2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

40+ Books with Becca
Progress: 43/40+

Books read so far
1. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness ✮✮✮☆☆
2. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie ✮✮✮☆☆
3. Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory ✮✮✮✮☆
4. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie ✮✮✮☆☆
5. Henry V by Andrew Matthews ✮✮✮✮☆
6. The Art of War by Kelly Roman ✮✮✮✮☆
7. Liar by Justine Larbalestier ✮✮☆☆☆
8. Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story by Ashley Marie Witter ✮✮✮✮☆
9. Once by Morris Gleitzman ✮✮✮☆☆
10. 11.22.63 by Stephen King ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF (259/740)
11. The Forgotten Girls by Alexa Steele ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF (120/227)
12. Then by Morris Gleitzman ✮✮✮☆☆
13. Doctor Who: Free Comic Book Day by Nick Abadzis ✮✮✮☆☆
14. The Institute by Kayla Howarth ✮✮✮✮☆
15. Resistance by Kayla Howarth ✮✮✮✮☆
16. The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF (150/496)
17. While I Live by John Marsden ✮✮✮✮☆
18. Defective by Kayla Howarth ✮✮✮✮☆
19. Incurable by John Marsden ✮✮☆☆☆
20. Circle of Flight by John Marsden ✮✮☆☆☆
21. Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan ✮✮✮✮✮
22. Saga, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan ✮✮✮✮✮
23. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ✮✮✮☆☆
24. Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan ✮✮✮✮✮
25. The Grownup by Gillian Flynn ✮✮✮✮✮
26. Dreamhunter by Elizabeth Knox ✮✮✮☆☆
27. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ✮✮✮✮✮
28. A Child Called 'It' by Dave Pelzer ✮✮✮✮☆
29. Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan ✮✮✮✮✮
30. Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan ✮✮✮✮✮
31. Helix Episode 1 by Nathan M. Farrugia ✮✮✮✮✮
32. Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox ✮✮✮☆☆
33. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ✮✮✮☆☆
34. The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly ✮✮✮✮☆
35. The 10PM Question by Kate De Goldi ✮✮✮☆☆
36. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion ✮✮✮☆☆
37. UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn ☆☆☆☆☆ DNF (44/227)
38. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien ✮✮✮☆☆
39. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness ✮✮✮✮☆
40. The New Hunger by Isaac Marion ✮✮✮☆☆
41. Hold by Kirsten Tranter ✮✮✮☆☆
42. Mercy Street by Tess Evans ✮✮✮✮☆
43. The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness ✮✮✮✮☆





Books to read
Deep Field by James Bradley
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Shoot The Damn Dog A Memoir Of Depression by Sally Brampton
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
The Green Mile by Stephen King
A Child Called 'It' by Dave Pelzer
11.22.63 by Stephen King
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Passage by Justin Cronin
A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow by George R.R. Martin
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Series started
All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness Will not continue
Once by Morris Gleitzman
The Institute by Kayla Howarth
The Ellie Chronicles by John Marsden
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan Continuation to be published July 2016
The Dreamhunter Duet
Helix Continuation to be published TBA
Chaos Walking
Warm Bodies Continuation to be published 2017

2016 Challenges
Let's Turn Pages Challenge 2016 [11,249/10,000 pages read] OP Message 544
Extra Day, Extra Reading [1/1 book read] OP Message 126

Good luck Becca! You're doing great already!

Good luck! Great list of books. :)

Congrats on finishing your first three books in 2016! Good luck!

Thanks everyone! Nothing like a good start on reading for the new year. And all the to read books are sitting on my shelf from the last book fest I went to. Want to get through them all before the next one in June.

Feeling pretty accomplished at my progress so far. Lots of free time at the moment so I'm allowing myself to indulge in reading.

Also proud that I have managed to finish off two series! I am normally hopeless and will start but not finish - I am dedicated to finishing off the graphic books Saga which I am LOVING. Also, thinking I may come back to the Once series - I think I have two left and they are available as audio from my library.

A few of the books to read on my shelf are being looked over because they are larger in size. I have started LOTR but am not dedicating myself to the entire trilogy at this time (I have a copy with all three as a single book).

I have also removed Hunter's Run from the list - something that I owned and started. I didn't mind it honestly but never really struck my fancy to pick it up again so I donated my copy to a local bookstore.

Great job, Becca! I'm glad to hear you've been enjoying your reading time. :)

I either have too much time on my hands or am just allowing myself to self-indulge in reading more this year. Already surpassed my goal of 40 books for the year!

And super proud that I am keeping up with my series' as well. I tend to forget about them but so far I have completed/up to date with 6 series started this year. About to finish off a 7th. Only given up on 1 and only had 1 take a backseat for a while.

Go me.

Awesome! It's good to give yourself some more free time to do things you love.