2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Personal challenges:
100 books (as usual, I will try for 100 print or ebooks, plus audiobooks, because I do enjoy them)
I have collected quite a lot of books in my kindle, on my shelves and generally on my TBR list. Therefore, I am going to try and read these first.
Also, I have started this year by re-reading Harry Potter books, as it´s been 20 years since I have fallen in love with them. So, I am going to make this a totally personalized, highly specific Harry Potter tribute & cleaning shelves challenge

Group challenges:
(I am trying to join these with the prior aim to support the above goal to clean up my TBR list)

Yearly:
✔️ The Adventurers Club - 2020
Find Your Flight - 2020
✔️ TBR Jar Challenge

Quarterly
✔️ Q1 - Myths from Around the World
✔️ Q2 - Creativity Island Escape (my book tips)

Monthly
✔️ February - Have Book, Will Travel (my book tips)
✔️ February - The Five Love Languages (my book tips)
✔️ March - Bloom (my book tips)
✔️ April - Springing into Green (my book tips)
✔️ June - Singing in the Rain (my book tips)
✔️ September - Globetrotting with Wildlife (my book tips)
✔️ September - Wildlife Refuge (my book tips)

Personal Harry Potter tribute & cleaning shelves challenge

✔️ What Trelawney did not see - Osudy a běsy (Fates and Furies) by Lauren Groff
Percy´s Career Path - Príbeh ozajského človeka by Vilikovský, Pavel
Marauders' Story - Golden Lads: Sir Francis Bacon, Anthony Bacon, and Their Friends by du Maurier, Daphne (audio)
✔️ Harry and Hermione, the story that was not - Na konci samoty by Benedict Wells
At the Malfoy Manor - The Golden House by Rushdie, Salman
The Weasley Twins up and close - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Foer, Jonathan Safran
✔️ Rita Skeeter regrets - Bavilo ma žiť (I Liked My Life) by Abby Fabiaschi
Winky does not want to be free - A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Berlin, Lucia
What we don’t know about Hogwarts students - Cigaretka na dva ťahy by Dán, Dominik
Right choices, convenient choices - Projekt: pravda by Szczygieł, Mariusz
Mudbloods in exile - Schatten im Paradies by Remarque, Erich Maria
Half-Blood Prince´s copy Advanced Potion-Making - The Book of Strange New Things by Faber, Michel (audio)
Forbidden Forest walks - Walden by Thoreau, Henry David
✔️ You are a wizard Harry! - Oblak a veľryba (Cloud and Wallfish) by Anne Nesbet
Azkaban Island in your head - Ostrov Entry by May, Peter
✔️ Christmas holidays away from Hogwarts - Pod sněhem by Petra Soukupová
✔️ Crookshank´s Midnight Walk - Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
✔️ Where is Luna Lovegood? - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
✔️ Hogwarts: A History - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Bathilda Bagshot remembers it all - Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Atkinson, Kate
Fred and George head over the heels - Between the Bridge and the River by Ferguson, Craig (audio)
✔️ For in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let them swim in the deepest ocean, or glide over the highest cloud - Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
✔️ In You-Know-Who inner circles - Chlapec na vrchole hory (The Boy at the Top of the Mountain) by John Boyne
✔️ Hermione and Ron´s love story - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez (audio)
Tom of the Leaky Cauldron dishes out - Hotýlek by Mornštajnová, Alena
Madam Rosmerta´s stories from the bar - Proč máma pije by Sims, Gill
✔️ Hagrid and Grawp family stroll through the Forbidden Forrest - Večne spievajú lesy (Beyond Sing the Woods) by Trygve Gulbranssen
✔️ What Hogwarts graduates did after school - Intimita by Hanif Kureishi
Hermione´s secret - How to Stop Time by Haig, Matt
Little Hangleton graveyard - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
The other magical academy - Akadémia pána Machuľu by Brzechwa, Jan
✔️ Neville and Luna, quiet friends - Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
✔️ Dumbledore and Voldemort meet to discuss magical world peace - Munich by Robert Harris
Flourish and Blotts, alternative history - 84, Charing Cross Road by Hanff, Helene
✔️ The secret of Hogwarts librarian - The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick
Gilderoy Lockhart´s secret life - The Sea, The Sea by Murdoch, Iris (audio)
Something about Queenie Goldstein - An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew by Zijl, Annejet van der
Lilly and the Marrauders - Jahniatko a grandi by Blažková, Jaroslava
James Potter and the chance he never had - Danny: The Champion of the World by Dahl, Roald
✔️ Life Decree Number Twenty Nine - Právo na život (The Children Act) by Ian McEwan
✔️ Fred and George having fun - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
What happened after Voldemort ruled the world - We by Zamyatin, Yevgeny
Remus Lupin in his own words - Steppenwolf by Hesse, Hermann (audio)
Hogwarts educational system - Cold Comfort Farm by Gibbons, Stella
✔️ Redemption of Severus Snape - Italské boty (Italian Shoes) by Henning Mankell
Magical Me - Bratislavská fantázia by Ébert, Tibor
✔️ Hermione, the queen of books - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
✔️ Kreacher´s Memoirs - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
✔️ Ginny´s Love - The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness
✔️ Fred and George must laugh - Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
✔️ Straight outta locket Horcrux - Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
Confessions of a Hogwarts kitchen elf - Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone by Ferrari - Adler, Jenni
✔️ How to produce a Patronus, quick guide - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
✔️ Ancient magical families home and gardens - Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
✔️ Deathly Hallows and how to find them - The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Beedle the Bard and his latest - Fairy Tales for Millennials: 12 Problematic Stories Retold for the Modern World by Vincent, Bruno
✔️ Hagrid and his tankard of mead - Autismus & Chardonnay 2: Pozdní sběr by Martin Selner
✔️ Traditions and customs of Hogsmeade village - Čepiec (A Bonnet) by Katarína Kucbelová
Helena Rawenclaw´s mistake - Washington Square by James, Henry (audio)
✔️ Madam Pince´s secret life - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
✔️ On the top of the Astronomy Tower - Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman
Hogwarts's kitchen elves experience and wisdom - Toto nie je kuchárska kniha by Koleják, Jozef
✔️ Another magical journey - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
✔️ Marauders' life ever after - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (audio)
✔️ Memoirs of Flourish and Blotts - The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
✔️ Kingsley Shacklebolt at work - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11) by Ian Fleming (audio)
✔️ The secret life of the Honeydukes Express trolley witch - Žena v Orient Expresu by Lindsay Jayne Ashford
Molly Weasley´s life behind the scenes - Nie si ako iné matky by Schrobsdorff, Angelika
Who won the Trivizard Tournament - Nevieš dňa, nevieš hodiny by Dán, Dominik

