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WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
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WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
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WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
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WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
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HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
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BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
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EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. T
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WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
0/5
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
0/5
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
0/5
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
0/5
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
0/5
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
0/1
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. T
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026: COMPLETEWho? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
★WHO★
★Protagonist is a baker Whiskers and Whipped Cream 1/1
★Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) Through Gates of Garnet and Gold 13/1 (ghost)
★A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend When Halos and Horns Collide 2/1
★Protagonist is a mother or father Fraught 4/1
★A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time 3/1
★WHAT★
★Supernatural element in the title Dragon's Nest 18/1
★Proper name in the title The Unlucky Mister Locke 13/1
★Title starts with any letter in your last name And Another Thing... 2/1
★Holiday in the title A Polar Bear for Christmas 2/1
★Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.) Tree of Aeons 5 12/1
★WHERE★
★Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S Lost 20/2 (Dreary)
★Set in a small town The Weirdstone of Brisingamen 6/1
★Set in a New England state Born 16/4
★On vacation Snowed in with Death 23/3
★Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 25/1 (Poland and Germany)
★WHEN★
★Set during a holiday The Christmasaurus and the Naughty List 8/1
★Set in the 1900s The Invisible Man 7/1
★Set during summer Five Children and It 10/1
★Set during fall Villains Academy 28/2
★Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story) The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch 8/1
★HOW★
★Strangled So Pathetic 4/2
★Stabbed New Orleans Magic 10/1
★Shot Hereticus 9/1
★Poisoned The Thirteen Problems 5/1
★Blunt Instrument The Infernus Gate 18/1
★BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE★
★WHO – Protagonist is married Nightmare at the North Pole 7/1
★WHAT – Title is at least seven words 4 Years Trapped in My Mind Palace 5/1
★WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live Tree of Aeons 6 20/1
★WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story) Anaheim 2/2
★HOW – Accident America: A Divine Dungeon Series 6/2
★EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE★
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Feb 3 2026 "Libra, intimacy, trust, and emotional exchange are being renegotiated. You may be reflecting on where you’ve overcompromised in order to preserve harmony.
Perhaps you’ve given access to those who were not equipped to honor it. Today brings an opportunity to redefine vulnerability on your terms. You are learning that openness does not require self-betrayal. True connection arises when both parties are sovereign."
Rocked to Death 25/2
(Due to decisions made in the past MC felt that what happened to their brothers after their parents death was their fault and this has left them unable to be vulnerable with them or even willing to try and make ties with a romantic partner. Learning that it not their fault and to open up both with potential partner and brothers.)
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker:
💚Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving 16 Jan (ghost)
💚A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
The Door-to-Door Bookstore Carsten Henn 5 Mar
💚Protagonist is a mother or father
Passing Nella Larsen 12 May
💚A Character who works with books or writes
The Heartbeat Library Laura Imai Messina 22 Apr
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
💚Title starts with any letter in your last name
Emily of New Moon L.M. Montgomery 22 Mar
💚Holiday in the title
A Cat Café Christmas Codi Gary 19 Mar
💚Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight: Wolfe, Thompson, Didion, Capote, and the New Journalism Revolution Marc Weingarten 31 Mar
WHERE
💚Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
True to Form Elizabeth Berg 25 Feb (St Louis)
💚Set in a small town
The Starfish Sisters Barbara O'Neal 12 Jan
💚Set in a New England state
The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 19 Apr
💚On vacation
Earthlings Sayaka Murata 21 May
💚Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
The Safekeep Yael van der Wouden 31 Jan (the Netherlands)
WHEN
💚Set during a holiday:
Small Things Like These Claire Keegan 24 Apr
💚Set in the 1900s
The Secret Garden: The Original 1911 Unabridged and Complete Edition Frances Hodgson Burnett 13 Feb
💚Set during summer
Tom Lake Ann Patchett 25 Jan
Set during fall
💚Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
The Ice Palace Tarjei Vesaas 1 Mar
✔️HOW
💚Strangled:
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir Griffin Dunne 15 Feb
💚Stabbed:
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway 30 Mar
💚Shot:
Great Circle Maggie Shipstead 11 Apr
💚Poisoned:
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath 18 Jan
💚Blunt Instrument:
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson 13 March
✔️BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
💚WHO – Protagonist is married
A Month in the Country J.L. Carr 31 Mar
💚WHAT – Title is at least seven words
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Fredrik Backman 15 Mar
💚WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
