This will be my first year doing the Uncorked Reading Challenge hosted by Christine at The Uncorked Librarian. Each month has a theme and a bonus challenge. You read as much or as little as you like. The hashtag is #UncorkedReading2022.
January: Time Travel Books
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
January Bonus Challenge: Books we love but critics don’t
February: Books set in or about South Africa
February Bonus Challenge: Books from your hometown, state, country, or where your ancestors are from
- A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette (set in Ohio)
March: Wine books/Books set on a vineyard
March Bonus Challenge: Books with your favorite color in the title
April: Baltic books
April Bonus Challenge: Books with your favorite foods
May: Hiking books
May Bonus Challenge: Books by an author you think you don’t like but have never actually read
June: Books about or set in Mexico
June Bonus Challenge: Books by indigenous authors from a continent other than your own
July: Dark academia books (usually set at a prestigious university or boarding school)
July Bonus Challenge: Books where you next want to travel
August: Books set in or about Australia
August Bonus Challenge: Books that have been sitting in your TBR (to be read) pile for ages
September: Road Trip Books
September Bonus Challenge: Books published in the decade or year you were born
October: Books set somewhere haunted
October Bonus Challenge: Books from a nearby Free Little Library, library sale, or you received as a gift
November: Books about or set in Thailand
November Bonus Challenge: Book about an inspiring career change that interests you
December: Books set in or about Ecuador
December Bonus Challenge: Books set in an environment you’ve never experienced (i.e. jungle, desert, mountain, deserted island, volcanic area)
This looks like a fun challenge. Good luck.
This is my first year doing this one. I like how the themes can fit mostly any genre.