Personal Harry Potter tribute & cleaning shelves challenge continued

Floo Powder
Keep your elbows tucked in, shut your eyes, don’t fidget and don’t panic and speak clearly. We are going to travel

Study of Ancient Runes - Tschick by Herrndorf, Wolfgang
✔️ MACUSA Aurors in action - The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Madam Malkin´s Memoirs - Švadlena by Ham, Rosalie
Black family epic saga - Jakubov rebrík by Ulitskaya, Lyudmila
Jacob Kowalski recommends - Kvásek by Sloan, Robin
✔️ New Scamander´s travels - Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Beauxbatons Academy express - Čitateľ z vlaku o 6:27 by Didierlaurent, Jean - Paul
Hermione and Draco never - to - happen love story - About the Night by Talshir, Anat
A journey to the magical world - Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Achebe, Chinua
Voyages with Vampires - A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Horwitz, Tony
✔️ Gadding with Ghouls - Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia by Tony Horwitz
✔️ If Lupin and Tonks met in another time and place - Podivné počasí v Tokiu by Hiromi Kawakami
Luna Lovegood explores the world - Idiot by Batuman, Elif
Holiday far from Hogwarts - Midwinter Break by MacLaverty, Bernard
Crookshank´s cousin convictions - Dalajlamova kočka a umění příst by Michie, David
✔️ Beauxbatons Academy´s trip to the north - Listopadoví motýli by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Island of Magic - Notes from a Small Island by Bryson, Bill
✔️ What Snape did - The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Igor Karkaroff hugging trees - Rus je ten, ktorý miluje brezy by Grjasnowa, Olga
✔️ Marauding with Monsters - Pekingský rozparovač (Chinese Thrillers #6) by Peter May

