Fab selection, especially loved the ones playing with the month puns. Brilliant. Sadly I can’t do them all… cos I have already read all the Women’s Prize winner. The completist in me has meant that I can’t complete this, weeps!
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Can’t resist a terrible pun 😂 Technically, if you were to read the 2024 winner in April, that might count lol. Thanks for watching! 🙌
@MsTimmy1987
3 ай бұрын
Love love love this! Thank you for such a great video and excellent prompts! ❤️🌈📚
@benreadsgood
3 ай бұрын
I’m glad you like them! It’s been fun to put together and read along with so far this year 😊
@lorimiller854
9 ай бұрын
This sounds fun. Joined on StoryGraph. Happy New Year, Ben!
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Amazing! Glad to have you on board with this, and Happy New Year to you too 🥳
@vcd_reads
9 ай бұрын
Last year I tried the A-Z book title challenge. I finished reading only 17 but I loved the research that was needed to find something that fit the criteria and sometimes you find some gems you don't expect. This is a fun challenge and I am already looking for the right books for each prompt...Might cheat on Nov and pick a genre (memoirs!) that doesn't generally work for me.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
A-Z is such a huge undertaking - well done for getting through that many! Hope you have fun finding books for this challenge. And of course do feel free to switch things up 😊
@nimbustuba
3 ай бұрын
Late to the game here, but I can start in July! As for short stories, don’t forget George Saunders. His short stories are always very good. I don’t know if this would count, but he wrote a non-fiction book called “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life.” In it, he includes (or reads-I listened to him narrated the audiobook-delightful) short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy and Gogol. Since there are short stories embedded in them, and so much more, I wonder if it’s a cheat for short story month. I better sign off or I run the risk of becoming a book without paragraph breaks!
@benreadsgood
3 ай бұрын
I am a huge Saunders fan so will support any use of Saunders for the prompts, however tenuous! A Swim in the Pond in the Rain seems like it would be perfect for the short story prompt 😊
@rachelmatthews8489
9 ай бұрын
Such great prompts! Thank you 🙏 I have joined on Storygraph and already completed January by reading Happening by Annie Ernaux.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Woohoo, thank you so much for joining. And well done for already doing January - you're ahead of me!!! 😅
@NickellesNook
9 ай бұрын
Happy New Year Ben 🥳 Oh my, this seems like so much fun! Love all of these prompts.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Happy New Year to you too, and thanks for watching! Hopefully the prompts will keep things fun and exciting in 2024 😅
@PageTurnersWithKatja
9 ай бұрын
i love themes for months, have ideas for Jan, July, sept, oct, but will sit out November 😅
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Wonderful that you have some books in mind already! And understandable you want to skip November. My first instinct is to run the other way, but I am set on challenging my own reading habits 😂
@chloetimms960
9 ай бұрын
These are such great prompts! Excited to take part.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Thanks so much - thrilled that you like them! Looking forward to a year of fun reading ❤️
@patriciafay-f9l
9 ай бұрын
I am going to try to participate in this challenge - I have started a list of possible books. My reading dance card is already quite booked for 2024 so I will see how it goes. I do like that it inspires me - especially June 🤣
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Oooh well I hope whatever prompts you end up doing lead you to some fun reads. No pressure! 🙏
@JentheLibrarianreads
9 ай бұрын
This is excellent, I’m definitely going to shoehorn everything I can into this throughout the year ☺️ My reading shame is probably Wolf Hall. Or The Name of the Rose which I’ve studied large chunks of and pretend I’ve read it but actually haven’t 😂
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Yay, thanks Jen - excited to have you join in! Wolf Hall could definitely work as a reading shame for me... I've had one false start with it but I'd really love to give it another go.
