Welcome to the Reading Challenge with Real-Life Adventure Included!
For those of you looking to make 2019 your best read and most interesting year, then this Read & Go challenge is for you! The purpose of this new Novel Tourist reading challenge is to get immersed in fantastic fiction that inspires you to live your best year ever. We aren’t talking self-help books or grandiose vacations. No way! We’re talking about bringing fiction to life! To do that I put together a list of twelve reading categories sure to motivate you to try new activities, learn a new skill, or enjoy the great outdoors.
12 Categories for a Year’s Worth of Active Reading Challenges
The 2019 Read & Go Challenge gives you 12 stimulating categories from which to choose. The list invites new genres, new authors, and new worlds, both real and imaginary, into your fictional and actual life. Don’t worry, this isn’t a competitive challenge – it’s all about you and what works for you. Think of the challenge as a way to explore both reading selections and activities that you otherwise might not. Books allow us to explore the world from a new perspective. You don’t need to limit your reading to only novels. I just suggest novels because, well, I am The Novel Tourist. 😉 It’s good to read everything! So, feel free to include memoirs and non-fiction, juvenile fiction, coffee-table favorites, comic strips and more!
Get Off the Couch and Go Explore!
Unlike your ordinary reading challenge, this is a two-part affair. That’s right, I’m throwing down the gauntlet and challenging you to not only read more this year, but also put down the books and go do fun stuff! What could be more exciting than letting the adventures and activities of our literary friends inspire our own! If you get stuck for ideas, that’s okay, I’m right here with you on this reading challenge. In addition to book suggestions, I’ll be posting plenty of literary-inspired activities and places to visit to make it easy to succeed.
I’ll be adding links to posts with book suggestions to the list below, but the best way to make sure you don’t miss anything is to sign up for the Active Book Club newsletter. It’s free, easy and fun. And, no spam. Ever. No one wants that!
2019 Read & Go Reading Challenge
You can read in any order that you want, of course, but if you want to follow along with the Active Book Club we’re going to tackle them month-by-month as follows:
- January: What’s on Your Bucket List?
- February: Under the Bigtop
- March: Let’s Dance
- April: Go Fly a Kite
- May: It’s Like Riding a Bike
- June: Go Take a Hike
- July: Bullseye! Hit that Target
- August: Totally Starstruck
- September: Get Back in the Saddle
- It Must Be Magic
- Life is a Work of Art
- Let the Music Play
Ready to Accept this Reading Challenge Odyssey?
Awesome! Don’t worry, you don’t have to do it alone! Head on over and “like” The Novel Tourist Facebook page and join the Read & Go Challenge group to hook up with me and other like-minded active readers! There you can share your reading challenge plans, discuss your Read & Go match-ups, and suggest and request new book ideas to fit the challenge.
Invite Your Friends to Join Along!
Life is more fun when you do stuff with friends. So, be sure to invite all your book-venturous buddies to take the challenge with you! Spread the word by clicking on the logo for your favorite social media platform below. The more the merrier, right?!
Happy Reading!
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