Plainsong Kent Haruf 7 Feb
💚WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
First Lie Wins Ashley Elston 7 Mar
💚HOW – Accident
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Alison Bechdel 23 Jan
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Reporter Challenge 2026Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category): Finished 2/3/26
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category): Finished 3/7/26
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost): High Marks for Murder by Rebecca Kent (1/22/26)
A Side Character who is kooky: Harriet Farewell by Margaret Erskine (4/8/26)
Protagonist is a mother or father: Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense by Sarah Weinman, ed (2/18/26)
A Character who works with books or writes: The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham's Casebook by Roger Sheringham (2/28/26)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title: Aristotle Detective by Margaret Doody (2/3/26)
Title starts with any letter in your last name (A): A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Manda Collins (3/7/26)
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S: The Evil That Men Do; the Cat Who Could Read Backwards; No Peace for the Wicked The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun [fictional town of Pickax] (5/21/26)
Set in a small town: A Death for a Double by E. X. Giroux (2/7/26)
Set in a New England state: Old Bones by Herman Petersen (1/20/26)
On vacation: Treasure of Hemlock Mountain by Virginia Frances Voight (4/11/26)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England): The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sherlock Holmes and the Great War by Simon Guerrier (2/7/26)
WHEN
Set during a holiday: Murder by Plum Pudding: A Ginger Gold Mystery, Book 11 by Lee Strauss (4/22/26)
Set in the 1900s: Masterpieces of Mystery: Amateurs and Professionals selected by Ellery Queen (1/31/26)
Set during summer: Shadows Before by Dorothy Bowers (1/18/26)
Set during fall: Dead Man's Mirror by Agatha Christie (4/11/26)
Set during a snow storm : Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh (4/4/26)
HOW
Strangled: A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie (1/25/26)
Stabbed: Death on the Slopes by Norma Schier (1/9/26)
Shot: The Division Bell Mystery by Ellen Wilkinson (1/12/26)
Poisoned: Don Among the Dead Men by C. E. Vulliamy (1/7/26)
Blunt Instrument
Murder Enters the Picture
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married: by Willetta Ann Barber & R. F. Schabelitz (3/20/26)
WHAT – Title is at least seven words: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sherlock Holmes and the Great War by Simon Guerrier (2/7/26)
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/2/26)
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
2026 Reporter Challenge11/30 completed
WHO
Protagonist is a baker:
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.):
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend:
Protagonist is a mother or father:
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk):
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title:
Proper name in the title: Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman - 1/2/26
Title starts with any letter in your last name: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston - 1/21/26
Holiday in the title: How the Hitman Stole Christmas by Katie Reus - 4/3/26
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.):
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S: Freaky Ways by Amanda M. Lee (Phoenix) - 2/14/26
Set in a small town: At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber - 1/27/26
Set in a New England state: Great Balls of Fury by Annabel Chase (Maryland) - 1/20/26
On vacation:
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England):
WHEN
Set during a holiday:
Set in the 1900s: The Bride Wore White by Amanda Quick - 3/27/26
Set during summer:
Set during fall: The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling - 4/2/26
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story):
HOW
Strangled:
Stabbed: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie - 3/18/26
Shot: Double Wide by Gretchen Archer - 1/19/26
Poisoned: A Proposal to Die For by Molly Harper - 2/4/26
Blunt Instrument:
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married: Till Death Do Us Tart by Ellie Alexander - 3/25/26
WHAT – Title is at least seven words:
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live:
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story):
HOW – Accident:
2026 Reporter's Challenge0/25
WHO
1 Protagonist is a baker
2 Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
3 A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
4 Protagonist is a mother or father
5 A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
6 Supernatural element in the title
7 Proper name in the title
8 Title starts with any letter in your last name
9 Holiday in the title
10 Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
11 Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
12 Set in a small town
13 Set in a New England state
14 On vacation
15 Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
16 Set during a holiday
17 Set in the 1900s
18 Set during summer
19 Set during fall
20 Set during a snow storm
HOW
21 Strangled
22 Stabbed
23 Shot
24 Poisoned A Christmas Candy Killing Christina Romeril 2/1
25 Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
26 WHO – Protagonist is married
27 WHAT – Title is at least seven words
28 WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
29 WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
30 HOW – Accident
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Duration: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2026
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
00/31 Completed
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 20261st January, 2026 - 31st December, 2026
1/31
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
2. Stabbed - The Guest List by Lucy Foley 05/03 ⭐⭐⭐
Strangled
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
I love this challenge! Completed April 11, 2026!
