2025 Reading Challenge discussion

RAGE ON THE PAGE
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2025

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

For this open-ended quarterly challenge, we are focused on the theme of Anger.
▪ Read books about handling anger -- seeking revenge, controlling anger, compromising, etc.
▪ Read books with titles containing rage, anger, annoyance, or similar words
▪ Read books with covers in shades of red

To join, post a message telling the challenge leader how many books you plan to read. If you are new to our group and/or our group challenges, take a moment to check out the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here thread for more information on how our challenges are run.

Thank you to Susan both for inspiring this idea and for volunteering to lead it.

Welcome to 📃😡📃😡RAGE ON THE PAGE Q3 Challenge📃😡📃😡

Updating your progress:
When posting your progress, please be sure to include both your original message number and progress:
Example: Updated msg #4: 3/10

If you no longer want to particiapte in the challenge, post a message requesting to be removed. Please do not delete your orignial post. You can remove the info within your originial post if you wish.

Have fun and conquer your goals!

😡📃😡📃😡📃😡List of Participants: 28😡📃😡📃😡📃😡

Amy (# 25) - 11/10 Completed!
Amy (Other Amy) (# 24) - 2/5
Anna (# 27) - 2/5
Beth (# 9) - 0/10
Blakie (# 18) - 3/3 Completed!
Brit (# 73) - 0/12
Bubbles (# 37) - 0/10
Caraina (# 12) - 6/10
Carri Carey (# 11) - 8/12
Carrie (# 30) - 0/6
Chrissie (# 7) - 0/10
Ciara (# 6) - 10/10 Completed!
GailW (# 8) - 5/5 Completed!
Jenn (# 21) - 7/15
JennH (# 5) - 9/10
Kristina (# 38) - 0/5
Laurie (# 10) - 6/5 Completed!
Lucy (# 23) - 0/14
Rachael (# 13) - 6/6 Completed!
Sarah (# 16) - 0/27
Sarah (# 16) - 0/27
SarahKat (# 22) - 9/15
Shari (# 14) - 0/12
Sophia (# 32) - 4/6
Susan (# 4) - 5/6
Tanu (# 29) - 3/3 Completed!
TerryJane (# 15) - 30/15 Completed!
Theresa (# 17) - 1/2

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Books Pledged: 264
Books Read: 126
Challenges Completed: 8
Updated through message #82, September 5

Signing up for 6

Progress: 5/6

For this open-ended quarterly challenge, we are focused on the theme of Anger.
▪ Read books about handling anger -- seeking revenge, controlling anger, compromising, etc. - I Know This Much Is True (full of controlling anger)
The Hunting Wives - wrongly accused of murder
▪ Read books with titles containing rage, anger, annoyance, or similar words
▪ Read books with covers in shades of red

Please sign me up for 10.

RAGE ON THE PAGE
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2025

9/10

For this open-ended quarterly challenge, we are focused on the theme of Anger.

▪ Read books about handling anger -- seeking revenge, controlling anger, compromising, etc.
- Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger 7/15/25 - seeking revenge
- Almond by Sohn Won-Pyung 7/19/25 - M has a condition called alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger
- Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbø 8/14/25 - seeking revenge
- Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya - anger for being left out

▪ Read books with titles containing rage, anger, annoyance, or similar words
- The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon 8/20/25

▪ Read books with covers in shades of red
- Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa 7/13/25

- The Hunter by Richard Stark 8/11/25

- Demian by Hermann Hesse 8/16/25

- The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro Kishimi 8/31/25

Put me down for 10 as well.

For this open-ended quarterly challenge, we are focused on the theme of Anger.
▪ Read books about handling anger -- seeking revenge, controlling anger, compromising, etc.
▪ Read books with titles containing rage, anger, annoyance, or similar words
▪ Read books with covers in shades of red

Progress: 9/10

currently reading:

Angry Theme:
Todesmarsch (anger among the walkers on several occasions)
Alle Farben grau (anger as part of the grieving process)
Circe (lots of revenge and jealousy in general)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Ari is angry all time)
Was wir ihnen antun: Kriminalroman (River-Delta-Reihe 4) (Linda is often angry at herself for slowly becoming like her mother)
Fruits Basket Pearls 02 (Kyou is a very valid angry lad)
Sekunden der Gnade (we have hate, anger, rage and seeking revenge)
Killing Stalking Season I 1 (better not tempt Sangwoo)
Hundesohn (love and hate is very close in this one)

other:

🤬 Completed 5 / 5

Read books about handling anger -- seeking revenge, controlling anger, compromising, etc.:
🤬 seeking revenge: Cut and Thirst
🤬 seeking revenge: I Cheerfully Refuse
🤬 all of them: A General Theory of Oblivion
🤬 compromising: Potiki

Read books with red on the covers:
🤬 The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

Rage on the Page

I'll go for 10 - 5 with handling anger as part of the plot, and 5 with red covers.

