How many stories will you read in 2022? Short Story Book Club member Kate Wood read over 100 books in 2021, and she doesn’t have plans to stop any time soon. We are wowed by Kate and her resolve. Among her secrets to achieving this goal were reading books in audio format so she could multitask. This allowed her to read while also doing other things, like jogging or completing tasks around her home. She also said that she reduced the amount of time she spent watching television. Kudos to Kate!
This year’s short story reading challenge was submitted to the book club by Kate Wood. She says,
I was inspired by The 52 Book Club yearly challenge to write a similar 52 story challenge for Short Story Book Club!
To complete this challenge, read one story to fit each of the 52 prompts. Any short story or book is acceptable for this challenge… Get as creative as you like with interpreting the prompts! These can be read in any order. Have fun with it!
Reading challenges like this one can be used in a number of ways. You can find new authors, discover new genres, or just put a little spice in your reading routine. Kate is proof that you can meet your reading goals! Let us know how your challenge goes. Here’s the list.
READ A SHORT STORY OR BOOK THAT…
- Has an unnamed protagonist
- Has a protagonist who shares a first name with one of your relatives
- Has a protagonist’s first name that starts with the same letter as your first name
- Has an author’s last name that starts with the same letter as your last name
- Has a character who has the same first or last name as you
- Features a park
- Features a school
- Features an apartment
- Features animals
- Features a mythical creature
- Features a teacher
- Has a character who has a job that you have or have previously had
- Has a character who has a job that you are interested in
- Has a character who has a job that you would never want to have
- Takes place in a country that begins with a vowel
- Takes place in a country that begins with a consonant
- Takes place in a country or city that you have visited
- Takes place in a country or city that you would like to visit but have not yet
- Takes place in a city or state where you live or have lived
- Takes place in more than one country
- Takes place on more than one continent
- Has a one-word title
- Has a five-word title
- Has a 10-syllable title
- Has a title that includes the word “happy”
- Has a title that includes a color
- Is something you choose based on the cover
- Is something you choose because you don’t like the cover (Give it a chance!)
- Has a pink cover
- Includes a drawing on the cover
- Includes an animal on the cover
- Has a title in a language other than your first language
- Was translated from a language you do not speak
- Is something you read once as a child
- Is something for children that you didn’t read as a child
- Is a genre you don’t normally choose
- Is a recommendation from a friend
- Is a recommendation from a stranger (e.g., your friendly librarian, Oprah)
- Was written by someone based in North America
- Was written by someone based in South America
- Was written by someone based in Africa
- Was written by someone based in Europe
- Was written by someone based in Asia
- Was written by someone based in Australia
- Was written by someone from the same place where you were born (state/province)
- Was written by someone born in the same year as you
- Was written by someone older than you
- Was written by someone younger than you
- Was written by the same person as one of your choices for another prompt
- Was published the year you were born
- Was published in a literary magazine
- Was published in 2022
