Bookish Challenges discussion

This month, four highly anticipated movies are hitting the cinemas or the streaming platforms, each carrying its own distinctive mood: slapstick comedy, chilling suspense, explosive action, tender romance.
To celebrate, our August Mini invites you to pair your reading with the spirit of the big screen. Each round is based on a film released this August, offering three themed prompts that echo its energy, themes, or setting.

Sign-ups are open until September 29th, 2025
The challenge is open until December 31th, 2025

The Challenge

1. Please copy the tasks in the below message and post them in this thread. No new thread will be created.

2. This challenge is for 4 books. Pick one task from each round —for each completed task, you will receive 2 points. Additionally, you will receive 10 points for completing the challenge.

3. There are no skips available for this challenge.

4. Put the completion post below each book completed in your message

Title:
Author:
Date Completed:
Task:
How it fits:

5. If you don't have a personal point account thread yet, please request one.

6. Only books completed from August 21st, 2025, will be accepted

So grab your popcorn, stack your books, and let’s roll the opening credits on a reading adventure where cinema and literature meet. Happy reading!

The Naked Gun (2025 Film) - Released: August 1, 2025
1. Read a satire or comedic mystery
2. Read a novel featuring an accidental (or ridiculous) hero who saves the day by mistake.
3. Read a book that contains in the text the word "owl".

Weapons - Released: August 8, 2025
1. Read a psychological thriller set in a school or academic environment.
2. Read a book with a character named Justine.
3. Read a book with 2, 1 or 7 in the number of pages.

Nobody 2 - Released: August 15, 2025
1. Read a thriller with a reluctant hero.
2. Read a book with a predictable plot.
3. Read a book exploring themes of revenge or the price of violence.

The Map That Leads to You - Released: August 20, 2025
1. Read a book with a main character that has the courage of choosing their own path.
2. Read a romance with hidden truths that test the couple's connection.
3. Read a novel set in Europe centered around travel or personal transformation.

Participants:

The Naked Gun (2025 Film) - Released: August 1, 2025
1. Read a satire or comedic mystery
2. Read a novel featuring an accidental (or ridiculous) hero who saves the day by mistake.
3. Read a book that contains in the text the word "owl".

Weapons - Released: August 8, 2025
1. Read a psychological thriller set in a school or academic environment.
2. Read a book with a character named Justine.
3. Read a book with 2, 1 or 7 in the number of pages.

Nobody 2 - Released: August 15, 2025
1. Read a thriller with a reluctant hero.
2. Read a book with a predictable plot.
3. Read a book exploring themes of revenge or the price of violence.

The Map That Leads to You - Released: August 20, 2025
1. Read a book with a main character that has the courage of choosing their own path.
2. Read a romance with hidden truths that test the couple's connection.
3. Read a novel set in Europe centered around travel or personal transformation

4/4 completed

✔️The Naked Gun (2025 Film) - Released: August 1, 2025
1. Read a satire or comedic mystery
2. Read a novel featuring an accidental (or ridiculous) hero who saves the day by mistake.
3. Read a book that contains in the text the word "owl".
Book: De keizer van Gladness
Author: Ocean Vuong
Pages: 447 p.
Read: 30 august
‘Hoe vind je mijn uilen’’How do you like my owls’ p. 21

✔️Weapons - Released: August 8, 2025
1. Read a psychological thriller set in a school or academic environment.
2. Read a book with a character named Justine.
3. Read a book with 2, 1 or 7 in the number of pages.
Het hoge noorden Ulf Kvensler 22 august 432 p. 2 in page count
✔️Nobody 2 - Released: August 15, 2025
1. Read a thriller with a reluctant hero.
2. Read a book with a predictable plot.
3. Read a book exploring themes of revenge or the price of violence.
Book: Geschiedenis van geweld
Author: Édouard Louis
Pages: 206 p.
Read: 21 august
About the mental price of violence as a victim

✔️The Map That Leads to You - Released: August 20, 2025
1. Read a book with a main character that has the courage of choosing their own path.
2. Read a romance with hidden truths that test the couple's connection.
3. Read a novel set in Europe centered around travel or personal transformation.
Honeymoon Patrick Modiano 27 august 128 p.

