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So for 2018, I am doing 2 different reading challenges.  Here they are if you want to play along!

First of all, I am doing the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge, which is as follows.

1. A book published posthumously
2. A book of true crime
3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
4. A comic written and drawn by the same person
5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
6. A book about nature
7. A western
8. A comic written or drawn by a person of color
9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
10. A romance novel by or about a person of color
11. A children’s classic published before 1980
12. A celebrity memoir
13. An Oprah Book Club selection
14. A book of social science
15. A one-sitting book
16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19. A book of genre fiction in translation
20. A book with a cover you hate
21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
22. An essay anthology
23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished)

Then, I am also doing the Book Cellar Reading Challenge that I helped create for work!

1. Book based in Chicago
2. Book written by a Chicago author
3. Book recommended by a bookseller
4. Book with a title that makes you hungry
5. Book you wish you read in school
6. Book written under a nom de plume
7. Book published by a small press
8. Book from a genre you rarely/never read
9. Book published before 1950
10. Book written by a National Book Award Winner
11. Book translated from another language
12. Book written for kids

If anyone needs help with recommendations for any of these categories, let me know!