2026 Library Love Challenge @booksofmyheart.bsky.social @books_of_myheart @angelsbooknook17.bsky.social @angelsbooknook17 #2026LibraryLoveChallenge

Hosted by Angel’s Book Nook & Books of My Heart, this is a favorite challenge. I love libraries and so many of the books I read are sourced by them. This will be my seventh year participating in the challenge. I’m going for Oberdrive Junkie.

Details

The challenge will be year long, divided into three semesters. You choose your level.

➜ Winter Semester: Jan. 1, 2026 – April 30, 2026,
➜ Summer Semester: May 1, 2026 – Aug. 31, 2026
➜ Autumn Semester: Sept. 1, 2026 – Dec. 31, 2026

Mini-Challenges (Audiobook & Bingo)

• The Audiobook Challenge will be June 1 – July 31.
• The Library Bingo (with our COYER friends) will run September  1 – October 31.

Plus the Mid-Year Check In: July 7th  & End-of-Year Check In: Dec. 29th. It’s up to you how much you participate and you can join anytime!  The SIGN-UP will remain open until Dec. 2, 2026.

Levels
What level will you choose?

• Dewey Decimal: Read 12 books
• Thrifty Reader: Read 24 books
• Overdrive Junkie: Read 36 books
• Library Addict: Read 48 books
• Library Card on Fire: Read 60+ books

📕The goal is to find your love of your local library and to read at least twelve (12) books from the library, but you can read more. While twelve is the minimum; there is no maximum limit.

📕Any format will work for this challenge (prints, ebooks, or audios); as long as you checked it out from the library, it counts.

📕Books can be any genre (fiction, nonfiction, romance, fantasy, mystery, thriller, horror, etc.).

📕Crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed, including re-reads. The goal is to support your local library and save money.

📕Please use #LibraryLoveChallenge when sharing your reviews, library pictures, etc.

Winter Semester

Tracking

1. Otherwise Engaged by Susan Mallery
2. Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman
3. One & Only by Maurene Goo
4. It’s Not Her by Mary Kubica
5. Make It Out Alive by Allison Brennan
6. Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra
7. And Now, Back to You by B. K. Borison
8. A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides by Gisèle Pelicot
9. Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser