2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Last two years I have been in a reading slump. This year even more than the last. I am not sure what had happen with me. But I feel bad. I used to be reading more and this year I just did not feel the spark. So for next year I hope things will be different. I will not impose TBR to myself but I will try to put what I have been reading. I will not participate in many challenge, instead I will limit myself to personal challenge (more info will be posted in my corner of 2018).
So for 2018 I plan to empty my shelves instead of just watching them grow...

Caro wrote: "Last two years I have been in a reading slump. This year even more than the last. I am not sure what had happen with me. But I feel bad. I used to be reading more and this year I just did not feel ..."

Sounds like a plan Caro!
I’d been in a reading slump for many years when I joined this group. It has really helped me to rekindle my passion for reading. Especially the group and buddy reads. You may want to try that. It’s really motivating reading books together and discuss them.
In any case I wish you a very happy reading year, I hope you’ll encounter some amazing reads!!

Best of luck with your challenge!

Susy wrote: "Caro wrote: "Last two years I have been in a reading slump. This year even more than the last. I am not sure what had happen with me. But I feel bad. I used to be reading more and this year I just ..."

Hello Susy Thanks a lot! Actually that is what drive me to the reading slump, I decide to commit to many challenge and buddy reads that I do not longer enjoy my reading and instead or reading for pleasure I was reading for obligation so I ended up throwing everything around. This month I decide to read what I am in the mood and make way more progress than the rest of the year, so this year my goals will be more simple and hopefully easier to met.

Hope you’ll have a very happy and enjoyable reading year Caro!

Ok so this is 2018...
For this year I made several promises. Among them. Enjoy more my reading, Been in a book ban (Have over 200 books in my shelves that I did not read yet. So my challenge will be quite flexible to not feel the obligation to finish certain books.... Sort of... Nevertheless I will try to have some order and read a few specific books till the end of the month. I will have a Mandatory book and a couple of Flexible ones.

January:

TBR:

1. Fear and Trembling
2. Con fecha de vencimiento

Read:

1. Fear and Trembling
2. Con fecha de vencimiento
3. The Woman in Cabin 10
4. Lullaby
5. First Love
6. Anya's Ghost
7. Where'd You Go, Bernadette

February:

For February I plan to finish a couple of books that I left in my DNF Shelves. It will be a good exercise to know if I should really let go those books for good or if I will finish them. Since there are quite a few I will not mention it yet.

You are doing great! Hoping March is a smashing success for you.

A book is a dream that you hold in your hand. I hope that April brings you many more five star reads. Do you have a stand out book so far this year?

I also want to empty my shelves but it's hard when I keep seeing more books I want to read. Hope you are enjoying the books you're reading this year!

Blagica wrote: "A book is a dream that you hold in your hand. I hope that April brings you many more five star reads. Do you have a stand out book so far this year?"

April and May had been bad in terms of reading. I just hope that from June things get better.. A book that stand out... So far Geek Love

Rachael wrote: "I also want to empty my shelves but it's hard when I keep seeing more books I want to read. Hope you are enjoying the books you're reading this year!"

I understand you so much...

Hoping July is full of page turning and falling in love with a new book!

February:

1.A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Pages: 155
2. Mathilda Pages: 189
3. The Sense of an Ending Pages: 162
4. Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food Pages: 352
5. A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America Pages: 304
6. Annihilation Pages: 210

March

1. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Pages: 340
2.Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls Pages: 275
3. La sombra del viento Pages: 569

April

1. Educated: A Memoir Pages: 352
2. My Brilliant Friend Pages: 331
3. 100 momentos que marcaron el mundo contemporáneo Pages: 210

May

1. Holidays on Ice Pages: 177
2. When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife Pages: 272
3. Geek Love Pages: 370
4. Lola Vendetta. Más vale Lola que mal acompañada Pages: 152
5. Lola Vendetta. ¿Qué pacha, mama? Pages: 160

June

1. All Systems Red Pages: 156
2. Home Fire Pages: 264
3. Los Divinos Pages: 256

July

1. Interpreter of Maladies Pages: 192
2. Contigo en la distancia Pages: 359

August

1. Running Like a Girl Pages: 242
2. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup Pages: 352
3. We Have Always Lived in the Castle Pages: 158
4. The Best We Could Do Pages: 336
5. Calypso Pages: 288
6. Sin noticias de Gurb Pages: 143
7. La danza de mi muerte Pages: 203
8. Obscena Pages: 224

September

1, You Don't Look Your Age...and Other Fairy Tales Pages: 192
2. And Then There Were None Pages: 276
3. Lady Susan Pages: 180
4. The Kill Jar: Obsession, Descent, and a Hunt for Detroit's Most Notorious Serial Killer Pages: 288
5. Rules of Civility Pages: 324

October

1. The Chalk Man Pages: 340
2. La ridícula idea de no volver a verte Pages: 160
3. Virus tropical Pages: 240
4. The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night Pages: 224
5. Artificial Condition Pages:160

45/54, nice going Caro! Good luck with the remainder of your goal!

Susy wrote: "45/54, nice going Caro! Good luck with the remainder of your goal!"

Thanks a lot :) Yes actually this year I feel happy with my reading. I know I can read more... But enjoy more my reading than in the last years... It seems I am getting in the right direction...

Enjoying your reads is more important than the amount of books you read! (although there are so many great books...I would love to be able to read more myself 😉)

Susy wrote: "Enjoying your reads is more important than the amount of books you read! (although there are so many great books...I would love to be able to read more myself 😉)"
That is every reader dream :)

November

1. The Alice Network Pages: 510
2. Rogue Protocol Pages: 160
3. The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story Pages: 578
4. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory Pages: 256
5. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life Pages: 161

Just one more to go Caro! 👍🏻

December

1. Her Body and Other Parties
2. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
3. Lacks Self-Control: True Stories I Waited Until My Parents Died to Tell
4. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary