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Pro Book Nerds 2023 Reading Challenge!

Posted on: January 12, 2023

On today’s episode of the podcast, the Professional Book Nerds are here to share the prompts for 2023’s reading challenge! We read some completed entries from last year’s challenge, share the prompts for this year, and tell you what prompt we’re most excited about. This episode marks an important milestone for Emma and Joe, too! 🙂

This year’s challenge includes:

  • Greek myth retelling
  • A popular YA series
  • Book you ONLY picked for the cover
  • Book with a map
  • Audiobook narrated by the author
  • The highest or lowest rated book on your TBR
  • A book with a bilingual character
  • A cookbook & make a recipe
  • Read a poetry collection
  • Read a friend’s FAVORITE book
  • A book by an author with a pen name
  • A book about found family

Books mentioned in this episode:

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 here.

We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com.


On today’s episode of the podcast, the Professional Book Nerds are here to share the prompts for 2023’s reading challenge! We read some completed entries from last year’s challenge, share the prompts for this year, and tell you what prompt we’re most excited about. This episode marks an important milestone for Emma and Joe, too! 🙂

This year’s challenge includes:

  • Greek myth retelling
  • A popular YA series
  • Book you ONLY picked for the cover
  • Book with a map
  • Audiobook narrated by the author
  • The highest or lowest rated book on your TBR
  • A book with a bilingual character
  • A cookbook & make a recipe
  • Read a poetry collection
  • Read a friend’s FAVORITE book
  • A book by an author with a pen name
  • A book about found family

Books mentioned in this episode:

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 here.

We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com.

Music:

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