Handling Anger in Plot - Revenge
1. In the Blood by Lisa Unger Lucas's motivation for what he does is revenge.
2. 11/22/63 by Stephen King Sadie's ex-husband stalks her to get revenge.
3. The King's Deception (Cotton Malone, #8) by Steve Berry The main protagonist, Blake Antrim, is motivated by revenge to hurt his ex-lover Pam and her ex-husband Cotton.
4. Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy many of the characters have revenge as their motive, especialy the main protagonist
5. Point of Origin (Kay Scarpetta, #9) by Patricia Cornwell Carrie Grethem's motive is revenge against Kay.

Red Covers
1. Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls 60.8% red per TinEye
2. Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto 58.2% red per TinEye
3. The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne 57% red per TinEye
4. Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red (The Rabbi Small Mysteries, #5) by Harry Kemelman 65% red per TinEye
5.

6/5 Completed! Thanks for a fun challenge! 😡📃😡📃

RAGE ON THE PAGE ▪ Read books with covers in shades of red

😡📃 1. Listen for the Lie

😡📃 2. Wrong Place Wrong Time

😡📃 3. The Scarecrow

😡📃 4. A Family Matter

😡📃 5. We Solve Murders

😡📃 6. The Reformatory

Sign me up for 12 books please!

1. Great Big Beautiful Life - Read 7/11/25
2. Jackal - Read 7/15/25
3. Unsouled - Read 7/17/25
4. Her - Read 7/25/25
5. Sing, Unburied, Sing - Read 7/26/25
6. The Stardust Grail - Read 7/29/25
7. The Paris Novel - Read 8/6/25
8. Listen for the Lie - Read 8/18/25

RAGE ON THE PAGE
Duration: July 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025

For this open-ended quarterly challenge, we are focused on the theme of Anger.
▪ Read books about handling anger -- seeking revenge, controlling anger, compromising, etc.
▪ Read books with titles containing rage, anger, annoyance, or similar words
▪ Read books with covers in shades of red

Completed: 6/10

1. Playing with Fire - Kiki Swinson 7/9/25
2. The Witch - Cheryl Potter 8/11/25
3. The Crow Trap - Ann Cleeves 8/19/25
4. Ali Cross - James Patterson 8/23/25
5. Payback Is a Mutha - Wahida Clark 8/30/25
6. This Bitter Earth - Bernice L. McFadden 9/2/25
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10.

Please sign me up for 6 books.

COMPLETED: 6/6

▪ Read books about handling anger
✔️ Complaint: A Lover's Complaint
✔️ Vengeance: The Vengeance

▪ Read books with titles containing rage, anger, annoyance, or similar words
✔️ Wrath: The Wrath and the Dawn

▪ Read books with covers in shades of red
✔️ Dying to Get Published
✔️ Pollyanna
✔️ Twice Cursed

Please sign me up for 12 books. I will probably do a combination of the different sections.

RAGE ON THE PAGE
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2025

Progress: 7 / 12

▪ Read books about handling anger -- seeking revenge, controlling anger, compromising, etc.
The Rosie Result
Flight of Dreams
Sweetness in the Skin
A Sugar Creek Christmas
The Coworker
▪ Read books with titles containing rage, anger, annoyance, or similar words
▪ Read books with covers in shades of red
Delusion in Death
The Retirement Plan

😡 RAGE ON THE PAGE - Quarterly Challenge
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2025
Progress: 30/15

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

😡 The Retirement Plan - cover
😡 We Were Liars - aftermath of violence
😡 We Live Here Now - cover
😡 Atmosphere - society, manipulative sibling
😡 You Have a Match - parents vs children
😡 Rage Against the Dying - title
😡 More or Less Maddy - anger at parent, "mad" hidden in title
😡 I Did Warn Her - cover, revenge
😡 Someone Knows - cover
😡 Don't Let Him In - fury, rage, vengefulness
😡 The Return of Ellie Black - cover, revenge
😡 When Devils Sing - anger, violence
😡 Moloka'i - anger, fury, abuse
😡 We Will Be Jaguars - destruction of rainforest, exploitation. abuse
😡 Passing - bigotry, colorism
😡 The Reluctant Fundamentalist - 9/11, prejudice
😡 The Devil's Arithmetic - antisemitism, holocaust
😡 In Search of April Raintree - addiction, discrimination, foster care failures
😡 The Phoenix Pencil Company - wars, occupation, betrayal
😡 God Help the Child - abandonment, colorism, abuse
😡 Summer - abandonment
😡 The Names - domestic violence
😡 The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie - abuse, lies
😡 The Vanishing Half - domestic violence, racism, lies
😡 Nothing But Blackened Teeth - revenge
😡 Graveyard Shift - experimental treatment of human subjects
😡 Arch-Conspirator - coups, revenge
😡 Daisy Darker - murder, revenge
😡 Once There Were Wolves - DV, environmental wrongs, rage, revenge
😡 A Thousand Natural Shocks - cult, drugs, serial killer