Personal Harry Potter tribute & cleaning shelves challenge continued

Hermione´s Library Corner
(non fiction books)

Professor Binns lectures - 1947 by Åsbrink, Elisabeth
Professor Phoebus Penrose studies - Jaký to nádherný svět by Chown, Marcus
Young Dumbledore´s banter - Candide by Voltaire
Occlumency lesson with Snape - How the Mind Works by Pinker, Steven (audio)
Felix Felicis for Muggles - Stumbling on Happiness by Gilbert, Daniel Todd
✔️ Bathilda Bagshot in Godric's Hollow - Jane Austen doma (Jane Austen at Home) by Lucy Worsley
Hermione´s piece of mind - Myšlení, rychlé a pomalé by Kahneman, Daniel
Wizards who do not need Felix Felicis - The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIV
Dolores Umbridge: How I built my career - Political Animals: How Our Stone - Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics by Shenkman, Rick
Hermione Granger: You have a brain, please use it - Sila rozumu v bláznivej dobe by Markoš, Ján
A history of no magic at all - Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Judt, Tony (audio)
Old man´s humming wisdom - Man's Search for Meaning by Frankl, Viktor E.
Mudbloods and the Dangers They Pose to a Peaceful Pure - Blood Society - Ľudácka prevýchova. Mária Janšákova v Ilave roku 1939 a jej Cela č. 20 by Zavacká, Marína
✔️ Moral choices in Lord Voldemort´s time - Čo to má spoločné so mnou? by Sacha Batthyany
✔️ Rita Skeeter interviews - Mojich 7 životov(Agneša Kalinová v rozhovore s Janou Juráňovou) by Agneša Kalinová
Madam Malkin´s Fashion Bible - Vše, co jste chtěli vědět o módě by Bartlová, Ada

To support the above, I will also participate in the TBR Jar Challenge

You can let Goodreads choose your books for this challenge.
Step 1: Select the number of books you want to read for this challenge.
Step 2: Go to the “My Books” tab on the top of the Goodreads Page.
Step 3: Bring up your “Want-To-Read” shelf.
Step 4: On the bottom of the page in the middle, go to the “sort” field and select “Random.”
Goodreads will generate a random list of books for you!

You can use the following tasks and pick a matching book later.
✔️ 1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. - Osudy a běsy (Fates and Furies) by Lauren Groff
✔️ 2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. - The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick
✔️ 3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
✔️ 5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born. - Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
✔️ 6. Read a book the 20th book on any page of your TBR. - Čo to má spoločné so mnou? by Sacha Batthyany
✔️ 7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. - Mojich 7 životov (Agneša Kalinová v rozhovore s Janou Juráňovou) by Agneša Kalinová
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. - The Man With No Face by Peter May
✔️ 9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user. - Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
✔️ 10. Read a book with a cover you love. - Toto nie je kuchárska kniha by Jozef Koleják, Rus je ten, ktorý miluje brezy by Olga Grjasnowa, Podivné počasí v Tokiu by Hiromi Kawakami, Pod sněhem by Petra Soukupová, Vše, co jste chtěli vědět o módě by Ada Bartlová
✔️ 11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. - The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
✔️ 13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name. - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list). - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
✔️ 15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges. - Munich by Robert Harris
✔️ 16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it). - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
✔️ 17. Read the book with the least number of ratings. - Čepiec (A Bonnet) by Katarína Kucbelová
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
✔️ 20. Read a book that you own. Jane Austen doma (Jane Austen at Home) by Lucy Worsley
✔️ 21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you. - Pekingský rozparovač (Chinese Thrillers #6) by Peter May
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read. - Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish - Lolita or Bleak House by Charles Dickens
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
✔️ 25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read. - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11) by Ian Fleming
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book. - Osudy a běsy by Lauren Groff or Nevieš dňa, nevieš hodiny by Dominik Dán
✔️ 27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page. - The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
✔️ 28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
✔️ 29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation. - Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme. - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (fairy tale)
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself. - Fairy Tales for Millennials: 12 Problematic Stories Retold for the Modern World by Bruno Vincent

