Out of Your Comfort Zone 2020 Wrapup & 2021 Signup 💗

Hello fellow bookworms 💗  As we’re nearing the end of the year, my first ever reading challenge – the Out of Comfort Zone Challenge – is drawing to a close. Hosting a challenge on my own for the first time brough its challenges, but I loved it so much and had a lot of fun getting out of my comfort zone with my reading. It has brought me some amazing new favorite books that I wouldn’t have picked up so soon, some of them books I might never have  even read so I’m satisfied with how my reading has gone this year 🥰 Today, I want to reflect on the #outofcomfortzone 2020 a bit, sharing what books I read, what lovely people participated and some fun stats! I’ll keep it short as I’ll also share a reminder of what my challenge is about and the 2021 signup! A lot of things are staying the same, but there’s a new bingo board, fun templates and there will also be some themed recommendation posts coming next year 💗 I’m super excited and would love for you to join my challenge next year, if it sounds interesting to you! 💕

Personal Wrapup 💗 

Books Read 📚 53 Books

Favorite Books 💕

1. Jackaby (YA Mystery & Historical Fantasy)
2. Vengeful (New Adult Sci-Fi)
3. The Gilded Wolves (YA Historical Fantasy)
4. All Systems Red (Adult Sci-Fi)
5. Skyward (YA Sci-Fi)

Genres read from 📝 Mystery, Horror, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Contemporary, Nonfiction, Romancce

Badges Achieved 📔 4

 

1. ✅ Red, White & Royal Blue (Casey McQuiston) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. ✅ Vengeful (V.E. Schwab) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🎇
3. ✅ All Systems Red (Martha Wells) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🎇
4. ✅ Artificial Condition (Martha Wells) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🎇
5. ✅ Rogue Protocol (Martha Wells) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🎇
6. ✅ Exit Strategy (Martha Wells) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🎇
7. ✅ Saga Vol 1. (Vaughan, Staples) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. ✅ Saga Vol 2. (Vaughan, Staples) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. ✅ Saga Vol 3. (Vaughan, Staples) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
10. ✅ Bingo Love (Franklin, St-Onge, San) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
11. ✅ The Will and the Wilds (Charlie N. Holmberg) ⭐⭐⭐.5
12. ✅ Booked for Christmas (Lily Menon) ⭐⭐⭐
13. ✅ Wrapped Up in You (Talia Hibbert) ⭐⭐⭐

1. ✅ Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🎇
2. ✅ These Broken Stars (Kaufman, Spooner) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
3. ✅ Alex + Ada Vol 1-3 (Luna & Vaughn) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. ✅ The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Becky Chambers) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. ✅ Not Your Sidekick (C.B. Lee) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. ✅ Not Your Villain (C.B. Lee) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. ✅ Not Your Backup (C.B. Lee) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. ✅ This Mortal Coil (Emily Suvada) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. ✅ This Cruel Design (Emily Suvada) ⭐⭐⭐
10. ✅ The Sound of Stars (Alechia Dow) ⭐⭐.5

1. ✅ The Gilded Wolves (Roshani Chokshi) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🎇
2. ✅ Silvered Serpents (Roshani Chokshi) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🎇
3. ✅ Salt to the Sea (Ruta Sepetys) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. ✅ White Rose (Kip Wilson) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. ✅ My Calamity Jane (Hand, Ashton, Meadows) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. ✅ The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Mackenzie Lee) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. ✅ Deadly Curious (Cindy Anstey) ⭐⭐⭐.5

1. ✅ Becoming (Michelle Obama) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. ✅ Reasons to Stay Alive (Matt Haig) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. ✅ Over the Top (Jonathan Van Ness) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. ✅ In Order to Live (Yeonmi Park) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. ✅ I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai, Patricia McCormick) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. ✅ Queer Heroes (Arabelle Sicardi, Sarah Tanat-Jones) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. ✅ Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. ✅ Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 (Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. ✅ We’re All Greta (Valentina Giannella, Manuela Marazzi) ⭐⭐⭐
10. ✅ Bygone Badass Broads (Mackenzie Lee) ⭐⭐.5

1. ✅ Jackaby (William Ritter) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🎇
2. ✅ The Map (William Ritter) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🎇
3. ✅ Beastly Bones (William Ritter) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🎇
4. ✅ Ghostly Echoes (William Ritter) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🎇
5. ✅ Rules for Vanishing (Kate Alice Marshall) ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
6. ✅ A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (Holly Jackson) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. ✅ Small Spaces (Katherine Arden) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. ✅ If We Were Villains (M.L. Rio) ⭐⭐⭐.5
9. ✅ We Were Liars (E. Lockhart) ⭐⭐⭐
10. ✅ Wilder Girls (Rory Power) ⭐⭐⭐
11. ✅ A Study in Scarlet (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ⭐⭐⭐

