2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

MEET US AT THE BOOKSHOP
Duration: January 1 to March 31, 2020

Who doesn't enjoy spending an afternoon at a bookshop?
Wander the aisles, randomly pick up a book you've never heard of, and rifle its pages.
Or, head straight to your favorite section and realize you can't afford all the books you wish you could buy.
Pick through the sales table, hoping against hope for an undiscovered gem.

Where were we? Oh yes, this quarterly challenge asks you to read any books of your choice, but each one must belong to a different genre or subgenre.

Here are some suggestions to get you started. Some have been grouped together, merely to save space.
*Children's literature, YA fiction
*Classics
*Fantasy, epic fantasy, high/low fantasy, historical fantasy, urban fantasy
*Fiction: literary, contemporary, and historical
*Folktales, fairytales, and their retellings
*History and true crime
*Hobbies & crafts
*Horror, suspense, and thriller
*Humor and satire
*Memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies
*Mystery and its subgenres (historical, culinary, paranormal, etc.)
*Myths, legends, and their retellings
*Nonfiction: history, science, technology, true crime
*Poetry
*Romance
*Science and technology
*Science fiction, dystopian literature, cli-fi, space opera, and alternative history
*Self-help books
*Theatrical plays and film scripts.
*Travelogues
*Westerns
*Special super-duper bonus prompt: Read a book set in a bookshop or about a bookshop owner.

If you'd like to meet us at the bookshop, let the challenge leader know how many books you will be reading. See you at the bookshop!

Updating your progress
When posting your progress, please include your original (sign-up) message number plus the current progress using the format below:

Update to msg #xx: books read/books pledged

A Few Resources
Need some inspiration for subgenres? Here are two sites you might find helpful.
*World Without End: Describes subgenres for science fiction, fantasy, and horror; also suggests representative books for each subgenre.
*Mystery subgenres: This is not the perfect site but I don't want to spend all day surfing the net. It's a great start, though, for the purposes of this challenge. :D

oshizu will be leading this choallenge.

MEET US AT THE BOOKSHOP
Duration: January 1 to March 31, 2020

Come to the Bookshop!
Becky (#30) - 0 / 5
Craig (#80) - 0 / 5
Diane S (#317) - 0 / 25
fran (#83) - 0 / 7
Franci (#158) - 0 / 20
Hollie (#73) - 0 / 10
Jessica (#26) - 0 / 7
Jill (#24) - 0 / 10
Lisa (#21) - 0 / 3
Marcy (#34) - 0 / 6
MaryAnn (#49) - 0 / 10
Mich (#53) - 0 / 3
Mini (#76) - 0 / 10
Rebecca (#70) - 0 / 10
Samantha (#57) - 0 / 9
Serenity (#71) - 0 / 5
SR (#95) - 0 / 6
Veer (#50) - 0 / 10

At the Bookshop
Alina (#77) - 3 / 9
Ashly (#35) - 2 / 5
Cassie (#15) - 5 / 8
Cassie (#32) - 5 / 12
ChuiB (#41) - 2 / 6
Claire (#94) - 6 / 10
Claire (#147) - 1 / 5
Clara (#106) - 4 / 6
Delaney (#332) - 4 / 5
Ebony (#101) - 6 / 15
Janet (#18) - 18 / 20
Julie (#16) - 3 / 9
Kara (#104) - 1 / 6
Lauri (#46) - 3 / 6
Leona (#65) - 1 / 10
Marissa (#39) - 11 / 15
Marythios (#20) - 18 / 21
matilde (#27) - 6 / 9
Nicole (#63) - 2 / 10
Richelle (#69) - 3 / 5
Sharon (#38) - 5 / 10
Suzanne (#86) - 7 / 22
Ula (#313) - 5 / 10
Vernice (#183) - 14 / 15