Also joining the Adventurers Club

Progress: 30/30

✔️ Exploration
✔️ 1. Read a travelogue or travel guide. Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia by Tony Horwitz
✔️ 2. Read a book featuring flânerie (description of exploring a city on foot) - Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
✔️ 3. Read a book in which geography, mapmaking, or maps play a central role. - Atlas of Lost Cities: A Travel Guide to Abandoned and Forsaken Destinations by Aude de Tocqueville
✔️ 4. Read a non-fiction work of history or a micro-history. - Čo to má spoločné so mnou? by Sacha Batthyany
✔️ 5. Read a work featuring an alternative history or time travel. - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

✔️ Nature
✔️ 6. Read a book that focuses on animals or is narrated by a non-human, terrestrial animal. - Kočičí host (The Guest Cat) by Takashi Hiraide
✔️ 7. Read a non-fiction book about flora (such as botany or gardening), or read a novel where a garden or gardening plays a central role. - The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan
✔️ 8. Read a book with a plant or non-human animal on its cover. - Oblak a veľryba (Cloud and Wallfish) by Anne Nesbet
✔️ 9. Read a book that focuses on a mineral or rock, or prominently features one on its cover. - The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
✔️ 10. Read a book that features climate change. - Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips - the sun is switched off due to an unfortunate incident involving Apollo and the world must be saved
✔️ 11. Read a book with a weather-related word in its title. - Pod sněhem (Under the Snow) by Petra Soukupová

✔️ Space, Science, and Technology
✔️ 12. Read a book about our solar system, or a book set on another planet/world. - Foundation by Isaac Asimov
✔️ 13. Read a book about life in an extra-terrestrial colony. - The Humans by Matt Haig (well, this is a bit of a twist, as the book is written from the point of view of an alien coming to Earth and observing humans, which, for him is an extra-terrestrial colony. But given my non-interest in sci-fi, this is likely as far as I would go)
✔️ 14. Read a book about any science or a scientist (real or fictional), or authored by a scientist. - Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (Alan Turing, computer science)
✔️ 15. Read a book authored by an engineer or has an engineer (any field) as its main character. - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
✔️ 16. Read a book touching on how information technology influences daily life. - The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell - an owner of a second-hand bookshop complains about big corporations and online book sellers taking away his job. He also hates e-books and shoots them at first opportunity.

✔️ Society & Health
✔️ 17. Read a memoir, biography, or autobiography. -Mojich 7 životov(Agneša Kalinová v rozhovore s Janou Juráňovou) by Agneša Kalinová - a book of interviews summarizing the life of Agnesa Kalinova, a journalist and writer, survivor of the WWII of Jewish origin, later prosecuted (together with her husband) by the socialist regime in our East European country and emigrating to the West Germany. Very interesting woman, very interesting life story.
✔️ 18. Read a book about a fine art or craft, or about someone (real or fictional) who is an artist, such as a painter, musician, or artisan. - Jane Austen doma (Jane Austen at Home) by Lucy Worsley; The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness
✔️ 19. Read a collection of essays. - Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
✔️ 20. Read a non-fiction book on a past or current social issue. - Čepiec (A Bonnet) by Katarína Kucbelová - a very interesting book describing a life in a rural region of Slovakia, which is very underdeveloped. Also, there are big troubles connected to the large population of Roma minority living there. That is also one of the reasons, many people are supporting the extreme right-wing political party there.
✔️ 21. Read a book that features an individual who strives toward healthier living. - Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson - Jenny Lawson suffers from all kinds of mental illnesses but does a lot of things to improve her own condition and to help and improve and talk about these issues publicly too. She is very funny too.
✔️ 22. Read a book that describes a community’s efforts to improve its quality of life. - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson - this was about a Pack Horse Librarian project introduced in rural areas in US in 1930s, bringing books and reading materials to remote dwellings in the mountains (lovely book)

Bonus Adventures
✔️ 23. Read a book about a real or fictional adventurer. - The Burning Page from the excellent series The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
✔️ 24. Wild-card: Create your own "adventure" related to this challenge's themes. - read a book from every continent:
✔️ Europe: Munich by Robert Harris
✔️ Asia: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
✔️ Africa: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
✔️ Australia: Švadlena (The Dressmaker) by Rosalie Ham
✔️ North America: The Alienist by Caleb Carr
✔️ South America: The Air You Breathe by Frances de Pontes Peebles

✔️ 30. bonus book(s): my adventure into the unknown - I read a lot of books out of my genre this year, and I am selecting the exceptional Laini Taylor´s Strange the Dreamer and Muse of Nightmares duology. Fantasy is not my favorite genre at all, but Laini has convinced me that it just may be.

