2025 Reading Challenge discussion

LAUGH IT UP
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2023

Smiles & Laughter was the runner up in our yearly theme poll, so we are offering a humorous start to the new year with this quarterly challenge! Choose any books from the humor and comedy genres; crossovers with other genres, e.g., romantic comedy or bumbling detective; or comedian-authored nonfiction. May your comedic reads bring you grins, giggles, and guffaws galore!

To join, post a message letting the challenge leader know how many funny books you want to read this quarter.

Theresa will be leading this challenge. Thanks so much for volunteering!

Welcome participants.
Let's get ready to LAUGH IT UP!

"From there to here, from here to there,
funny things are everywhere."~Dr. Seuss~
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟

To sign up for this challenge, please post a message that includes your reading goal for the challenge.

When posting your progress please include your original (sign-up) message number plus your current progress.

(Example: Update to message #16: 3/5)

If you decide to drop out of the challenge, please don't delete your original sign-up post. Just post a message to let me know. Thank you!

𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟 𓆟

😀 Signed up

Bobbi #7 - 0/6
Elaine #22 - 0/10
Izajen #19 - 0/6
Julietta #55 - 0/3
Laura #16 - 0/10
Lauri #11 - 0/10
Suzanne #14 - 0/10


😁 At Least One Book Read

Brianna Raquel #20 - 13/15
Kylie #5 - 3/10

🤣 Goal Reached

Agnieszka #21 - 23/15
Bookspective #15 - 5/4
Caraina #23 - 10/10
Carmen #6 - 20/16
Catsalive #28 - 12/12
Hina #13 - 4/4
Jodi #17 - 5/5
Karin #9 - 6/6
Kristina #10 - 10/10
Lisa Marie #42 - 3/3
Sarah #4 - 10/10
Sheila #8 - 10/5
TerryJane #12 - 15/12
Theresa #3 - 5/5
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23 Signed Up
Books Read: 154/197 (~78%)

Updated through message number 72 on May 21

Changed my goal to 5 books, instead of 6. (Feb. 26)
Progress: 5/5

✔1.) And Then There's Margaret: A Laugh Out Loud Contemporary Dramedy (Mar. 14)
✔2.) The Funniest Grossest Joke Book Ever! (Feb. 27)
✔3.) Lucy on the Wild Side (Mar. 18)
✔4.) None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive: A Novel (Feb. 10)
✔5.) Twisted Twenty-Six (Jan. 10)

Sign me up for 10 books

10/10-COMPLETED

✅1. A Light in the Attic (15/1/23)
✅2. An Abundance of Katherines (24/1/23)
✅3. The Cat in the Hat (8/1/23)
✅4. Winnie-the-Pooh (1/2/23)
✅5. Beezus and Ramona (2/2/23)
✅6. The Lorax (30/1/23)
✅7. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (10/3/23)
✅8. Are You My Mother? (18/2/23)
✅9. Arabella (9/2/23)
✅10. Horton Hears a Who! (27/2/23)

I'm in for 10 books. Progress 2/10

1. Never Rescue a Rogue by Virginia Heath - historical rom-com
2. Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross
3. Don't Hex and Drive by Juliette Cross

Hola!
Count me in please 😉

PROGRESS: 17/16
Trainspotting✔
Eleanor Oliphant está perfectamente✔
Midnight's Children✔
The Transformation of Philip Jettan✔
Truly, Madly✔
Miss Merkel. El caso de la canciller jubilada✔
The Soulmate Equation✔
The Trouble With Valentine's Day✔
Holidays in Heck✔
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float✔
Thanks for the Memories✔
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death✔
Size Doesn't Matter✔
Moscow to the End of the Line✔
El exorcismo de mi mejor amiga✔
La dulce envenenadora✔
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish✔

I'm in for 6.


Start: January 1, 2023
End: March 31, 2023
Read: 4/6

1. How You Ruined My Life - Jeff Strand 🎭🎭 1/2/23
2. James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories - James Herriot 🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭 1/12/23
3. How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills - Seth Grahame-Smith 🎭🎭🎭🎭 1/14/23
4. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 🎭🎭🎭 2/7/23
5.
6.

Sheila from eastern NC signing on for 6 please.

Yes, I'm in for at least 6.

