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Welcome Nell, Tammie and Michele
Welcome Tammie
The 50 States Challenge 2026Duration: January 1st 2026 - December 31st 2026
STATE LIST:
1. Alabama
2. Alaska
3. Arizona
4. Arkansas
5. California
6. Colorado
7. Connecticut
8. Delaware
9. Florida
10. Georgia
11. Hawaii
12. Idaho
13. Illinois
14. Indiana
15. Iowa
16. Kansas
17. Kentucky
18. Louisiana
19. Maine
20. Maryland
21. Massachusetts
22. Michigan
23. Minnesota
24. Mississippi
25. Missouri
26. Montana
27. Nebraska
28. Nevada
29. New Hampshire
30. New Jersey
31. New Mexico
32. New York
33. North Carolina
34. North Dakota
35. Ohio
36. Oklahoma
37. Oregon
38. Pennsylvania
39. Rhode Island
40. South Carolina
41. South Dakota
42. Tennessee
43. Texas
44. Utah
45. Vermont
46. Virginia
47. Washington
48. West Virginia
49. Wisconsin
50. Wyoming
Welcome JoAnne
Purge That Pile 2026Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
January
📚 Read a book that is a first in a series.
February
📚 Read a book with a red cover. (Show cover)
March
📚 Read a book with a title that starts with an M.
April
📚 Read a book tagged Humor.
May
📚 Read a book with a MC who is a mother.
June
📚 Read a book with a title that ends in an E.
July
📚 Read a book with a beach on the cover.
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
September
📚 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in LABOUR DAY.
October
📚 Read a book with a pumpkin on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U and last name begins with a consonant.
December
📚 Read a book tagged Holiday
50 States Duration: January 1st 2026 - December 31st 2026
Purge That Pile Duration: January 1st 2026 - December 31st 2026
The 50 States Challenge 2026
Duration: January 1st 2026 - December 31st 2026
Object: Read 50 books - each book set in a different state in America - in one year. Helper: Places The majority of the book has to take place in the state. For example if a character leaves from NYC and goes to London and comes home at the very end to NYC it does not count for New York
There is an open ended challenge for those who just can't get round the states in one year. The 50 States Challenge - Open Ended
STATE LIST:
1. Alabama
2. Alaska
3. Arizona
4. Arkansas
5. California
6. Colorado
7. Connecticut
8. Delaware
9. Florida
10. Georgia
11. Hawaii
12. Idaho
13. Illinois
14. Indiana
15. Iowa
16. Kansas
17. Kentucky
18. Louisiana
19. Maine
20. Maryland
21. Massachusetts
22. Michigan
23. Minnesota
24. Mississippi
25. Missouri
26. Montana
27. Nebraska
28. Nevada
29. New Hampshire
30. New Jersey
31. New Mexico
32. New York
33. North Carolina
34. North Dakota
35. Ohio
36. Oklahoma
37. Oregon
38. Pennsylvania
39. Rhode Island
40. South Carolina
41. South Dakota
42. Tennessee
43. Texas
44. Utah
45. Vermont
46. Virginia
47. Washington
48. West Virginia
49. Wisconsin
50. Wyoming
If you'd like to use an interactive map - make yours http://bighugelabs.com/map.php @ BigHugeLabs.com
Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.
*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge
(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)
Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.
This is a TBR Challenge.
Books chosen for this challenge MUST be from a To Be Read list OR on your ereader OR the pile you have at home. It is up to YOU how the books are related to the theme each month. You may not read ahead BUT if you get behind, you may catch up.
Purge That Pile 2026
Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months
January
📚 Read a book that is a first in a series.
February
📚 Read a book with a red cover. (Show cover)
March
📚 Read a book with a title that starts with an M.
April
📚 Read a book tagged Humor.
May
📚 Read a book with a MC who is a mother.
June
📚 Read a book with a title that ends in an E.
July
📚 Read a book with a beach on the cover.
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
September
📚 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in LABOUR DAY.
October
📚 Read a book with a pumpkin on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U and last name begins with a consonant.
December
📚 Read a book tagged Holiday.
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Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.
*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge
(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)
Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.
