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2025 Challenge Buffet
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April's 2025 Challenge Buffet
Challenge #1 - Old & New TBR ChallengeReduce your personal TBR. 12 books read is a complete challenge.
Six of the 12 books require Groups date (they do not have to come from the group's bookshelf).
Completed: 10/12
Pre-1915
R✔1. Phantom of the Opera 1910
2. Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 1868
R✔3. The Picture of Dorian Gray 1890
1915-2005
R✔4. Misery by Stephen King 1987
R✔5. The Bungalow Mystery (#3) by Carolyn Keene 1930 3/2025
R✔6. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 1996
Any date and genre
R✔7. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 1859 ⭐⭐⭐
R✔8. The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare 1596
R✔9. The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales Poe 1839
R✔10. To The Lighthouse 1927⭐⭐
11. A Good Girls Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 2019
12. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 2012
Alternates
R✔13. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1973
14. + You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister 2004
15. + Naked in Death by J.D. Robb 1995
✔🎉Challenge #2 - Members Choice Challenge Choose one book per category/genre for a total of 9 books.
Completed: 9/9
R✔1. 19th Century or Older - 1596 The Merchant of Venice"
R✔2. 20th Century - 1910 The Phantom of the Opera
R✔3. 21st Century - 2023 The Stolen Heir
R✔4. Nonfiction - Civil Disobedience by Henry Thoreau
R✔5. An Author never read before - Amy Tintera Listen for the Lie
R✔6. Diversity - The Picture of Dorian Gray 1890
R✔7. Members Choice Genre - The Lightning Thief
R✔8. Members Choice Genre - Emily Wilde's Encylopaedia of Faeries
R✔9. Members Choice Genre - Disappearing Act
✔🎉Challenge #3 - Expand Your Horizon with New AuthorsSeek out at least six (6) authors that you have never previously read, from any genre or era you want.
Completed: 6/6
Ideas
1. Holly Jackson -Good Girls Guide to Murder https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
2. +Katie MacAlister -You Slay Me 2004 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
3. Wilkie Collins The Moonstone https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
4. +J.D. Robb -Naked in Death 1995 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
5. Virginia Woolf -To The Lighthouse https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
6. Leigh Bardugo -Shadow and Bone https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Books Chosen:
1.R✔Holly Black The Stolen Heir
2.R✔Rick Riordan The Lightning Thief
3.R✔ Gaston Lerox The Phantom of the Opera
4.R✔ Heather Fawcett Emily Wilde's Encylopaedia of Faeries
5.R✔Edith Wharton The Angel at the Grave
6.R✔Robert Sheehan Disappearing Act
+funny how i managed to read 6 entirely new authors from my 6 ideas. Ha!
+continuing this challenge in Personal
✔🎉Challenge #4 - Short Story Challenge (2025 version)
Read 18 short stories.
Completed: 42+/18
1. R✔The Angel at the Grave by Edith Wharton
2. R✔The Fall of the House of Usher from/by Edgar Allen Poe
3. R✔The Imp and the Perverse "
4. R✔The Murders at the Rue Morgue "
5. R✔The Masque of the Red Death "
6. R✔The Purloined Letter "
7. R✔The Pit and the Pendulum "
8. R✔The Black Cat "
9. R✔Cask of Amontillado "
10. R✔Hop Frog "
11. R✔ Snakes from Disappearing Act by Robert Sheehan
12. R✔ Medusa "
13. R✔ Frayed "
14. R✔ Desert Donky Legs "
15. R✔ Treasure "
16. R✔ House in the Country "
17. R✔ Funeral "
18. R✔ English Def "
+R✔ the rest of the stories from Disappearing Act by Robert Sheehan
+R✔ Meditation by Franz Kafka
+continuing this challenge in Personal
✔🎉Challenge #5 - Short Story Challenge (2024 version)
Read 24 short stories. This equates to only two per month for the year. Read them all at once or spread them out; it's up to you.
