Mini-Challenges

Lunar New Year 2025 Mini-Challenge Surprise! Our very first mini-challenge of 2025 is here! (It is also, the first-ever time we’ve released a mini in the month of January. More details on that below.) We wish you a very happy Lunar New Year and hope that this first mini-challenge of 2025 introduces you to some […]

December 2024 Mini-Challenge Our final mini-challenge of 2024 is here! With this month’s prompts, we’re tackling the sights, sounds, and tastes of December! This will look vastly different for each of us depending on where we live and our unique December customs, so we can’t wait to see what you read for each prompt! How

November 2024 Mini-Challenge We’ve been waiting for this! It’s time to show you our November 2024 mini-challenge prompts! In September, we invited The 52 Book Club community to vote on four different prompts for our 2025 challenge. Last month, we hopped on YouTube live and randomly selected four winning prompts from the top two finalists

October 2024 Mini-Challenge A new mini-challenge has arrived! This month we’re embracing all things cozy with three new prompts that give us the perfect excuse to curl up with a warm blanket and a new read. What is a mini-challenge? Mini-challenges are small, month-long reading challenges. They usually contain three prompts built around a specific

September 2024 Mini-Challenge It’s time for a new mini-challenge! This month we have three new prompts inspired by the classic board game, Clue (Cluedo)! In this board game, players move around the board trying to solve a murder and figure out “whodunnit.” For this September mini we’ve narrowed down the suspects, eliminated locations and weapons

May 2024 Mini-Challenge Have you been missing the May minis? One of our moderators, Tara, recently pointed out that we haven’t had a May Mini-Challenge since 2021. It’s been far too long. So, let’s rectify that by bringing back the May! What is a mini-challenge? Mini-challenges are small, month-long reading challenges. They usually contain three

April 2024 Mini-Challenge It’s April Fool’s Day and you know we love having fun with our challenges! So, what better theme for an April 1st mini-challenge than the classic internet prank — a rickroll! Rickrolling is the unexpected appearance of the music video, “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley song. (Thanks to our

February 2024 Mini-Challenge Are you ready for our very first mini-challenge of 2024? February has numerous events and celebrations and today we’re highlighting three of them with three new mini-challenge prompts! What is a mini-challenge: Mini-challenges are small, month-long reading challenges. They usually contain two or three prompts built around a specific theme. Match one

December 2023 Mini-Challenge Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favorite things… This month’s mini-challenge has been inspired by the classic film, The Sound of Music — and more specifically, the song, My Favorite Things