Sunday, December 24, 2023

The 2024 Pick Your Poison Reading Challenge



Wow.  Where did 2023 go? I feel like I blinked and suddenly I'm packing my bags to head home for the holidays.  I have about five books still to read to meet last year's goal and I'm not sure I'll make it!

 I always feel like I need to add a little something interesting in this introduction to be creative and fun and bond with everyone.  But then I think about all those online recipes where you have to scroll through a 28 page summary of the author's childhood before you can learn how to make their special lemonade (squeeze lemons into pitcher, add sugar, water and ice to taste) and I realize that maybe I just have to say ENJOY!!!!






As always, here is a google docs spreadsheet where you can track your books. and here is a printable pdf for your convenience.

Lots of extra special thanks to my friend Karly McCutchan for the wonderful graphics this year.  If you're looking for someone to do graphic design work for you, check out her awesome website.








 

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11 comments:

  1. sDecember 24, 2023 at 10:16 PM

    really excited for this year's challenge. I got side tracked by life last year but I'm going to plan out my books better this time :)

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  2. firefairyangelDecember 26, 2023 at 4:11 PM

    So excited for this! But I did notice that "A book with a fruit in the title" is listed twice in two separate categories. Was that intentional?

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    1. GregoryRoadDecember 27, 2023 at 3:35 PM

      Aack! Thanks for catching that. I start to get cross eyed doing so many of these and always seem to miss at least one typo or duplicate. I updated the spreadsheet to "vegetable" for the first one and asked Karly if she could update the main version for me.

      I almost had two "cheesy books", too!

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    2. firefairyangelDecember 27, 2023 at 5:44 PM

      Oh no, vegetable is harder! Lol That will be a fun scavenger hunt

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    3. GregoryRoadDecember 28, 2023 at 1:12 PM

      If you don't mind reading children's books, I read Creepy Carrots this past year and really enjoyed it.

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  3. Bev HankinsDecember 30, 2023 at 8:45 AM

    I'm back for another round! So glad you keep doing this--and that you keep coming up with amazing categories.

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  4. SkyJanuary 1, 2024 at 6:19 PM

    I finished a 'Baker's Dozen' in 2023 and have just started my 2024 Reading Challenge today. I will be aiming for 'Fortnightly' this year, starting with the New Year's Resolutions category and 'a book with a title that sounds like exercise', with 'Exile and the Kingdom' by Albert Camus. Happy reading everyone!

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  5. AlisonMarch 19, 2024 at 12:42 PM

    Any suggested reads for the Oregon Trail prompt? Really having a hard time with that whole section.

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    1. GregoryRoadJune 6, 2024 at 12:49 PM

      Oh gosh. Somehow I missed my notification about your comment and I'm only just seeing this. I don't know if you're still looking for something or not, but I looked through the Wikipedia entry on dysentery and there's a list at the bottom with "notable cases." There's people like Sir Francis Drake, Henry V of England, King John of England (think Robinhood stories!), and David Livingstone. I'm planning to read about dysentery in India during WWII. It's probably something people might suffer from during times of war, or exploration or even current travel to less developed countries.

      Hope that helps!

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  6. granolaginaNovember 30, 2024 at 11:21 AM

    Will there be a 2025 challenge?

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    1. GregoryRoadDecember 5, 2024 at 5:52 AM

      Yes, there will be. As usual, I'm running a bit behind so it will probably not be posted until the end of the month.

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