6/6

🤣1. Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up January 7
🤣 2. Corridors of Death January 12 has been shelved humour and comedy--more in the satire corner of humour
🤣 3. To Say Nothing of the Dog Jan 24
🤣We Are Legion (We Are Bob) Feb
🤣 4. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Feb 5
🤣 5. Wedding Night Feb 8
🤣 6. For We Are Many

LAUGH IT UP
January 01 - March 31
Progress: 0/10

Sign me up for 10! I'll be using this to clear out the rest of the Pratchett books on my shelf.

1. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
2. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
3. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
4. Maskerade by Terry Pratchett
5. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
6. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
7. Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
8. Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
9. Snuff by Terry Pratchett
10. Thud! by Terry Pratchett

Lauri’s Spot!
2023 Laugh It Up Challenge
January 1 - March 31st
0 / 10

1) Yes Please!
2) Heartburn

😂 LAUGH IT UP - Quarterly Challenge
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2023
Progress: 15/12 -- COMPLETE

😂 All about Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business
😂 Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum
😂 Life, the Universe and Everything
😂 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
😂 Mostly Harmless
😂 Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
😂 Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays
😂 Bad Monkey
😂 The Jesus Cow
😂 The Way I Heard It
😂 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
😂 What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
😂 The 13 Clocks
😂 Fries and Alibis
😂 Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Laugh it Up
January 01 - March 31
Progress: 4/4

1. 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet by Pamela Paul 8/2
2. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson 4/1
3. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple 1/1
4. A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost 25/1

2022 & 2023 Reading Challenge
Q1 - Laugh It Up
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2023

Progress: 10 out of 10

Smiles & Laughter was the runner up in our yearly theme poll, so we are offering a humorous start to the new year with this quarterly challenge! Choose any books from the humor and comedy genres; crossovers with other genres, e.g., romantic comedy or bumbling detective; or comedian-authored nonfiction. May your comedic reads bring you grins, giggles, and guffaws galore!

1. I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 25 Pages
2. Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman - ***** - 1/15/2023 - 352 Pages
3. The Mayor of Noobtown by Ryan Rimmel - **** - 1/20/2023 - 226 Pages
4. Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office by Jen Lancaster - ***** - 3/17/2023 - 400 Pages
5. You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want by Sarah Knight - ***** - 3/20/2023 - 299 Pages
6. You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin - 3/28/2023 - 215 Pages
7. Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips - **** - 3/12/2023 - 271 Pages
8. The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich - *** - 3/18/2023 - 320 Pages
9. Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby - *** - 8/21/2023 - 304 Pages
10. Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby - **** - 10/12/2023 - 319 Pages

Hi sign me up for 4

Q 1 - Laugh It Up
Duration: January 1- March 31, 2023

Progress: 2/ 4

1. The Importance of Being Earnest
2. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Annotated

I’ll try to read 10!

Q 1 - Laugh It Up
Duration: January 1- March 31, 2023

10/10

1. The 24 Hour Dating Agency
2. The Inimitable Jeeves
3. Mysteries of Thorn Manor
4. What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
5. Carry On, Jeeves
6. Right Ho, Jeeves
7. The Code of the Woosters
8. Joy in the Morning
9. Legends & Lattes
10. A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon

Please add me to the challenge. I will go for 5 comedy books.

Naked
I'm Glad My Mom Died
People We Meet on Vacation
A Dirty Job
84, Charing Cross Road
5/5

Hello to you all! 2023 is here!

So far, there are 15 people signed up for this Laugh It Up, 1st quarter challenge.

I'm looking forward to it and I hope you enjoy participating.

I’d like to join and will read 6.

I'm in for 15!

13/15

1. Mrs. Harrison by R. Eric Thomas
2. Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
3. Postcards From the Edge by Carrie Fisher
4. Surrender the Pink by Carrie Fisher
5. The Best Awful by Carrie Fisher
6. Delusions of Grandma by Carrie Fisher
7. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
8. Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher
9. The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
10. High Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
11. One True Loves by Elise Bryant
12. Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes by Alexa Martin
13. The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

I love funny books, so I'm in. I'll start with 6 but hope to raise my goal by end of January :-D
Edit: I'll raising my goal to 15

Laugh It Up
Duration: 1/1/23 - 3/31/23
Completed: 13/15
No page minimum, humor and comedy genres, crossovers with other genres, e.g., romantic comedy or bumbling detective

message 21 updated! 13/15 books read!