@cecilialau_
9 ай бұрын
First time I’ve disagreed with you, Ben! Haha 😅 I didn’t really enjoy Nocturnes. And I will struggle with the short stories prompt as I’ve just not had much success in getting on with collections. I do have a few I want to read so hopefully I’m just being silly and will be proven wrong. So here’s to trying sth new/out of the ordinary! Good luck with the prompts, what an amazing feeling it is to be excited about reading! 🤩 I’ll be joining of course ♥️
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Oooh that’s a shame, I loved Nocturnes. Mainly for the hotel story. What a hoot. But I am with you that I often struggle to get into short stories, but some of my favourite authors specialise in them (George Saunders, Ted Chiang). So thrilled you fancy joining 🙌
@TheSalMaris
9 ай бұрын
Soon as I finish Close Range, I'll attempt Annie Proulx's Barkskins--in Annieuary. I'll see where I am by the 31st of this month. Thank you for this.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching 🙏 Anns, Annes and Annies are here to dominate our Januarys! I'm leaning more towards the Patchett at the moment, but will see where my whims take me.
@annamargaretaberg
9 ай бұрын
This is such a great reading challenge! The prompts are specific enough to give me a clear idea and open enough to give me room to play with :) For January I'm probably going for either the Dutch House or Commonwealth by Ann Patchett (I read Tom Lake last year and LOVED IT!), or a collection of northern Norwegian folk tales by editors Ann Sylvi Larsen and Roald Larsen (it feels like it fits the spirit of the prompt).
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, I'm glad you like it, and it was a lot of fun to put together! Great picks and I'm pleased to hear you loved Tom Lake. I'm going to start it this weekend. And absolutely happy for Ann-curated or Ann-translated books to be included 🙌
@juliemorrow174
9 ай бұрын
This One Sky Day was my favourite book of 2022! It's so special
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Ooh that's wonderful to know - I love getting someone's seal of approval before I dive in. Excited to read it and get over my magical realism disinclinations.
@TheLeniverse
9 ай бұрын
I really wanted both that one and Creatures of Passage to make it onto the Women's Prize shortlist that year. They both cast a spell on me.
@libraryofallie
8 ай бұрын
I love this challenge!!!! Thanks Ben!!!! Xx
@benreadsgood
8 ай бұрын
Yay, glad you like it! Thanks so much.
@charlottemolloy
9 ай бұрын
Love this Idea Ben! Love the puns! I will be participating as much as I can! 😍
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Would be lovely to have you on board! ❤️
@AnaMoShoshin
9 ай бұрын
These are fun prompts! Thank you!
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Glad you like them! Thanks so much for watching 🙌
@ParisianBookworm
9 ай бұрын
This sounds like so much fun! And reading shame forgiveness month is such a great idea- I guess I can now mentally prepare to finally finish Moby Dick and Middlemarch in June. For January I will pick up Long Call by Ann Cleeves, I was thinking about reading another one of her books for a while( coincidentally I read Raven Black in January 2023 and quite liked it) so this is perfect timing.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
So pleased it sounds fun 🤩 Those are some hefty picks for Reading Shame Forgiveness Month - good luck! 🤞🏻
@soniajohnson8878
9 ай бұрын
Love all the prompts. May not read all of them in the same order, but that is the beauty of Storygraph in that you can read and tick them off when you want. Am also not a fan of magical realism but thinking there must be a fun middlegrade that I can read and pass onto my nephew.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
So pleased you find them interesting! And yes absolutely feel free to do as you like with them. There will be no prompt police on patrol 😅
@EveningReader
9 ай бұрын
Well, I already have books on the TBR for January and February that fit the bill, so I might as well try the whole year! This is great fun and I love that it can overlap easily with other challenges. And yes, November: Ducks, Newburyport it is.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Oh that's perfect - love it when things line up like that. And you are braver than me with Ducks, Newburyport 😅 Thanks for watching!
