Extreme Book Nerd- 2021 Version!

 The 7th annual Extreme Book Nerd challenge held by our local library started this week and I am all signed up! The challenge consists of reading 50 books, in 50 categories in 50 weeks. It is a lot of fun and it gets me reading stuff I wouldn't otherwise read. I tend to only read fantasy and science fiction books. I have participated in this for seven years and have only failed to finish once.

Here are this year's categories-

1. Has North, South, East, or West in the title
2. Has a black cover
3. Has a building on the cover
4. A book from your to-be-read list
5. Has a celestial body in the title or on the cover
6. Published under a pseudonym
7. A wild card (pick up at 3rd-floor desk)
8. Has a conjunction in the title
9. A book you hadn’t planned on reading
10. By an author with a last name 5+ letters long
11. About someone you admire
12. About a mom/dad/grandparent
13. An alternative history
14. Has Life or Death in the title
15. Has a cover with realistic artwork
16. Has a crime in it
17. Title has double letters (e.g., tree, wood)
18. Author with the same name, first or last, as one of your loved ones
19. Set on a farm or in a rural location
20. A book from a library display
21. About a major world event
22. A book you own but haven’t read
23. Has a circus or carnival in it
24. A book of satire
25. Has Love in the title
26. A book from the 2020 NPR Book Concierge list
27. Has a one-word title
28. An adult nonfiction book
29. Set in the British Isles
30. A debut novel
31. Published in the 1900s
32. Has a verb in the title
33. (Title is like) The _____’s _______
34. Has multiple narrators
35. A graphic novel
36. Set in two time periods
37. Suggested by another Extreme Book Nerd
38. Published before you were born
39. A book you love (read it again)
40. Has a title from, or story inspired by, another literary work
41. A book you read in high school
42. An Andrew Carnegie award nominee
43. From the library’s “Read for Empathy” display
44. Has Book in the title
45. Set in a place conquered by the Roman Empire
46. A book recommended by an IFPL librarian
47. Listen to an audiobook
48. Has a cover with shoes
49. Adult Nonfiction 800s
50. A book published this year