Completed: 42+/24
1. R✔The Angel at the Grave by Edith Wharton
2. R✔The Fall of the House of Usher from/by Edgar Allen Poe
3. R✔The Imp and the Perverse "
4. R✔The Murders at the Rue Morgue "
5. R✔The Masque of the Red Death "
6. R✔The Purloined Letter "
7. R✔The Pit and the Pendulum "
8. R✔The Black Cat "
9. R✔Cask of Amontillado "
10. R✔Hop Frog "
11. R✔ Snakes from Disappearing Act by Robert Sheehan
12. R✔ Medusa "
13. R✔ Frayed "
14. R✔ Desert Donky Legs "
15. R✔ Treasure "
16. R✔ House in the Country "
17. R✔ Funeral "
18. R✔ English Def "
19. R✔ Rose "
20. R✔ Skin "
21. R✔ No Frills "
22. R✔ Alleyway "
23. R✔ Scab " 😭
24. R✔ Salvador Daly "
+R✔ the rest of the stories from Disappearing Act by Robert Sheehan
+R✔ Meditation by Franz Kafka
+continuing this challenge in Personal
Challenge #5 - Decade/Century/Millennium ChallengeOnly one version of the challenge is required to participate.
First, read one book per year for 10 consecutive years, one-decade total. Second read one book from 10 consecutive decades, one century total. Third, read one book from 10 consecutive centuries, one millennium total.
Completed: 0/10
I am attempting the Decade Challenge and the Century Challenge, but will probably skip the Millenium Challenge. Still drafting them all here though.
*author used more than once. Will edit later.
The Decade Challenge: The authors can only be used once in the challenge.
2 or 3 or 4/10
1817 R✔ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Or
1830
1831
...
1839 R✔ The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales Poe 1839
or
1844 R✔ Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
or
1859 R✔ A Tale of Two Cities ⭐⭐⭐
or
(1886 R✔ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...)
1889 R✔ A Lost Opportunity ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
1890 R✔The Picture of Dorian Gray 1890
1891 R✔ The Angel at the Grave from Collected Stories Vol 1. 1891-1910 by Edith Wharton*
1892
1893
1894 *(95 The Valley of Childish Things -E Wharton)*
1895
1896 R✔ The Seagull by Anton Chekhov 1895
*1897-98
*1899 *(The Greater Inclination -E Wharton)*
*1900 *(The Touchstone -E Wharton)*
*1901 *(Crucial Instances -E Wharton)*
*1904 *(The Descent of Man -E Wharton)*
*1905 *(The House of Mirth -E Wharton)*xx
*1907 *(The Fruit of the Tree -E Wharton)*
*1908 *(The Choice -E Wharton)* The Hermit and the Wild Woman
*1910 *(The Eyes -E Wharton and The Triumph of Night -E Wharton and Tales of Men and Ghosts -E Wharton)*
or(view spoiler)
✔🎉Challenge 6 - Group Reads, Buddy Reads, or Moderators Run Amok
The challenge is to read 12 total books/stories from this year's selected group reads. Your reads can come from this year's poll winners, the Buddy Read Requests, or the new Moderators Run Amok! There should be plenty of choices.
Completed: 12/12
1. R✔ The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare
2. R✔ The Angel at the Grave from Collected Stories Vol 1. 1891-1910 by Edith Wharton
3. R✔ Meditation by Franz Kafka
4. R✔ The Seagull by Anton Chekhov 1895
5. R✔ Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1973
6. R✔ The Complete Short Stories by Franz Kafka
7. R✔ A Lost Opportunity 1889 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4-25
8. R✔ 1984 by George Orwell 1949 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. R✔ Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 2005 (3/22/2025)
10. R✔ The Time Traveler's Wife ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
11. R✔ Childhood's End ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
12. R✔ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔🎉Challenge #7- Series Books – Start, Continue, CompleteEach member is to decide what they wish to accomplish. For challenge purposes, read at least two books. That is only 1 every six months. This is doable
Completed: 5/2
Books Chosen:
New Series-
Emily Wilde
1. R✔Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
The Stolen Heir Duology
1. R✔The Stolen Heir
Percy Jackson
1. R✔The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Poet Anderson
1. R✔ ...Of Nightmares
Continue a Series-
Nancy Drew
1. R✔The Bungalow Mystery (#3) by Carolyn Keene 3/2025
Ideas:
New Series-
The Maze Cutter
1. R✔ The Maze Cutter 3/16/2025
2. the-godhead-complex
Molly the Maid
1. The Maid by Nita Prose
2. The Mystery Guest (#2) 2023
Threads of Power
1. R✔ The Fragile Threads of Power by VE Schwab ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Continue a Series-
Shades of Magic
1. a-gathering-of-shadows (#2)
(view spoiler)
+continuing this challenge in Personal
✔🎉Challenge #10 – Most Popular Goodreads Books Listed by YearLocate and list 10 books that most interest you from the year of your choice. The challenge is to read 3 books from that list.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/popula...
