2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Yearly Challenge
Complete Works Challenge
January 1 2015 - January 1 2016

0/18

Nicholas Sparks

1. The Notebook
2. A Walk to Remember
3. The Last Song
4. Dear John
5. The Lucky One
6. Safe Haven
7. Message in a Bottle
8. The Rescue
9. The Guardian
10. The Wedding
11. Nights in Rodanthe
12. A Bend in the Road
13. The Choice
14. The Best of Me
15. True Believer
16. At First Sight
17. The Longest Ride
18. Three Weeks With My Brother

Yearly Challenge
The TBR Randomiser Challenge

00/10

January 1 2015 - January 1 2016

1.In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
2.The Monstrumologist
3.Vicious
4.NOS4A2
5.Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
6.The Wide Window
7.Suffer the Children
8.Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
9.The Night Stalker
10.Gerald's Game

Yearly Challenge
A-Z Challenge

January 1 2015- January 1 2016

14/26

Read a book for each letter of the alphabet. You can use ANY of the first letters of the main words in a title of a book (don't use words like "a", "an", "the", or "of") or the initials of its authors.
A. Allegiant (1/30)
B. Big Little Lies(2/17)
C. Cinder(3/11)
D. The Drop (1/8)
E.
F. Flowers in the Attic (2/7)
G. Green River Killer (3/26)
H. Harvey Pekar's Cleveland (4/1)
I. Insurgent (1/14)
J. 20th Century Ghosts (Joe Hill) 5/10
K.
L. Doggie Day Care Murder (Laurien Berenson) (4/23)
M. Mary Poppins (1/18)
N.
O.
P.
Q.
R.
S. The Silver Linings Playbook (2/21)
T.
U.
V. Four: A Divergent Story Collection (Veronica Roth) (3/24)
W. First World Problems: 101 Reasons Why The Terrorists Hate Us (6/13)
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Y.
Z.

Yearly Challenge
Book Riot Challenge

11/24

January 1 2015 - January 1 2016

Book Riot published a challenge for 2015, and we thought it'd be fun to participate! We've replicated the challenge for you below (complete with links), but you can check out the original Book Riot post here. The goal is to do all 24 tasks, but if that's a stretch for you, please feel free to set your own goal.

1. A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25 - Insurgent (1/14)

2. A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65 - Harvey Pekar's Cleveland(4/1)

3. A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people) - 20th Century Ghosts (5/10)

4. A book published by an indie press

5. A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ

6. A book by a person whose gender is different from your own - The Drop (1/8)

7. A book that takes place in Asia

8. A book by an author from Africa

9. A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans, Aboriginals, etc.)

10. A microhistory

11. A YA novel -Allegiant (1/30)

12. A sci-fi novel

13. A romance novel

14. A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade

15. A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.) - Cinder(3/11)

16. An audiobook - Big Little Lies (2/17)

17. A collection of poetry

18. A book that someone else has recommended to you - Flowers in the Attic (2/7)

19. A book that was originally published in another language

20. A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind (Hi, have you met Panels?) - Green River Killer (3/26)

21. A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure - Doggie Day Care Murder (4/23) (cozy mysteries :) )

22. A book published before 1850

23. A book published this year - Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland (4/30)

24. A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”)

Yearly Challenge
I Spy Challenge

11/25

January 1 2015 - January 1 2016

1. Color - The Silver Linings Playbook
2. Number - Four: A Divergent Story Collection
3. Things That Grow - Flowers in the Attic
4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn
5. First Name - Mary Poppins
6. Places - Harvey Pekar's Cleveland
7. Body Part - hand, bone, mind
8. Weapon - knife, poison, arrow
9. Body of Water - Green River Killer
10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain
11. Product of Fire - heat, ash, flames
12. Celestial Body - First World Problems: 101 Reasons Why The Terrorists Hate Us
13. Architecture - castle, bridge, house
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor
16. Family Member - brother, aunt, parent
17. Elements - fire, wind, air
18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening
19. Metal - gold, bronze, steel
20. Emotion/Feeling - Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland(4/30)
21. Animal/Insect - Doggie Day Care Murder (4/23)
22. Something to Read - book, story, newspaper
23. Gender Identifier - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (5/30)
24. Paranormal Being - 20th Century Ghosts (5/10)
25. Occupation - doctor, assassin, detective

Yearly Challenge
Let's Turn Pages Challenge

January 1 2016 - January 1 2016

We are always making goals about how many books we want to read in a year. How about we make a goal for number of pages we want to read?

1. Make a goal of number of pages you would like to read.
2. Read as many pages as you can in one year.
3. Since you probably don’t know what you want to read for the entire year, make your list as you go. (Be sure to post the number of pages in your book!)

If your edition doesn't have page numbers (such as an audiobook), use the most popular edition of the book (that's not an audiobook) to determine what the number of pages should be. Rereads will count for this challenge, but you have to read the entire book…no skimming!

4929/15000

1. The Drop - Dennis Lehane (1/8) 224 pages
2. Insurgent - Veronica Roth (1/14) 525 pages
3. Mary Poppins - P.L Travers (1/18) 224 pages
4. Allegiant - Veronica Roth (1/30) 526 pages
5. Flowers in the Attic - V.C Andrews (2/7) 411 pages
6. Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty (2/17) 460 pages
7. The Silver Linings Playbook - Matthew Quick (2/21) 289 pages
8. Cinder - Marissa Meyer (3/11) 390 pages
9. Four: A Divergent Story - Veronica Roth (3/24) 285 pages
10. Green River Killer - Jeff Jenson (3/26) 234 pages
11. Cleveland - Harvey Pekar (4/1) 120 pages
12. Doggie Day Care Murder - Laurien Berenson (4/23) 256 pages
13. Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland - Amanda Berry and Gina Dejesus (4/30) 336 pages
14. 20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill (5/10) 316 pages
15. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Harriet Jacobs (5/30) 176 pages
16. First World Problems: 101 Reasons Why The Terrorists Hate Us - Ben Nesvig (6/13) 157 pages

Quarterly Challenge
Spring Challenge

April 1- June 30

2/3

1.Read a book about time travel.

2. Read a book where a character makes an impetuous decision. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

3. Read a book that takes place in the Spring.

4.Read a book with water on the cover or that takes place on the water.

5. Read a steampunk book

6. Read a book that has been on your TBR list the longest.

7. Read a book that takes place at a college or during spring break.

8.Read a book where weather plays an important part to the plot.

9.Read an old favorite or a book you have been putting off reading.

10. Read a book of poetry or a book about a poet.

11.Read a book that was released in 2015 or the newest book on your TBR list. Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland

12.Read a book that has a character who exhibits these characteristics or an action genre book.