Completed
📚 SarahKat (#6) - 13 / 10
📚 Megan (#5) - 19 / 10
📚 Library Queen (#72) - 10 / 10
📚 AnnaG (#51) - 10 / 10
📚 Megan BG (#55) - 5 / 5
📚 Regina (msg 4) - 15 / 10
📚 Ziggy (#10) - 12 / 12
📚 Nancy Ann (#37) - 6 / 6
📚 Mie (#7) - 17 / 15
📚 Lucian (#64) - 6 / 5
📚 ♞ Pat (#234) - 15 / 15
📚 Sabah (#45) - 3 / 3
📚 Amy (#85) - 20 / 20
📚 oshizu (#3) - 31 / 24
📚 Allie (#48) - 9 / 9
📚 Rachel (#8) - 12 / 12
📚Carmen (#52) - 43 / 35
📚 Jessica (#82) - 9 / 5
📚 Janine (#44) - 17 / 15
📚 Sunny (#17) - 9 / 9
📚 Greg (#56) - 10 / 10
📚 Fran (#13) - 16 / 10
📚 Margie (#14) - 21 / 21
📚 Ruth (#36) - 13 / 10
📚 Rachael (#43) - 10 / 8
📚 Rina (#58) - 10 / 10
📚 Lindsay (#19) - 10 / 10
📚 Luci (#31) - 11 / 11
📚 Lynn (#9) - 21 / 20
📚 Jennifer (#129) - 3 / 3
📚 Brittany (#23) - 10 / 10
📚 Cindy III (#25) - 3 / 3
📚 Sarah (#59) - 11 / 11
📚 Snezana (#92) - 15 / 15
📚 Brittany (#61) - 17 / 15
📚 Kate (#84) - 10 / 10
📚 TerryJane (#68) - 57 / 40
📚 Crystal (#12) - 15 / 10
📚Mylene (#42) - 9 / 9

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Stats (as of 25 March)
31 Jan: Books read/pledged: 314/814 (38.6%); Challenges done/begun: 6/78 (7.7%)
29 Feb: Books read/pledge: 503/885 (56.8%); Challenges done/begun: 22/81 (27.2%)
31 Mar: Books read/pledge: 710/725 (97.9%); Challenges done/begun: 39/62 (62.9%)

Updated on 1 April through msg 496

Progress: 31/24

Genres Read
✔️1. High Fantasy: Tigana, Guy Gavriel Kay
✔️2. Bookshop owner: Murder is Binding
✔️3. Contemporary Fiction: The Book of Chameleons, José Eduardo Agualusa
✔️4. Medieval Historical Fiction: The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
✔️5. Police Procedural (Mystery): A Beautiful Place to Die
✔️6. Folklore Retelling: Arabian Nights and Days, Naguib Mahfouz
✔️ 7. Culinary Mystery: Catering to Nobody, Diane Mott Davidson
✔️8. Literary Fiction: Mating, Norman Rush
✔️9. Biorobotics Sci-Fi: Artificial Condition, Martha Wells
✔️10. Nordic Noir (Mystery): The Midnight Witness, Sara Blaedel
✔️11. Military Sci-fi: Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee
✔️12. Medical Mystery: The Coroner's Lunch
✔️13. Novelette: Extracurricular Activities
✔️14. Historical Mystery: The Sanctuary Sparrow
✔️15. Western: Wounded, Percival Everett
✔️16. Biography>: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford
✔️17. Humor: Dog on It
✔️18. Queer Historical Fiction: Fingersmith
✔️19. YA Historical Fiction: Code Name Verity
✔️20. Hard Sci-Fi: The Three-Body Problem
✔️21. Fantasy, Historical: Sailing to Sarantium
✔️22. Roman Noir: 77
✔️23. Poetry: The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, Kei Miller
✔️24. Dystopian Sci-Fi: Our Life in the Forest
✔️25. Amateur Sleuth (Mystery): Dying for Chocolate
✔️26. Urban Fantasy: Strange Practice
✔️27. Epic Fantasy: The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson
✔️28. Travel: The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
✔️29. Short Stories: I Am the Brother of XX
✔️30. Paranormal Mystery: Lowcountry Boil
✔️31. Classics: Annie John

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Link to my challenge post

15/10 completed
✅1. Mystery, puzzle The Aosawa Murders
✅2. Nonfiction, memoir The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London
✅3. Classics, Retellings Medea
✅4. Sequential art, Graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy
✅5. Mystery, cozy The Quiche of Death
✅6. Historical fiction A True Novel
✅7. Classics, Colonial fiction A Passage to India
✅8. Nonfiction, microhistory The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
✅9. Historical, paranormal Things in Jars
✅10. Short story collection Sweet Home
✅11. Fantasy The Fifth Season
✅12. Mystery, Literary Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
✅13. Science Fiction Eden
✅14. Historical fiction, Western West
✅15. BONUS (bookstore owner). Eight Perfect Murders

I'm in for 10 books!