NOTE: click on the link above then change the date to the date you wish to search.
Completed: 6/3
10 Books of Interest for 2023
1. Happy Place by Emily Henry
2. R✔ Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
3. R✔*Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
4. R✔Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. R✔*The Stolen Heir by Holly Black
6. The Love Wager (#2)
7. R✔*Fragile Threads of Power by VE Schwab⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. You'd look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace
9. R✔The Housemaid's Secret (#2)⭐⭐⭐⭐
10. *The Mystery Guest (#2)
*In the Lives of Puppets https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
*Sword Catcher by CC https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
*My Roommate is a Vampire https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
2025 Books Read
1. The Stolen Heir
2. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
3. The Seven Year Slip
+continuing this challenge in Personal(view spoiler)
Question-what does the 2023 books read mean? Are those three in addition to the ten from the other year?
✔🎉Challenge #11 - Future ClassicsA Quarter of the 21st Century has passed; did you read any potential classics? For discussion, and the benefit and curiosity of our members please list 5 books you have read over the last 25 years that you believe will still be actively read in 50-100+ years.
Completed: 1/1
These Five Were Great, I Believe They Will Stand the Test of Time
1. 2007 The Mortal Instruments City of Bones (but the whole series) by Cassandra Clare
and/or
2. 2010 The Infernal Devices Clockwork Angel (and whole series) by Cassandra Clare
3. 2011 Divergent (series) by Veronica Roth
4. 2021 Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
5. *2024 Funny Story by Emily Henry
. *2020 +The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
The Future Classic Challenge - List 3 unread books published between 2000-2024 that you feel have the potential to become a classic. The challenge, read 1 of your 3 selections. Then let us know if you think it has a chance at greatness, or will it pass into oblivion.
These Might have a Chance at Greatness?
1. 2003 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2. 2014 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doeer
3. +2023 Happy Place by Emily Henry
. +2023 In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
. +2015 R✔Poet Anderson...Of Nightmares by Tom Delonge and Suzanne Young
. +2023 R✔The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Book/s Chosen (I have to add another, possibly more)
1. R✔Poet Anderson...Of Nightmares by Tom Delonge and Suzanne Young Probably won't get enough readership to become a classic, but it really should. It's an interesting and wholesome story about fighting for what is good and true, even if that means fighting yourself too. Very inspiring for youth and adults alike!
2. R✔The Only One Left by Riley Sager 2023 This one has more of a chance of becoming a classic, honestly, than Poet, but it is definitely worthy of the title. Amazing!
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✔🎉Challenge #13 - Old and New Linked CategoriesUsing the below categories or choices of your own, pick three subjects of interest. Link the chosen subjects to an old book 1914 or earlier to a newer book 1915 -present. Total number of books for this challenge is six.
