Reader Challenge 2022 - Kingston Library

Reader Challenge 2022

We have chosen a different theme for each month of 2022 to inspire us all to try new genres and explore new ideas. Once you’ve read a book that fits the theme, you’ll get a fun prize for that month!

But wait, there’s more…a completed challenge in December ’22 enters you into a raffle for a gift certificate to Half Moon Books!

You can pick up a 2022 Reader Challenge sheet at the Circulation Desk, print your own, or you can take part using the READsquared App to log your progress and view suggested reading lists for each theme.

Month	Theme	Description
January	New Year, New Authors	For the new year, we're reading new authors in the month of January. Read a book by a debut author from the past few years to receive January's prize.
February	Afrofuturism	For Black History Month, we're reading Afrofuturism* books in the month of February. Read one to receive February's prize. *Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic that combines science-fiction, history and fantasy to explore the African-American experience and aims to connect those from the black diaspora with their forgotten African ancestry.
March	Trilogies	For the third month of the year, we're focusing on three book trilogies. Read a book that's part of a trilogy to receive March's prize.
April	The Big Read	The Big Read Hudson Valley is an area-wide reading of a selected title. This year we're reading The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Read it, or another title from our suggested April list, and log it to receive April's prize.
May	Bicycle Books	For National Bike Month, we're reading bicycle themed books in the month of May. Read a bike themed book to receive May's prize.
June	Queer Romance	For LGBT+ Pride Month we're reading queer romances in the month of June. Read a queer romance to receive June's prize.
July	Oceans of Possibilities	To tie-in with our Summer Reading Theme we're reading ocean books in the month of July. Read an ocean themed book to receive July's prize.
August	Beach Reads	We're reading beach themed books in the month of August. Read a beach book to receive August's prize.
September	School Stories	It's Back to School time and we're reading school themed stories in the month of September. Read a school themed book and log it to receive September's prize.
October	Gothic Horror	With Halloween on the way, we're reading gothic horror books in the month of October. Read some gothic horror and log it to receive October's prize.
November	Indigenous Authors	For Native American Heritage Month, we're reading books by Indigenous authors in the month of November. Read one to receive November's prize.
December	Novellas	The end of the year is always busy, so we're reading novellas in the month of December. Read one of these short books to meet your reading goal and receive December's prize.