2025 Reading Challenge discussion

I'm trying not to do too many challenges this year, but I'm going to do a few big ones. My goal for the year is to read 100 books and make them fit in all my challenges.

My challenges:
The Helmet Reading Challenge 2023
The 52 Book Club's Reading Challenge 2023
The Popsugar Reading Challenge 2023
Let's Turn Pages 2023
Clear The Shelves 2023
Romance Books Reading Challenge 2023

I will track my challenges below in their individual posts.

The Helmet Reading Challenge 2023
My progress 0/50

This is a reading challenge my local library in Helsinki area in Finland hosts every year. Goodreads won't allow links to other sites so I can't share a link to the original challenge, but if you want to know more, you can search for Helmet Reading challenge 2023 and you'll find more info in English.

1. A book with a map:
2. A book about a child and grandparent:
3. A book with a title that includes a plant:
4. A book you were going to read last year:
5. A book set underground:
6. A book with a cover that includes a piece of clothing or a title that includes a garment:
7. A classic book from Sweden, Norway or Denmark:
8. A book about a small town:
9. A book by an author belonging to a minority, and the book is about the same minority:
10. A book with instructions and advice:
11. A book by an author whose name includes the same number of letters as your name:
12. A book with a title that is connected to water:
13. A book with a colourful cover or title:
14. A book about health care:
15. A book with a title that includes the word ‘and’:
16. A book in which someone is writing a book:
17. A book that is a collection of essays, articles or columns:
18. A book that was originally published in Chinese, Hindi, English, Spanish or Arabic (the five most spoken languages in the world):
19. A book set in a place you have visited:
20. A book about a woman who is travelling:
21. A science fiction book:
22. A book about a topic you have read a lot about:
23. A big book:
24. A book about an athlete:
25. A book with a title that includes a day of the week or a month:
26. A book that is challenging for you to read for some reason or another:
27. A book with a character who is looking for a solution to the climate crisis:
28. A book that is set in the same season as when you are reading it:
29. A book with a first-person narrator:
30. A book that has been nominated for a literature award:
31. A book with a cover that includes sky or the word ‘sky’ in its title:
32. A book about something you dream about:
33. A book you can read in one sitting:
34. A book about Ukraine:
35. A book in which someone does work that is familiar to you:
36. A book by an author towards whom you have prejudice:
37. A book about a way of life that no longer exists:
38. A book with a plot based on a myth, story or legend:
39. A book that was recommended to you on media or social media:
40. A book in which someone abandons something:
41. A book by an author born in the 1990s:
42. A book with a title that includes at least three words:
43. A book that describes the future optimistically:
44. A book in a genre, or literature type, that you do not usually read:
45. A book fitting a challenge item for which you have already read another book:
46. A book with an unusual man or boy:
47.–48. Two books with stories set in the same city or environment:
49. A book published in 2023:
50. A book recommended by library staff:

The 52 Book Clubs Reading Challenge 2023
My progress 41/52

These are the books I'm planning to read for this challenge. I'll allow myself to change them as I wish.

1. A Book With A Subtitle: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding
✔️2. Featuring An Inheritance: Häivähdys purppuraa by Alice Walker
✔️3. Title Starting With The Letter "G": Girl A by Abigail Dean
✔️4. Title Starting With The Letter "H": Hiljainen vieras by Akseli Heikkilä
✔️5. Title Starting With The Letter "I": Ihme by Emma Donoghue
✔️6. Under 200 Pages: Rautatie by Juhani Aho
✔️7. A City Or Country Name In The Title: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
✔️8. Dystopian Fiction: Oryx ja Crake by Margaret Atwood
✔️9. A Book With A Dedication: Beach Read by Emily Henry
10. Takes Place During The Roaring Twenties: The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
✔️11. A Book About Secrets: An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
12. High Fantasy: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
✔️13. Published Posthumously: Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
✔️14. A Survival Story: Unoh­det­tu­jen ni­mien kir­ja by Kristin Harmel
✔️15. Set In Australia: Luonnonvoimat by Jane Harper
✔️16. Featuring One Of The "Seven Deadly Sins": None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
✔️17. By A Caribbean Author: With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
✔️18. Set During A War Other Than WWI Or WWII: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
✔️19. Typographic Cover: Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
20. A Book About Siblings: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
✔️21. A Second-Hand Book: Sahramisyksy by Maija Kajanto
✔️22. A Body-Positive Message: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
23. An Alliterative Title: Fight or Flight by Samantha Young
✔️24. Nordic Noir: Vanki by Jussi Adler-Olsen
✔️25. A Fashionable Character: Puuvillatehtaan kilpailija by Ann-Christin Antell
✔️26. Has An Epilogue: The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
27. Newbery Medal Winner: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
28. Includes A Funeral: Min mormor hälsar och säger förlåt by Fredrik Backman
✔️29. Sends You Down A Rabbit Hole: Vaivan arvoista – esseitä poikkeuskirjallisuudesta by Ville-Juhani Sutinen
✔️30. An Author with A Same Name as You: Maa joka ei koskaan sula by Inkeri Markkula
✔️31. Set In A Workplace: Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
32. Published By Macmillan: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
✔️33. A Banned Book: Lady Chatterleyn rakastaja by D.H. Lawrence
✔️34. Featuring Mythology: Jenny Hill by Minna Rytisalo
✔️35. A Book You Meant to Read Last Year: Taatelitalvi by Maija Kajanto
✔️36. Chapters Have Cliffhangers: Lumisokea by Ragnar Jónasson
✔️37. Written In Present Tense: Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur
✔️38. An Enemies-To-Lovers Plot: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
✔️39. Final Book In A Series: Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
✔️40. Written By A Comedian: Sukupuuttoon kuolleiden planeetta by Jenni Kokander
✔️41. A Character Who Is A Refugee: Pommisuojan lukupiiri by Annie Lyons
42. Time In The Title: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
43. A Book Everyone Has Read: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
✔️44. A Contemporary Setting: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
45. First Word In The Book Is "The": A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle
✔️46. Script Font On The Spine: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
✔️47. Set In The City Of Dublin: Rachelin Paluu by Marian Keyes
✔️48. A Book By Octavia E. Butler: Dawn
✔️49. Books On The Cover: The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan
✔️50. Related To The Word "Murder": The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
✔️51. Doesn’t Fit Any of The Other 51 Prompts: Borealia by Mikko Räty
✔️52. Published In 2023: Rósa & Björk by Satu Rämö

Let's turn pages 2023
My progress 2270/30,000

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