2020 Reading Challenge Announcements

Hello again! Hard to believe we're already coming to the end of another year of reading (and other) challenges, isn't it? I'm not really ready to commit to any new ones just yet, but since the 2020 challenges are beginning to show up around the 'net, I'll be keeping track as usual. 

So, to start with, some general info:

The challenges listed here are, for the most part (although it's not a strict rule), year-long challenges, open to everyone. I don't usually list read-a-thons, read-alongs, "personal" challenges, or challenges linked to special days or time periods (except for the annual RIP challenge in the fall). 

Also please NOTE: This list is NOT meant to be a complete list of ALL the reading challenges available for 2020. It's mainly just challenges that seem attractive to me. And I'm not necessarily recommending any of these — just keeping track.

Two more things. In general I'm not a fan of the "check list" type of reading challenge with a bunch of set categories — so I'll list a few, but not every one of them. Also, I don't do a lot of social media hanging out, so if a challenge is being hosted primarily on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram, etc., you probably won't find it on this list.

And now....

The List

(In roughly alphabetical order,

with links to announcement/signup posts/pages.)

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For more comprehensive, up-to-date lists of 2020 Reading Challenges, you can check the A Novel Challenge website or the Reading Challenge Addict website.

Challenges in red are ones I've signed up for.

1. 2020 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge | Host: Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book. 
2. 2020 A to Z Reading Challenge (3rd Annual) | Hosts: Ginger Mom & Company. 
3. Aussie Author Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Booklover Book Reviews. 
4. Back to the Classics Challenge 2020 | Host: Karen K. @ Books and Chocolate. 
5. Beat the Backlist 2020 Reading Challenge | Hosts: Austine & Katie @ Novelknight. 
6. 2020 Bookish Resolutions Challenge | Host: Michelle & Berls @ Because Reading Is Better Than Real Life.
7. Book Jar/Book List Challenge - Randomize Your Reading 2020 | Host: Michelle @ Gather Together and Read. 
8. 2020 Book to Movie Challenge | Host: Michelle @ Gather Together and Read. 
9. British Crime Classics Challenge 2020 | Host: Rekha @ The Book Decoder. 
10. Calendar of Crime Challenge 2020 | Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block. 
11. 2020 Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge | Host: Carol @ Carol's Notebook.
12. Color Coded Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block. 
13. 2020 Contemporary Romance Reading Challenge | Host: Andi @ Andi's ABCs. 
14. 2020 Craving For Cozies Reading Challenge | Host: Escape with Dollycas Into a Good Book. 
15. Creativity Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Jamie Ghione @ Whatever I Think Of!
16. Cruisin' Thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Yvonne @ Socrates' Book Reviews. 
17. Diversify Your Reading 2020 Reading Challenge | Host: Kelly Mongan @ Mongan Moments. 
18. 2020 Dystopia Reading Challenge | Host: Brittani @ Hope, Faith & Books. 
19. Epistolary Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Jamie Ghione @ Whatever I Think Of! 
20. 2020 European Reading Challenge | Host: Gilion @ Rose City Reader. 
21. 2020 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge | Host: Celebrity Readers. 
22. For the Love of Ebooks 2020 Reading Challenge | Host: Tina @ As Told By Tina. 
23. 2020 Georgian Reading Challenge | Host: Becky @ Becky's Book Reviews. 
24. Go Big or Go Home - 2020 Reading Challenge | Host: Annemieke @ A Dance With Books. 
25. 2020 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge | Host: Amy @ Passages to the Past. 
26. History Nonfiction Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Hibernator's Library. 
27. Horror Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: damaen @ damaen.net. 
28. Humor Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Jamie Ghione @ Whatever I Think Of!
29. Kindle Unlimited 2020 Reading Challenge | Host: Tina @ As Told By Tina.
30. #LetsReadIndie 2020 Reading Challenge | Host: Tina @ As Told By Tina. 
31. 2020 Library Love Challenge | Hosts: Books of My Heart & Angel's Guilty Pleasures. 
32. 2020 Literary Escapes Challenge | Host: Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book. 
33. Memoir Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Jamie Ghione @ Whatever I Think Of!
34. Mental Health Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Jamie Ghione @ Whatever I Think Of! 
35. 2020 Middle Grade Reading Challenge | Host: Becky @ Becky's Book Reviews. 
36. Monthly Book Award Reading Challenge 2020 | Hosts: Kim & Tanya @ GirlXOXO. 
37. Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge 2020 | Hosts: Kim & Tanya @ GirlXOXO. 
38. Monthly Motif Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Kimberly Lynne @ GirlXOXO. 
39. Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block. 
40. NetGalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Tina @ Reading Between the Pages. 
41. 2020 Newbery Reading Challenge | Host: Julie @ Smiling Shelves. 
42. 2020 New Release Challenge | Host: (un)Conventional Bookworms. 
43. 2020 Nonfiction Reader Challenge | Host: Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out. 
44. Out of Your Comfort Zone 2020 Reading Challenge | Host: Caro @ BookCheshireCat. 
45. 2020 Paranormal Reading Challenge | Host: Julie Cornewell @ juliecornewell.net. 
46. 2020 Picture Book Reading Challenge | Host: Becky @ Becky's Book Reviews. 
47. 2020 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge | Host: Popsugar.com. (If you're interested in this, here's the Printable List of Categories.)
48. Print Only 2020 Reading Challenge | Host: Tina @ As Told By Tina. 
49. The Purrfect Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Yvonne @ Socrates' Book Reviews. 
50. 2020 Reading Assignment Challenge | Host: Michelle @ Because Reading Is Better Than Real Life. 
51. Read It Again Sam 2020 Reading Challenge | Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block. 
52. 2020 Retellings Reading Challenge | Host: Tracy @ Cornerfolds. 
53. 2020 Review Writing Challenge | Host: Shari @ Delighted Reader. 
54. 2020 Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge | Host: Rick @ Rick Mills Project. 
55. Social Justice Nonfiction Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Hibernator's Library. 
56. Spacetime Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Jemima Pett. 
57. Sweet Southern Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Readeropolis. 
58. 2020 Victorian Reading Challenge | Host: Becky @ Becky's Book Reviews. 
59. Vintage Mystery Extravaganza: Reading Challenge 2020 | Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block. 
60. Virtual Mount TBR 2020 | Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block. 
61. 2020 What An Animal Reading Challenge | Host: Yvonne @ Socrates' Book Reviews.
62. What's in a Name 2020 Challenge | Host: Andrea @ Carolina Book Nook. 
63. When Are You Reading? Challenge 2020 | Host: Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. 