@ameliabarlowbooks
9 ай бұрын
what a fun selection of prompts! I struggle to commit to things like this but I’ve taken a note of the list and will try and join in as much as I can throughout the year. don’t sleep on The Reluctant Fundamentalist, it’s a total gem 💎
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
No pressure whatsoever - if you just wanted to hop on one or two months that would be absolutely lovely 🥰 And definitely keen to read The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Exist West was a BIG hit for me, but The Last White Man was a bit of a miss. Hoping it’s more the latter!
@MaggieYoder
9 ай бұрын
Just found your channel and absolutely love the reading channel you have announced! Looking forward to following your content.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
That's so wonderful - thank you for being here! ❤️
@juliaroth9739
9 ай бұрын
would love to see the variety for october lol. i agreed with your last two covers, but i actually quite liked the first one
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
I do like that it’s quite subjective! Will be interesting to see what people think is ugly (already seen a few covers I actually quite like added on The StoryGraph 😂).
@Serinalovesreading
8 ай бұрын
Just discovered your channel and this reading challenge. I love these prompts. So excited to get reading🥰
@benreadsgood
8 ай бұрын
Thanks so much - really pleased that you like the prompts! They were lots of fun to put together 😊
@Tetsujin-28
9 ай бұрын
Ben drinks 5cups of coffee in 20mins then films a video. ".......if you want to print something out...." . Do people still do that? March: Definitely reading "Eileen". June: "Count of Monte Cristo" it is. November: Paradais by Fernanda Melchor was tough to get into, but I'm glad I stuck with it. (reread) Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner....maybe? I'll work on the months. Read "The Vegetarian". Great channel. Happy New Year.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Haha I promise I have a 1 coffee per day limit 😂 I think printing is still alive and well in the journaling world. I don’t myself, but I know some people love it! Enjoying your picks for those months - Melchor is a great shout for November. Happy New Year to you too!
@madeubook
9 ай бұрын
Love the prompts and your puns are on point! Jane Eyre is also my shameful bookish secret and I need to join you for that one.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Thanks so much, glad you like them. We’re in this Eyre affair together! 🤝
@Laney0104
4 ай бұрын
This challenge is so much fun! I think your channel is underrated; you should have over 100k subscribers . I hope that happens soon! Hahaha.
@benreadsgood
4 ай бұрын
Haha thank you so much, that's very nice of you to say. Appreciate you for watching!
@AnalogueHolly
9 ай бұрын
I wasn't going to take part in anymore reading things this year (other than tbr spin and 24 for 2024) but I rather like your prompts and can see quite a few of what I'm already planning on reading fitting in. It also seems we have a lot of similar books on our TBRs! 😂
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
I’m glad you like the prompts! Not sure if I feel bad for luring you into another challenge though 😂
@AnalogueHolly
9 ай бұрын
@@benreadsgood 😂 January's pick is the short story collection Yes Yes More More by Anna Woods. Published by indigo press and she was also a creative writing student at UEA where I'm a mature student (currently finishing a creative writing module 👍) 😁
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Oooh, I love The Indigo Press! They’ve been on such a roll lately.
@janethansen9612
9 ай бұрын
I just happen to have The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte on my physical TBR, so January is sorted.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Perfect timing! Love it when a plan comes together 😅
@Sharonreadsbooks
9 ай бұрын
Great idea- I have The Wren, the Wren and Tom Lake out on loan from the library so may join in! Happy new year🎉
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Perfect timing! Happy New Year to you as well 🥳
@lozzyjohnson85
9 ай бұрын
Happy New Year, Ben! I really enjoyed this video and am going to try and complete all the prompts! 🤞🏼
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year to you too! 🥳 Hope you have some fun with the prompts. Fingers crossed it will stay interesting all year 😅
@cathyg.9996
9 ай бұрын
I absolutely love this idea! It’s very different from any reading challenge I have seen in the past. The prompts are a lot of fun and leave a lot of room to select books. I’m looking forward to joining in! Happy New Year 🎉
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
So glad you like the prompts! Hoping to have lots of fun with it this year. Happy New Year to you too 🥳
@joy_ofbooks
9 ай бұрын
Brilliant challenge and one I’ll gladly be joining in with. 😊
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
That's wonderful to hear - thanks so much! Hope you enjoy it 🥳
@gailhewitt1467
9 ай бұрын
Happy New Year Ben - hope it will be a fabulous reading year for you. Love this challenge and has already seen me looking through my shelves to find books that fit. I laughed at the November prompt of no paragraph breaks as that's my worse nightmare when it comes to text. Ann-uary will be either Dutch House by Ann Patchett, or Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. Thank you for doing this - hope it will be annual thing.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Happy New Year to you too! Hope you had a good one. It’s quite fun to shop your own shelves in search of a prompt book, isn’t it? And I feel the same about November, but I suppose that’s why it’s a challenge 😂 Hello Beautiful is a great shout actually - I think I have it on my Kindle and have heard such great things.
