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Not feeling the PopSugar challenge? Want to try something different? Take a look at BookRiot's list of 20 challenges for 2017 and see if something strikes your fancy! Let us know in a comment if you've decided to take on one of these!

Check this one out. It's one of the ones on that list of 20 challenges.

It prints out a little weird, so I recreated it in Word. I'll print out a few copies and have them at the Ringer Library reference desk if anyone wants to try the Memoir Reading Bingo.

Is anyone doing BookRiot's Read Harder challenge? ()

1. Read a book about sports

2. Read a debut novel

Kendra wrote: "2. Read a debut novel"
I have actually already read at least 3 debut novels this year:
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo,
The Yearbook by Carol Masciola,
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James

They were all very different from each other. If I Was Your Girl and The Yearbook are both YA, and The Haunting of Maddy Clare is adult fiction.

(adding book covers)

3. Read a book about books.

4. Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author.

5. Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative.

6. Read an all-ages comic.

7. Read a book published between 1900 and 1950.

8. Read a travel memoir.

9. Read a book you’ve read before.

10. Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location.

11. Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location.

Kendra wrote: "11. Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location."

I read The Haunting of Maddy Clare. It is set in England, and I am in the USA.

(just figured out how to add bookcovers)

12. Read a fantasy novel.

Kendra wrote: "12. Read a fantasy novel."

I read The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan.
It's the first book in The Trials of Apollo.

13. Read a nonfiction book about technology.

14. Read a book about war.

15. Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+.

Kendra wrote: "15. Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+."
I read If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo. It's a YA (teen) fiction book by a transgender author, and the main character is also transgender.

Meredith Russo

Another suggestion for this category would be to read something from the Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series by Heather Brewer. The author identifies as transgender and has transitioned. Now, the author is known as Zac Brewer, but if you pick up any of the previous books, they still say Heather Brewer on the cover. The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod is a teen vampire series; book one is called Eighth Grade Bites.

Heather Brewer
Zac Brewer

16. Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country.

17. Read a classic by an author of color.

18. Read a superhero comic with a female lead.

19. Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey.

20. Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel.

21. Read a book published by a micropress.

22. Read a collection of stories by a woman.

23. Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love.

24. Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color.