FINISHEDGoodness Gracious Great Genres: 0/4+
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
1. Holidays Let It Snow by Heidi Cullinan 12/18/2025
2. Magic
3. Autobiography
4. Historical The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney 12/9/2025
5. Family Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke 12/15/2025
Well done Catsalive
Way to go Ferenc
Ferenc wrote: "I'm missing the Rembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2 badge, finished on December 1st. Could you check it out, please? Thanks!"Sure thing Ferenc sorry about that
Reading The Seasons - WinterDuration: December 21, 2025 - March 20, 2026
Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points
Read: 0/31+
TASKS:
1. Winter Fun
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
-->BONUS: Winter on the cover (show cover)
2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book where you find the letters SNOW in any order in the author's name.
3. Build a snowman.
❄️ Read a book where characters build a snowman.
-->BONUS: Snowman on the cover (show cover).
4. Sit by the fireplace.
❄️ Read a book with a fireplace on the cover (show cover).
5. Hit the slopes.
❄️ Read a book where a character goes skiing or enjoys another outdoor winter sport.
6. Decorate Your Home
❄️ Read a book where a home is decorated for the holidays.
7. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS: A Christmas tree or wreath on the cover.
8. Have a wrapping party.
❄️ Read a book where characters wrap gifts.
-->BONUS: With a gift box on the cover.
9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS: Also by an author you have not read before.
10. Go to a hockey game.
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to a hockey game.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in HOCKEY.
11. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
❄️ Read a book by a black author or from the Christian genre.
12. Make snow ice cream.
❄️ Read a book where a character eats ice cream.
13. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book set in China OR by a Chinese author OR with a horse on the cover (show cover) or in the story.
14. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book set in Pennsylvania.
15. Host an Oscar viewing party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches movies.
-->BONUS: The title begins with a letter in OSCAR (all words count).
16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Ex. Women's Fiction begins with W.
18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published between 12/21/25 and 3/20/26.
20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book you borrowed from the library.
FINISHEDReading the Seasons - Fall
Duration: 22 September 2025 - 21 December 2025
Levels: 21
Fantastic Fall: 31+ points
TASKS:
4. Go to the school book fair.
🌰 Read a book where a character goes to school
Second Form at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton 11/3/2025
🌰 Read a book where a character buys books.
The Book of Candlelight by Ellery Adams 10/26/2025
5. Eat some warm chestnuts.
🌰 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in CHESTNUTS.
Let It Snow by Heidi Cullinan 12/18/2025
7. Host A Halloween Fright Night
🌰 Read a book from the Paranormal genre.
The Halloween Spell by Morgana Best 11/20/2025
It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake 11/2/2025
--->Bonus: The word Halloween is in the title or series name (share series name).
The Halloween Spell by Morgana Best 11/20/2025
11. National Pizza Month (October)
🌰 Read a book where a character eats a pizza.
by Mindy Quigley 9/27/2025--->BONUS: Pizza on the cover (show cover).
by Mindy Quigley 9/27/202512. Eat candy corn
🌰 Read a book where the title is white, yellow or orange (show cover).
by E.B. Wheeler 11/22/2025
by Morgana Best 10/17/202513. Holiday Book in A Series
🌰 Read any Holiday book from a series (share series name). Small Town Minnesota 10/4/2025
Halloween Hayride Murder by Linnea West
--->Bonus: The series name has four or more words.
18. FALL/AUTUMN
🌰 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Fiction
A Baked Ham by Jessica Beck 9/25/2025
Out of Circulation by Miranda James 9/26/2025
Purled and Poisoned by Tracey Drew 9/30/2025
Limoncello Yellow by Traci Andrighetti 10/1/2025
Fiona's Luck by Teresa Bateman 11/29/2025
If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Joffe Numeroff 11/29/2025
Mystery
Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine by Janet Evanovich 10/6/2025
Spelling Mistake by Morgana Best 10/10/2025
The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney 12/9/2025
Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke 12/15/2025
M/M Romance
The Sinner's Son by Aimee Nicole Walker 10/11/2025
The Hate You Drink by N.R. Walker 11/26/2025
Family
Still a Family: A Story about Homelessness by Brenda Reeves Sturgis 11/28/2025
Nonfiction
Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy? by Bonnie Bader 11/28/2025
19. FALL/AUTUMN
🌰 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FALL/AUTUMN.
Tide and Seek by S.C. Wynne 10/20/2025
Unsweetened by Lois Greiman 10/15/2025
First Term at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton 10/23/2025
Tagged by Mara Purnhagen 11/27/2025
Well done Laura Z sorry I will get it straightened
Way to go Michele
Way to go Lali & Michelle.
Well done Lali & Michelle