Also signed up for Q1 - Myths from Around the World

oh my, there goes my resolution not to join lots of challenges.

Progress: 20/20

✔️ 1. Janus - Roman god of beginnings and transitions. Read a book set in Italy, or a book with a character that starts out on a fresh beginning - Oblak a veľryba (Cloud and Wallfish) by Anne Nesbet

✔️ 2. Fenghuang - Chinese bird, also known as the Chinese Phoenix, is a mythical bird that signifies high virtue and grace. Read a book set in China, or a book featuring a character full of grace and virtue. - Pekingský rozparovač (Chinese Thrillers #6) by Peter May

✔️ 3. Brownie- Scottish mythical creature that inhabits houses and aids in tasks. Read a book set in Scotland, or a book featuring a character that does work that is unseen. - The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

✔️ 4. Enenra - Japanese smoke creature. It inhabits bonfires and legend says can only be seen by the pure of heart. Read a book set in Japan, or a book with a pure-hearted character. - Podivné počasí v Tokiu (The Briefcase in English) by Hiromi Kawakami 

✔️ 5. Cyclops - Greek mythical one-eyed giants. Read a book based on a Greek tragedy or a book featuring a short-sighted character. - Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips - this was a whole pantheon worth of Greek tragedies

✔️ 6. Lang suir - Malaysian ghost of a woman who died in childbirth. Read a book from Southeast Asia, or a book featuring a character who dies from a broken heart. - The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

✔️ 7. Finnish water spirit who will capture unmindful children. Read a book set in the Nordic countries, or a book about a captured child. - Listopadoví motýli (Butterflies in November) by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir - takes place in Iceland

✔️ 8. Hippogriff - European medieval beast that is half eagle and half horse, known for being extremely fast and able to fly long distances. Read a book about medieval Europe, or a book featuring a character who flies. - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

✔️ 9. Wandjina - Australian aboriginal wind and cloud spirits. Read a book set in Oceania, or a book featuring an important weather event - Pod sněhem (Under the Snow) by Petra Soukupová

✔️ 10. Jumbee - Caribbean malevolent entities. Read a book set in the Caribbean, or a book featuring a malevolent character - Chlapec na vrchole hory (The Boy at the Top of the Mountain) by John Boyne

✔️ 11. Deer Woman - a half-deer half-woman creature in Native American lore. Read a book that features a Native American protagonist or a forest setting. - Večne spievajú lesy (Beyond Sing the Woods) by Trygve Gulbranssen

✔️ 12. Anansi - trickster spider. Read a book set in Africa or one in which one or more insects play a conspicuous (but not necessarily major) role. - Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo

✔️ 13. Encantado - shapeshifting dolphin in Brazilian myth. Read a book set in South America or about any type of metamorphosis. - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

✔️ 14. Leprechaun Read a book with a green cover, a book set in Ireland, or about a character who experiences very good luck. - Mojich 7 životov(Agneša Kalinová v rozhovore s Janou Juráňovou) by Agneša Kalinová

✔️ 15. Merfolk Read a book that features a mermaid or takes place at sea - The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

✔️ 16. Nightmare Read a book in which dreaming or dreams play a central role, or a book which features horses. - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

✔️ 17. Phoenix Read a book about rebirth and a book that features fire (because a phoenix rises from the flames). - The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness

✔️ 18. Nine-tailed fox - a magical fox with nine tails that appears in East Asian legend. Read a book about foxes or read a manga (because the epononymous Naruto manga stars a ninja who transforms into a nine-tailed fox). - Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

✔️ 19. Baba Yaga - a supernatural being in Russian fairy tales who appears as a fearsome old woman. Read a book set in Russia or a book featuring a witch. - Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

✔️ 20. Shahbaz - a fabled bird in ancient Persian mythology. Read a book set in Western Asia and that takes place in a desert region. - Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia by Tony Horwitz

Catka wrote: "oh my, there goes my resolution not to join lots of challenges.

