We're excited to announce our 4th Booked Seasonal Reading Challenge! We started the Booked Seasonal Challenge in 2018 to bring you a year-long reading challenge based on holidays and seasons around the year. To make it slightly less overwhelming, it's broken into four seasons. #Booked2021 will follow the same format!
There will be six prompts for each season for a total of 24 prompts spread across the year. Since we all live in different locales, you choose the season. If January means summer to you, hooray! If you're freezing your toes off in February, keep it cozy and warm in the first quarter. Or step completely out of the seasons and complete prompts whenever it works for you.
Most of all, have fun with it! We tried to find a diverse variety of prompts to use for the challenge.
We changed the format for giveaway entries again this year. During the end of each quarter, we'll release a Google Form where you need to notify us about the prompts you've completed that season. We promise to publicize the form a LOT so that you won't miss the necessary link. We will also email you with a reminder each quarter.
Please feel free to post your quarterly wrap-up on Litsy, and tag #Booked2021, along with the three hosts, @cinfhen, @4thhouseontheleft, and @barbarathebibliophage. We hosts and your fellow participants love to celebrate with you! But remember, if you only post on Litsy, we won't count your completed books towards the drawings.
The quarterly giveaway form will be open during these approximate dates:
January - March: March 20 - April 2
April - June: June 20 - July 2
July - September: Sept 20 - Oct 2
October - December: Dec 20, 2020 - Jan 2, 2021
As in 2020, individual book reviews will NOT count for a giveaway entry. We still love to be tagged though, so we can see and comment on what you are reading. So don't forget to use the #Booked2021 hashtag!
Below are the 24 prompts we've chosen for 2021. Start scouring your shelves!
WINTER
1. SET IN AUSTRALIA (Australia Day - January 26)
2. NONFICTION SCIENCE OR SCIENCE FICTION WRITTEN BY A WOMAN (Int'l Day of Women and Girls in Science - February 11)
3. BAKED GOODS ON COVER (Croissant Day - Jan 30)
4. #COVIDHEROES: DOCTOR OR NURSE MC (Doctors Day - March 30)
5. MUSTACHE ON COVER (Mustache Month - March)
6. AUTHOR'S FIRST NAME STARTS WITH A, B, OR C (Because your hosts' names start with A, B, and C!)
SPRING
7. TITLE INCLUDES LIBRARY OR LIBRARIAN (National Library Week - April 5-9)
8. TRANSLATED INTO YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE (World Book Day - April 23)
9. SET IN A COUNTRY WHERE UN PEACEKEEPERS ARE (Int'l Day of UN Peacekeepers - May 29)
10. #HEAR/HERE: AUDIOBOOK OR SET WHERE YOU LIVE (Audiobook Month - June)
11. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ON COVER (World Music Day - June 21)
12. ANTI-RACISM BOOK (Juneteenth - June 19)
SUMMER
13. NAME OF A COLOR IN THE TITLE (National Coloring Book Day - August 2)
14. CONTAINS PHOTOS (World Photography Day - August 19)
15. APPALACHIAN NOIR (Battle of Blair Mountain - August 25 to September 2, 1921)
16. RELATED TO 9-11 (9-11 Day - 20th Anniversary in 2021)
17. UNDER 150 PAGES (Short People Day - September 2)
18. LATINX AUTHOR (Hispanic Heritage month - Sept 15 - Oct 15)
AUTUMN
19. CHARACTERS ARE FRENEMIES (Bullying Prevention Month - October)
20. JEWISH AUTHOR OR MAIN CHARACTER (Chanukah - Nov. 28 - Dec. 6)
21. WRITTEN IN VERSE OR BOOK OF POETRY (Emily Dickinson's Birthday - December 10, 1830)
22. #HIDDENGEM: UNDER RATED OR LESSER KNOWN BOOK
23. NEW IN 2021
24. #BLACKJACK21: CLUB/DIAMOND/HEART/SPADE IN TITLE (Because it's '21 this year!)
We look forward to you joining us for #Booked2021! We plan to modify the discussions in our #Booked2021 Goodreads Group soon, so keep an eye out for them. You can find it here:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/377896-booked2020-a-litsy-seasonal-reading-challenge