Here are all the challenges I’m planning to do this year. I’ll fill in each prompt with the related book as I go. Wish me luck!

Aussies Rule:

Read:

1. An Aussie book by a trans or non binary author. (Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans)
2. An Aussie book recommended by an Aussie podcast. (A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu)
3. A book of poetry or short stories by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander author. (Throat by Ellen van Neerven)
4. A non fiction book by an Aussie author of colour. (White Tears Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad)
5. One of the Growing Up in Australia series. (Growing Up African in Australia ed Maxine Beneba Clarke)
6. An Aussie romance. (The Place on Dalhousie by Melinda Marchetta)
7. A book from the 2020 Stella Longlist. (There was Still Love by Favel Parret plus most of the others)
8. A book by a refugee. (The Happiest Refugee by Ahn Do)
9. A book by a woman, Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islander, author of colour or LGBTQIA+ person published the year you were born. (Because a White Man’ll Never Do It)
10. An Aussie book based as close as possible to either where you grew up or where you live now. (The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory by Corey White)
11. A book about being a Muslim in Australia. (The Lost Arabs by Omar Sakr)
12. Some Aussie YA Spec Fic. (Aurora Rising by Kaufman and Kristoff)
13. A book by an Aussie woman over 50 (The Weekend by Charlotte Wood.)
14. A book long listed for the Miles Franklin (any year.) (Storyland by Catherine McKinnon)
15. An Aussie book about nature. (The Last Migration by Charlotte McConaghy)
16. An #ownvoices book with a disabled or neurodiverse main character. (Please Don’t Hug Me by Kay Kerr)
17. Some Aussie historical fiction set at a time other than early settlement. (The Drover’s Wife by Leah Purcell)
18. A book by a young (under 25) Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. (Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch)
19. A book by a young (under 25) queer Aussie.
20. A book by an Aussie carer.
21. An Aussie book recommended by your local indie book store. (Hysteria by Katrina Bryant)
22. An Aussie book published by a small press. (Cherry Beach by Laura McPhee-Brown)
23. A middle grade or picture book by an Aussie Author of Colour.
24. An Aussie book set in space. (Illuminae by Kaufman and Kristoff)

Rogue Book Coven:

1. Is a favourite of a friend or family member.
2. Has a queer Jewish protagonist or is by a queer Jewish author. (21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari)
3. You heard about on a podcast or other social media
4. Was written by an Indigenous Australian author in the 21st century
5. Is a Pulitzer Prize winner or nominee (any year)
6. Is by an author who lives within 25 miles of you.
7. Is a translated short story collection
8. Was written by a politician
9. Is a Shakespeare retelling
10. Has titled (not numbered) chapters
11. Is on body positivity,by a body positivity author or featuring a body positivity main character
12. Is set in parts of the UK other than England
13. Is a graphic novel that started as a web comic (Heartstopper)
14. Is an #ownvoices YA novel.
15. Is non fiction about racism, anti-racism or racial justice. (How to be an Anti-Racist)
16. Has a rainbow colour in the title.
17. Is about or set in East Asia (China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macau)
18. You previously DNF’d (Storyland by Catherine McKinnon)
19. Is a book of poetry by an author of colour
20. Is published by a not for profit press.
21. Is about the refugee experience.
22. Is about animal rescue
23. Is at least 500 pages long. (The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox)
24. Was published the year you were born.
25. Bonus: Is about another Coven member’s interest, hobby or field.

The Reading Women:

1. Author from Caribbean or India
2. Translated from an Asian language
3. About the environment
4. Picture book by a BIPOC author
5. Stella or Women’s Prize winner (Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany)
6. Non fiction by a woman historian
7. Afrofuturism or Africanfuturism
8. An anthology by multiple authors
9. Inspired by folklore (Circe by Madeline Miller)
10. About a woman artist
11. Read and watch a book to movie adaption
12. About a woman who inspires you
13. By an Arab woman
14. Set in Japan/ by a Japanese author
15. A biography
16. Featuring a woman with a disability
17. Over 500 pages
18. Under 100 pages
19. Frequently recommended to you
20. A feel good/happy book
21. A book about food
22. By a favourite or new to you publisher
23. By an LGBTQIA+ author
24. From the 2019 Reading Women Award Shortlists

Swords and Stars:

1. Read a book from the sub genre New Weird
2. Read a book with a map
3. Read a book with time travel or time in the title
4. Read a book with stars on the cover or in the title
5. Read a book whose author is new to you
6. Read an SFF novella
7. Read a book with magic in it
8. Read a book with a spaceship on the cover
9. Read a book over 500 pages (Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey)
10. Read a sci fi book written by a female author
11. Read a book that takes place in space, on a ship or a different planet
12. Read a book with dragons in it
13. Read a book based on or from a fantasy or science fiction game
14. Read a militaristic sci fi book or portal fantasy
15. Read sci fantasy
16. Read grim dark or urban fantasy
17. Read a sci fi classic
18. Read a fantasy classic
19. Read a book recommended or blurbed by another SFF author
20. Read an SFF New release.

Enthralled Bookworm’s 20 LGBTQ+ Books in 2020

#Startyourownshelfathon

1. Circe by Madeline Miller
2. Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
3. Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch

#STFU and Read Challenge

1. Found on Bookstagram Australia
2. An Australian Classic
3. Book by an Indigenous Australian author.
4. Book about climate change
5. Book by an LGBTQ+ author
6. #LoveOzYA book
7. Memoir by an Australian woman (Get the Girls Out by Lucy Bloom)
8. A poetry collection
9. 2020 finalist for a State Premier’s literary prize
10. A book by a territorial – NT or ACT.
11. Read and watch a book to movie adaption
12. A book from across the ditch. (The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox)