On today's episode, Emma and Joe share some tips and tricks to completing your 2024 Pro Book Nerds Reading Challenge. They also discuss the prompts they've completed and what books they read. Finally, they offer some suggestions for, perhaps, some harder to complete prompts. Let us know, have you done your 2024 reading challenge yet? What's your progress?

2024 PBN Reading Challenge:
A genre you don’t normally read 


The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles 


The Bearable Slant of Light by Lynnell Edwards 


The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green 


A book with main characters that are a different age than you 

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas  

A book on your TBR longer than 1 year 


Who Could That Be at This Hour by Lemony Snicket 


Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn 


An audiobook (full cast or dramatized!) 


A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 


House of Earth and Blood, Part 2 by Sarah J. Maas


A book in translation 


A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon 


Reykjavik by Ragnar Jonasson 


Reread a childhood favorite 


Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison 


Crank by Ellen Hopkins


Book with dual POV 

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

Read a duology 


Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo


One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig


A book with a one-word title 


Sheets by Brenna Thummler  


Tomie – Juno Ito 


A book from any bestseller list 


Rouge by Mona Awad 


Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward 


Think Twice by Harlan Coben


A book your first heard about on PBN 


Diavola by Jennifer Thorne 


Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen 


A book out of season 


So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison (takes place in Winter) 


This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune (Summer) 


Check out Joe's conversation with Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket here. Listen to Emma's chat with Harlan Coben here. Want to hear more about seasonal reading, listen to our Seasons of Books episode here.
Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace.
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