5 Point Tasks
Read a book while curled up in bed or in a bubble bath
Read a book you picked out at the library (actually browse, not just order online)
Read a book with a place in the title (street, city, country, store, etc)
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
The House on Legare Street by Karen White
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Hemlock Bay by Catherine Coulter
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Read a book by your favorite author or in your favorite genre
Post a clicky poll with five choices and read the book other Nesties pick
Read a book with one of the following on the cover: flower, candy, chocolate, wine, jewelry, or a heart OR a book with a red or pink cover
Read a book with a woman as the main character
Since we are in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd month, read a book in first, second, or third person or with 1, 2, or 3 points of view coinciding with the month you read it (In March, read a book in third person or with three points of view)
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver (March)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (in January)
Read a book that makes you think of the beach or of warmer weather
Read any book of your choosing
10 Point Tasks
Read the book that has been on your TBR list or shelf the longest
Read a book written in diary, letter, journal, or email form
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Bridget Jones' Diary
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Boy Next Door by Meggin Cabot
These is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
Susan's Diary to Nicholas by James Patterson
Read a book about a rivalry
Read a book with an African American main character or written by an African American
Anything by Toni Morrison, Ernest Gaines, or Alice Walker
Glory Field by Walter Dean Myers
Native Son by Richard Wright
Any of the Alex Cross series by James Patterson
Read a book about something we are free to do in honor of National Freedom Day
Read a book set in Ireland, written by an Irish author, or with a green cover
In the Woods by Tana French
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Read a book with a circle or any other shape on the cover
Read a bestseller from the last decade (from any bestseller list 2000-2009)
Read a book set in the future
Any of the In Death series by J.D. Robb
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Read a book with 500 pages
15 Point Tasks
Read two books set on different sides of the country or the world
Read the longest book on your TBR list or shelf
Read a book where the main character goes through a major change or makes a resolution
Dry. A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Covert by Bob Delaney
Read a book about someone who has a health condition or helps someone who does
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Read January, February, or March's book club book and participate in the discussion
Read a book by an author from your state, a state where you have lived, or a state where you would like to live
Read a book you think would make a good movie
Read a book with 600 pages
Saffron Skies by Leslie Lokko
Read a book in a genre you don't normally read
Read a science fiction novel
25 Point Tasks
Read a classic that was not originally written in English that is more than 500 pages long
The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
Don Quixote by Cervantes
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Christo by Alexandre Dumas
The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
The Iliad by Homer
The Odyssey by Homer
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenin by Leo Tolstoy
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrin Undset
Germinal by Émile Zola
Reread a book that you have given 5 stars too. Then read a book listed on GR as "People who read this book also read...." that you have not previously read. If you don't have GR, reread a favorite and check Amazon for "customers who viewed this also viewed..." Neither of these books can be YA.
Read a graphic novel
Stitches by David Small
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
Read a Classic and a spinoff/sequel to that classic by another author
Pride and Prejudice / Pride and Prejudice and Zombies / Bridget Jones' Diary
Sense and Sensibility / Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
Gone With The Wind / Scarlett / Rhett Butler's People
Dracula / Dracula, The Undead
Little Women / March
Frankenstein / The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein
Catcher in the Rye / Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas / Bright Lights, Big City / A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Alice in Wonderland / Alice I Have Been
The Mystery of Edwin Drood / Drood
The Wizard of Oz / Wicked
Sherlock Holmes / Sherlock in Love
Moby Dick / Ahab's Wife
Rebecca / Mrs. DeWinter
Beauwulf / Grendel
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Finn
Read a non-fiction book about travel or food and either plan a trip or cook a meal based on what you read