Considering that I barely made the 2020 Goodreads challenge, I’m gonna start this year off with the Friends Readathon (hosted by @tyraandthebooks) and get ahead of the challenge now. There’s something about readathons that inspires me to read more, especially if they have fun challenges – and this one definitely has that: every challenge is based on a quote from Friends!
I’ll update this post during the month – who knows, maybe I’ll even get all of them 😀 but probably not, so for now the goal is to complete at least one challenge per character.
So here are the challenges, copy-pasted from twitter:
Life challenges:
- watch an episode of friends (or all 10 seasons)
- recreate a meal from the show (could literally be coffee or just ordering a pizza)
Rachel:
- He’s so pretty I want to cry – read a beautiful book – The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- It’s okay, girls tend not to like me – read a book with a low average rating
- You’re a shoe! – read a book with a shoe on the cover
- Rachel always cries – read an emotional/sad book
Monica:
- I’m breezy! – read whatever you want – The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis
- I really think I might kill someone tonight – read a thriller/horror/mystery
- I’ve got this uncontrollable need to please people – read a popular book
- SEVEN! – read a book with seven letters in the title
Phoebe:
- I wish I could but I don’t want to – read a book you keep putting off
- Regina phalange – read a book written by an author using a pen name – To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
- sweet lord this is what evil must taste like – read a book with a villain
- why am I friends with these people? – read a book that your friends don’t like
Chandler:
- could I be anymore excited? – read an anticipated release
- I’m hopeless and awkward and desperate for love – read a book with romance – Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
- I have no idea what’s going on but I’m excited! – read a hyped book that you know nothing about
- I tend to keep talking until somebody stops me – read a book over 500 pages
Joey:
- Joey doesn’t share food! – read a book with food on the cover
- how you doin? – read a book with a compelling tag line
- you don’t own a tv? What’s your furniture pointed at? – read a book that’s been adapted or is being adapted – The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
- is this friendship? I think so! – read a book with a friendship. (I would recommend a bromance but any friendship is fine!)
Ross:
- we were on a break!- read a sequel or companion novel to a series you’ve already started/read – An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
- unagi – read a book that you always misname or pronounce incorrectly
- you’re my lobster – read a book you think you’ll love
- I tell you when I actually die some people are going to be seriously haunted – read a book with ghosts
Where Stories Lie 