Hello! I'm back 🥳 Because life is too short and we're all still anxious about it.

The SBC was originally a monthly challenge I hosted in the first three months of 2022. Life happened (still is 😪) and I haven't been able to complete any of my challenges this year. However, since I am a restless reader who loves short books, I decided to turn this one into something more permanent. The idea is to host the challenge at least once a year, from December to January (plus a mid year edition if I have the time). This way I can use it to either finish or start my reading year strong.

So, now, the challenge is to read 10 to 20 short books (half of them is bonus prompts) in order to either:

As for the exact length, different readers have different definitions of short books. For me, they need to be less than 350 pages or 4000 kindle positions long, but it all depends on my mood and how dense the writing probably is. You can also choose to read books that you think will be very easy and quick to finish, regardless of their length. I'd say to go for those you can read "in one sitting" or one day (or during day-to-day breaks) and that you'll hardly want to dnf. That way you can easily tackle your tbr on the weekend, on vacation or on your way to work, which is my personal goal with this challenge: to make my life as a reader easier when there's so much I want to read, but so little time and energy, and taking more than one week to finish a book literally gives me anxiety.

RECS: you can find recs on my shelf for best short books. Maybe I'll also post my TBR here later.

📍Next year's SBC is already up!

📍I'm also hosting challenges for Dark Academia, audiobooks, anthologies, standalones and BTS' songs in case someone here is interested.