Also signed up for Q1 - Myths from Around the World"

LOL! Same here. I joined another yearly challenge just yesterday after holding out for a week.

tell me about it!
my problem was that I kept looking for more and more books when I was joining challenges last year and my TBR list and heaps of books at home and in kindle got out of hand. so I decided to read only (or as a priority, let´s be realistic) books that I already have or are at least already on the TBR list. luckily, in this case, they fit the prompts of the challenge, or majority of them.

Find Your Flight - 2020
there. I caved in for another yearly challenge. just name it after something remotely reminding me of whisky and I am in

February - Have Book, Will Travel

6/5

✔️ 1. Podivné počasí v Tokiu by Hiromi Kawakami original language Japanese, translation to Czech
✔️ 2. Jane Austen doma (Jane Austen at Home) by Lucy Worsley original language English, translation to Slovak (not particularly good one though, unfortunately)
✔️ 3. Osudy a běsy (Fates and Furies) by Lauren Groff original language English, translation to Czech
✔️ 4. Listopadoví motýli (Butterflies in November) by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir original language Icelandic, translation to Czech
✔️ 5. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev Russian original, English translation
✔️ 6. Chlapec na vrchole hory (The Boy at the Top of the Mountain) by John Boyne English original, Slovak translation

February - The Five Love Languages

6/5

✔️ 1. Gifts - Read a book about a holiday where gifts are exchanged, read a book set in the "present", or read a book you received as a gift:
Jane Austen doma (Jane Austen at Home) by Lucy Worsley - this was a Christmas present I got two years ago, also, Jane regularly created hand-made presents for her numerous nephews and nieces and her whole art is a big wonderful present for us readers

✔️ 2. Words of Affirmation - Read a book with a lot of words (500+ pages), read a book recommended to you by someone else, or read a self-help book or something that lifts your mood:
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson - this was a very funny book, and also Jenny uses "furiously happy" as her affirmation for feeling good when she is not depressed

✔️ 3. Acts of Service - Read a book about someone in a service trade, such as restaurant waitstaff, beauticians, store clerks, customer service, etc. or read a book where someone does something nice for someone else. -
The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness - George, the main character, owned a print shop (service), also Kumiko, the other main character, has given a gift of forgiveness and love to everyone who met her
✔️ The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson - a story of a Pack Horse Librarian, who was bringing books to the remote areas of the Kentucky mountains in 1930s. This was an excellent book and I loved it very much.

✔️ 4. Quality Time - Read a book with a group or buddy or TBR twin, read a book with the word "time" in the title or a clock/watch on the cover, or read a book where the main character(s) go on a vacation.
Listopadoví motýli (Butterflies in November) by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir - the main female character goes on a "summer vacation" in November on a road trip around the Iceland with a small boy

✔️ 5. Physical Touch - Read a book that includes a romance (any genre), read a book that has two people touching on the cover, or read any physical book that you can hold in your hand.
Osudy a běsy (Fates and Furies) by Lauren Groff - this meets all the above criteria: it is a romance, I read a physical book (only I did not enjoy it very much) and it has a cover with two people touching:

March - Bloom

8/8

✔️ 1. Bloom of Youth: read a YA or coming-of-age novel - Oblak a veľryba (Cloud and Wallfish) by Anne Nesbet
✔️ 2. The Bloom is Off the Rose (something that is no longer new & fresh): read a book written or set in the decade of your birth or a book with the theme of aging - Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
✔️ 3. Your Year to Bloom: read a self-improvement book or a book you predict will make you feel inspired - White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
✔️ 4. Bloom Where You’re Planted: read a book where a character moves/relocates or read a fish-out-of-water story - Večne spievajú lesy (Beyond Sing the Woods) by Trygve Gulbranssen
✔️ 5. Blood-Bloom: Blood-bloom plants have appeared in Game of Thrones, Superman, and fantasy card games, so read a fantasy, superhero, or vampire book - Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
✔️ 6. Algae Bloom (rapid growth of algae that causes discoloration in the water): read a story about the sea, a lake, the beach, or a book about the health of our aquatic and coastal regions - The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
✔️ 7. Bloomin’ ‘eck: read a story in which characters speak a different language, dialect, or slang than your own - A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy
✔️ 8. “Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it, and the bloom is gone.” —Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest: read a play, a book set in school or university, or a book about education." - The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Q2 - Creativity Island Escape

