Wednesday, December 29, 2021

HELMET -reading challenge 2022

 Hello! 

Here is a new reading challenge for 2022 that was published a few minutes ago:

The Helmet Reading Challenge 2022 | Helmet

The Helmet Reading Challenge 2022

1. A book combining fact and fiction

2. A book where ice or snow plays a major role

3. A book with events in which you would like to be involved in

4. A book with events in which you would not like to be involved in

5. A book featuring someone falling seriously ill

6. A book by an author whose work you have never read before

7. A book about friendship

8. A book where something that is lost, or thought to be lost, is found

9. A book whose protagonist belongs to an ethnic minority

10. A book with a title you find boring

11. A book whose events are not recounted in chronological order

12. A poetry book published within the last five years

13. A children’s or young adult’s book published in the 2000s

14. A book about a historical event

15. A book about a topic you want to learn more about

16. A book with chapters with titles

17. A book that has stirred public debate or caused a scandal

18. A book written by a journalist

19. A book has at least three different narrators

20. A book with characters who have supernatural abilities

21. A book that relates to your childhood

22. A book containing text messages, emails or social media updates

23. A small book

24. A book written by an author from the Middle East

25. A book with a title that includes a cardinal direction

26. A book related to civic activism

27. A book recommended by another Reading Challenge participant

28. A book with a minor as its protagonist

29. A book that describes good and evil

30. A book featuring relocating to a new country

31. A book that includes something you find important

32. A book that breaks community standards

33. A book set in Africa

34. A book written by an author whose name includes a nature word

35. A book including a trial

36. A book that follows the lives of many generations

37. A book with a cover or title that makes you feel good

38. A book where a dream or goal is achieved

39. A collection of short stories

40. A book about a country that no longer exists

41. A comic book or book about a superhero

42. A book about living in a commune or shared flat

43. A book that meets at least three of the challenge items

44. A book with a title that includes a name of a city

45. An award-winning debut novel

46. A book with a cover that is mostly red or a title that includes the word red

47.–⁠48. Two books written by authors belonging to the same family or related to one another

49. A book published in 2022

50. A book recommended by library staff

It is organized by a library in Helsinki, Finland. The Helmet -libraries are the libraries in the Helsinki-area. I will take a look at the prompts and soon start to plan which books I will read for each prompt :) If you want to join, you are more than welcome to join!

Good luck!

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

my books of 2021

 Here is the list of books I read in 2021 :


Cindarella’s Year in Books | Goodreads


How did your reading year go? :)

More later!

Monday, December 20, 2021

Cinders' reading challenge 2022

 Hello there! 

This year was so GREAT for me, reading-wise. I have read 80 books in 2021!!! WOW! A new all-time record! :) ...and the year is not over yet, I might still read a little more. My goal was 80 books on GoodReads, so I made it for once. It feels great. I have been thinking of making my own reading challenge for 2022. You may join me in the challenge if you want. I was thinking of writing prompts, a kind of list of the kind of books I want to read. Here it is:

1. a really big book (like huge in size, not thick)

2. a really small book (not just with a few pages but tiny in size)

3. Two books in a series

4. a fantasy stand-alone

5. a book written originally in another language than your mother tongue

6. a book written in verse

7.  a classic

8. a chick-lit book

9. a YA book

10. a book written in your mother tongue (if you have two mother tongues like me, you can choose which one or do both)¨

Let's start off with this list. :) 10 is a nice even number...

Good luck! I will soon take pictures of the books I will choose for each prompt.

Have fun! Hugs from Cindy