Marshall-Lyon County Library discussion

Hello, everyone!

Our website is scheduled for some updates right around the turn of the year, and I wanted to be sure you all have access to the 2022 Challenge List. After the update in early 2022, the list, a printable pdf, and a fillable spreadsheet document will be available at marshalllyonlibrary.org/readers-cafe/....

Learn more about this year's challenge from Michele at marshalllyonlibrary.org/2021/12/20/20... Once 2022 is in full swing, don't forget to sign up in the Welcome post!

Your challenge for 2022:

1. Classic or literary title (Fiction)
2. Retelling or expansion on well-known story/character (Fiction)
3. Printz (YA) or Newbery (Children’s) Award book (Fiction)
4. There’s magic involved (Fiction)
5. Award winner or nominated in favorite genre (Fiction)
6. Author never read before (Fiction)
7. There’s a trip involved (train, boat, car, plane, stagecoach…) (Fiction)
8. Takes place in two different countries or time periods (Fiction)
9. Set in (or around) the Twin Cities (Fiction)
10. Includes a map, list of characters, family tree or historical note (Fiction)
11. Written by a person of color (Fiction or Nonfiction)
12. Published 2020, 2021 or 2022 (Fiction or Nonfiction)
13. On TBR list for a long time (Fiction or Nonfiction)
14. An author who writes both fiction & nonfiction (Fiction title)
15. A title by the same author as above (Nonfiction title)
16. Reread title that you first read more than 10 years ago (Fiction or Nonfiction)
17. One you can read in a weekend (Fiction or Nonfiction)
18. Book has an intriguing title (Fiction or Nonfiction)
19. Title that begins with the same letter as your first name (Fiction or Nonfiction)
20. Best book read in 2022 (Fiction or Nonfiction)
21. Wartime history, biography or memoir (Nonfiction)
22. Personal passion (Nonfiction)
23. Memoir/diary/personal essays (Nonfiction)
24. Self-Help/Self-Care (Nonfiction)
25. The great outdoors: wild animals, weather, nature, parks (Nonfiction)

Happy reading!
-Emilirose

Count me in. This seems an interesting list.

Awesome - let the 2022 planning begin! Thank you!

Welcome, Virginia and Barbra!

Looking forward to another fun challenge.

Glad to have you again, Sara!

You know I’m in again! Bound and determined to actually finish it this year.

I'm glad you are keeping at it, even though you haven't completely finished in the past. If you find one new book or author to love from a yearly challenge, it is worth the participation! :-)

Count me in, my first time.

Glad to see so many readers up for the challenge in 2022. Looking forward to joining you. Happy reading! :-)

Welcome Angie and Christina! We are so happy to have more readers join us this year!!

This year I decided to focus on getting my challenges done sooner in the year instead of rushing to finish in December. So I’ve finished the challenge for this year except for best book of the year. The bookshelf with my choices is on my profile.

Excellent! Congrats, Sara!! I'll be sure to check out your shelf, as I always find at least one or two to add to my TBR list, not that I need to add to it...

Will there be a new challenge list for 2023?

Hi Sara ~ There will be! I hope to get that posted today.

I finished the list in November! You can find my list on "2022-Reading-Challenge--Read" on my profile. I enjoyed most of what I read, but one or two were not my style. But it is always good to go outside your usual reading lists. Two that are not on here but that I found really interesting were "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver and "And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle" by Jon Meacham. AND I finally finished "Guns of August."

Congrats Virginia! I love finding new reads that I wouldn't have found without doing a challenge like this. But the cost is often a few that I end up not really liking. :-)