It’s time for a new set of pop-up prompts. These are for anyone who needs a little nudge when deciding what to read each month, or for readers who want an extra challenge throughout the year.

They say April showers bring May flowers. Read a book where flowers are featured on the cover.

Here are a few other suggestions:

• Where the Wildflowers Grow by Terah Shelton Harris
• Bloom by Robbie Couch
• The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner
• Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
• Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
• Shiner by Amy Jo Burns
• The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram
• Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine
• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
• The Honeys by Ryan LaSala

April is national poetry month. Read a book of poetry or a book written entirely in verse.

Here are a few other suggestions:

• Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse by Melissa Lozada-Oliva
• The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini
• People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins
• Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
• Under the Msquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

For more reading prompts and to see my progress on these and other challenges check out this page.

If you’re playing along, don’t forget to tag your posts on Instagram or Threads using the #JRIA26 hashtag.

Happy reading!