@TheLeniverse
9 ай бұрын
Pst, Ben, the Women's Prize fiction longlist is announced already on the 5th of March. So from then on and until the shortlist on 24th April (or until I'm done) I'll be reading nothing else. Unless I read some International Booker nominees. I'm here for reading shame forgiveness month though. In fact, I probably need a reading shame forgiveness year! I love your prompts, but I'm terrible at sticking to challenges. I might try anyway. But maybe not in the correct month. lol You have some great books planned! I recommend reading the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder before reading Tom Lake, if you're not already familiar with it. It's very short and I promise the combination will give you a lot. That was possibly the loveliest reading experience I had in 2023 (it was a year of a lot of dark literature).
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Oh dear, how have I got that mixed up. I think it's correctly described in The Storygraph, but clearly I lost my mind while filming 😂 I think my original plan was to take a little break from the 2024 WP list just to make sure I do a bit more backlist reading this year. 100% happy for folks to join in with just the months they have time for, and to bend the rules as you see fit. The most important thing is to try and inspire some fun reading, more than rigidly sticking to anything! Thanks for the heads up on the Tom Lake companion piece - I don't often read plays but will check it out and see if I fancy it 🙏
@Heatherskl
9 ай бұрын
Oooh I was going to read Tom Lake next so that works for me. I’m in! Just need to finish Soldier Sailor first.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Yay, glad it works. Hope you're enjoying Soldier Sailor - one of my 2023 faves!
@issywelsby6698
9 ай бұрын
Milkman is an absolute banger. I was also intimidated by the lack of paragraphs and character names but it’s surprisingly easy to read and compulsive (and was my last 5⭐️ of 2023!)
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
That's so good to know! You have made me excited to get to it now, even if I will be waiting until November 😱
@rebecca.reader
9 ай бұрын
I absolutely love this, Ben!! I have never joined in with booktube reading prompts as I'm a scaredycat when it comes to commitment 😅....but, I love your channel and I think I could get on board with this. Not promising I'll do every month, but I'll try my best. I'm a bit of a dinosaur and haven't moved over to Storygraph yet ( still doing Goodreads) but I will try and keep up on here. Right, *off to my shelves to find an Ann/Anne*
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Well we're both in this together - I've never done a prompt challenge like this either! Very excited to get started with it, and will hopefully keep things fresh and fun throughout the year. I'm also mainly on Goodreads, but copied everything over to The Storygraph just so I could set up the challenge. I'm currently logging my reads in both! And that's absolutely fine just to join in with the months that take your fancy, or that you have time for. No plans to mark anyone's homework 😅
@TheSalMaris
9 ай бұрын
Annie Ernaux, as you prompted, is also on my list, but Barkskins is lengthy. Haven’t attempted Proulx since The Shipping News Came out. I’m the only one in the world who didn’t like it. I’d read Postcards before that and loved it. So I’m returning, perhaps like salmon.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Sometimes you've gotta swim upstream! 😅
@zelicj
9 ай бұрын
Great prompts! Happy New Year! A possible November book that is shorter is Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor. It's a tough read because of the subject matter but if you have a rainy day you can get through it in a single sitting.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Melchor is such a good shout - added both her books to The Storygraph list! Happy New Year to you too 🎉
@Mesa37122
9 ай бұрын
I'm making the switch from Goodreads to Storygraph this year so this is perfect timing! I'm also working through past Women's Prize winners so I think I'll read Bel Canto by Ann Patchet for the January prompt.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Yay, glad it works out well for you! And what a treat when one book can work for multiple reading projects 🎉 Bel Canto is supposed to be a real delight, so I hope you enjoy it.