The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club: Book One by Ann Warner 4* 1/7 - MPG: humor
Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon 5* 1/9 - MPG: humor
Gingerbread and Deadly Dread book 1 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 2.5* 1/15 - MPG: humor
Seven-Layer Slayer book 2 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 2* 1/16 - MPG: humor
Red Velvet Vengeance book 3 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 1.5* 1/18 - MPG: humor
Bloodbaths and Banana Cake book 1 in Murder in the Mix Books 7-9 2* 1/19 - MPG: humor
New York Cheesecake Chaos book 2 in Murder in the Mix Books 7-9 3* 1/23 - MPG: humor
Lethal Lemon Bars book 3 in Murder in the Mix Books 7-9 3.5* 1/24 - MPG: humor
Macaron Massacre book 1 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 3.5* 1/25 - MPG: humor
Wedding Cake Carnage book 2 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 3* 1/26 - MPG: humor
Donut Disaster book 3 in Murder in the Mix Boxed Set by Addison Moore 3* 1/28 - MPG: humor
Toxic Apple Turnovers book 1 in Murder in the Mix Books 13-15 by Addison Moore 2.5* 2/3 - MPG: humor
Killer Cupcakes book 2 in Murder in the Mix Books 13-15 by Addison Moore 3* 2/6 - MPG: humor

The Thirteenth Santa by Joanne Pence 3* 1/3 - one other person tagged as humor
Undercover Santa by Wendy Davy 4* 1/4 - no other taggs
A Very Austen Christmas by Robin M. Helm, Laura Hile, Wendi Sotis & Barbara Cornthwaite 3* 1/11 - no other taggs
Christmas Hideaway by Wendy Davy 3* 1/12 - no other taggs
A Very Austen Noel by Robin M. Helm, Laura Hile, Wendi Sotis, Barbara Cornthwaite & Mandy H. Cook 4* 1/26 - no other taggs
Eight Cats of Christmas by Erin Stevenson 3* 1/28 - no taggs
Ohne Wenn und Aber (No Ifs, Ands, Or Buts) by Birgit Gruber 3* 1/29 - no taggs
My New Year Fling by Serenity Woods 2* 2/1 - no other taggs

Pumpkin Pie Parting book 3 in Murder in the Mix Books 13-15 by Addison Moore ?* 2/8? - MPG: humor
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Laugh It Up

Jan. 1 - Mar. 31

5/10 Completed

1. Royally Rearranged DNF 1-19-23
2. The Foxe & the Hound DNF 1-19-23
3. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
4. Truth or Beard DNF 1-17-23
5. Kiss Kiss Fang Fang
6. Pucked
7. Beach Read DNF 1-18-23
8. Wrong Number, Right Guy
9. Boyfriend Material
10. The Hitman's Guide to Making Friends and Finding Love DNF 1-12-23

2022 & 2023 Reading Challenge
Q1 - Laugh It Up
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2023

Completed: 10/10

Smiles & Laughter was the runner up in our yearly theme poll, so we are offering a humorous start to the new year with this quarterly challenge! Choose any books from the humor and comedy genres; crossovers with other genres, e.g., romantic comedy or bumbling detective; or comedian-authored nonfiction. May your comedic reads bring you grins, giggles, and guffaws galore!

1. To Love and to Loathe - Martha Waters 1/3/23
2. You Don't Look Your Age...and Other Fairy Tales - Sheila Nevins 1/10/23
3. Twelve Days of Christmas - Debbie Macomber 1/12/23
4. Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays - Phoebe Robinson 1/14/23
5. Hail No - Lani Lynn Vale 1/20/23
6. Mrs. Fletcher - Tom Perrotta 1/23/23
7. Killers of a Certain Age - Deanna Raybourn 1/24/23
8. To Marry and to Meddle - Martha Waters 1/30/23
9. Burn in Hail - Lani Lynn Vale 2/23/23
10. What the Hail - Lani Lynn Vale 2/24/23

Yay! Five more people have signed up!

There are now 20 participants hoping to read 162 books!

Good luck to everyone!

I edited message 17. I finished my first book for this challenge. Thank you.

Message 4 Updated
Progress: 1/10

Sheila from NC posting first update. 2/6
1. President Taft is Stuck in the Bath. https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
2. Fan Fiction. https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...