The Naked Gun (2025 Film) - Released: August 1, 2025
1. Read a satire or comedic mystery
2. Read a novel featuring an accidental (or ridiculous) hero who saves the day by mistake.
3. Read a book that contains in the text the word "owl".

Weapons - Released: August 8, 2025
1. Read a psychological thriller set in a school or academic environment.
2. Read a book with a character named Justine.
3. Read a book with 2, 1 or 7 in the number of pages.

Nobody 2 - Released: August 15, 2025
1. Read a thriller with a reluctant hero.
2. Read a book with a predictable plot.
3. Read a book exploring themes of revenge or the price of violence.

The Map That Leads to You - Released: August 20, 2025
1. Read a book with a main character that has the courage of choosing their own path.
2. Read a romance with hidden truths that test the couple's connection.
3. Read a novel set in Europe centered around travel or personal transformation

4/4 completed

The Naked Gun (2025 Film) - Released: August 1, 2025
Book: The Gargoyle Gets His Girl
Author: Kristen Painter
Date completed: August 24, 2025
Task: Read a book that contains in the text the word "owl".
How it fits: Pg 48 "...the distant hoot of an OWL and somewhere farther off, music from one of the town's bars..."

Weapons - Released: August 8, 2025
Book: My Double Life
Author: Janette Rallison
Date completed: August 22, 2025
Task: Read a book with 2, 1 or 7 in the number of pages.
How it fits: 242 pages

Nobody 2 - Released: August 15, 2025
Book: Smoke and Mirrors
Author: Cheryl Bradshaw
Date completed: August 26, 2025
Task: Read a book exploring themes of revenge or the price of violence.
How it fits: John Falstaff goes on a murdering spree to seek revenge for the death of his friend, Evan Hall.

The Map That Leads to You - Released: August 20, 2025
Book: A Very Merry Bromance
Author: Lyssa Kay Adams
Date completed: August 23, 2025
Task: Read a book with a main character that has the courage of choosing their own path.
How it fits: Gretchen Winthrop is an heiress to a huge Tennessee Whiskey empire. She wants nothing to do with it. She walks away from her birthright, goes to school and becomes a lawyer, and practices pro bono for immigration law.

August 2025 - Lights, Camera… Read!

✔The Naked Gun (2025 Film) - Released: August 1, 2025
Title: Unraveling the Threads of Fate
Author: Alice Winters
Date Completed: 9/3
Task: 2. Read a novel featuring an accidental (or ridiculous) hero who saves the day by mistake.
How it fits: Alex is an accidental hero, he ends saving a lot of lives.

✔ Weapons - Released: August 8, 2025
Title: Riding Shotgun
Author: Amy Lane
Date Completed: 8/23
Task: 3. Read a book with 2, 1 or 7 in the number of pages.
How it fits: 198 pgs

✔ Nobody 2 - Released: August 15, 2025
Title: The Fire
Author: May Archer
Date Completed: 9/1
Task: 2. Read a book with a predictable plot.
How it fits: It was very obvious the MCs were going to end up together.

✔ The Map That Leads to You - Released: August 20, 2025
Title: Charisma Check
Author: Charlie Novak
Date Completed: 8/28
Task: 3. Read a novel set in Europe centered around travel or personal transformation.
How it fits: Set in the UK and the MCs travel and undergo personal transformation related to their relationship and jobs.

Finished!!

3/4 books

The Naked Gun (2025 Film) - Released: August 1, 2025
1. Read a satire or comedic mystery
2. Read a novel featuring an accidental (or ridiculous) hero who saves the day by mistake.
3. Read a book that contains in the text the word "owl".
Title:
Author:
Date Completed:
Task:
How it fits:

Weapons - Released: August 8, 2025
1. Read a psychological thriller set in a school or academic environment.
2. Read a book with a character named Justine.
3. Read a book with 2, 1 or 7 in the number of pages.
Title: The Heights
Author: Louise Candlish
Date Completed: 22/08/25
Task: 1
How it fits: A top student is asked to take a new kid at school whose fostered under his wing but it ends tragically.


