Reading Challenges TBR #1

I thought it was a good idea to talk about my TBR for the coming months/challenges. I signed up for SO much this year that I wanted to make sure that I was hitting as many of the prompts as I could, if you wanna know which ones I’ve done and why you can find that post here. So I did what any normal person does I made a spreadsheet and started listing off the books I was going to use for each prompt/letter. Now there is probably about 100 odd books on my list so I’ve decided to split this series into parts, sharing the first 10 books for each challenge.

Because I’m not totally insane I have doubled up on the challenges where I can. I’ll pop that prompt in as well!

POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

• House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas | A book published in 2020
• All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders | A book by a trans or nonbinary author
• My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologies by Fredrik Backman | A book with a great first line & “M” in A-Z Reading Challenge
• The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler | A book about a book club & A genre you don’t normally care for (52 Books in 52 Weeks)
• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman | A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics & “N” in A-Z Reading Challenge

• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt | A bildungsroman & A strong “friendship” theme (52 Books in 52 Weeks)
• Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge | A book with an upside-down image on the cover & “E” in A-Z Reading Challenge
• The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen | A book with a map
• Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood | A book recommended by your favourite blog, vlog, podcast or online book club & “H” in A-Z Reading Challenge
• Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks | An anthology & “U” in A-Z Reading Challenge

52 Books in 52 Weeks Challenge

• The Wicked King by Holly Black | A book with the letter “W” in the title & A book by an author with flora/fauna in their name (POPSUGAR Reading Challenge)
• The Unbound by Victoria Schwab | A hardcove
• Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse | By an indigenous author
• The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden | Set in winter
• A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman | A character who is a senior

• Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice | Written in the 1970’s & “I” in A-Z Reading Challenge
• Safe House by Chris Ewan |An author local to you
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho | Orange on the cover
• The Martian by Andy Weir | Set in space
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern | A bestseller

So there is the first twenty books and prompts. I haven’t managed to put my audiobooks into this one, I think I might end up doing a completely separate post to talk about them!

Have you signed up for any challenges? Which ones? Let me know!