2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

Overview


Total Books Read in 2013 : 12

Yearly Challenges

Dewey Decimal Challenge : 2/12
Every Year Challenge : 2/15
Favorites Challenge : 3/15
Goodreads 100 Challenge : 1/12
History Challenge : 6/10
Lets Turn Pages : 2,474/25,000
Listopia Challenge : 0/20
Members Challenge : 4/12

Quarterly Inspirations

January 1-March 31 : 9/12

Monthly Challenges

January
New Beginnings : 2/2 - COMPLETE

February
History of Civil Rights : 1/2

Dewey Decimal Challenge
Goal: 12
Completed: 3

1. 000-049: The Calgary Public Library: Inspiring Life Stories by Brian Brennan | Rating: 5 stars
2. 150-199: Subliminal or You Are Not So Smart or The Invisible Gorilla or Time Warped
3. 200-249: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
4. 300-349: Reality Is Broken by Jane McGonigal
5. 350-399: The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander by Barbara Coloroso
6. 400-449:
7. 550-599:
8. 600-649: Conundrum by Jan Morris | Rating: 5 stars
9. 650-699: Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
10. 750-799: Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man by Hank Bordowitz
11. 800-849: The Bones Below by Sierra Demulder | Rating: 5 stars
12. 900-949: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Every Year Challenge
Goal: 15
Completed: 2

1999: Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem?
2000: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
2001: Proof by David Auburn OR Sailing Alone Around the Room by Billy Collins
2002: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
2003: Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
2004: Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
2005: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
2006: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2007: Another Life by Peter Anghelides
2008: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne | Rating: 3 stars
2009: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
2010: The Bones Below by Sierra Demulder | Rating: 5 stars
2011: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
2012: Ruins by Orson Scott Card
2013: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Favorites Challenge
Goal: 15
Completed: 4

Category 1: Favorite Weather: Frosty! - 3/5
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O Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat | Rating: 3 stars
S The Bones Below by Sierra Demulder | Rating: 5 stars
T The Treason of Isengard by J.R.R. Tolkien | Rating: 3 stars
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Category 2: Favorite Genre: Science Fiction 1/5
1. Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection by Isaac Asimov | Rating: 5 stars

Category 3: Favorite Author: Agatha Christie 0/5
1. Ruth Rendell
2. Peter Robinson
3. Dorothy L. Sayers
4. Anne Perry
5. Caroline Graham

Goodreads 100 Challenge
Goal: 12 (to have read 30 total)
Completed: 1

Read in 2013:



To Read in 2013?:

(feb) (mar) (apr) (may) (jun) (jul) (aug) (sep) (oct) (nov) (dec)

back up choices:

History Challenge
Goal: 10
Completed: 6

2012: Possible Apocalypse: The Giver by Lois Lowry | Rating: 5 stars
2011: Protests (standing up for beliefs):
2008: Lady Gaga Releases First Album (music): Billy Joel by Hank Bordowitz
2007: iPhone: Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection by Isaac Asimov | Rating: 5 stars
2006: Pluto Demoted (space):
2005: YouTube Launches (sharing, movies, entrepreneurs):
2004: Shamizdat Ceases Publication: The Bones Below by Sierra Demulder | Rating: 5 stars
2003: Amber Alert: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger | Rating: 3 stars
2001: 9/11 (war, soldiers): Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card | Rating: 5 stars
2000: A New Millennium (new beginnings, book with >1000pgs):
1998: Google Founded (Google, searching, learning):
1997: Movie “Titanic” Opens (Titanic, shipwreck, life at sea):
1995: O.J. Simpson Trial: Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie | Rating: 5 stars

Let’s Turn Pages
Goal: 25,000
Completed: 2,474

For the sake of clarity, I'll be using the Goodreads information for number of pages. Where Goodreads doesn't have the information, I will use the number of pages in my edition. If it is an ebook, I'll use the number of pages in a paperback edition.

Listopia Challenge
Goal: 12
Completed: 0

List 1: Best Science Fiction Books
Goal: 4 more (I read 11 previous to 2013)

List 2: Booklist for Trans Youth
Goal: 8 more (I read 12 previous to 2013)

To Read for 2013:

Members Challenge
Goal: 12
Completed: 5

1. Amy: (meaning to read) The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger | Rating: 3 stars
2. April Lyn: (homeless character)
3. Cherise: (sick character) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
4. Georgina: (queen of crime) Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie | Rating: 5 stars
5. Gina: (psychological dilemma)
6. Johanna: (moves/leaves home) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card | Rating: 5 stars
7. Kara: (heteronym) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
8. Kelsi: (non-fiction book/positive change)
9. Lilac: (young adult) The Giver by Lois Lowry | Rating: 5 stars
10. Teresa: (dream destination setting: Vietnam) A Million Shades of Gray by Cynthia Kadohata
12. Toni: (unisex name)
12. Trev: (dislikes/changes name) Conundrum by Jan Morris | Rating: 5 stars

Quarterly Inspirations


January - March: Where You Read
Home 3/3
1. Bedroom (Owls in the Family) 2. Kitchen (Gold) 3. Living Room (419: A Novel)

Outside Home 4/6
1. Hospital (The Treason of Isengard) 2. Bank (Parasite Rex) 3. Work (The Giver)
4. Grandma's House (The Calgary Public Library: Inspiring Life Stories Since 1912)

Vehicle 2/3
1. Dad's Car (The Catcher in the Rye) 2. Train (The Deed of the Monkeys: A Short Story)

January


Twin Read (with Morgan): The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger | 3 stars

New Beginnings
Goal: 2
Completed: 2

1. (new author) The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger | 3 stars
6. (childhood favorite) The Giver by Lois Lowry | 5 stars

Friends with Books January/February Challenge - The Twelve Olympians

February


Group Read: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Buddy Read: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Buddy Read: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card | Rating: 5 stars
Twin Read (with Jack) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne | Rating: 3 stars

History of Civil Rights
Goal: 2
Completed: 1

2. (female heroin) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
3. (LGBT character) Conundrum by Jan Morris | Rating: 5 stars

Friends with Books January/February Challenge - The Twelve Olympians

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Personal Challenges and Challenges from Other Groups


Friends with Books Challenges

100 TBR Challenge - yearly
Trev's 2013 TBR Challenge

January/February: The Twelve Olympians
Goal: God (7)
Completed:5

1. January (Zeus) -- (dying to read) Jane Eyre
2. March (Mars) -- (character deals with a struggle) The Catcher in the Rye | Rating: 3 stars
3. May (Demeter) -- (light/fun read) Boy Meets Boy
4. July (Athena) -- (highly intelligent character) Ender's Game | Rating: 5 stars
5. October (Hephaestus) -- (career choice) The Calgary Public Library | Rating: 5 stars
6. November (Dionysus) -- (favorite read) The Giver | Rating: 5 stars
7. December (Hades) -- (death) Dumb Witness | Rating: 5 stars

365 Picture Books! (or somewhere around there) - Total Picture Books in 2013 Shelf

I'm so excited for this year!