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2020 Newbery Reading Challenge

Newbery Reading Challenge 2020: Rules and Sign-ups

Dates: January 1 - December 31, 2020
Hosted by:  Julie @ Smiling Shelves

Guidelines:

• Choose books from among Newbery Award winners and Honor Books; Caldecott Medal winners and Honor books.
• Rereads count.
• Audiobooks and e-books count.
• All books must be read between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020. Books begun before January 1 don’t count. 
• Books can overlap with other challenges.
• Reviews are encouraged, but not necessary.
• Choose your point level. You can always aim for a higher point level, but you can't move to a lower one.

Each book you read is worth points:

• 3 points for a Newbery Medal Winner
• 2 points for a Newbery Honor Book
• 1 point for a Caldecott Medal Winner or Honor Book

Choose a level to aim for.  "You can get to this level with any combination of points you want. You can read all Newbery Medal winners. You can throw in a few Honor Books. If you want, you can even read 75 Caldecott Medal winners! How you get to your point level is totally up to you."

1. L'Engle: 15 - 29 points
2. Spinelli: 30 - 44 points
3. Avi: 45 - 59 points
4. Lowry: 60 - 74 points
5. Konigsburg: 75+ points

✷ I'm signing up at the first level (L'Engle = 15-29 points)

• List of Newbery Medal and Honor books.
• List of Caldecott Medal and Honor books.

• See my original blog post about the challenge HERE.
• See the challenge announcement/sign-up page HERE.


MY READING LIST (books I've read, with links to any reviews):

1. Ramona and Her Father (Ramona Quimby #4). Beverly Cleary (1977; 1978 Honor = 2 points)
2. Little Red Riding Hood. Retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (1983; 1984 Caldecott Honor = 1 point) 
3. Dear Mr. Henshaw. Beverly Cleary; illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky (1983; 1984 Newbery Medal = 3 points)
4. Sarah, Plain and Tall. Patricia MacLachlan (1985; 1986 Newbery Medal = 3 points)
   

POSSIBLE  CHOICES: Newbery Winners (3 points each)