Sign me up for 27 books

0/27

1. Out
2. Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
3. Just One Reason
4. Irritation: The Destructive Fire
5. Displeasure Island
6. Shae
7. Heart of Fury
8. The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to The Grapes of Wrath
9. The Outrage
10. Nightbitch
11. Angry Cookie
12. Stepbrother Inked
13. At First Irritation
14. The Winter of Our Discontent
15. Falling Angels
16. Fog Hides the Fury
17. The Wrath and the Dawn
18. Outrage
19. Wolfsgate
20. Mean Streak
21. The Incredible Hulk: Stalker from the Stars
22. Never Get Angry Again: The Foolproof Way to Stay Calm and in Control in Any Conversation or Situation
23. Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret
24. Misunderstandings: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
25. Battle Royale
26. Dark Lover
27. Darkness Embraced

I'll join. Just saying 2 books.
Progress: 1/2

The Book Swap
✔️Mad Honey

This sounds interesting because I am not comfortable with feelings in real life, so I read :) I am in for 3.
~Blakie

I'm in for 3.

Good morning! Are we ready for a new quarterly Challenge ... RAGE ON THE PAGE? Participant list has been updated, please let me know if you see any errors! Happy reading! Or should I say Angry reading? Let's get the rage out! 😡📃

I would like to sign up for 15-- thanks 🙂

9/15

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

Signing up for 15!

I'll sign up for 5.

Red Covers


3/5

I will go for 10!
11/10-- Challenge Completed!

▪ Read books about handling anger -- seeking revenge, controlling anger, compromising, etc:
1. Definitely Dead
2. All Together Dead
3. From Dead to Worse
4. Dead and Gone
5. Dead Reckoning
6. Deadlocked
7. The Upper Room
8. The Only Good Indians
9. The Bang-Bang Sisters

▪ Read books with titles containing rage, anger, annoyance, or similar words

▪ Read books with covers in shades of red:
1. Tell Me How to Be
2. Nesting

Update message #4

1/6

Hi, I will sign up for 5, please.

Update to message 8

Progress: 2/5

Signing up for 3, please!

Sign me up for 6 please!

#18 1/3

1. Strange Sally Diamond
Author Liz Nugent

Signing up for 6 books please :)

Progress: 4/6

▪ Read books about handling anger -- seeking revenge, controlling anger, compromising, etc.
Jackdaws - completed 7/26/25
Home Front - completed 8/3/25
The Overnight Guest - completed 8/12/25
Crow Lake - completed 8/27/25

▪ Read books with titles containing rage, anger, annoyance, or similar words

▪ Read books with covers in shades of red

#18 update 2/3

1. “Strange Sally Diamond”
By Liz Nugent -rage/anger issues✅

2. “Great Big Beautiful Life” by Emily Henry - red cover ✅

3. Planning: “Shrill” by Lindy West - anger/red cover

#18, 3/3
Great challenge with opportunity for variety and introspection.
~Blakie

1.Rage: Strange Sally Diamond
By Liz Nugent -anger issues/coping ✅

2. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry - red cover ✅

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman” Author Lindy West anger/coping/finding one’s value and voice AND a red cover✅

Congratulations Blakie on already completing The Rage on the Page Q3 Challenge!

#29 Update: 1/3 read so far

I'm going to sign up for 10 right now :)

3/10

1.With a Vengeance by Riley Sager - 7/2 - MC is seeking revenge

2. Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman - 7/3 - red cover


3. These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa - 7/25 - Vengeful in title

4. The Nightblood Prince by Molly X. Chang - 8/11 - Red Cover

RAGE ON THE PAGE
July 01, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Progress: 0/5

Sign me up for 5, please!

1. The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
2. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
3. Real Hero Shit by Kendra Wells
4. Redshirts by John Scalzi
5. The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz
6. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
7. Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

Updated message 25-- 1/10

Updated message 25-- 2/10

Updated message 13: 1/6

Updated message 13: 2/6

Updated message 25-- 3/10

Updated message 25-- 4/10

Update to message #11 - 4 books read!
Please change my goal from 15 to 12.
Thanks!

Update to message #5

2/6

Great job so far everyone!!!!

Updated message 25-- 5/10

Update #10

2/5 completed 😡📃😡📃

RAGE ON THE PAGE ▪ Read books with covers in shades of red

😡📃 1. Listen for the Lie

😡📃 2. Wrong Place Wrong Time

3. Set Me Free

4. The Locked Door

5. The Women

Update to Message 22: 6/15