6 or 8/6
Categories: Genres-Romance, Science Fiction, etc., Contains a Trial, Has a Murder, Contains Time Travel, Coming of Age, An Error in Judgement - Paying the Ultimate Price, Set on or has The Sea involved, Animals, School, Travel, Life Changing Action, Survival, Friendship, Bravery/Courage, Generation Gap, Others
Has a Murder
1. R✔ The Picture of Dorian Gray 1890
2. R✔ Misery 1982
Error in Judgment
1. R✔ The Seagull by Anton Chekhov 1895
or R✔ The Judgment by Franz Kafka 1913*
or R✔ The Picture of Dorian Gray 1890*
2. R✔ The Only One Left by Riley Sager 2023
Sci Fi or /School /Bravery&Courage /Friendship /
Live Changing Action
1. R✔ Rappaccini's Daughter by Hawthorne 1844
2. R✔ Poet Anderson of Nightmares 2015
Short Stories Collections (bonus)
1. R✔ Meditation by Franz Kafka 1904-1912 or Poe or Wharton
2. R✔ Disappearing Act by Robert Sheehan 2018
Ideas:(view spoiler)
Challenge #16 - A-Z Title Challenge
(There are 4 optional letters marked with an (*), you only need to use one.)
Just putting this one on here for fun. Let's see what I can get!
Completed: 19/22 or 19/26
A ngel at the Grave, The (1/25
B ook Lovers by Emily Henry (2/25
C ivil Disobedience
D isappearring Act (1/25
E mily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (1/25
F all of the House of Usher, The or Fight Club
G oodbye, Mr. Chips 5/25
H ousemaid, The and The Hunger Artist
I* mperial Message, An "* (3/25) (I Feel Bad About...
J* udgment, The "* (3/25 J
K night and the Moth, The
L ightning Thief, The
M isery or The Merchant of Venice
N ever Let Me Go 3/22/25,
O nly One Left, The by Riley Sager (3/25
P icture of Dorian Gray, The or The Phantom of the Opera or Poet Anderson of Nightmares (2/25 or 1/25 or 3/25
*Q
R ock, Paper, Scissors ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
S even Year Slip, The or The Seagull or The Stolen Heir (2/25 or 1/25
T A Tale of Two Cities ⭐⭐⭐
U
V (ampire Lestat
W here the Library Hides by Isabel Ibanez ⭐⭐⭐⭐
*X
*Y (ou Slay
*Z
* AFTER the letter means title or author is used more than once. Will edit later.
**Still need a U. Why is this so hard?
Challenge #17 - A-Z Author Challenge
(There are 4 optional letters marked with an (*), you only need to use one.)
Just putting this one on here for fun. Let's see what I can get!
Completed: 21/22 or 21/26
A bdullah, Chelsea -The Stardust Thief ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
B lack, Holly
C hekhov, Anton
D ashner, James- The Maze Cutter, (Tom Delonge with S. Young)*
E squivel, Laura Like Water for Chocolate 1989 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
F awcett, Heather
G illig, Rachel The Knight and the Moth ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
H enry, Emily
I shiguro, Kazou Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 2005 (3/22/25)
J
K ing, Stephen or Franz Kafka or Carolyn Keene
L Leroux, Gaston -The Phantom of the Opera ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
M cFadden, Frieda -the housemaid
N iffenager, Audrey -The Time Traveler's Wife
O rwell, George 1984 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
P oston, Ashley or Chuck Palahniuk
*Q
R iordan, Rick
S hakespeare, William or Robert Sheehan
T intera, Amy or Henry Thoreau
U
V onnegut Jr., Kurt
W ilde, Oscar or Edith Wharton or Virginia Woolf
*X
*Y oung, Suzanne and Tom Delonge*+, Yangszee Choo+
*Z
* AFTER the letter means title or author is used more than once. Will edit later.
+Ok, so since I already sort of had a Y, I don't feel so guilty about using a first name Y to add. But darnit, I thought I was getting a NEW letter with this author! Now i still need X, Z, and Q. Oh, and U! (I have a couple of J in mind.) Who's a U though? How is that supposed to be an easier one? 😅🤔
April wrote: "Question-what does the 2023 books read mean? Are those three in addition to the ten from the other year?"That's where you list the three you actually read in 2025, which I'm pretty sure is what it should say. At least that's how I understand it!
And welcome to the buffet! It's great that you know yourself and how you react to challenges, so you're being smart about. You can always add more as the year goes on, if you want to. Only the first one, Old and New TBR, is locked in on Jan. 1.
Good luck!
