Back by popular demand, the JCU Library Reading Challenge is here to challenge to to read a book in 2021.
Actually, we're challenging you to Read 21 books in 2021.
You can read the books in any order, and it's up to you to decide what category the book you just read "completes" (sometimes the same book can fit multiple categories, but the challenge is to read 21 books, so no doubling up). You'll find our list gives you a lot of flexibility in the books you read this year: some may be short and easy, while others will stretch you.
We encourage you to pin up this list somewhere (print it out and stick it on your bedroom door? Copy it to One Note? Take a screenshot and pin it to Pintrest?)
We'll offer some advice throughout the year for how to use One Search to find books in our Library that will help you meet the challenge.
We'll post reviews of books we've read for the challenge, and we'll happily post your reviews as well (as long as they are about books in our collection) - send them in to library@jcu.edu.au with the words "JCU Reading Challenge" in the subject bar.
The JCU Library 21 Book Reading Challenge
Read 21 books in 2021 – can be read in any order
1. A book with a colour in the title
2. A book with a place in the title
3. A book by an Indigenous/First Nations author from the
country of your birth
4. A book by an Indigenous/First Nations author from a
country you'd like to visit
5. A book in a genre you don’t normally read
6. A book that is less than 100 pages
7. A book that is more than 300 pages
8. A book from a country in the Commonwealth that isn’t
Australia or the UK.
9. A book featuring an LGBTQ+ character
10. A book set in a time from before you were born
11. A book about a book
12. A book you read more than 10 years ago
13. A book recommended by a friend
14. A book recommended by a stranger
15. A published play
16. A collection of poems
17. A collection of essays
18. A collection of short stories
19. A biography or autobiography
20. A self-help book
21. A book that tells you how to do or make something
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