✔WHO
🎧1. Protagonist is a baker - The Kindred Warrior's Captive Bride 3/15/26
🎧2. Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) - Dark and Light 2/12/26
📚3. A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend - A Shop Girl's Guide to Wooing a Lord 1/9/26
📚4. Protagonist is a mother or father - First Impressions
📚5. A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) - book:Banned Book Club|51056298] 1/28/26
✔WHAT
📚6. Supernatural element in the title - Vampire Lover 2/15/26
🎧7. Proper name in the title - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 1/7/26
📚8. Title starts with any letter in your last name - A Match, Unmasked 1/5/26
📚9. Holiday in the title - His Wicked Little Christmas: A Steamy Short Story Holiday Collection 1/15/26
🎧10. Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.) - Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder 4/6/26
✔WHERE
📚11. Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S - it was set in Doyle Grange - A Dance in Moonlight 2/3/26
📚12. Set in a small town - Almost Summer
🎧13. Set in a New England state - Love, Theoretically
📚14. On vacation - Nutcracker with Benefits 2/9/26
🎧15. Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) - Lost on Oblivion 1/1/26
✔WHEN
🎧16. Set during a holiday - The Gift 1/13/26 2022
🎧17. Set in the 1900s - Jazz 1/24/26
📚18. Set during summer - Northranger: A Modern Graphic Novel Retelling of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey 2/9/26
📚19. Set during fall - The Black Beast of Belleterre 3/4/26
🎧20. Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story) - The Crash 1/10/26
✔HOW
🎧21. Strangled - The Last Murder at the End of the World 2/4/26
🎧22. Stabbed - Finding His Goddess 1/10/26
📚23. Shot - The Pirate's Tempting Stowaway 1/4/25
🎧24. Poisoned - Healing Her Patient 1/15/26 2021
🎧25. Blunt Instrument - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession 1/17/26
✔BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
📚26. WHO – Protagonist is married - The Duke's Accidental Wife 1/5/26
📚27. WHAT – Title is at least seven words - I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com 2/14/26
📚28. WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live - Game of Rogues: A Novel 3/1/26
📚29. WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story) - The Best Husband Money Can Buy 4/7/26
📚30. HOW – Accident - This Place Kills Me 1/28/26
✔31. EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
4/3/26
Refusing to budge? You may not be ready to reexamine a conviction as the moon and Mercury clash.
For now, continue to mull the matter over. Meditate on what feels uncomfortable. A revelation or conversation in the early afternoon might finally push you to change your mind.
🎧First-Time Caller 4/11/26
Aiden the main character refuses to fall in love until the very end.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026Level: Nobel Prize for Literature!
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
✔Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (1/9)
✔A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1/31)
✔Protagonist is a mother or father Too Old for This by Samantha Downing (2/1)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
✔Title starts with any letter in your last name Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (1/25)
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
✔Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith (1/27)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
✔Blunt Instrument Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch (1/6)
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
✔WHO – Protagonist is married Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (1/14)
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
News Anchor 15/15 DONE(I'll keep going to see if I manage all of them though)
WHO (4/5)
Protagonist is a baker
✅ Any Character who is a dead person Rubinrot (Percy Pimplebottom, Ghost)
✅ A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend Dungeon Crawler Carl
✅ Protagonist is a mother or father The Sirens
✅ A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) Linger
WHAT (4/5)
✅ Supernatural element in the title (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) Gespensterzentrale: Das Rätsel der Zeitreise
✅ Proper name in the title The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
✅ Title starts with any letter in your last name Bezwungen
Holiday in the title
✅Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.) Little Red Death
WHERE (4/5)
✅Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S Der Sternenstaubdieb (Dhyme)
✅Set in a small town Leberkäsjunkie
Set in a New England state
✅ On vacation Two Can Play
✅ Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) HEN NA IE - Das seltsame Haus (Japan)
WHEN (3/5)
Set during a holiday
✅Set in the 1900s Die Namen (starts 1987)
✅ Set during summer Silent Secrets
✅ Set during fall Shiver
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW (5/5)
✅ Strangled Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
✅ Stabbed My Life as a Serial Killer
✅ Shot Zersplittert
✅ Poisoned A Million Stars Above
✅ Blunt Instrument HEN NA E - Seltsame Bilder (stone)
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
✅ WHO – Protagonist is married Die Umarmung des Todes
✅ WHAT – Title is at least seven words Es gibt ein Sterben nach dem Tod: Eine Karma-Krimödie
✅ WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live The Book Witch
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Is foreign a fixed category and does not have to be England or America or does it change for the person reading the book? (I'm from neither of those so for me they ARE foreign) :)
