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bulletnotestudies · 1 year

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THE STUDYBLR WITH KNIVES SERVER PRESENTS: *✧ 2023 Jumbo Reading Challenge ✧*

a brand new year is upon us, so what better way to celebrate than with a fresh reading challenge! this year we decided to fill the gap between our thematic challenges with our biggest challenge yet - this 25 prompt challenge will last from january to the end of december and has 5 bonus prompts to make things a bit easier. most of the prompts are also quite broad, so they encourage you to diversify your reading without being too restricting and sucking all the fun out of reading :)

RULES: -> please reblog this post if you’re participating -> for each of the prompts, read a book of your choice and cross the prompt out on the above template -> post your updates in the form of text posts, bookish photos, or anything else you come up with under the tag #studyblr w/knives reading challenge! -> the jumbo challenge will last the entire year, but as always, feel free to take however long to complete it

! be sure to hide any spoilers under the cut when posting updates/reviews, so people can avoid them if needed :)

[transcript & explanations of the prompts under the cut]

This year's 25 prompts are: 1. released in 2023 2. by an author of colour 3. punny title * 4. transgender main character 5. recommended by a friend 6. horror or thriller 7. magical realism or high fantasy 8. poetry or nonfiction * 9. space opera or urban fantasy 10. rivals to lovers (academic/sports/workplace/etc. rivals to lovers) 11. mythology inspired * 12. #ownvoices 13. clever cover * (a book with a cover that you don't truly understand till after you've read the book) 14. ugly cover (or as we like to call it, this book deserved better) 15. minimalistic cover 16. water in the title (the word water, sea, ocean, river, lake,... in the title) 17. nonbinary author 18. main character of colour 19. black and white cover 20. one word title 21. bright, colourful cover 22. name of a place in the title (can be a real or fictional place) 23. intimidating book (a book that's intimidating to you for whatever reason) 24. heart or clockface on the cover * 25. title starting with the same letter as your name/nickname (the/a/an or their equivalents in other languages obviously don't count :))

*prompts marked with an asterisk are bonus prompts, meaning you don't have to complete them on storygraph in order to finish the challenge.

as per usual, the challenge is also on storygraph (check the reblogs of the post for the link) and if you have any questions about the challenge at all, my asks are open

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the---hermit · 1 year

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Geronimo Stilton and The Kingdom Of Fantasy

I had a minor emotional breakdown and of course the only logical thing to do was to pick back up one of my favourite childhood series and binge read the volumes I own. In this review I will be only talking about the first book of The Kingdom of Fantasy series, but I'll write posts on the other books aswell. Apparently this year had to start with lots of children's books, and although it is unexpected I am really happy about it. I grew up with Geronimo Stilton books, and this series in particular holds a special place in my heart (although I own only the first four books). Despite loving these books I had not read one in ages, I don't think I had ever reread them before, and it surely was a journey. This series follows the adventures of Geronimo Stilton in the kingdom of fantasy, a place populated by witches, trolls, gromes, dragons, faries and many more creatures. In this first novel we are introduced to some of the kingdoms of this amazing world, and I must say it hold pretty well to this day. The illustrations are stunning, I love the fact that each kingdom gets its own map, and there's lots of additions of mythology and fairytales, it's just a great book, and I realized that it might have influenced me more than I thought. It's also a very nice introduction to the fantasy genre for children, I think it gives off the exact same feeling of any other fantasy novel, so the fact that I love this genre so much might also be due to these books. I really recommend going back to these books, or in general to any books you loved during your childhood. This series has well over ten books but I guess most of them came out when I was more grown up idk, because I only own the first four books. This has certainly inspired me to go back to more childhood favourites in the future.

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the---hermit · 1 year

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2023 Jumbo challenge update #1

First update for this insane challenge. I have no idea how far I will be able to go with this one, but I'll try my best to find books that fit the prompts.

As usual all individue book reviews are linked in the titles below.

Monsters by Christopher Dell for the poetry or non-fiction prompt:

This not only was my first non-fiction book of the year, it's also the first book off the list of unread stuff I have owned for years. I had only every broswed the book for its images, but it was a fun read overall. It's a really generic work on monsters in mythology and folklore all over the world, and it was really cool to see so many historical illustrations and works of art. It's a gorgeous little object I am very happy to own and finally have read.

The Sandman vol.8 Worlds' End by Neil Gaiman for the name of a place in the title promt:

I couldn't pick a specific place so I just picked the world, or more precisely worlds. Jokes aside I had no book with names of places in my current tbr so this was the best fit I could find. This volume of the series was very much centered around sharing stories, which I loved.