Progress: 20/20

Inspiration
✔️ 1. Only your imagination limits you. Read about someone who is engaged in a creative profession (such as art, music, writing, film/TV production, and scientific R&D). - Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman
✔️ 2. Read adventurously. Read a book out of your comfort zone (a new genre, topic, author, and so forth). - Čo to má spoločné so mnou? by Sacha Batthyany
✔️ 3. Dare to dream. Read fiction or non-fiction that is set in a place you've always dreamed of visiting. - Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy - England, Wessex
✔️ 4. Focus on goals, not obstacles. Read a book about overcoming adversity. - Obhliadka bytu by Fredrik Backman
✔️ 5. Dream big; do bigger. Read a book with an author or a protagonist who is an activist. - Italské boty (Italian Shoes) by Henning Mankell (daughter of the main character is an activist)
✔️ 6. Seize the day. Read a book that features a zero-to-hero protagonist. - Kim by Rudyard Kipling
✔️ 7. If it rains on your parade, dance in it. Read a cli-fi novel or a book with an important weather event. - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman (apocalypse, end of the world, rain of fish, Atlantis coming up from the sea, kraken awakening)
✔️ 8. Never let a stumble be the end of your journey. Read a book about someone who's mentally or cognitively challenged. - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
✔️ 9. We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Read a book involving the theme of sustainable living. - Antiturista by Are Kalvø
✔️ 10. A cup of positivi-tea is like having a bath on the inside. Read a book with a pun in its title. - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

Escape
✔️ 1. Houdini. Read a book about someone who escapes confinement or seeks freedom. - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
✔️ 2. Take a break from life. Read a book that involves a hobby or pastime. - The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
✔️ 3. Don't fence me in. Read a western or a book involving prison. - The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
✔️ 4. Hegira: a flight or escape to safety. Read about a migrant, a refugee, or an asylum-seeker. - The Alienist by Caleb Carr
✔️ 5. Not all who wander are lost. Read a book about a wandering or lost person or with a title including "wander," "lost," or related words. - The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
✔️ 6. Virtual living. Read a book in the fantasy or science fiction genre. - Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
✔️ 7. We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. Read a travelogue or a book that takes place on multiple continents. - Piccadilly Jim by P.G. Wodehouse
✔️ 8. Take the money and run. Read a book about a successful heist or a (guilty or innocent) fugitive. - The Humans by Matt Haig (alien fugitive on Earth)
✔️ 9. It is always fair sailing, when you escape evil. Read a book with a title or cover art that's related to sailing, ships, the ocean, or evil. - Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren
✔️ 10. To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around it. Read a horror/thriller book. - Munich by Robert Harris

April - Springing into Green

Progress: 10/10

✔️ 1. Ireland is known as the Emerald Isle. Read a book by an Irish author or that has the name of a gemstone in its title. - Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
✔️ 2. Many nations use the color green in their flags. Read a book set in a country with green on its flag. - Má sestra je sériový vrah (My sister the serial killer) by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Nigeria 🇳🇬)
✔️ 3. Getting the “green light” indicates permission to proceed in safety. Read a book with the words “light” or “go” in the title or a book in which a character’s safety is threatened. - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman (all characters’ safety is threatened by the approaching end of the world)
✔️ 4. Greenland is one of earth’s largest islands. Read a book set on an island, that has the word “land” in the title, or is set in a cold climate. - Italské boty (Italian Shoes) by Henning Mankell (set on an island and also in winter in Sweden)
✔️ 5. Greenpeace is an organization dedicated to protecting the environment. Read a book about environmentalism, nature, or that involves the ocean in some way. - Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren
✔️ 6. An evergreen is a symbol of strength and survival. Read a book with a strong protagonist or a book about overcoming adversity. - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
✔️ 7. Green can denote youth or inexperience. Read a YA or middle grade book or a book that features a young or naive person as a major character. - Kim by Rudyard Kipling
✔️ 8. “G” is for green. Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with the letter “G.” - Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman
✔️ 9. Green is a secondary color made up of blue and yellow. Read a book with blue, yellow, or green on the cover, or that has the words “blue,” “yellow,” or “green” in the title. - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
✔️ 10. Animals typically use the color green as camouflage. Read a book with an unreliable narrator, that has a character who is hiding something, or that has a character who is or has been in the military. - The Humans by Matt Haig