April wrote: "Question-what does the 2023 books read mean? Are those three in addition to the ten from the other year?"Teri-K is right, that's supposed to say "2025 books read". For that challenge, you identify 10 books from a particular year that you are interested in. To complete the challenge, you only need to read 3 of those 10 books, so this is the space where you will eventually write in the 3 that you end up reading.
Welcome to the buffet! It might feel like you are doing a lot of challenges, but some of them are very low-key. For example, the "Future Classics" challenge only involves reading 1 book, and you only need to read 2 books to complete the "Series Books" challenge. Have fun!
Thanks for posting on my thread and letting me know I'm not the only new person here haha! Looking forward to see what you put on the buffet.
Thanks everyone for the welcomes and the answers. Guess what though- i have another question. Lol Are you allowed to use one book in more than one challenge? Say it is a group read- could you also list it as a new author too, for example?
April wrote: "Are you allowed to use one book in more than one challenge? Say it is a group read- could you also list it as a new author too, for example? "Yes, you are absolutely allowed to do this, and most of us do.
Wobbley wrote: "April wrote: "Are you allowed to use one book in more than one challenge? Say it is a group read- could you also list it as a new author too, for example? "Yes, you are absolutely allowed to do t..."
Thank you! And i have since been reading over a lot of the other members challenges for next year, including yours, and some from this year, i just dont have the time to comment on all of them, but thanks and goodluck folks!
April wrote: "Thanks everyone for the welcomes and the answers. Guess what though- i have another question. Lol Are you allowed to use one book in more than one challenge? Say it is a group read- could you also..."
Wobbley has already answered this, but I'll add that some of the fun can be finding a book that works in lots of places. Like, "Oh, I read this for #1, but it also goes in #3 and #6 and #7 and look - I can use it for BINGO, too!" It's kind of like a treasure hunt. lol
Mod
Omg! This is hard! lolI first just started listing all these books that I want to read and some that had to fit in the specific periods of time, but since we can overlap some books, I was trying to find ones that could... that's hard though, with my particular interests right now. I want to read it all!!! lol Actually, putting the year of books with the new authors is probably my biggest challenge...and with the series mixed in. I want to read new authors, but...well, ok, suppose I can START those series, so that helps, but the year I chose has mostly mid-series books, so I'll have to read the first one first or choose different books. ahhh! lol
Well, that's a challenge for another day. Past few days I have added a LOT of books and links.
April, you have some great books on your list! Have fun reading!
You've gotten a great start on your planning! I really like Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone and The Woman in White in particular are very enjoyable. I'm also a fan of The Wind in the Willows. Enjoy!
You've made a great start, April. I read Ovid's Metamorphosis last year and loved it, though it's quite long and it took a while for me to get a feel for it. I thought it would just be a lot of myths, but as I read I began to see themes emerging.I'm particularly fond of A Tale of Two Cities and Merchant of Venice. All the Light We Cannot See I read last year, too, and liked it more than I expected to.
Good luck on your planning!
Mod
Ok, I think I am satisfied with this list now. After all of that, I think this will be easier than I thought, but who knows what the future will hold, lol so I made a relatively easy one, with lots of overlaps in the categories, as well as the books that will be the most easiest to get. I still have a large to-read list, but this should help take out a bunch. I'm aiming to read all of these (even the alternatives), and not just the two or six or, I think 12 is the biggest challenge. So yeah.One final thing I might add is a masterlist of all of the books mentioned here. I liked that idea, however, I have a larger list with even more that I want to read this year, so... I mean, I don't want this to get confusing, so I might not add anything afterall. We'll see!
Wait, I DID make the cut-off in time for this, correct? *gasps* I THOUGHT I read it was the 24th. I am closer than I meant to be though. Eek! lol
Those look like great options! I read The Moonstone this year and really enjoyed it. I think you have until the 31st to finalize Challenge #1. The other challenges don't have a deadline -- you can keep changing them through 2025 if you want to.
You have a lot of great reads planned. All the best!
Ila wrote: "You have a lot of great reads planned. All the best!"Thanks!
