Some of the challenges this year a bit more difficult to recommend for, since they're a bit more personalized to the individual reader, but I still did my very best to find books that I've loved that would fit the requirements. So, if your TBR is a book or two short (or you haven't even made one yet - we've all been there!), here are some suggestions!
Let a coin toss decide your first read.
This is one of the more individualized ones, so I decided to go with books that I think will make a great start to any readathon. Maybe you can do a coin flip between two of these! Two of my absolute favorite books are HISTORY IS ALL YOU LEFT ME and A SEMI-DEFINITIVE LIST OF WORST NIGHTMARES, but if you want to give yourself the chance to read something more light-hearted, throw THE LAST SUMMER OF THE GARRETT GIRLS into the mix.
Read a book about something you want to do.
Again, a rather individualized one. However, there are some things in books that seem pretty cool to lots of people. If you want to go to Italy, you can live vicariously by reading LOVE & GELATO. The tech geeks who dream of programming summer camps can read WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI. And if you're more of a daredevil, the stunts in NOTHING BUT SKY might be more your speed.
Read and watch a book-to-movie adaptation.
This one's a little tricky for me to recommend, because I don't actually watch a lot of movie adaptations. I've definitely seen a few good ones, though! If you want to laugh, I'd go with SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA, whereas THE BOOK THIEF will bring out the tears. And if you want to go see a movie in theaters, the movie adaptation of THE DARKEST MINDS is being released during Booktubeathon!
Read a book with green on the cover.
You can sort of choose how strict you want to be with this. Does the color green just need to be on the cover somewhere, or do you want to limit yourself to predominantly green covers? The color is of varying importance in the covers for LEAH ON THE OFFBEAT, THE GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO VICE & VIRTUE, and YOU'LL MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE.
Read a book while wearing the same hat the whole time.
I think this is this year's version of "read a short book." There are plenty of great books that don't take long to get through at all! The shortest that comes to mind is the novella EVERY HEART A DOORWAY. For a book where every page delivers an emotional punch, try DEAR MARTIN, and if you're in the mood for an apocalypse, I recommend VIVIAN APPLE AT THE END OF THE WORLD.
Read a book with a beautiful spine.
Now, I can't really show the spines here, so you're just going to have to take my word for it that the spines for I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE, THE NAMES THEY GAVE US, and TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE are all beautiful.
Read seven books.
I'm doing the same thing I did last year for this - comic/graphic novel recommendations! If you need something short to round out your seven, comics are the way to go. Some series starters that I've really enjoyed are the first volumes of YOUNG AVENGERS and ARCHIE, but if you want a shorter plot arc, I really liked the HAN SOLO miniseries.
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