100 Hugs by Chris Riddell for the title starting with your initial prompt:

I know it's another stretch to fit the prompt, kind of (this year apparently I am adding that to my brainding idk), but hear me out. I have the Italian translation of the book which is "Cento Abbracci" my name is Cris so it works. I had to include this book in one of the challenges of the year because it's just too cute. It's simply a collection of illustrations of hugs, and it's so heartwarming I don't have words for it. It went straight into my comfort book pile.

Il Segreto Del Bosco Vecchio by Dino Buzzati for the recommended by a friend prompt:

I looked for an English translation of the book but I couldn't find it. The title could be translated as the secred of the old wood. Not only this book was recommended to me by my best friend, but my copy was gifted to me by her. Unfortunately I was pretty disappointed by the book and struggled to finish it.

Cain's Jawbone by Torquemada for the intimidating book prompt:

I chose to include this book for this specific prompt since I procrastinated reading it because I was intimidated by it ever since I bought it. It's like I realized it was actually difficult to work on only after I got it from the bookstore. At the moment I am still working on it although I have finished my first read of the book. It's a really good past time, and despite it being hard to do it's pretty fun.

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the---hermit · 4 months

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final 2023 reading challenges update

Not too long ago I posted this after a few months of being terrible at posting regular updates. The 2023 genre bingo and the Jumbo reading challenges are the two challenges I have not completed and I will be archiving them as is, because I do not have any books on my tbr that fit either of the prompts I am missing. As usual I am keeping my branding of almost finishing challenges and archiving them when only one or two prompts are missing.

Since I won't be posting anymore on these two challenges under the cut I have written a big wrap up of what I read for both and I have linked the individual book reviews I have posted.

Jumbo reading challenge:

nonbinary author: Genderqueer by Maia Kobabe

poc mc: Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

#ownvoices: My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Kabi Nagata

poc author: The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

trans mc: Deadendia Broken Halo by Hamish Steele

mythology inspired: The Sandman vol.9 - The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman

one word title: Scheletri by Zerocalcare

title starting with the first letter of your name: 100 Hugs by Chris Riddell

non-fiction or poetry: Monsters by Christopher Dell

urban fantasy or space opera: Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

horror or thriller: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

magical realism or high fantasy: The Priory Of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

intimidating book: Cain's Jawbone by Torquemada

name of a place in the title: The Sandaman volume 8 by Neil Gaiman

pun in the title: She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker Chan

released this year: Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree and Il Satiro Scientifico: Riprodursi Male curated by Barbascura X (I didn't realize I had put both of these books in my storygraph so I am including both here)

minimalistic cover: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

ugly cover: The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe by Dougles Adams

very bright colours on the cover: Niente Di Nuovo Sul Fronte Di Rebibbia by Zerocalcare

heart or clock on the cover: Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

black and white cover: The Black Corsair by Emilio Salgari

water in the title: The House In The Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

rivals to lovers

a book recommended by a friend: Il Segreto Del Bosco Vecchio by Dino Buzzati

clever cover: Through The Woods by Emily Carroll

2023 genre bingo:

fantasy: The Tower Of Swallows by Andrzej Sapkowski

new adult

thriller: What Lies In The Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

contemporary fic: heartstopper vol5

non fiction: How We Read Now by Naomi S. Baron

horror: The Lottery and other stories by Shirley Jackson

urban fantasy: Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

classics: Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

lgbtq+: Harrow The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

historical fiction: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

romance: Fangs by Sarah Andersen

graphic novel: The Sandman volume 7 by Neil Gaiman

short story: Hilda and The Troll by Luke Pearson

mystery: Cain's Jawbone by Torquemada

children's or middle grade: The House At Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne

science fiction: Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell

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bulletnotestudies · 1 year

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Hey I wanted to know how many of your reading challenges are ongoing right now and how do you keep track of them? I can't seem to find challenge specific tags anywhere

CURRENT ONGOING TIMED CHALLENGES:

Fanfic Trope Reading Challenge

Winter Mini Reading Challenge

2023 Jumbo Reading Challenge

UNDATED THEMED CHALLENGES:

Horror Reading Challenge

NonFiction Reading Challenge

stay tuned for a mystery, theatre, a new pride reading challenge and more

on desktop, you can find most* of the challenges [here] or by searching my blog for #studyblr w/knives reading challenge * (i last updated the page in december and am planning on organizing it a bit better in march)

and then there's also my yearly genre bingo and fantasy reading challenge on storygraph

#keeping in mind that the ongoing vs undated thing is only on paper - you can do any of the challenges whenever #studyblr w/knives reading challenge #2023 genre bingo #reading challenge #booklr #studyblr

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