Nobody 2 - Released: August 15, 2025
1. Read a thriller with a reluctant hero.
2. Read a book with a predictable plot.
3. Read a book exploring themes of revenge or the price of violence.
Title: The Marriage
Author: K.L. Slater
Date Completed: 24/08/25
Task: 3
How it fits: Jesse dies because of his best friend hits him and his mother is accused of seeking revenge.


The Map That Leads to You - Released: August 20, 2025
1. Read a book with a main character that has the courage of choosing their own path.
2. Read a romance with hidden truths that test the couple's connection.
3. Read a novel set in Europe centered around travel or personal transformation.
Title: The White Crow
Author: Michael Robotham
Date Completed: 05/09/25
Task: 1
How it fits: A white crow is another term for black sheep. Philomena McCarthy, the daughter of London’s most notorious mob boss, is a police officer.

2/4

The Naked Gun (2025 Film) - Released: August 1, 2025
1. Read a satire or comedic mystery
2. Read a novel featuring an accidental (or ridiculous) hero who saves the day by mistake.
3. Read a book that contains in the text the word "owl".

Weapons - Released: August 8, 2025
3. Read a book with 2, 1 or 7 in the number of pages.
Our Dear Miss H. Is on the Case by Violet Marsh August 24 - 352 pages

Nobody 2 - Released: August 15, 2025
1. Read a thriller with a reluctant hero.
2. Read a book with a predictable plot.
3. Read a book exploring themes of revenge or the price of violence.

The Map That Leads to You - Released: August 20, 2025
2. Read a romance with hidden truths that test the couple's connection.
Sense and Suitability by Pepper Basham September 2 - FMC's hidden profession tests the couple's connection

4/4

✔ The Naked Gun (2025 Film) - Released: August 1, 2025
1. Read a satire or comedic mystery
2. Read a novel featuring an accidental (or ridiculous) hero who saves the day by mistake.
3. Read a book that contains in the text the word "owl".
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (29 Ags)

"How to whittle an owl and a bear and a fox’s head."

✔ Weapons - Released: August 8, 2025
1. Read a psychological thriller set in a school or academic environment.
2. Read a book with a character named Justine.
3. Read a book with 2, 1 or 7 in the number of pages.
Hargai Diri Sendiri dan Berhentilah Tersakiti by Yoo Eun-jung (27 Ags) － 224 pages

✔ Nobody 2 - Released: August 15, 2025
1. Read a thriller with a reluctant hero.
2. Read a book with a predictable plot.
Thirst by Varsha Bajaj (5 Sep) － the ending is predictable, where the bad guy is caught and the MC live happily and looks forward for a better future
3. Read a book exploring themes of revenge or the price of violence.

✔ The Map That Leads to You - Released: August 20, 2025
1. Read a book with a main character that has the courage of choosing their own path.
2. Read a romance with hidden truths that test the couple's connection.
Zero Gravity 2 by Azuki Ryo (5 Sep) － 3 best friends with a couple between them, and the accident in the past made their relationship complicated. The truth was revealed in this book.
3. Read a novel set in Europe centered around travel or personal transformation

1/4 completed

The Naked Gun (2025 Film) - Released: August 1, 2025
1. Read a satire or comedic mystery
2. Read a novel featuring an accidental (or ridiculous) hero who saves the day by mistake.
3. Read a book that contains in the text the word "owl".

✓ Weapons - Released: August 8, 2025
1. Read a psychological thriller set in a school or academic environment.
2. Read a book with a character named Justine.
3. Read a book with 2, 1 or 7 in the number of pages. - I Who Have Never Known Men, Jacqueline Harpman, finished 30-Aug. 208 pages.

Nobody 2 - Released: August 15, 2025
1. Read a thriller with a reluctant hero.
2. Read a book with a predictable plot.
3. Read a book exploring themes of revenge or the price of violence.

The Map That Leads to You - Released: August 20, 2025
1. Read a book with a main character that has the courage of choosing their own path.
2. Read a romance with hidden truths that test the couple's connection.
3. Read a novel set in Europe centered around travel or personal transformation.