2018 Reading Resolutions Challenge

Bookstagrammers and Insta Friends, a new year is here, and with it books galore! I don’t know about you but I am SO READY to delve into the pages and worlds of entirely new characters, worlds and series. On the young adult book community Riveted - a website in association with the publisher Simon & Schuster-- reader Casey Nugent posted up a book challenge for 2018.

Girls (and guys) This little list of 25 #Reading Resolutions packs a POWERFUL punch!  Unlike some other challenges in the past, I’m not going to re-read books for this. I’m only going to tick off each of the challenges for books I’m reading for the very first time. I’m not going to count re-reads as a “response” to these resolutions!

Here’s Casey’s brilliant reading challenge-- HECK YES, right?! I already have some specific books in mind for some of the categories. Like Cindy Pon’s novel Want for resolution #18, and Proxy by Alex London for resolution #2. And before it hits big screens, as Love, Simon-- the groundbreaking coming of age, first love, story featuring a GAY main character -- Becky Albertalli’s Simon vs. The Homosapiens Agenda!!

1. Read a book written in verse
2. Read a fantasy or science fiction novel with explicitly LGBTQ characters
3. Start a new series
4. Read a sequel
5. Read a YA nonfiction book
6. Read a debut by an author of color
7. Read a book (any genre) starring a LGBTQ character of color
8. Read a book that’s been longlisted for a National Book Award (any year!)
9. Read a book that’s over 500 pages long
10. Read a science fiction book with a female protagonist
11. Read a book that confronts or discusses sexism
12. Read a book that confronts or discusses racism
13. Read a book with a first-generation immigrant main character
14. Read a work of historical fiction
15. Read a sci-fi novel written by a woman
16. Read a book featuring a dysfunctional family dynamic
17. Judge a book by its cover! Read something exclusively based on how good the cover art looks.
18. Read a book that has a person of color on the cover
19. Read a romance (comedy or drama) with two PoC protagonists
20. Read a YA anthology (fiction or nonfiction!)
21. Read a book about a character who’s struggling with mental illness
22. Read a book about toxic friendships
23. Read a book based on a true story
24. Read a book with an interracial relationship
25. Read a book where a sport is a major focus/plot element

Okay my bookish besties, are you going to give some of these reading resolution challenges a go?! Chat with me here and on my instagram @vickyheartscats for more bookish banter, potterhead fangirling and other fun with kittens and literature! 

photo taken and arranged by me. Featured book "Snow & Rose"