Ok, so while I am still plugging away at a couple of my first novels, I did manage to finish a short story. So, am going to edit my challenges with an R next to my finished reads now. I believe it applies to a couple of challenges.Edit: ok maybe just 1 challenge for this one, but i am practicing. Not sure the R looks very obvious. Also, should i put in the finish date?
Well done finishing your first story! There are lots of ways you can indicate your progress, and everyone kind of does their own thing. Look at a few people's challenges, and pick your favourite method. :)
Okay, I finished my first full lengthed novel. Yay! Turns out, I only had it in ONE of my challenges, but it does apply to a couple others. I will add it for now, but still try to read those other planned books. Glad I read it though. While it was a bit sad and even scary(gruesome) at times, it was really like powerful. Ha! Hard to describe, but i liked it. Adding The Stolen Heir (#1) for 3, 7, and 10
Alao, I forgot that the checkmarks are just emojiis, so I found one that shows up well enough and I like. 👍✔
April wrote: "Okay, I finished my first full lengthed novel. Yay! ..."Terrific! I'm glad you enjoyed your first challenge novel. Yeah, I sometimes discover along the way that a book I'd read works in more places than I had planned -- that's always a nice bonus. :)
April wrote: "Okay, I finished my first full lengthed novel. Yay! Turns out, I only had it in ONE of my challenges, but it does apply to a couple others. I will add it for now, but still try to read those other ..."Nice! You finished a book and you liked it - that's a good way to start the year.
Was going to wait to post an update, but I have questions.1) for the group reads, buddy... does it matter if we read them at the correct time? For example, if I cannot get a copy of January's read, can I still read it later in the year for credit on these challenges?
2) ok, did I just complete the series challenge #7, or is it 2 books for every subcategory? 2 for new series, 2 for continued series, 2 for completed? Not that I will not be challenging myself to read more of my proposed reads, but I just want to be clear on the rules. Thanks!
So completed Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief for challenges 3 and 7.
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You did just technically complete the #7 challenge. Congratulations! It is only a 2 book requirement. I suspect you will add a good number to that before the year is over.
Woo hoo -- well done completing Challenge 7!!
Sara wrote: "For your first question, April, we do not enforce any rules here, so you can use the books for that challenge if you decide that is how you want to count them. The point of the challenge is to enco..."Oh, yes, of course i will join the conversations. I have been doing that with other books that were not in the current reads that I happened to be reading.
And oh, ok! Yay! Lol But yes, I do plan to read more. Thanks for replying!
Wobbley wrote: "Woo hoo -- well done completing Challenge 7!!"Yay! Thanks! Lol
You completed a challenge and didn't even know it! Very nice. :)
Teri-K wrote: "You completed a challenge and didn't even know it! Very nice. :)"Haha right?! Well, now i know I can maybe add more challenges next go around. Haha!
I also completed #7 already, haha! Way to go getting out the gates early. What next challenge do you have planned to pick off? Or are you just winging it and let them fall as they may?
April wrote: "Teri-K wrote: "You completed a challenge and didn't even know it! Very nice. :)"Haha right?! Well, now i know I can maybe add more challenges next go around. Haha!"
You can always add a few later this year, if you want, nobody will be mind. After all, going back to the buffet after you finish your first plate is a tradition. lol
Thomas- I am somewhat winging it. I am mostly prioritizing what I want to read sooner, and also what is available at the library. Oh, but habing scoped out all of the planned reads beforehand, they should all be at the library, so it is mostly by preference. Perhaps, maybe a bit on whether the items are checked in or havent gotten damaged or stolen. LolTeri-K- Oh, I mean, that makes sense, but where would I add the posts? I see many folks 'save' posts at the start of the thread, but i didnt know to do that. Shrugs
Actually, I take that back. I did make a plan. I divided the list between the 12 months of the year, like 7 or less books per month. If i have a slow month, I can just move them to later months. I also have to account for other book club books, so those are mostly covered in the monthly 7. I also added a couple books i have at home, in case I travel, so I can read those then. I dunno. I mean, I defi itely planned, but the specific books... i think i am mostly sorting them by genres, so i have an assortment of genres throughout the months. That is where i can play around some. Oh! Except if i am reading a series or for my 2023 (pick a year) challenge, some of those require reading the previous books in a series, so those have to be read sooner in the year. As for planning the challenges, I think I am just trying to equally chip away at them. Also, I made sure many of the books would fit in more than one challenge. So, I guess it is not really wingin it Haha
Edit: i think the fact that most of the challenges only require 2 or 3 books to complete and i planned like 10 to 15 for those, I am kinda surprising myself how quickly I will finish them, which THAT was not planned. THAT is why it feels like winging it. Lol
April wrote: "Thomas- I am somewhat winging it. I am mostly prioritizing what I want to read sooner, and also what is available at the library. Oh, but habing scoped out all of the planned reads beforehand, they..."You can double them up in a post, like Challenges #1,3 and 4 in one spot, etc. I ended up doing that the first year, it worked fine.
