Last year, my husband and I did a version of Reddit’s Sci-fi/Fantasy Bingo. I got bingo at least three times, but ultimately did not finish out my card. In 2023, I thought I’d change things up a bit, and I’m inviting all of you to join in! Next year, I will host THE YEAR-LONG SCAVENGER HUNT!
What’s the Year-Long Scavenger Hunt, you ask? Well, it’s basically a bingo, but with a few differences. There are 31 prompts for the entire year — January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023. You can choose to read 31 books where each book fits a different prompt or you can choose to find books that fit multiple prompts. The more times over you complete the entire Hunt, the cooler you are. And don’t we all want to be super cool???
Few things:
- Rereads count as long as you read the book within the year of 2023.
- You don’t have to do this with Sci-fi/Fantasy books, but I’m pretty sure it’ll be easier if you do.
- There’s no one here to slap your wrist if you do something ‘wrong’. Have fun with this!
Without further ado — here are our 2023 Scavenger Hunt prompts:
And in text form, for those of you that need it:
- 2023 Release
- Animal sidekick
- Cool Weapon
- Debut
- Dragons
- Female villain
- Final book in a series
- First person POV
- Found family
- Green cover
- High fantasy
- Hugo winner
- Inspired by a culture OTHER than any in Western Europe
- LGBTQ+ Main Character
- Magic house
- Merlin character
- More than 2 women
- New to you author
- Over 500 pages
- Pirates
- POC Author
- Retelling
- Set on a space ship
- Space Opera
- Standalone
- Sword on the cover
- Time travel
- Title _ of _
- Urban Fantasy
- Witches
- YA Book
If you have questions about any prompt, please just ask. This is supposed to be a friendly, fun little way to collect books over the year. To help you keep organized, I made a Google Sheets doc! Please click here. To use this, please click FILE, MAKE A COPY and edit to your heart’s content.
Do you think you’ll join me in the Hunt this year? Let me know in the comments!
BIRDIE'S BOOK NOOK 
This is actually a reasonable prompt and I think I might be able to tick a few with the stuff I have lined up!
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I was aiming for reasonable, but also fun!
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sounds super cool! 🙂
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Thank you!
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This sounds fun especially as Fantasy and Sci fi form a large part of my reading. The only trouble with year long prompts is that I have a habit of forgetting about them 😯
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I won’t let you forget LOL I can’t wait to see what books you use!
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This sounds fun! I love a good reading challenge for the year 🙂
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Thank you!!
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This looks like a lot of fun!
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I thought so too, thank you!
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Oooh this looks brilliant, Jordyn! I don’t normally take on reading challenges, but this one might just convince me to change that 😀
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I would love it if you joined us!!!
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Oh NO, I think I’m legally required to do this
One question: do comics count? I can’t imagine they wouldn’t, but
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THERE ARE LIMITED RULES, MY FRIEND. If you wanna do the whole thing with comics, then you have my blessing.
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Bless u guv’nor
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This looks like fun! I think I can definitely do some of these with non-SFF titles. I’m terrible at challenges but this seems a lot more low-key which might be more my speed. I’m still deciding whether to do any additional reading challenges in 2023 but this will definitely be my top choice if I do! Great idea, Jordyn 🙂
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UHGUITRUIHGFJU THIS SOUNDS LIKE SO. MUCH. FUN???? am absolutely in love with the idea basically. AND CANNOT WAIT TO START?? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOSTING!!!!!
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I kept meaning to check this out but things have been crazy. So… I’m going to do the low-key version and just read what I read and see what prompts I fill. Since I read so much fantasy, I think I should be able to get most filled! I imagine it will taper off a lot in June when I have this baby. Great prompts! ❤
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I think you’ll be absolutely fine just reading what you want! Thank you!!
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I love this – I’m in. I will only check in intermittently (maybe quarterly) to see how I’m getting on, but it will be super fun to see what I find on my reading journeys!
Is there a storygraph challenge set up by any chance? (If not, may I set one up?)
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You can absolutely set one up! IDK how to do that!
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I’ll ping you a link when it’s ready 🙂
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All set: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/ef8a151d-c20a-4461-b55b-9293c5d667b7
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