Niko LewmanThis year I have decided to join the sixth book challenge by the Helsinki City Libraries
Five key points to success in the reading challenge:
All readers who want to take up the Reading Challenge are welcome to do so.
The Reading Challenge is meant to increase the joy of reading, not cause stress. Feel free to find your own way to participate, a way that inspires you!
Everyone is free to pick their own reading style and make up their own rules for the Reading Challenge. It’s up to you to decide whether you want to use the same book to check off more than one item on the list, focus on a particular genre or only read books you have never read before. If you would like to keep track of your progress, please check out the helpful tools below the list.
As sharing multiplies the joy of reading, why not share your Reading Challenge experience with others? You are welcome to join the Reading Challenge group on Facebook or challenge your friends to participate so that you can discuss what you read this year.
Help is always available! If you need help to find a suitable book, tips are available from your local library, for example. The Reading Challenge group on Facebook also contains lots of tips on suitable books. Tips are also available on the Helmet webpage Tips and in the literature portal Kirjasampo (available in Finnish and Swedish). Help is also available from the Ask a Librarian service.
https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Events_and_tips/News_flash/Helmet_Reading_Challenge_2020(202525)
Helmet Reading Challenge 2020
| 1. The book is older than you |
| 2. A happy book |
| 3. A book that you have a prejudice against |
| 4. There are many people on the cover or in the description of the book |
| 5. A book by a Sámi author |
| 6. The book’s title begins and ends with the same letter |
| 7. Someone breaks the law in the book |
| 8. A book that someone else chooses for you |
| 9. Someone faces their fears in the book |
| 10. The book is located in a country that has fewer residents than Finland |
| 11. An alternative history |
| 12. The book has been made into a play or an opera |
| 13. Someone gets lost in the book |
| 14. A book that is related to sports |
| 15. A work of fiction that includes a real person |
| 16. A book plays an important role in the book |
| 17. A book written by a researcher |
| 18. A book on a subject you are unfamiliar with |
| 19. A book that you read together with someone |
| 20. A book on biodiversity |
| 21. You like the first sentence of the book |
| 22. The book has an unreliable narrator |
| 23. The book has also been published in plain language |
| 24. A book by an author who has published more than 20 books |
| 25. In the book, someone is on an island |
| 26. The author’s last name begins with the letter X, Y, Z, Å, Ä or Ö |
| 27. A story written in verse, narrative poetry or a verse novel |
| 28. A book about the future |
| 29. A book or a comic book related to Japan |
| 30. In the book, someone’s life is saved |
| 31. The book depicts life in the countryside |
| 32. A book originally published in a language that you do not know |
| 33. A transformation happens in the book |
| 34. The title of the book contains a word related to nature |
| 35. Someone in the book uses social media |
| 36. A book recommended by someone famous |
| 37. The era in which the book is set plays a key role in the book |
| 38. There is a tree on the cover or in the description of the book |
| 39. Someone flies in the book |
| 40. A book by an author who passed away in the 2010s |
| 41. Someone cooks or bakes in the book |
| 42. There are grandparents in the book |
| 43. A book published as part of a publisher’s series |
| 44. The book contains correspondence |
| 45. The first published book of an author |
| 46. There is a sauna in the book |
| 47. Two books with very similar titles – book 1 |
| 48. Two books with very similar titles – book 2 |
| 49. A book published in 2020 |
| 50. A book recommended by a member of the library staff |
I will link my books here and in my Goodreads profile as I make my slow progress.
They have also provided super handy Google Sheets for tracking your reading! https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GQ_-0_iABkzS1FVogZWvKtz8J79FTzHj