Participants 💗

Thank you so much to all the lovely people who participated in the challenge (apart from me), it was great to see others also excited to read a bit outside of their comfort zone and I hope you had a good time 💕 I’d love to welcome some of you back for the challenge in 2021, if you’d like! It means so much to me that you were along for the ride this year 🥰

• Out of your Comfort Zone Signup (Anastasia @ anahasapen)
• 2020 reading challenges (Mel @ cottoncandybookwitch)
• I’m Joining the Out of your Comfort Zone Reading Challenge 2020 (Rae @ Rae’s Reads and Reviews)
• Plans for 2020, Reading Challenges, and We Have a New Co-Blogger! (Sabrina @ wordyandwhimsical)
• Out of Your Comfort Zone 2020 Reading Challenge | announcement and potential TBR (Sophie @ meandink)
• Out of your Comfort Zone Signup (Sandra @ eiIishftmendes)
• Out of your Comfort Zone Signup (Tammi @ tammi_doran)

Statistics 💗

Books Read 📚 101 books

Genres/Formats 📔

1. Nonfiction 🏆
2. Sci-Fi  🏆
3. Historical Fiction  🏆
4. Graphic Novels
5. Romance
6. Mystery
7. Horror
8. Contemporary
9. Fantasy
10. Classics 

Age Range 🌷

Reminder: What is the Out of Your Comfort Zone Reading Challenge? 💗

The aim of this challenge is to read books that you consider to be outside of your comfort zone. Often I feel myself gravitating to the same kinds of books especially when it comes to age range and genres. Therefore, you can join this challenge if you wish to read more broadly (and adventurously) and dive into genres you don’t reach for as often. The Challenge itself is tailored to your goals, so it’s going to be relaxed and individual as everyone has a different definition of their comfort zone. You can set yourself a number of books to read in a particular genre (or subgenre, age range, etc.) or make a TBR with books you hope to get to!

The Guidelines 💗

• The Challenge runs from January 1st, 2021 to December 31st, 2021
• If you want to join, you can do so all year until the challenge ends ♥
• The goal of the reading challenge is to read genres/age ranges outside of your comfort zone (be as broad or specific as you’d like to be with that)
• You can pick out as many genres/age ranges that you want to read more of and pick out how many books you’d like to read in that genre and/or make a TBR of books you’d like to try out.
• For the books to count you have to begin and start them in 2021, as the challenge is geared towards this year – meaning that books started in 2020 don’t count.
• Of course, any format of book works for this Readathon, as long as you can mark it as read on Goodreads!
• This is all very relaxed, so do whatever works best for you, be it how many categories, books and TBR’s as you want!

How you can join 💗

• Fill out the form at the end of the post if you’re interested in joining! 
• You can join by setting up a post on your platform, be it Blog, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, etc. with your reading goals/TBR for the Readathon
• Please link back to this announcement post. You can also tag me on Twitter, Goodreads and on WordPress because I’ love to hear all about your progress and reading plans
• You can also use the Reading Challenge Banner and the Icon in your signup/TBR post if you want to (and award yourself the badges once you reach the goals!
• Share your TBR’s/Posts/Progress throughout the year with the hashtag #outofcomfortzonechallenge! 
• You can keep track of your progress via social media, a post or blog page, whatever works best for you!
• There’s also a Google Form to add your read books because I thought it would be cool to see what books we all read throughout the year!

Levels, Badges & Bingo Board 💗

Levels

• DREAMER: Read 5 books outside of your comfort zone
• TRAVELER: Read 10 books outside of your comfort zone
• EXPLORER: Read 20 books outside of your comfort zone
• ADVENTURER: Read 40+ books outside of your comfort zone

Fun Badges

• THE FAVORITE: Find a new favorite book
• TOME: Read a book over 500 pages
• SERIES CHAMP: Read an entire Series 
• GENRE FAN: Read books from 5 different genres

Bingo Board (New!!)

Starting this year I’m also offering an optional bingo board you can fill out, if you’d like to have a few extra challenges to your reading! As I said, you don’t have to do this if you don’t want to, but I thought it would be a lot of fun, especially as I personally love bingo boards 💗

Templates 💗

This year, I’m offering some templates for setting up your TBR and/or posting updates on your platform/social media, as I thought it would be nice if you can’t or don’t want to make your own graphics 💕 In this Google Drive folder you can download all graphic resources (templates, bingo board and badges)!  For making my graphics I use Canva, which I highly recommend! I use the fonts Selima and Open Sans Condense, as well as this cat vector for my images 🥰

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Update Banner, Examples of an Update Page (with and without rating), Example of a TBR Header (with and without placeholders for the book covers)

You want to join the Reading Challenge? Then use Form below to sign up! 💗

• Signup Form
• Form for adding your read books

Are you going to join me in reading books outside of your comfort zone? What are your favorite books outside of your comfort zone that you’re glad you’ve discovered? 💗