@amesforbooks1343
9 ай бұрын
LOVE these prompts! 🎉
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
So pleased you like them! It was lots of fun to put together 😊
@dqan7372
9 ай бұрын
Ooh. Some good, meaningful prompts. I've already committed to reading Beloved, but I might fit in a short Ernaux or Enright. Anne Frank, if I'm ambitious. (Next year: Beryl?) For Feb, I might go with O'Nan's Prayer for the Dying or Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year. For March I'm eyeing White Tiger, but could go with The Road. For April, either Hamnet or Piranesi, although there are several I want to get too. I better stop myself there and get back to reading.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Loving these ideas, and so pleased you like the prompts! Good call on Hamnet and Pirinesi - I reckon those will both be popular picks for that month. There are SO many more Anns that I even anticipated (some folks have added even more than I mentioned on The Storygraph challenge page) so Ann-uary may have more than one year in it. But maybe one day Beryl could sneak in 😅
@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
9 ай бұрын
Okay you lost me for a moment thinking I don’t have any Ann books on my shelf, but then you drew me back in with Feveruary! You definitely need to read Severance and I have so many apocalypse books to enjoy. Will try to join in when I can. 😊📚📚📚
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Can't be tempted by a bit of Meryl Streep reading Ann Patchett for the Tom Lake audio? 👀 But really, absolutely fine to just join in with a few that take your fancy. I'm so excited to read Severence - it seems right up my street!
@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
9 ай бұрын
@@benreadsgood I’m in the queue on Libby for Tom Lake read by Meryl Streep but it’s 15 weeks away! So may be Ann-pril for me. 😂
@TheLeniverse
9 ай бұрын
I might "cheat" a bit for January. I started reading the Anne of Green Gables books some years ago. I've taken a long break after book 4, but I think it's time to return to it and read Anne's House of Dreams. It's not the author name, but it's still an ann-uary, with an e.
@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
9 ай бұрын
@@TheLeniverse good idea! I’m tempted to read a book about Ann of Cleaves! 😊
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Rules are there to be bent! 😉
@jwi1085
9 ай бұрын
Looking fine for '24, nice top!
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Thank you! It was one of my favourite Christmas presents (in one of my favourite colours!)
@deborahaguruso
9 ай бұрын
I love these prompts! This will encourage me to start the month of June with A Fine Balance by Rohinton Misty and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, both of which have been waiting for me to read for 20 years. Just the push I need.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Ooh, A Fine Balance - the ultimate chunkster. I will be sending you all the support and good vibes I can to finally clear that 20-year backlog 🤞
@CharlieBrookReads
9 ай бұрын
Definitely want to join in, you have loads of great prompts Ben. The Wren The Wren might work for my Anne depending if I don’t already have another Anne lingering on my shelves somewhere 😅 It’s going to get fun!
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Yay, would love to have you join in Charlie! There are so many Anns out there that I reckon there must be one lurking in the house somewhere 😂
@CharlieBrookReads
9 ай бұрын
@@benreadsgood I literally picked up the book I was reading and realised I was already unwittingly reading an Ann as I am reading Fayne 😅
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
It’s meant to be!
@hardbackhypebeast
8 ай бұрын
Love these!
