little mid-year. Lol
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Great prompts! I need to read some Toni Morrison this year, too!
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Yes! I’m not sure I’ve read her before, at least not since something in high school maybe, so I truly need to do that.
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Nice challenge! If you can read graphic novels, and like graphic novels in general, I’d recommend Relish by Lucy Knisley (for the prompt a book about food).
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
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I don’t read them often, but I have been trying some more recently (Persepolis and Good Talk were both amazing), so I love this rec – thank you!
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