2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

This is where I will keep track of all my challenges -

**Challenge updated from 24 books in 2014 to 30 books on the 11th September**

12265/10,000 pages Complete!

34/30 books. Complete!

1. The Secret History by Donna Tartt - 5*
2. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - 4*
3. Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch - 5*
4. The Deja Vu Experiment by J.G. Renato - 3*
5. Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman and Nancy Freedman - 5*
6. Wake: A Novel by Anna Hope - 5*
7. The Fixer by T.E. Woods - 4*
8. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - 5*
9. The Blackheath Séance Parlour by Alan Williams - 5*
10. The Moon Field by Judith Allnatt - 4*
11. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez - 3*
12. City of the Sun by Juliana Maio - 3*
13. Paper Towns by John Green - 4*
14. The Gatekeeper by Kim Watts - 5*
15. The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh - 4*
16. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor - 4*
17. Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann - 5*
18. The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen Corasanti - 5*
19. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami - 4*
20. The Red Hot Fix by T.E. Woods - 3*
21. The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story by R.J. Palacio - 4*
22. Mr Mercedes by Stephen King - 4*
23. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett - 5*
24. Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge - 4*
25. A Place of Execution by Val McDermid - 5*
26. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - 5*
27. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart - 4*
28. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess - 5*
29. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant - 5*
30. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin - 5*
31. The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti - 3*
32. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare - 3*
33. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey - 4*
34. I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes - 4*

January - Let it snow Mini challenge - For those of us living in cold, northern climates during this time of year, it can be very snowy indeed. Let's do a snow-inspired challenge!

1. Let it Snow! is a song written in 1945. Read a book written in the 1940s.

2. Whiteout. A whiteout is a weather condition where visibility is severely reduced due to snow. Read a book with a predominantly white cover. - DONE -

3. All snowflakes have six sides. Read a book with the number 6 in its page number. (For example, The Golem and the Jinni has 486 pages.) - DONE - - 629 pages

4. Is winter over yet? Read a long book (a book with 500 or more pages) - DONE - - 630 pages

I signed up for 2. 1 is done, 1 more to go.
**UPDATE** I decided to increase my target to 3, and read one more book for this challenge.

3/3

Challenge Completed! :)

The 2014 Goodreads Choice Award Challenge.

I'm going to try and read 4 new releases this year. I'm not sure of exactly what they will be yet. But they'll likely be taken from some of the following categories -

Fiction
Mystery and Thriller
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Horror
YA Fiction
YA Fantasy
Nonfiction

0/4

1.I have read The Deja Vu Experiment by J.G. Renato - Which is a non-fiction book published this year

2. The second book I have read for this challenge is Wake: A Novel by Anna Hope - Which is a historical fiction book published in January 2014

3. For this challenge I have now read The Moon Field by Judith Allnatt which I am classing as my Fiction read. And it was published in Feb 2014.

4. I just read The Gatekeeper by Kim Watts. It was a truly brilliant book and was only published last month. I am counting it as my YA Fantasy read for this challenge

4/4 - Challenge Complete :)

Monthly Group Reads Challenge.


I have decided to Challenge myself to participate in at least 4 of this years Monthly group reads.

1. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

1/4

Good luck with your challenges Ian. I love the challenges and seeing where the books I read fit in with them.

Thanks Jodi!

Yay Ian! I'm so glad you decided to keep track!

I've slacked on mine, time to go do that..

Thanks Brian! Only just saw your post! :)

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME MINI CHALLENGE

I signed up for 2 :)

1. Read a book set in a place that currently uses daylight savings time.

2. Read a book set in a place that does not currently use daylight savings time.

3. Daylight savings time was first implemented in 1916. Read a book that takes place before 1916.

4. Daylight savings time was first proposed by a man named George Veronon Hudson. Read a book by an author who shares an initial with George Vernon Hudson.

This mini challenge was a total fail as I didn't finish a single book in March!

#Readwomen 2nd quarter challenge Running April 1st to Dec

Goal = to read 5 books by female authors who I have not read before.

1) City of the Sun by Juliana Maio - 3*

2) The Gatekeeper by Kim Watts - 5*

3) The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh - 4*

4) Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor - 4*

5) Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann - 5*

5/5 complete!

Also as I often don't write reviews I am going to challenge myself to write reviews for at least 15 books this year!

1. Red Seas Under Red Skies - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2. The Deja Vu Experiment - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3. Mrs. Mike - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4. Wake: A Novel - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5. The Fixer - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

6. The Blackheath Séance Parlour - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

7. The Moon Field - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

8. City of the Sun - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

9. The Gatekeeper - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

10. The Weight of Blood - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

11. The Almond Tree - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

12. The Red Hot Fix - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

13. The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

14. Mr Mercedes - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

15. Eeny Meeny - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


15/15

FOURTH QUARTER CHALLENGE: Quick ReadsDuration: October 1 - December 31, 2014. Read books that are 200 pages or less.

I have signed up for 3 books for this challenge :)

1. A Clockwork Orange - 148 pages

2. Giovanni's Room - 180 pages

2/3

The TBR Randomiser Challenge.


#7 Valley of the Dolls
#18 State of Wonder
#26 Red Seas Under Red Skies
#44 The Boy Who Dared
#57 The Red Tent
#71 Daughter of Smoke & Bone
#76 Mrs. Mike
#122 A Place Of Execution

8/8 complete