• The Bronze Bow. Elizabeth George Speare (1961; 1962 Medal) 
• Caddie Woodlawn. Carol Ryrie Brink (1935; 1936 Medal)
• Dead End in Norvelt. Jack Gantos (2011; 2012 Medal)
• The Door in the Wall. Marguerite De Angeli (1949; 1950 Medal)
• Ginger Pye. Eleanor Estes (1951; 1952 Medal) 
• The Giver. Lois Lowry (1993; 1994 Medal) 
• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village. Laura Amy Schlitz (2007; 2008 Medal) 
• The Graveyard Book. Neil Gaiman (2008; 2009 Medal) 
• The Higher Power of Lucky. Susan Patron (2006; 2007 Medal) 
• Hitty, Her First Hundred Years. Rachel Field; illus. by Dorothy Lathrop (1929; 1930 Medal) 
• It's Like This, Cat. Emily Cheney Neville (1963; 1964 Medal) 
• Miracles on Maple Hill. Virginia Sorensen (1956; 1957 Medal) 
• Miss Hickory. Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1946; 1947 Medal) 
• Rabbit Hill. Robert Lawson (1944; 1945 Medal) 
• Roller Skates. Ruth Sawyer (1936; 1937 Medal) 
• Secret of the Andes. Ann Nolan Clark (1952; 1953 Medal) 
• Strawberry Girl. Lois Lenski (1945; 1946 Medal)
• Thimble Summer. Elizabeth Enright (1938; 1939 Medal)
• The Trumpeter of Krakow. Eric P. Kelly (1928; 1929 Medal) 
• The Twenty-One Balloons. William Pène du Bois (1947; 1948 Medal) 
• Up a Road Slowly. Irene Hunt (1966; 1967 Medal) 
• The View from Saturday. E.L. Konigsburg (1996; 1997 Medal)
• A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers. Nancy Willard; illus. by Alice & Martin Provensen (1981; 1982 Medal) 
• The Westing Game. Ellen Raskin (1978; 1979 Medal) 
• The Wheel on the School. Meindert De Jong (1954; 1955 Medal) 
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Elizabeth George Speare (1958; 1959 Medal)
• A Wrinkle in Time. Madeleine L'Engle (1962; 1963 Medal) [re-read?] 
• A Year Down Yonder. Richard Peck (2000; 2001 Medal) 
• Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. Elizabeth Lewis (1933 Medal)

POSSIBLE  CHOICES: Newbery Honor Books (2 points each)

• The ABC Bunny. Wanda Gág (1933; 1934 Honor)
• Afternoon of the Elves. Janet Taylor Lisle (1989; 1990 Honor) 
• The Animal Family. Randall Jarrell (1965; 1966 Honor) 
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain. Alice Dalgliesh (1952; 1953 Honor) 
• Because of Winn-Dixie. Kate DiCamillo (2000; 2001 Honor) 
• Belling the Tiger. Mary Stolz (1961; 1962 Honor) 
• Black Fox of Lorne. Marguerite De Angeli (1956; 1957 Honor) 
• Blue Willow. Doris Gates (1940; 1941 Honor) 
• By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House #5). Laura Ingalls Wilder (1939; 1940 Honor) 
• The Cricket in Times Square. George Selden (1960; 1961 Honor) 
• Doll Bones. Holly Black (2013; 2014 Honor) 
• Downright Dencey. Caroline Dale Snedeker (1927; 1928 Honor) 
• Ella Enchanted. Gail Carson Levine (1997; 1998 Honor)
• The Fearsome Inn. Isaac Bashevis Singer; illus. by Nonny Hogrogian (1967; 1968 Honor) 
• Feathers. Jacqueline Woodson (2007; 2008 Honor) 
• Floating Island. Anne Parrish (1930; 1931 Honor) 
• The Gammage Cup. Carol Kendall (1959; 1960 Honor) 
• The Golden Name Day. Jennie Lindquist (1955; 1956 Honor)
• Gone-Away Lake. Elizabeth Enright (1957; 1958 Honor) 
• The Great Wheel. Robert Lawson (1957; 1958 Honor) 
• The Headless Cupid. Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1971; 1972 Honor) 
• Jane's Island. Marjorie Hill Allee (1931; 1932 Honor) 
• Little Town on the Prairie (Little House #7). Laura Ingalls Wilder (1941; 1942 Honor) 
• A Long Way from Chicago. Richard Peck (1998; 1999 Honor) 
• The Long Winter (Little House #6). Laura Ingalls Wilder (1940; 1941 Honor) 
• Mice Twice. Joseph Low (1980; 1981 Honor) 
• Misty of Chincoteague. Marguerite Henry (1947; 1948 Honor)
• The Moorchild. Eloise McGraw (1996; 1997 Honor) 
• Mr. Popper's Penguins. Florence & Richard Atwater (1938; 1939 Honor) [re-read] 
• Olive's Ocean. Kevin Henkes (2001; 2004 Honor) 
• On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House #4). Laura Ingalls Wilder (1937; 1938 Honor) 
• Penny from Heaven. Jennifer L. Holm (2006; 2007 Honor) 
• The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot, the Shoe-King's Son. Catherine Besterman (1947; 1948 Honor) 
• Ramona and Her Father (Ramona #4). Beverly Cleary (1977; 1978 Honor) 
• Rascal. Sterling North (1963; 1964 Honor) 
• The Silver Pencil. Alice Dalgliesh (1944; 1945 Honor) 
• Splendors and Glooms. Laura Amy Schlitz (2012; 2013 Honor) 
• A String in the Harp. Nancy Bond (1976; 1977 Honor) 
• Surviving the Applewhites. Stephanie S. Tolan (2002; 2003 Honor)
• These Happy Golden Years (Little House #8). Laura Ingalls Wilder (1943; 1944 Honor)
• Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries #1). Sheila Turnage (2012; 2013 Honor) 
• Whittington. Alan Armstrong; illus. by S.D. Schindler (2005; 2006 Honor) 
• The Windy Hill. Cornelia Meigs (1921; 1922 Honor) 
• The Witches of Worm. Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1972; 1973 Honor)