June - Singing in the Rain

Progress: 7/7

✔️ 1. Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Elton John: “All my pictures seem to fade to black and white.” Read a book with a black and white cover or a book that has been made into a movie. - The Alienist by Caleb Carr

2. Against the Wind by Bob Seger: “It seems like yesterday, but it was long ago.” Read a book written before 1980 (the year this song came out) or a book featuring a windy event. -

✔️ 3. It’s Raining Men by The Weather Girls: “Hallelujah, it’s raining men.” Read a book with a male protagonist written by a female author. - Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

✔️ 4. Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland: “Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, there’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.” Read a fantasy or fairy tale retelling or book set in an alternate reality. - The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman

✔️ 5. Riders on the Storm by The Doors: “There’s a killer on the road.” Read a true crime book or any book that features some sort of crime. - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

6. Shelter from the Storm by Bob Dylan: “I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.” Read a book about exploring the unknown, a horror novel, or a book with a paranormal theme. -

✔️ 7. The Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler: “Did you ever know that you’re my hero.” Read a book written by or about someone you admire, with a heroic protagonist, or by one of your favorite authors. - Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

8. Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen: “You’re thinking that maybe we ain’t that young anymore.” Read a book you loved when you were young or a book written by an author over fifty.

✔️ 9. Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves: “I’m walking on sunshine and don’t it feel good.” Read a book that makes you feel good or a book from your favorite genre. - The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman

✔️ 10.Hurricane by Neil Young: “That perfect feeling when time just slips.” Read a book set in either the past or the future or a book that features time travel. - Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

September - Globetrotting with Wildlife

Progress: 7/7

1. Oceania - Platypus: One of only two mammals in the world that lay eggs, which is most unusual. Read a book with an unusual combination of genres. - Projekt: pravda, Toto nie je kuchárska kniha

✔️ 2. Africa - Zebra: A zebra is instantly recognised for it's black and white striped coat. Read a book with a black and white cover. - Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

✔️ 3. Europe - Arctic Fox: The arctic fox lives in extremely cold climates in the Northern Hemisphere. Read a book with a snow/cold theme (whether in the title, on the cover, or in the book). - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

4. Asia - Asian Elephant: Elephants are known for their large stature. Read a book with 500 pages or more. - Jakubov rebrík

✔️ 5. North America - Bald Eagle: The bald eagle is a bird which is associated with the United States of America, a country in North America. Read a book by an American author - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

6. South America - Sloth: They are very slow animals. Read a book that has been on your to read list for over a year. - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Behind the Scenes at the Museum

✔️ 7. Antarctica - Emperor Penguin: The emperor penguin is the biggest and tallest of all penguins. Read a book involving a king or emperor. - Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell

✔️ 8. Asia - Cicada: In Japan, the short-lived cicada and its empty husk symbolize life's transience. Read a book which includes the theme of transience or the death of one of the characters. - Bavilo ma žiť (I Liked My Life) by Abby Fabiaschi

✔️ 9. In the Ocean - Toothed Whale: A toothed whale has the largest brain known of any modern or extinct animal, including humans. Read a book about a "brainy" character. - Právo na život (The Children Act) by Ian McEwan

✔️ 10. Worldwide - Ants: Do you know the Aesop's Fable about "The Ant and the Grasshopper"? Read a book with either a hard-working character (like the ant) or one who prefers play and lacks foresight (the grasshopper). - Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner (the husband was a clear grasshopper)

September - Wildlife Refuge

Progress: 5/5

✔️ 1. 🦊 fox - by Eowyn Ivey
✔️ 2. 🦍 🐦 🐬 🦇 🐲 Aye-Aye demon monkey, the kakapo ground-dwelling parrot, the Yangtze River dolphin, the Amazonian manatee, the fruit bat, the Komodo dragon and the fur seal - Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine
✔️ 3. 🐒🐒 monkeys - (Monkeys from our shelf) by Krista Bendová
✔️ 4. 🐦 sparrow - Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
✔️ 5. 🐯 tiger Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively