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Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
A-Z Challenge 2023
Duration: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023

Progress: 26 out of 26

This is a challenge that requires you to read a book that has a connection to every letter of the alphabet. You can use titles, author's first name, author's last name, or a combination of these. Also, you can read the alphabet in order or just try to use every letter. In this manner, you can make the challenge as difficult or as easy as you like.

If you are using titles and the title begins with the words "A" or "The", those words do not count. For example, "The Kitchen House" is a "K" book. All other words count as the first word in the title.

Duration can be set for anywhere up to 12 months from start date.

You may choose your books ahead of time and use strike through or bold to show when you've read your books or just add the books as you go, whichever you prefer. It is helpful to add the date read and what you rated the book after you've completed each book. Also, book links are useful. This way other people attempting the challenge may try to read the same books. If you are using author names for your challenge, please be sure to list the book and author's name for each letter.

Anyone that has already started this challenge, please feel free to copy your challenge over to a thread here, just make sure to enter a start date. If you prefer, you can start a new challenge.

This challenge is ongoing. You may begin at any time. If you complete the challenge once and want to do it again, that's great!

If you have any questions, just let me know! Happy reading!!!

A - Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
B - Bad Blood by L.A. Banks - **** - 1/7/2023 - 342 Pages
C - Kresley Cole; Dark Skye - ***** - 3/1/2023 - 420 Pages
D - Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert - ***** - 1/21/2023 - 309 Pages
E - Richard Paul Evans; A Christmas Memory - ***** - 1/30/2023 - 192 Pages
F - The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward B. Burger - ** - 2/20/2023 - 157 Pages
G - Diana Gabaldon; The Fiery Cross - ***** - 2/8/2023 - 979 Pages
H - Denise Hunter; Surrender Bay - ** - 1/16/2023 - 298 Pages
I - I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 25 Pages
J - Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter - **** - 1/4/2023 - 141 Pages
K - Sarah Knight; You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want - ***** - 3/20/2023 - 299 Pages
L - Lauren Layne; Passion on Park Avenue - **** - 1/15/2023 - 279 Pages
M - Marc Levy; If Only It Were True - ***** - 1/30/2023 - 216 Pages
N - Nick Offerman; Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living - ***** - 1/15/2023 - 352 Pages
O - Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen - ***** - 2/19/2023 - 290 Pages
P - Part of Your Nightmare by Vera Strange - *** - 1/5/2023 - 218 Pages
Q - Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby - *** - 8/21/2023 - 304 Pages
R - Ryan Rimmel; The Mayor of Noobtown - **** - 1/20/2023 - 226 Pages
S - Star Wars: Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown - **** - 2/10/2023 - 160 Pages
T - Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath - ***** - 2/14/2023 - 384 Pages
U - Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
V - Verity by Colleen Hoover - ***** - 1/24/2023 - 341 Pages
W - Gertrude Chandler Warner; Mystery Ranch - **** - 3/1/2023 - 128 Pages
X - Qiu Xiaolong; A Loyal Character Dancer - ***** - 2/28/2023 - 368 Pages
Y - You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin - 3/28/2023 - 215 Pages
Z - Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler - *** - 8/30/2023 - 375 Pages

Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
New Release Challenge 2023
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Progress: 15 out of 15

This challenge was created for the many members that have stated that they want to read more new releases and be more informed for the Choice Awards. It is set up as a challenge for you to set your own goal and see if you can reach it.

How many new releases can you read in 2023? You can try to read as few or as many as you choose, just make sure the book is published in 2023. Need inspiration? Check out our new releases thread here. Please copy and paste the challenge below into your own thread to participate.

1. Karen's Birthday by Katy Farina - **** - 5/17/2023 - 156 Pages
2. Lore Olympus: Volume Four by Rachel Smythe - ***** - 6/15/2023 - 416 Pages
3. The Way Home: Two Novellas from the World of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle - **** - 7/15/2023 - 216 Pages
4. Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby - *** - 8/21/2023 - 304 Pages
5. Happy Place by Emily Henry - **** - 9/4/2023 - 400 Pages
6. Karen's Haircut: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #7) by Ann M. Martin - 9/18/2023 - 144 Pages
7. Lore Olympus: Volume Five by Rachel Smythe - ***** - 10/4/2023 - 400 Pages
8. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros - ***** - 10/15/2023 - 528 Pages
9. The Woman in Me by Britney Spears - ***** - 10/26/2023 - 288 Pages
10. You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together by Kat Timpf - **** - 11/5/2023 - 248 Pages
11. Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent - *** - 12/12/2023 - 312 Pages
12. Heartstopper: Volume Five by Alice Oseman - ***** - 12/26/2023 - 336 Pages
13. All Tide Up by John Patrick Green - ***** - 12/30/2023 - 208 Pages
14. How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix - ***** - 1/7/2024 - 419 Pages
15. XOXO, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness by Cody Rigsby - *** - 1/9/2024 - 240 Pages

Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
New Author Challenge 2023
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Progress: 38 out of 30

Link to 2022 Challenge

The object of this challenge is to introduce yourself to new-to-you authors. For this challenge, you set your own goal and see if you can reach it.

How many new authors can you read in 2023? You can try to read as few or as many as you choose, just as long as you haven't read other work by the same author before. Please copy and paste the challenge below into your own thread to participate.