Level: news anchor/editorProgress: 0/20
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
I'm in! This sounds like a lot of fun!Progress: 31/31
WHO 5/5
Protagonist is a baker Recipe for Trouble: A grumpy/sunshine queer MM romantic comedy by Dylan Morrison 358 pages
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) Alchemised by SenLinYu 1030 pages
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend My Friends by Fredrik Backman 435 pages
Protagonist is a mother or father The Lemon Sisters by Jill Shalvis 310 pages
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney 342 pages
WHAT 5/5
Supernatural element in the title The Angels of Lockhart by Thomas Wiley 02/24
Proper name in the title Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 01/02
Title starts with any letter in your last name Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston 01/05
Holiday in the title Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore 02/18 - 02/19
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.) You’ve Lost That Livin’ Feelin’ by Nicholas George 256 pages
WHERE 5/5
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S The Pucking Wrong Number by C.R. Jane 01/26 - Dallas
Set in a small town The Wild Card: A Novel by Carolyn Brown 01/01
Set in a New England state Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson 385 pages
On vacation The Summer That Changed Everything by Brenda Novak 368 pages
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 546 pages
WHEN 5/5
Set during a holiday Gracie Jenkins Runs a Marathon by Penny Mirren 345 pages
Set in the 1900s The Sower of Black Field: Inspired by the True Story of an American in Nazi Germany by Katherine Koch 330 pages
Set during summer Winner Takes All by Emily Martin 01/03
Set during fall Single Dad Dilemma by Karla Sorensen 347 pages
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story) I Will Always Love You (Maybe) by Dana Hawkins 01/16
HOW 4/5
Strangled A Killer's Mind by Mike Omer 380 pages
Stabbed https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... 01/29
Shot Margot's Secret by Roberta Kagan 286 pages - 01/11
Poisoned The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson 333 pages - 01/27
Blunt Instrument
The Pitch That Killed: Carl Mays, Ray Chapman and the Pennant Race of 1920 by Mike Sowell 350 pages - 4/23
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE 5/5
WHO – Protagonist is married Wanting Daisy Dead by Sue Watson 315 pages
WHAT – Title is at least seven words College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight by Shawn Cohen 251 pages
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live The Storm by Rachel Hawkins 304 pages
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story) The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia 341 pages
HOW – Accident 11 Paper Hearts by Kelsey Hartwell 320 pages
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2/2
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever) Jan 30, 2026 - More than likely there was at least one time in your life in which you felt like the ugly ducking, Capricorn. Perhaps this had something to do with your weight. Whether this feeling of insecurity or self-consciousness was self-imposed or not, it’s time to rid yourself of such thoughts and feelings. Today is a day to love every bit of yourself. Have pride in your body inside and out.
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope. Say My Name by Jenika Snow 272 pages
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
I did it a few years ago - I'll give it a whirl again :-)
TCF REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026 (10/30)Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
✓Protagonist is a mother or father: Not Our Daughter by Chad Zunker (finished 3/5)
✓A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk): In the Midnight Rain by Barbara O'Neal (finished 2/25)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
✓Proper name in the title: The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell (finished 1/31)
✓Title starts with any letter in your last name: Isola by Allegra Goodman (finished 5/26)
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
✓Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S: Sinful, Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon (finished 4/2)
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
✓Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England): White Stallion of Lipizza by Marguerite Henry (finished 4/1)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
✓Set in the 1900s: Cuban Missile Crisis: A History From Beginning to End by Stephan Weaver (finished 4/27)
Set during summer
Set during fall
✓Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story): Cruel Winter with You by Ali Hazelwood (finished 2/5)
HOW
Strangled
✓Stabbed: Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida by Gilbert King (finished 4/9/2026)
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
✓WHAT – Title is at least seven words: . . . If You Grew Up with George Washington by Ruth Belov Gross (finished 2/4)
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
Hi! This sounds fun! Please sign me up for the new anchor/editor, thanks!Happy New Year
Fallon
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category) + Bonuses
Completed: 0/31
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
TCF REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Read:
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books??