1. Historical Fiction - The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish - completed January 2020
2. Religion - God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz - completed January 2020
3. True Crime - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - completed January 2020
4. Dystopian Sci Fi - The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin - completed January 2020
5. Fantasy - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - completed January 2020
6. Literary Fiction - Women Talking by Miriam Toews - completed January 2020
7. YA Horror - Wilder Girls by Rory Power - completed January 2020
8. Romance - Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert - completed January 2020
9. Retellings - Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope - completed January 2020
10. LitRPG - Wildcard by Marie Lu - completed January 2020
11. YA Fiction - Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed - completed January 2020
12. Memoir - How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones - completed January 2020
13. History - Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips - completed January 2020
14. Mystery - The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith - completed January 2020
15. Romantic Fantasy - Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews - completed February 2020
16. Paranormal Fantasy - The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith - completed February 2020
17. Humor - Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong - completed February 2020
18. Poetry - SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson - completed February 2020
19. Graphic Novel - New Kid by Jerry Craft - completed March 2020

19/10 - completed!

I'll join for 10 as well

Hi oshizu, please sign me up for 15 books.

17/15 - updated 14 Feb - COMPLETE ✔️

📗 1. Biographical historical fiction - Genghis: Birth of an Empire
📗 2. Mystery - The Hanging Valley
📗 3. Memoir - yes man
📗 4. Children’s literature - Number the Stars
📗 5. Nordic noir - Pigen under træet
📗 6. Historical fiction - Orphan Train
📗 7. Cozy - Destination Unknown
📗 8. YA - Eliza and Her Monsters
📗 9. Nonfiction - Hvis De lige vil sidde helt stille, frue, dr. Jacobsen er ny på afdelingen
📗 10. Historical mystery - The Mitford Murders
📗 11. Humor - Dage med mildhed, modgang og mirakler: En almanak
📗 12. Short stories - A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
📗 13. Romance - Voices in the Summer
📗 14. Family Saga - Brobyggerne
📗 15. Magical realism - The Snow Child
📗 16. Thriller - The Lost Man
📗 17. Contemporary fiction - Small Great Things

Count me in for 12 books (updated)
12/12 - complete as of 2/18!

✅ Children’s series book: The Truth About Stacey
✅ Romance: The Wanderer
✅ Contemporary fiction: Dear Edward
✅ Middle Grade Fantasy: The Mystwick School of Musicraft
✅ Chick Lit: Bridesmaids
✅ Psychological suspense: The Silent Patient
✅ Family saga: The Immortalists
✅ Historical fiction: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
✅ YA: Color Me In
✅ Thriller: The Last Time I Lied
✅ Collection of short stories: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women
✅ Romantic Suspense: Under Currents

MEET US AT THE BOOKSHOP
Duration: January 1 to March 31, 2020

Good day, oshizu!

I'll start with 10 books and see where it goes from there...

10/10 as of February 15

Updated March 19: 21/20 completed
I am listing each book read in each possible category and then will adjust accordingly to finalize a listing that includes each book read in only one genre/subgenre at the end of the challenge. :)

To add:
Secrets Of Lost ArrowThe Midwife's Apprentice
Long Way Down
The Laramie Project
Inferno

Biography
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
Thick: And Other Essays

Chick Lit
The Recipe Club: A Novel About Food and Friendship
The Sunday Lunch Club

Classical Literature
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding; and An Integrated Man
Just Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Just An Integrated Man
To Kill a Mockingbird
Little Women