1. Part of Your Nightmare by Vera Strange - *** - 1/5/2023 - 218 Pages
2. Bad Blood by L.A. Banks - **** - 1/7/2023 - 342 Pages
3. InvestiGators by John Patrick Green - **** - 1/9/2023 - 208 Pages
4. Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman - ***** - 1/15/2023 - 352 Pages
5. Passion on Park Avenue by Lauren Layne - **** - 1/15/2023 - 279 Pages
6. Surrender Bay by Denise Hunter - ** - 1/16/2023 - 298 Pages
7. The Mayor of Noobtown by Ryan Rimmel - **** - 1/20/2023 - 226 Pages
8. If Only It Were True by Marc Levy - ***** - 1/30/2023 - 216 Pages
9. Star Wars: Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown - **** - 2/10/2023 - 160 Pages
10. The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Wittig Albert - **** - 2/11/2023 - 290 Pages
11. Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath - ***** - 2/14/2023 - 384 Pages
12. The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward B. Burger - ** - 2/20/2023 - 157 Pages
13. The Deep by Rivers Solomon - **** - 2/20/2023 - 166 Pages
14. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni - ***** - 2/27/2023 - 448 Pages
15. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles - *** - 3/16/2023 - 377 Pages
16. Hilda and the Hidden People by Luke Pearson - ***** - 3/7/2023 - 216 Pages
17. 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
18. The Witches of New York by Ami McKay - ***** - 3/23/2023 - 529 Pages
19. You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin - 3/28/2023 - 215 Pages
20. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe  by Thomas Cahill - ** - 4/3/2023 - 246 Pages
21. Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour - **** - 4/7/2023 - 352 Pages
22. Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley - **** - 4/14/2023 - 336 Pages
23. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - ***** - 4/15/2023 - 352 Pages
24. The Owl & Moon Cafe by Jo-Ann Mapson - **** - 5/1/2023 - 357 Pages
25. Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree - ***** - 5/4/2023 - 296 Pages
26. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - ***** - 6/2/2023 - 479 Pages
27. Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci - ***** - 6/3/2023 - 291 Pages
28. milk and honey by Rupi Kaur - **** - 6/16/2023 - 204 Pages
29. One Bad Apple by Sheila Connolly - *** - 7/4/2023 - 262 Pages
30. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - ***** - 7/19/2023 - 400 Pages
31. Dreaming in Chocolate by Susan Bishop Crispell - *** - 7/24/2023 - 288 Pages
32. The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf - *** - 7/26/2023 - 352 Pages
33. The Choice of Magic by Michael G. Manning - ***** - 8/15/2023 - 626 Pages
34. A Man and His Cat, Vol. 1 by Umi Sakurai - **** - 8/26/2023 - 148 Pages
35. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler - *** - 8/30/2023 - 375 Pages
36. Happy Place by Emily Henry - **** - 9/4/2023 - 400 Pages
37. The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You’re Feeling Depleted and How to Get What You Need by Nancy Colier - ***** - 9/8/2023 - 168 Pages
38. Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen - ***** - 9/11/2023 - 151 Pages

Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
Colorful Covers Challenge 2023
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Progress: 0 out of 36

Read books that have covers with the following colors. The cover should be mostly the color you are trying to complete. Choose your own level to make the challenge easy or difficult. Post the cover of the book, so we can all see it.

Level -
Easy: read 1 book for each color
Medium: read 2 books for each color
Hard: read 3 books for each color

Please copy the information below and post into your own thread to participate.

Colorful Covers 2023

Blue Cover

Green Cover

Red Cover

Black Cover

White Cover

Yellow Cover

Pink Cover

Purple Cover

Orange Cover

Gray Cover

Brown Cover

Colorful Cover

Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
Series Challenge 2023
Duration: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023

Progress: 0 out of 20

New this year! How many series have you begun and wanted to finish, but have yet to do so? Let's start a challenge to get some of those series off our TBRs. Decide how many series you'd like to complete, choose your top series, and get through those books!

In your thread, just post something like this:

2023 Series Challenge

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Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2023
Duration: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023

Progress: 0 out of 50

Here's the new POPSUGAR Reading Challenge for 2023! Challenge begins on Jan 1st and ends on Dec 31st, 2023. Feel free to copy and paste this challenge into your own thread.

[] A book you meant to read in 2022
[] A book you bought from an independent bookstore
[] A book about a vacation
[] A book by a first-time author
[] A book with mythical creatures
[] A book about a forbidden romance
[] A book with "Girl" in the title
[] A celebrity memoir
[] A book with a color in the title
[] A romance with a fat lead
[] A book about or set in Hollywood
[] A book published in spring 2023
[] A book published the year you were born
[] A modern retelling of a classic
[] A book with a song lyric as its title
[] A book where the main character's name is in the title
[] A book with a love triangle
[] A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
[] A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge
[] A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
[] A book set in the decade you were born
[] A book with a queer lead
[] A book with a map
[] A book with a rabbit on the cover
[] A book with just text on the cover
[] The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
[] A #BookTok recommendation
[] A book you bought secondhand
[] A book your friend recommended
[] A book that's on a celebrity book-club list
[] A book about a family
[] A book that comes out in the second half of 2023
[] A book about an athlete/sport
[] A historical-fiction book
[] A book about divorce
[] A book you think your best friend would like
[] A book you should have read in high school
[] A book you read more than 10 years ago
[] A book you wish you could read for the first time again
[] A book by an author with the same initials as you

Advanced
[] A book written during NaNoWriMo
[] A book based on a popular movie
[] A book that takes place entirely in one day
[] A book that was self-published
[] A book that started out as fan fiction
[] A book with a pet character
[] A book about a holiday that's not Christmas
[] A book that features two languages
[] The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
[] A book with alliteration in the title

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