Saying Goodbye to the Colour Me Read Challenge
After two years of researching, posting, and reading books from different genres, it’s time for the Colour Me Read Challenge to come to a close. This is a hard post to write because this challenge has been so dear to me. Without it, I wouldn’t have discovered certain genres I’ve come to enjoy. I’ve also talked to people who participated in the challenges and hearing about their reading experience was the most rewarding thing.
As fun as it was to plan and pick genres for each month, it also came with challenges. Life would often catch up with me and I’d find myself posting late or last minute. I didn’t want to give it up, but I also felt like it didn’t get as much time as it deserved. This happened month after month halfway through 2017 and I almost stopped the challenge altogether after December.
The more I thought about it, the more I leaned towards ending the challenge at some point in the future. While it still had participants on and off, it also lost traction without spiking new interests from other readers. I thought about pushing the challenge until the end of 2018, but I think this is the best time to close it.
Readers who still want to continue with the challenge can ‘start over’ by using prompts from June 2016 to May 2018 and I’ll be sure to keep all the links updated for past challenges here. You can do it in order or jump in between, it’s entirely up to you! The most important thing is to have fun and discover books which is all I hoped for from this challenge.
From the bottom of my heart, I sincerely thank each and every person who has joined, shared, or posted about the Colour Me Read Challenge. It’s been a fulfilling two years and I hope you continue reading and discovering books with me as we close this chapter and move forward. ❤️
Love always,
Shari
I always look forward to seeing the genres you pick each month and then finding books to read for it. I’m sad that the Colour Me Read Challenge has come to an end but … all good things, eh? Thank you so much for starting it and keeping it going for so long in spite of the challenges you faced while doing it :’)
I’m so glad you had a great experience with the challenge, Rae! Your constant support for it has always been one the things that helped me keep going. 🙂
I’m sorry to say that since finding out about the ColourMeRead challenge I’ve only managed to participate once. I was always curious about the themes and genres you offered, so that I always thought I would join, but in the end there was kind of a mental clash with the 100 unread books I have at home staring daggers at me, and simply being a mood-reader.
I’m glad that you’re keeping the past challenges up, definitely saving it for the future once 🙂
No worries, Mooni! I totally understand – there are just too many books and so little time! I’m glad you at least got to experience it once and hope you’ll try some of the past genres in the future. 🙂
Shari, I’m so sad you’re not doing the challenge anymore! But I completely understand your reasoning. I know you’re spending your time on other things, and I love all the art you’ve been sharing. 💚
It’s bittersweet, but I also didn’t want to get to a point where I disliked doing it. Thanks for understanding, Maraia! <3 I'm still learning how to balance my time well - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't but here's to trial and error :)