Contemporary Fiction
The Sunday Lunch Club
The Scent Keeper
Us Against You

Cookbook (Cooking-Recipes)
The Recipe Club: A Novel About Food and Friendship

Fantasy
A Darker Shade of Magic

Feminism
Thick: And Other Essays
A Room of One's Own

Fiction
Twisted Twenty-Six
The Son
The Recipe Club: A Novel About Food and Friendship
Sorority Sisters
The Sunday Lunch Club
A Darker Shade of Magic
The Firm
The Nightingale
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding; and An Integrated Man
Just Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Just An Integrated Man
The Scent Keeper
To Kill a Mockingbird
War of the Wives
An Anonymous Girl
Appleblossom the Possum
Us Against You
Little Women

Fiction>Animals
Appleblossom the Possum

Fiction>British Fiction
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding; and An Integrated Man
Just Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Just An Integrated Man
War of the Wives
Fiction>Coming of Age
The Scent Keeper
To Kill a Mockingbird
War of the Wives

Fiction>Historical Fiction
The Son
The Nightingale
The Scent Keeper
To Kill a Mockingbird
Little Women

Fiction>Historical Fiction>WW II
The Nightingale

Fiction>Magical Realism
The Scent Keeper

Fiction>Marriage
War of the Wives

Fiction>Mystery
Twisted Twenty-Six
The Firm
War of the Wives
An Anonymous Girl

Fiction>Mystery>Thriller
The Firm
An Anonymous Girl

Fiction>Mystery>Thriller>Legal Thriller
The Firm

Fiction>Retelling
A Touch of Gold

Fiction>Romance
The Sunday Lunch Club

Fiction>Western
The Son

Fiction>Young Adult
Sorority Sisters
A Touch of Gold

Humor
Twisted Twenty-Six
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding; and An Integrated Man
Just Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Just An Integrated Man

Juvenile>Fiction
Appleblossom the Possum
Secrets Of Lost Arrow
Little Women

Juvenile>FictionAppleblossom the Possum

Juvenile>Fiction>Historical Fiction
Little Women

Juvenile>FictionSecrets Of Lost Arrow

Juvenile>FictionSecrets Of Lost Arrow

LGBTQ+
The Sunday Lunch Club
Us Against You

Magic
A Darker Shade of Magic

Nonfiction
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
Thick: And Other Essays
The Nightingale

Nonfiction>Animals
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness

Nonfiction>Animal>Dogs
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness

Nonfiction>Memoir
Thick: And Other Essays
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness

Nonfiction>History
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
The Nightingale

Mythology: A Touch of Gold

Nonfiction
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
Thick: And Other Essays
A Room of One's Own

Nonfiction>Essays
Thick: And Other Essays
A Room of One's Own

Nonfiction>Scientific
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession

Nonfiction>True Crime
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession

Social Justice
To Kill a Mockingbird

Sports
Us Against You

Young Adult>Fiction
Trail of Lightning
Little Women

Young Adult>Fiction>Fantasy
Trail of Lightning

Young Adult>Fiction>Romance
Little Women

You are all very welcome to the bookshop!
*serves foufou coffee and tea as well as biscotti and scones.

15/10

Sci-Fi: (Dystopia) Hollow Kingdom
Mystery: Passport to Death
Romance: The Haunting of Maddy Clare
Horror: Carrie
Humor: Dad Is Fat
Non-Fiction (History): The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Non-Fiction (War): Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Non-Fiction (Psychology): The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success
Non-Fiction (Science): The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
Fiction: If Cats Disappeared from the World
Essays: My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman
Graphic Novel: The Walking Dead, Book Two
Historical Fiction: Dragon Teeth
Fantasy (Paranormal): The Kingdom
YA : Wicked Saints

I'm in for 10.

I'm in for 20 - plus some foufou coffee and biscotti.

