2025 Reading Challenge discussion

I have a physical book journal that served as my corner in 2024. I'd like to get back to a virtual corner in 2025 as I found the whole process to be relaxing.

I SPY - Yearly Challenge

Goal is to complete 10 prompts

1.) In the color wheel

2.) Of the body

3.) In the church
The Novice's Tale by Margaret Frazer (Glass window)

4.) On the beach

5.) In the library

6.) At the zoo

7.)In the garden
The Shogun's Daughter by Laura Joh Rowland (flowers)

8.) In the castle
Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell (Helmet from a suit of armor)

9.) In fiction
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (dragons)

10.) In the city
Prophecy by S.J. Parris (Skyline view of London)

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR -Yearly Challenge

Goal is to become an Undercover Operative and read three books from each category.

Who
1.) Main character in a music field

2.) Main character in a book related field

3.) Main character in a food service field

What
1.) An emotion in the titiel

2.) A color in the title

3.) A mostly white cover

When
1.) In the 1920s

2.) In the last 25 years

3.) Around a holiday

Where
1.) On an island
The Cloud Pavilion by Laura Joh Rowland (Japan)
2.) In a capital city

3.) In someone's home

How
1.) Stabbing
Prophecy by S.J. Parris
2.) Poison
The Novice's Tale by Margaret Frazer
3.) Other (TBD)
The Shogun's Daughter by Laura Joh Rowland (infected with smallpox)

Why
1.) A favorite mystery author or series

2.) A favorite mystery sub-genre
The Course of All Treasons by Suzanne M. Wolfe (Historical Fiction Mystery)

3.) A cold case (TBR for over a year)
The Ronin's Mistress by Laura Joh Rowland

SERIAL READER - Yearly Challenge

My goal is to be "shelf stacker" and read at least 30 books that are part of a series.

Series to finish
1.) The Books of Babel by Josiah Bancroft
-Arm of the Sphinx
-The Hod King
-The Fall of Babel

2.) Sano Ichiro by Laura Joh Rowland
-The Cloud Pavilion
-The Ronin's Mistress
-The Incense Game
-The Shogun's Daughter
-The Iris Fan

Series to Start
TBD

Other Books From a Series
Prophecy by S.J. Parris

LET'S TURN PAGES - Yearly Challenge

My goal in 2025 is to read 20,250 pages.

January: 3,108/20,250
February: 4,739/20,250
March:
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:

BOOKWORMS TAKE SHELFIES- Yearly Challenge

My goal is to fill three different shelves with five books for a total of 15 books.

Book Genre - Fantasy
1.) Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
2.) Arm of the Sphinx by Josiah Bancroft
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Mythology and Folklore
1.) Medea by Eilish Quin
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Backlist
1.) The Archer's Tale by Bernard Cornwell
2.) Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell
3.) The Queen's Bastard by Robin Maxwell
4.) Prophecy by S.J. Parris
5.) The Cloud Pavilion by Laura Joh Rowland

POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE- Yearly Challenge

My goal this year is to complete 10 prompts.

1.) A book you got for free
The Novice's Tale by Margaret Frazer

2.) A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title

3.)A book with a snake on the cover or in the title

4.) A book that fills your favorite prompt from the 2015 challenge - A book based entirely on its cover

5.) A book set in or around a body of water
Prophecy

6.) A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons

7.) A highly anticipated read of 2025
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

8.) A book that fills a 2024 prompt - A book that came out in a year that ends in "24"
Medea by Eilish Quin

9.) A book with silver in the title or on the cover

10.) A classic you have never read

TBR JAR CHALLENGE- Yearly Challenge

My goal is to read 15 books I already own but have not yet read. Using Random.org I will create my list.

1.) Lincoln in the Bardo
2.) The Confessions of Young Nero
3.) The Love Hypothesis
4.) The Enchantress of Florence
5.) The Chalice
6.) I'll Take You There
7.) John Saturnall's Feast
8.) Vagabond
9.) The Queen's Bastard
10.) The Shadow of the Wind
11.) Hera
12.) The Glittering Hour
13.) A King's Ransom
14.) Prophecy
15.) Island of the Swans

Subbed Out Books
The Crown subbed for The Chalice (Previously read book for an unread book)

SAD SONGS - Quarterly Challenge

1.) Read a book with "love" in the title or a game piece on the cover.

2.) Read a book with "cry" in the title or an ocean scene.

3.) Read a young adult novel or a book with a night scene on the cover.
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

4.) Read a book with a map in it.
Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell

5.) Read a book with something beautiful on the cover.
The Shogun's Daughter by Laura Joh Rowland

6.) Read a book with jewelry on the cover or in the title.
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley

7.) Read a book that includes a death.
Prophecy by S.J. Parris

8.) Read a historical fiction book.
The Archer's Taleby Bernard Cornwell

9.) Read a book with a royal figure.
The Queen's Bastard by Robin Maxwell

10.) Read a book with a question word in the title.

Embracing the "Blues"- Quarterly Challenge

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