Teri-K wrote: "April wrote: "Thomas- I am somewhat winging it. I am mostly prioritizing what I want to read sooner, and also what is available at the library. Oh, but habing scoped out all of the planned reads be..."Oh ok, great! Thanks!
Since I am already here, i will announce that I have finished The Phantom of the Opera today! It is possible I inadvertently completed another challenge with it, but I have to double check and update those posts first.
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So yeah, I added another to my New Authors, but not completed- I need 3 more.
April wrote: "Since I am already here, i will announce that I have finished The Phantom of the Opera today!"Oh well done! I've never read this one, and I think having seen the musical only counts for so much... ;)
April wrote: "Teri-K wrote: "April wrote: "Thomas- I am somewhat winging it. I am mostly prioritizing what I want to read sooner, and also what is available at the library. Oh, but habing scoped out all of the p..."What did you think of it? I have read it, but it was ages ago. Good for you for making progress!
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries checked off challenges 3, 7, and 10. Woo hoo! It was an ok read. I havent organized my summary of thoughts yet. Tbc...
April wrote: "Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries checked off challenges 3, 7, and 10. Woo hoo! It was an ok read. I havent organized my summary of thoughts yet. Tbc..."Well done getting another one finished! Isn't it fun when a book works for multiple challenges? :)
Added a couple moreThe Merchant of Venice for challenges #1 and #6.
And a new challenge #4 (or #5? Somehow I found 2 versions) for short stories, that i may have completed already, if the short stories of Robert Sheehan Disappearing Act by Robert Sheehan count. 😅😁
Question- for the future classics challenge, can we use an entirely different book than oir suggested ones, or does it have to be from our proposed ones?
April wrote: "Added a couple moreThe Merchant of Venice for challenges #1 and #6.
And a new challenge #4 (or #5? Somehow I found 2 versions) for short stories, that i may have co,pleted already, if the short s..."
Nice job - adding more challenges already!
You can switch up the books you've picked for any challenges except #1. Your taste may change, or you may DNF a book you chose, or find out you can't get a copy - whatever. Only Challenge #1 is "locked in" at the beginning of the year. So have fun with them!
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So, i am still relatively new. 6 months member, but only one month really looking at the buffet. I think i will attempt a couple of these, but i am going to start with less, because i get competitive and subsequently disappointed if i dont meet my challenges.
But there are some pretty cool ones in here. Let's see! Bear with me as i draft my challenges (will probably take me a few days to research. Hopefully i am doing this first post correctly!
Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR
+✔🎉Challenge #2 - Members Choice (completed February))
✔🎉Challenge #3 - New Authors (completed January)
✔🎉+Challenge #4 - Short Stories (completed January)
✔🎉+Challenge #5 - Decade/✔🎉Century/Millennium Challenge
Challenge #6 - Group Reads, Buddy Reads, Moderators Run Amok
✔🎉Challenge #7 - Series Books – Start, Continue, Complete (completed January)
✔🎉Challenge #10 - Most Popular Goodreads Books Listed by Year (completed January)
✔🎉Challenge #11 - Future Classics (completed March)
+✔🎉Challenge #13 - Old and New Linked Categories (completed March)
+Challenge #16 - A-Z Title Challenge
+Challenge #17 - A-Z Author Challenge