@benreadsgood
8 ай бұрын
Thanks very much legend! 🙌
@StephanieP1901
9 ай бұрын
Fun! I'm looking forward to it! But I can't say anything until I tell you how impressed I am that you have a copy of Are you There God? It's Me, Margaret. That is probably the book I've read more times than any other starting when I was about ten years old. The movie is good too. :) Happy New Year, Ben! The one I'm most looking forward to is the reading shame prompt. You can't go wrong with Jane Eyre, BTW. I'd also recommend Frankenstein. I might go with 1984, which I don't want to read but I *do* want to read Julia by Sandra Newman. :)
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Are You There God? is one of those rare instances where I watched the movie before reading the book! Looking forward to giving it a read (and seeing what all the fuss is about to make it so book-ban-worthy). The Reading Shame Forgiveness Month is my favourite too! I like that it can be a really personal thing and different for everyone. Frankenstein could definitely be a contender too - I almost read it in October/November and couldn't quite fit it in.
@YourTrueShelf
9 ай бұрын
So cool that you designed your own readathon! I just looked for ann - I have Anna James so I am Anna rather than Anne 😊 I think Ug-tober is the funniest one 😂 Milkman is an absolute masterpiece. Listen to it on audio though!! Best tip I got. Accent is gorgeous and the narrator is amazing. You can't tell that there are no paragraphs.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Anna is fine by me! Happy for people to do what they want with the rules really 😅 I did spent a few minutes laughing when I came up with Ug-tober - it’s high time ugly books got some love 😂 Thanks for the tip with Milkman!
@YourTrueShelf
9 ай бұрын
@@benreadsgood I was like oooh October, my bday month, let's see... Ug-tober 🤣🤣🤣
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
@@YourTrueShelf haha oh dear. My apologies! 😂
@TheseNights984
9 ай бұрын
I bought The Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens over a year ago and I’ve been procrastinating ever since, so I guess I’m reading that one in June 😅
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Oooh it's great that you have a contender in mind already. Time to dust off that Dickins and banish the shame of him sitting there for so long 😅 Thanks for watching!
@aaron_osborne
9 ай бұрын
I don’t know if I will do every month as a college student it can be busy. However I will try at least February with Hollow Kingdom which is about a zombie outbreak.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
That’s absolutely fine! If the prompts inspire one fun reading pick all year then that’s still awesome. I haven’t actually read a zombie book before, but for some reason you have just awakened the memory that Colson Whitehead has one that I almost read 🧟
@aaron_osborne
9 ай бұрын
When done right zombies can be fun. While not a book 1968’s Night of the Living Dead is a good example of creativity behind the concept.
@brady3074
9 ай бұрын
I think this is a fun challenge, however, can you go into more detail about February? I don’t quite understand.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching - glad it sounds fun! Apols that February isn't quite clear. It's basically to read any book with a pandemic or post-apocalyptic theme. Could be real (plague, COVID, HIV/AIDS) or imagined (The Stand, Station Eleven, To Paradise). Although it's a specific topic, the options are quite wide! Lots of stuff has been added on the StoryGraph prompt if you're after some more inspiration. Hopefully that makes sense?
@brady3074
9 ай бұрын
@@benreadsgood Thanks for explaining it. Of course you made sense. I just tend to overthink things at times. Well, I tend to overthink things most of the time….okay all the time. I appreciate you taking the time to reply.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
No problem at all! 😊
@MsPixieD
8 ай бұрын
Hi, I joined Storygraph and this challenge. Now that I've read my J-ANN- uary book (Tom Lake. It was due back at the library, and the audio version still hasn't come in, so I had to forego Meryl Steeep and just read it), I can't find how to check off that I've completed the first book in the challenge. Can anyone explain how that page on Storygraph works? Thanks! Also, I'm doing a reading journal and using the Cawpike spreadsheet. There's no column for reading challenges, but she does include readathons. Would you consider this a yearling readathons, or is that only when everyone is reading the same book? Cheers 😀
@benreadsgood
8 ай бұрын
Hey - wonderful to have you on board for the challenge! 🥳 For a book to count towards the challenge, it just needs to be added to it. I think if you go to the book in your reading history, one of the dropdowns / menus should allow to to 'Add to reading challenge' and then you can select which challenge and which prompt. Then it will count! Not familiar with the spreadsheet you mentioned, but if you want to count it as a readathon, that's cool by me.
