The 2020 Golden Trio Reading Challenge

I can’t sleep! So. Have a reading challenge!

Have you heard of the Golden Trio Reading Challenge?

I attempted this year, being the current year of 2019, but wasn’t quite successful. Read all about it below!

Here’s the specs, as put out by Flourish and Blott’s.

You’ll notice this challenge is from 2019. I’m still going to participate in it this year. Also, this year, I’m reading nothing but books written by women! Because why not?

Here’s the list:

Author First	Author Last	Title	Challenge Name:	Challenge Entails:
Jane	Austen	Pride and Prejudice	Ancient Runes	Read a book set before you were born
Kym	Grosso	Immortals of New Orleans: Luca’s Magic Embrace	Apparition	Read a book set somewhere you want to travel
Mercedes	Lackey	One Good Knight	Arithmancy	Read a book with a number in the title
Mary	Fan	Starswept	Astronomy	Read a book with a star on the cover or in the title
Katie	Cross	Bon Bons to Yoga Pants	Bathilda Bagshot	Read a book written by a woman
Mireille	Guiliano	French Women for All Seasons	Beaubatons	Read a book by a French author
Kym	Grosso	Immortals of New Orleans: Tristan’s Lyceum Wolves	Care of Magical Creatures	Read a book with an animal on the cover
Mercedes	Lackey	The Snow Queen	Charms	Read a book with a charming cover
Dorothy	Dreyer	Phoenix Descending	Deathly Hallows	Read a book with a symbol on the cover
J.A.	Armitage	Dark Water	Defense Against the Dark Arts	Read a book about Good vs. Evil
Sarah Addison	Allen	The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel	Divination	Read a book that includes prophecy or fortune telling
JK	Rowling	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Dumbledore	Read a book involving a school or teacher
Amanda	Lamb	Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs	Dumbledore’s Army	Read a book about social justice or a current issue
Sheila	Roberts	Winter at the Beach	Durmstrang	Read a book with a boat in it
Maria	Duenas	The Heart Has Its Reasons	Fleur Delacour	Read a book translated from another language
TBD	TBD	TBD	Flourish and Blotts	Read a 2020 release
Sarah	Painter	The Night Raven (Crow Investigations Book 1)	Flying	Read a book with a bird on the cover
Gloria	Vanderbilt	Double Exposure: A Twin Autobiography	Fred & George	Read a book with twins in it
Sara	Gruen	Water for Elephants: A Novel	Gilderoy Lockheart	Read a book from a celebrity book club
Willow	Winters	Damaged: A Poetry Collection	Ginny	Read a book of poetry
Margaret	Atwood	The Handmaid’s Tale	Gringotts	read a book with gold foiling
Louisa May	Alcott	Little Women	Gryffindor	Read a book recommended by a Gryffindor
JK	Rowling	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone	Harry	Re-read a Harry Potter Book
Meara	Platt	My Fair Lily	He who must not be named	Read a book with a character that shares a name with an HP character
Mercedes	Lackey	The Sleeping Beauty	Helga Hufflepuff	Read a book that represents this founder’s values
Sarah	Painter	The Garden of Magic	Herbology	Read a book related to nature
JK	Rowling	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	Hermione	Read a book over 500 pages
Peggy L.	Henderson	Yellowstone Heart Song	History of Magic	Read a historical fiction
JK	Rowling	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Hogwarts-A History	Read a book that intimidates you
Malala	Yousafzai	I Am Malala	House Cup	Read a book that has won an award
SM	Reine	Witch Hunt	Hufflepuff	Read a book recommended by a Hufflepuff
Sarah Addison	Allen	The Sugar Queen: A Novel	Ilvermorny	Read a book by an American author
Emily	Carpenter	Burying the Honeysuckle Girls	Luna Lovegood	Read a book about creativity or something unusual
Joy	Lincoln	Robin Williams: The Biography	Muggle Studies	Read a memoir or biography
JK	Rowling	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Newt	Read a book containing a fantastic beast
JK	Rowling	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Potions	Read a book with potions/alchemy/chemistry in it
Jane	Griz	An Heir for Pemberley	Professor McGonagall	Read a book iwth a strong female lead
Stephanie	Julian	The Brick Wall: Redtails Hockey	Quidditch	Read a book involving a sport
Rae D.	Magdon	The Second Sister	Ravenclaw	Read a book recommended by a Ravenclaw
Maya	Angelou	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	Restricted Section	Read a banned book
Amy Rose	Bennett	All She Wants for Christmas: A Regency Christmas Novella	Ron	Read a book under 200 pages
Alice	Hoffman	The Rules of Magic: A Novel	Rowena Ravenclaw	Read a book that represents this founder’s values
Sara	Whitford	The Smuggler’s Gambit	Salazar Slytherin	Read a book that represents this founder’s values
Kym	Grosso	Immortals of New Orleans: Kade’s Dark Embrace	Slytherin	Read a book recommended by a Slytherin
JK	Rowling	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Snape	Read a book that contains page 394
JK	Rowling	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	The Chosen One	Read a book that mentions Harry Potter
Mercedes	Lackey	Beauty and the Werewolf	The Dark Mark	Read a book with a dark cover
Mercedes	Lackey	The Fairy Godmother	Transfiguration	Read a book about a huge change
Pearl	Goodfellow	Bohemian RhapsoDIE	Umbridge	Read a book with a pink cover
Karin	Slaughter	Pieces of Her	Wizarding Radio	Listen to an audiobook

Now, that isn’t all that I’ll be reading.

I’m reading a total of 111 books in 2020, which is about half the goal that I set for myself in 2019. So, hopefully, it is a little more achievable. You can read all about my 2020 Women Writers Reading Challenge here.

Flourish and Blotts has a different challenge for 2020: the Wizarding World Tour Reading Challenge. I’m going to try to complete at least two of the locations:

I’m not quite sure which school I’m going to focus on, but I’m leaning towards Uagadou:

• Read a book over 450 pages
• Read a book with a moon on the cover
• Read a self-help book
• Read a book that includes an animal
• Read a book where a character follows a dream
• Read a book with a symbol on the cover
• Read a book with a hand on the cover

What are you reading or planning to read in 2020? Tell me all about it!

Want to check out The Analog Book Challenge for 2020?

Want to follow my literary consumption adventures on Goodreads?

Or maybe read some of my fanfic on Archive of Our Own?