Hello readers, it's Friday and there's nothing I find more exciting than the start of the weekend 😍🎉. I would like to welcome you to today's segment: Welcome to The 250-Page Challenge! 😄
I'll briefly explain what the 250-Page Challenge is: as the title states The 250-Page Challenge is about reading books that are under 250 pages and in this segment I am going to be sharing 8 books that are under 250 pages plus a bonus that'll make joining the challenge a breeze. So keep reading to find out what it is 😏😉
Now, let's dive into the exciting part – our curated list of 8 page-turners under 250 pages.
1. BINTI (BINTI, #1) by NNEDI OKORAFOR
BLURB: Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs.
Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has become the stuff of nightmares. Oomza University has wronged the Meduse, and Binti's stellar travel will bring her within their deadly reach.
If Binti hopes to survive the legacy of a war not of her making, she will need both the the gifts of her people and the wisdom enshrined within the University, itself -- but first she has to make it there, alive.
PAGE LENGTH: 96 Pages
GOODREADS RATING: 3.86/5
2. ROSARITA BY ANITA DESAI
BLURB: A young student sits on a bench in a park in San Miguel, Mexico. Bonita is away from her home in India to learn Spanish. She is alone, somewhere she has no connection to. It is bliss.
And then a woman approaches her. The woman claims to recognize Bonita because she is the spitting image of her mother, who made the same journey from India to Mexico as a young artist. No, says Bonita, my mother didn’t paint. She never travelled to Mexico. But this strange woman insists, and so Bonita follows her. Into a story where Bonita and her mother will move apart and come together, and where the past threatens to flood the present, or re-write it.
PAGE LENGTH: 112 Pages
GOODREADS RATING: 3.30/5
3. BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS RIGHT AND EVERYTHING IS WRONG BY ERIN DONOHUE
BLURB: Can you be lost and not know it? Can other people stop you from being lost?
But he has Casey. Maybe she can save him ...
PAGE LENGTH:168 Pages
GOODREADS RATING: 4.35/5
4. WE ARE OKAY BY NINA LACOUR
BLURB: You go through life thinking there’s so much you need…Until you leave with only your phone, your wallet, and a picture of your mother.
Marin hasn’t spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks. Not even her best friend, Mabel.
But even thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York, Marin still feels the pull of the life and tragedy she’s tried to outrun. Now, months later, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break, Marin waits.
Mabel is coming to visit, and Marin will be forced to face everything that’s been left unsaid and finally confront the loneliness that has made a home in her heart.
PAGE LENGTH: 236 Pages
GOODREADS RATING: 3.94/5
5. FIVE TUESDAYS IN WINTER BY LILY KING
BLURB: Told in the intimate voices of unique and endearing characters of all ages, these tales explore desire and heartache, loss and discovery, moments of jolting violence and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs.
A bookseller's unspoken love for his employee rises to the surface, a neglected teenage boy finds much-needed nurturing from an unlikely pair of college students hired to housesit, a girl's loss of innocence at the hands of her employer's son becomes a catalyst for strength and confidence, and a proud nonagenarian rages helplessly in his granddaughter's hospital room.
Romantic, hopeful, brutally raw, and unsparingly honest, some even slipping into the surreal, these stories are, above all, about King's enduring subject of love.
PAGE LENGTH: 240 Pages
GOODREADS RATING: 3.72/5
6. WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST BY JASON REYNOLDS
BLURB: In Bed Stuy, New York, a small misunderstanding can escalate into having a price on your head—even if you’re totally clean. This gritty, triumphant debut captures the heart and the hardship of life for an urban teen.
A lot of the stuff that gives my neighborhood a bad name, I don’t really mess with. The guns and drugs and all that, not really my thing.
Nah, not his thing. Ali’s got enough going on, between school and boxing and helping out at home. His best friend Noodles, though. Now there’s a dude looking for trouble—and, somehow, it’s always Ali around to pick up the pieces. But, hey, a guy’s gotta look out for his boys, right? Besides, it’s all small potatoes; it’s not like anyone’s getting hurt.
And then there’s Needles. Needles is Noodles’s brother. He’s got a syndrome, and gets these ticks and blurts out the wildest, craziest things. It’s cool, though: everyone on their street knows he doesn’t mean anything by it.
Yeah, it’s cool…until Ali and Noodles and Needles find themselves somewhere they never expected to be…somewhere they never should've been—where the people aren't so friendly, and even less forgiving.
PAGE LENGTH: 240 Pages
GOODREADS RATING: 4.01/5
7. YAHIMBA BY O.L OBONNA
BLURB: The one man she can’t resist! Still reeling from a heartbreaking and painful loss, Yahimba leaves everything and everyone she knows and moves across the country, determined to put the past behind her.
However, she didn't anticipate getting the attention of Eyimofe Alele-Williams, her brother's best friend. Handsome and charming, Eyimofe is the kind of man she knows she could easily fall in love with. But she's been hurt by love before and has no interest in risking her heart again.
However, their connection might be too strong. It is a fire that threatens to consume her, igniting a passion she never knew she had. Despite her misgivings about him, Yahimba is left wondering what if? She must grapple with her emotions and decide if she's ready to take the plunge and give in to her feelings for him.
Burned by Love, can she learn to love and trust again? Or would it be safer to walk away?
PAGE LENGTH: 241 Pages
8. IT'S A DATE (AGAIN) BY JENEVA ROSE
BLURB: One lovestruck woman. Three handsome boyfriends—and strangers.
Peyton Sanders hopes it’s not too late to say it back. Done with dead-end relationships and swiping right, she knows who her heart belongs to. But as she races to tell him how she feels, she’s hit by a car and wakes up with amnesia. It gets worse. Peyton has no clue who the three men who show up at her hospital bed are except they each claim to be her boyfriend.
They’re certainly worth remembering. A rustic-looking contractor—heaven in flannel. A tailored consultant with a smile to die for. And a tattooed chef with a box of homemade chocolates, both delicious. Peyton’s friends Maya and Robbie have an idea: date each man again. Recognizing her soulmate should be as easy as one, two, three.
On a wildly romantic and dizzyingly funny journey, Peyton runs once again toward love. This time, hopefully, her heart can guide her where her mind cannot.
PAGE LENGTH: 248 Pages
GOODREADS RATING: 3.74/5
Remember I promised you a plus+
So here's the plus 😍 - I know readers generally feel guilty about their ever-growing TBR list but no worries you can tackle your TBR list while joining the challenge. You can sort the books on your TBR based on page length, then you can read books under 250 pages to join the challenge! Reading books off your TBR ✔ Joining The 250-Page Challenge ✔👊
Here's another plus+ 😉😏 Feel free to download
Joining the challenge! use the hashtag #250PageChallenge
And with that we have come to the end of this segment. Stay bookish and wonderful 📚&😍
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ReplyDeleteA long time since I have participated in a reading challenge of any type. I'm not too sure this one is for me as I'm not a big fan of the short story but, that said, there are several books here that do appeal to me.
Good luck with the challenge. I hope to see you over at Pen and Paper sometime, after all the more the merrier.