Hello there! :)
Here is my ever-changing and unfinished list of books I want to read for the HELMET reading challenge this year. If you have recs for those prompts with question marks, feel free to suggest me some books. Thank you! :)
The Helmet Reading Challenge 2022
1. A book combining fact and fiction
Dan Brown: The Lost Symbol
2. A book where ice or snow plays a major role
Cecelia Ahern: The gift
3. A book with events in which you would like to be involved in
Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone by JK Rowling (re-read) READ 1.1.2022
4. A book with events in which you would not like to be involved in
Good neighbors by Sarah Langan READ 3.1.2022
5. A book featuring someone falling seriously ill
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuch Hogan
6. A book by an author whose work you have never read before
Kaikki oikein by Anna-Leena Härkönen READ 5.1.2022
7. A book about friendship
JK Rowling: the Christmas pig
8. A book where something that is lost, or thought to be lost, is found
Kitty får en utmaning by Carolyn Keene (re-read) READ 13.1.2022
9. A book whose protagonist belongs to an ethnic minority
GURU by RuPaul Charles READ 23.1.2022
10. A book with a title you find boring
Elton John: ME
11. A book whose events are not recounted in chronological order
Stuart Turton: the seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
12. A poetry book published within the last five years
???
13. A children’s or young adult’s book published in the 2000s
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
14. A book about a historical event
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
15. A book about a topic you want to learn more about
Johanna Huhtamäki & Vappu Pimiä: Valonantajat
16. A book with chapters with titles
Taru Luojola: Myöhempien aikojen liiketoimintamahdollisuuksia
17. A book that has stirred public debate or caused a scandal
Anne Frank
18. A book written by a journalist
The lost child of Philomena Lee by Martn Sixsmith (re-read)
19. A book has at least three different narrators
the bible
20. A book with characters who have supernatural abilities
Leigh Bardugo: SIx of crows
21. A book that relates to your childhood
Sweet valley Saga part one by Francine Pascal (re-read)
22. A book containing text messages, emails or social media updates
Sophie KInsella: the confessions of a shopaholic
23. A small book
Pocket wisdom by RuPaul Charles (re-read)
24. A book written by an author from the Middle East
Khaled Hosseini: a thousand splendid suns
25. A book with a title that includes a cardinal direction
Northanger Abby by Jane Austen
26. A book related to civic activism
Jay Asher: 13 reasons why
27. A book recommended by another Reading Challenge participant
???
28. A book with a minor as its protagonist
Delia Owens: Where the crawdads sing
29. A book that describes good and evil
V. E. Schwab: The invisible life of Addie Larue
30. A book featuring relocating to a new country
Wilhelm Moberg: Utvandrarna
31. A book that includes something you find important
The world according to Garp by John Irving (re-read)
32. A book that breaks community standards
Brady Udall: The lonely polygamist
33. A book set in Africa
Alexander McCall Smith: Ladies number one detective agency
34. A book written by an author whose name includes a nature word
Gunilla Back: Gränsgångare
35. A book including a trial
Stieg Larsson: Män som hatar kvinnor (re-read)
36. A book that follows the lives of many generations
Monika Fagerholm: Den amerikanska flickan (re-read)
37. A book with a cover or title that makes you feel good
Johanna Huhtamäki: pakkopositiivusuudesta tasapainoon
38. A book where a dream or goal is achieved
Francine Pascal: Teacher's pet (re-read)
39. A collection of short stories
Äänellä jonka kuulet by Heidi Airaksinen, Edi Kabon and Taru Luojola
40. A book about a country that no longer exists
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
41. A comic book or book about a superhero
Marissa Meyer: Renegades
42. A book about living in a commune or shared flat
Rainbow Rowell: Carry on
43. A book that meets at least three of the challenge items
Jerusalem by Selma Lagerlöf
44. A book with a title that includes a name of a city
Anne på Ingleside by LM Montgomery (re-read)
45. An award-winning debut novel
???
46. A book with a cover that is mostly red or a title that includes the word red
JRR Tolkien: The lord of the rings
47.–48. Two books written by authors belonging to the same family or related to one another
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
49. A book published in 2022
???
50. A book recommended by library staff
Julia Quinn: The Duke and I AND Petra Olli -painija by Mikko Kekäläinen