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
🔪Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
🔪Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
🔪News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
🔪Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) - The Haunting of Paynes Hollow
🔪A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend - Naked in Death - Mavis
🔪Protagonist is a mother or father - The Trapped Ones
🔪A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) - Her Frozen Heart - Liam's girlfriend Caitlin is a reporter
WHAT
🔪Supernatural element in the title - The Astral Library
Proper name in the title
🔪Title starts with any letter in your last name - Arctic Rescue: A K-9 Alaska Christian Inspirational Suspense Romance
🔪Holiday in the title - The Christmas You Found Me
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
🔪Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S - Her Deadly 🔪Touch - Denton
🔪Set in a small town - The Sailor
🔪Set in a New England state - The Soldier
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
🔪Set during a holiday - Clued in to Love
🔪Set in the 1900s - Atmosphere 1981-84
🔪Set during summer - Her Last Tear -July
Set during fall
🔪Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story) - Arctic Rescue: A K-9 Alaska Christian Inspirational Suspense Romance
HOW
🔪Strangled - Stolen Mothers
🔪Stabbed - What Angels Fear
🔪Shot - Then Came You
🔪Poisoned - Home at Night
🔪Blunt Instrument - - Stolen in Death
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married - Watch Her Disappear
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026Duration Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2026
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven 01/22/2026
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander 01/27/2026
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Beth Is Dead by Katie Bernet 02/27/2026
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Twice by Mitch Albom 01/01/2026
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
No Roast for the Weary by Cleo Coyle 03/20/2026
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
The Girl Who Reads on the Métro by Christine Féret-Fleury 02/02/2026
Set in a small town
The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala by Laura DiSilverio 01/29/2026
Set in a New England state
Sandwich by Catherine Newman 02/08/2026
On vacation
Christmas in New York by Zoë Folbigg 01/14/2026
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon 01/01/2026
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Recommended for You by Laura Silverman 02/06/2026
Set in the 1900s
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 02/07/2026
Set during summer
Set during fall
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore 02/22/2026
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 01/08/2026
Poisoned
The Exes by Leodora Darlington 02/20/2026
Blunt Instrument
Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino 01/02/2026
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
In Her Defense by Philippa Malicka 03/09/2026
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Kracht 02/23/2026
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
Ellie wrote: "REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 fro..."
I just want to make sure I am not reading this incorrectly... is it for Jan 2026 to Dec 2026 or is it actually for the year 2025 and I missed the challenge?
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books5/31
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Task: Strangled
Book: Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Pages: 342
Date Read: 02/25/2026
How it fits: The FMC is strangled toward the end of the book by someone that thought they were stronger than her.
Task: Stabbed
Book: Garron Park by Nordika Night
Pages: 308
Date Read: 04/18/2026
How it fits: One of the MMC’s is stabbed by his father.
Task: Shot
Book: The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
Pages: 311
Date Read: 02/12/2026
How it fits:Someone in the story gets shot. Without spoilers, it is the husband of the woman the FMC is trying to help.
Task: Poisoned
Book: Kingdom of Claw by Demi Winters
Pages: 586
Date Read: 02/12/2026
How it fits: One of the FMC poisons someone to gain access to their belongings. The person is not killed.
Task: Blunt Instrument
Book: Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
Pages: 392
Date Read: 01/09/2026
How it fits: The FMC is smacked on the head by someone and spends the entire book trying to figure out who before she dies from it.
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
0/31
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 20261st January, 2025 - 31st December, 2025
0/31
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026
Amanda's Progress:
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WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
0/5
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
0/5
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
0/5
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
0/5
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
0/5
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
0/1
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. T
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
Completed: 1/31
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned: Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco - Finished: 2/4
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
TCF REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026 (0/30)Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
The Challenge Factory2026 Reporter's Challenge
Duration: 3/1/2026 - 2/28/2027
Progress: 0 out of 31
Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!