LAUGH IT UP
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2023
12/12

1. Sleeping with the Fishes by MaryJanice Davidson 1/1 2.5★
2. Cooking the Books by Kerry Greenwood 9/1 5★
3. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris 12/1 4★
4. Death at the Belvedere by Sue Williams 13/1 3.5★
5. I Work at a Public Library by Gina Sheridan 14/1 3★
6. The Irish Boarding House by Sandy Taylor 15/1 5★
7. The Irish Nanny by Sandy Taylor 17/1 3.5★
8. The Cat Who Caught a Killer by L.T. Shearer 27/1 4★
9. The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman 4/2 5★
10. Murder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne George 8/2 3★
11. Bad Habits by Sarah Evans 14/2 3★
12. Fanged & Fabulous by Michelle Rowen 18/2 1.5★

Updated message 3.
Progress: 1/6

I really did laugh out loud at least once. 😆

Msg 5 updated: 3/10

Update to message #6

PROGRESS: 1/6
Trainspotting✔

message 41 updated! 6/6 books read!

Three participants have posted progress since the last update.

Nice job, Agnieska, on reaching your goal! 😊

Based on the posted updates, we have read 17 out of 171 books.

I'll update participant progress in message #2 again in early February!

Let's keep on laughing. 🤣

updated msg 20, 10/15

Update to Message #12: 12/12

I have another book planned for February that should fit this challenge -- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers -- so I don't want to close out this challenge just yet. Stiff is supposed to be humorous, or is it humerus? Maybe I'll find even more chuckles over the next month or two.

Update to message #6

PROGRESS: 4/6

Message 4 Updated
Progress: 5/10

Update to message #6

PROGRESS: 6/12

I've increased my goal, thanks Theresa!

Update to msg 28

Goal increased to 12 - 9/12 read

I've read 4/6 so far :)

I have updated our progress in message number 2!
Nearly 8 more weeks to go! Good luck, everyone!

Congratulations going out to TerryJane!

I'm in for 3 (may add more later)
LAUGH IT UP -QUARTERLY CHALLENGE
January 1, 2023 thru March 31, 2023

GOAL 2/3 √ - Finished

√ #1: Here I Go Again by Jen Lancaster
#2: In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
√ #3: Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella



Happy Reading!!!

Update to message #13

Progress: 4/4

UPDATE TO MESSAGE #42:

PROGRESS: 1/3

Here I Go Again by Jen Lancaster

I've updated message 9

6/6

So I'm done, but may sneak back if I read more.

All done

LAUGH IT UP
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2023
12/12

1. Sleeping with the Fishes by MaryJanice Davidson 1/1 2.5★
2. Cooking the Books by Kerry Greenwood 9/1 5★
3. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris 12/1 4★
4. Death at the Belvedere by Sue Williams 13/1 3.5★
5. I Work at a Public Library by Gina Sheridan 14/1 3★
6. The Irish Boarding House by Sandy Taylor 15/1 5★
7. The Irish Nanny by Sandy Taylor 17/1 3.5★
8. The Cat Who Caught a Killer by L.T. Shearer 27/1 4★
9. The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman 4/2 5★
10. Murder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne George 8/2 3★
11. Bad Habits by Sarah Evans 14/2 3★
12. Fanged & Fabulous by Michelle Rowen 18/2 1.5★

Hello, I have read my second book. I edited message 17. Thank you.

Sheila from NC, #8, updating for 10 books and I’m finished! That’s 10/5, 5 more than I planned!!!

1. Fan Fiction, Brent Spiner. https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
2. President Taft gets Stuck in the Bath. https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
3. Bill Bryson . Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
4. Laugh Lines, Getting Old is Funny. https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
5. Holmes on the Range. ,#1-https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
6. On the Wrong Track, Holmes on the Range, #2-https://www.goodreads.com/work/199327...
7. The Gun Also Rises, Aaron Tucker .5- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
8. For Whom the minivan Rolls, #1 Aaron Tucker mystery. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
9. A Farewell to Legs, Aaron Tucker, #2. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
10. As Dog is My Witness, Aaron Tucker, #3. https://www.goodreads.com/work/179715...

I have updated message #17. I have read 3/5 books now. Thank you.

Updated through message 49.

Congratulations going out to Catsalive, Hina, Karin, and Sheila, for reaching their goals!

There's still plenty of time for more laughter! You can do it! 😀