POSSIBLE  CHOICES: Caldecott Winners (1 point each)

• The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend. Dan Santat (2914; 2015 Medal) 
• Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper. Marcia Brown (1954; 1955 Medal)
• The Egg Tree. Katherine Milhous (1950; 1951 Medal) 
• The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. Arthur Ransome; illus. by Uri Shulevitz (1968; 1969 Medal) 
• The Funny Little Woman. Arlene Mosel; illus. by Blair Lent (1972; 1973 Medal) 
• Hello Lighthouse. Sophie Blackall (2018; 2019 Medal) 
• Hey, Al. Richard Egielski (illus.); text by Arthur Yorinks (1986; 1987 Medal) 
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Brian Selznick (2007; 2008 Medal) 
• Jumanji. Chris Van Allsburg (1981; 1982 Medal) 
• Many Moons. James Thurber; illus. by Louis Slobodkin (1943; 1944 Medal)
• Owl Moon. Jane Yolen; illus. by John Schoenherr (1987; 1988 Medal)
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. William Steig (1969; 1970 Medal)
• This is Not My Hat. Jon Klassen (2012; 2013 Medal) 

POSSIBLE  CHOICES: Caldecott Honor Books (1 point each)

• Blueberries for Sal. Robert McCloskey (1949) 
• Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction. David Macaulay (1973; 1974 Honor) 
• Extra Yarn. Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon Klassen (2012; 2013 Honor)
• Flora and the Flamingo. Molly Idle (2013; 2014 Honor) 
• Hansel and Gretel. Rika Lesser; illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky (1984; 1985 Honor) 
• In the Night Kitchen. Maurice Sendak (1971) 
• King Bidgood's in the Bathtub. Audrey Wood; illus. by Don Wood (1985; 1986 Honor) 
• Little Red Riding Hood. Trina Schart Hyman (1983; 1984 Honor) 
• The Most Wonderful Doll in the World. Phyllis McGinley; illus. by Helen Stone (1950; 1951 Honor) 
• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale. John Steptoe (1986; 1988 Honor) 
• Nana in the City. Lauren Castillo (2014; 2015 Honor) 
• On Market Street. Arnold Lobel; illus. by Anita Lobel (1981; 1982 Honor) 
• Outside Over There. Maurice Sendak (1981; 1982 Honor) 
• The Relatives Came. Cynthia Rylant; illus. by Stephen Gammell (1985; 1986 Honor) 
• Rumpelstiltskin. Paul O. Zelinsky (1986; 1987 Honor) 
• Sam and Dave Dig a Hole. Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon Klassen (2014; 2015 Honor) 
• Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs. Randall Jarrell; illus. by Nancy Ekholm Burkert (1972; 1973 Honor) 
• Strega Nona. Tomi dePaola (1975; 1976 Honor) 
• The Treasure. Uri Shulevitz (1978; 1980 Honor)