Rosaline's REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
Progress: 24/31
👩🏻🦱 WHO (4/5)
➡️Protagonist is a baker:
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake ~ CR
✅Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.):
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil ~ Apr 18
✅A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
A Court of Mist and Fury ~ May 14
✅Protagonist is a mother or father
Broken Country ~ Mar 09
✅A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
Daisy Jones & The Six ~ Feb 25
👀 WHAT (4/5)
✅Supernatural element in the title
The Familiar ~ Jan 22
✅Proper name in the title
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo ~ Apr 1
✅Title starts with any letter in your last name
The Road of Bones ~ Apr 26
✅Holiday in the title
Naughty Little Christmas ~ May 9
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
Hell Bent
or A Study in Scarlet Women
or All Rhodes Lead Here
🌅 WHERE (4/5)
✅Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
The Golden Enclaves ~ Mar 11
✅Set in a small town:
Halfway to the Grave ~ Feb 20
✅Set in a New England state:
Book of Night ~ Feb 11
➡️On vacation
Destined for an Early Grave ~ CR
✅Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England):
The Lost Girl ~ Mar 06
⏱️ WHEN (3/5)
✅Set during a holiday (Christmas)
Little House in the Big Woods ~ May 13
✅Set in the 1900s:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles ~ May 12
Set during summer
Set during fall
✅Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story):
Kingdom of Ash ~ Mar 15
🗡️
✅Strangled
We Don't Talk About Carol ~ Apr 15
✅Stabbed
At Grave's End ~ Mar 26
✅Shot:
One Foot in the Grave ~ Mar 04
✅Poisoned:
We Already Dug the Grave ~ Mar 17
✅Blunt Instrument
If We Were Villains by ~ Apr 12
🪙
✅WHO – Protagonist is married
The Secret Book Society by ~ May 06
✅WHAT – Title is at least seven words
The Serpent and the Wings of Night ~ Jan 29
✅WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
A Court of Thorns and Roses ~ Apr 30
✅WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story):
Be Good Be Real Be Crazy ~ Mar 02
✅HOW – Accident
Cam Girl ~ Jan 16
🪙🪙 EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
I'm in!WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
✅Strangled:
The Night of the Crash by Jessica Irena Smith - 5/8
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
2026 Reporter ChallengeJanuary 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
Finished!
31/31
WHO
✔️Protagonist is a baker If It Makes You Happy March 4
✔️Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) House of Flame and Shadow February 27
✔️A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend Project Hail Mary February 7
✔️Protagonist is a mother or father Never Not Yours January 14
✔️A Character who works with books or writes The Rom-Commers April 5
WHAT
✔️Supernatural element in the title A Sorceress Comes to Call March 8
✔️Proper name in the title I Am Not Jessica Chen January 22
✔️Title starts with any letter in your last name The Naturals January 26
✔️Holiday in the title You Make It Feel Like Christmas January 31
✔️Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.) Miranda in Retrograde January 29
WHERE
✔️Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S Ten Things I Love About Her: An AgeGap Sapphic Romance January 27
✔️Set in a small town The Cinnamon Bun Book Store January 28
✔️Set in a New England state It Ends with Us February 2
✔️On vacation The Bridesmaid April 7
✔️Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) My Friends January 8
WHEN
✔️Set during a holiday Yule Be Mine March 26
✔️Set in the 1900s Atmosphere January 4
✔️Set during summer One Golden Summer March 17
✔️Set during fall Falling for the Fake Lumberjack January 29
✔️Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story) Royally Rugged January 17
HOW
✔️Strangled What the Wife Knew April 15
✔️Stabbed Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder February 4
✔️Shot Lie Lie Truth February 12
✔️Poisoned Overtake February 21
✔️Blunt Instrument Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore March 13
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
✔️WHO – Protagonist is married The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry March 1
✔️WHAT – Title is at least seven words Is She Really Going Out with Him? February 10
✔️WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live Welcome to Seabury February 24
✔️WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story) Two Can Play Mary 17
✔️HOW – Accident Sweet Beginnings February 11
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
✔Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
May 3, 2026 "Receiving unsettling news? You can’t ignore what has been revealed as the moon clashes with Uranus."
Olive Kitteridge May 19
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:January 1st, 2026 to December 31, 2026
Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Editor: 20 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
✔A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
Sight Lines ✔ Done
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
✔Title starts with any letter in your last name The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance
Holiday in the title
✔Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.) Year of the Root: Stories of this Grounded Life in Poetry
WHERE
✔Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S Blackouts
✔Set in a small town The Institute
Set in a New England state
On vacation
✔Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) The Lion Women of Tehran
WHEN
Set during a holiday
✔ Set in the 1900s Paraplyen
✔Set during summer Sommerløgne
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
✔Shot Play Dead
✔Poisoned Et mord for meget
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
✔WHO – Protagonist is married Hver gang du trækker vejret, indånder du støvet fra vores knogler
✔WHAT – Title is at least seven words That Time I Accidentally Became A Serial Killer
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!