@MsPixieD
9 ай бұрын
Added Anne of Green Gables to Storygraph for January in case anyone hasn't read it, but I am already planning to read Tom Lake. Once you said Meryl Steeep reads it, however, I placed a hold on the books on CD from the library. If it shows up in time, I want to listen! (Or do you still say "read"?) Does anyone know how I can import my Goodreads data to my new Storygraph acct. on an android phone, as the Storygraph instructions are incomplete?? Drag and drop doesn't work, and I can't find the Goodreads export file I made anywhere on my phone, so can't do it that way.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Been loving seeing people add books onto the prompts - thank you! And I've got about 150 pages of my current book to go before I'll be hanging out with Meryl. Can't wait! I think you might need to do the Goodreads export and StoryGraph import on a computer rather than a phone. That said, phones do often have a 'file' system, it can just be a bit tricky to locate where things go. I have an iPhone so not too familiar with Android, but I wonder does your phone have a 'Files' app where you can manage files that are downloaded?
@1book1review
9 ай бұрын
And there I thought I was the only one who never understood the more-content-for-patreon attractiveness LOL. Tough challenges, sounds fun though.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
I just about stick to my current one-video-per-week schedule, so I don’t know how people do more (and also have it hidden away). Respect to them though. I think filming just doesn’t come as naturally to me so it takes me aaaaages 😂 Hopefully not too tough, but I was keen for them to feel like at least a bit of a challenge, just to keep it interesting!
@readandre-read
9 ай бұрын
You have several books I loved in your plans and these themes are great. I have books on my TBR in most of these categories; I'll give this a shot! LOL my copy of The Promise is much more attractive than yours 😊.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
That's awesome that you have some TBR picks lined up that will fit! Very excited to have you join me in this year of discovery (I've never actually done a prompt challenge before 😂). And VERY jealous that you have a non-ugly cover for The Promise. I was hoping they would fix it with the paperback, but... nope!
@merrilywereadalong5367
9 ай бұрын
Ug-ctober= ANY fitzcarraldo book. Lol done
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
😱 Fitzcarraldos are beautiful in their own way!!!
@jacquelineturner7206
9 ай бұрын
Shame book - Mrs. Calloway. Saw the movie - half credit?
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Haha well you have an opportunity to claim the full credit in June! 👀 Thanks for watching!
@onourpath
9 ай бұрын
Can the rules be bent? I think Ann-uary should allow books that have "ann" in the title and/or author's name. What about Anniversary? Too far afield? Also, for Fever-uary, same: would a book title with "fever" work? For Indie-cember, can you encourage folks to try to buy their indie book from an indie bookstore? They need all the help they can get!
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Please feel free to do as you please with the prompts. I've tried to make it not too wide just for myself so it feels like more of a challenge, but I don't plan on policing anyone else's picks! Good shout on the Indie-cember steer though. Always love to encourage people to use their local indie bookshops 😊
@onourpath
9 ай бұрын
@@benreadsgoodOk, I'm going to try this! Thanks for the inspiration!
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
Wonderful! Hope you manage to have some fun with it 🙏
@onourpath
9 ай бұрын
@@benreadsgood Thank you so much for adding in the bit about indies!
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
No worries at all - important to support the indies!
@dqan7372
9 ай бұрын
Never mind. Beryluary will never catch on. I was thinking overly alphabetical.
@benreadsgood
9 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@James_Cooper
9 ай бұрын
my reading shame is undoubtedly giovanni's room 🤦♂🤦♂
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