Updated 3/1/20 Challenge Complete
Progress: 21/21

1. Red at the Bone Fiction, African-American Literature
2. In the Dream House Memoir - LGBT
3. Reasons to Live Short Stories
4. Long Walk to Freedom Autobiography
5. Coconut Fiction, Contemporary
6. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Mystery, Detective
7. Waiting for the Barbarians Fiction, Allegory
8. The Blessed Girl Fiction, Chick-Lit
9. July's People Fiction, Literary
10. Cry, the Beloved Country Fiction, Classic
11. Gender: Your Guide: A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture Nonfiction, Social Science - LGBTQ+
12. Diamonds, Gold, And War: The Making Of South Africa History
13. Devil's Peak Mystery, Police Procedural
14. When the Ground Is Hard YA
15. Bring Up the Bodies Historical Fiction
16. The Vanishing Paranormal Romantic Suspense
17. The Testaments Speculative, Dystopia
18. We Cast a Shadow Fiction, Satire
19. Written in Red Fantasy, Urban
20. Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard Nonfiction, Ecology

21. Special super-duper bonus prompt: Read a book set in a bookshop or about a bookshop owner: The Secret, Book & Scone Society Bookstore mystery

Im in for 8 ....... and would love a cup of tea!!!!!

Progress: 5/8

SUPER DUPER BONUS - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 1/2/2020
YA FICTION - Jumping Off Swings 1/06/2020
POETRY - Milk and Honey 01/28/2020
SUSPENSE - Unraveling Oliver 01/26/2020
MEMOIR - Jesus Land: A Memoir
FICTION - Skipping a Beat 02/29/2020

I'm in for 9 books.

4/9

1. Self-Help- The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
2. Science- Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
3. Children's Literature Werewolves Don't Go to Summer Camp
4. Historical Fiction- Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

I'm in!

Progress: 9/9

🎈Completed!🎈


My comments/reviews on these books can be found: Here

📕Children's literature Number the Stars
📕Classics Dorian Gray
📕Fairytales The Glass Slipper
📕Fiction: contemporary The Truth About Parallel Lines
📕Horror, suspenseFlowers in the Attic
📕Memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies Tuesdays With Morrie
📕Mystery A Nun in the Closet
📕Theatrical plays and film scripts Baby Doll & Tiger Tail
📕YA fiction May I Cross Your Golden River?

I'm in as well. Ordering a cappuccino and a biscotti while I read.
Progress: 18/20

Thriller Kiss the Girls 1/1/20 ***
Horror The Cask of Amontillado 1/1/20 ***
Historical Nonfiction With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote 1/2/20 ****
Science Fiction Journey to the Center of the Earth 1/7/20 ****
LGBT More Tales of the City 1/13/20 ****
YA Horror Stay Out of the Basement 1/14/20 ****
Biography Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart1/16/20 ****
Philosophy The Stranger1/18/20 ****
Literary Fiction Nickel Mountain1/23/20 ****
Poetry The Concise Columbia Book of Poetry 1/26/20 ****
Space Opera Foundation and Empire1/30/20 ****
Contemporary Further Tales of the City 2/7/20 ****
Dystopian Never Let Me Go 2/14/20 ***
Adventure Five Weeks in a Balloon 2/22/20 **
Urban Fantasy Frost Burned 2/28/20 ****
Satire Small Gods 3/7/20 ****
Juvenalian Satire A Modest Proposal 3/14/20 ****
Mystery Jack & Jill 3/22/20 **

I'm in for 10 please.

1 Contemporary The Less Than Perfect Legend of Donna Creosote
2 LGBT Yellow Rose
3 Memoir The Secrets of My Life
4 Mystery My Sister, the Serial Killer
5 Humour Britt-Marie Was Here
6 Cosy Mystery The Witches' Tree
7 Chick-Lit The View from Penthouse B
8 Thriller The Run-Out Groove
9 Classics Emma

Bonus -Set in a bookshop The Little Bookshop on the Seine

10/10

Meet Us At The Bookshop
Duration:January 1, 2020-March 31, 2020
Progress:18/21

1. Children Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger 1/12/20
2. YA fiction Holes 1/4/20
3. Classic A Study in Scarlet 1/3/20
4.Fiction Crime and Punishment 1/11/20
5. Historical Fiction Maisie Dobbs 1/7/20
6. Contemporary Romance You Loved Me At My Darkest 1/10/20
7. True Crime
8. Horror
9. Suspense Bone Cold 1/3/20
10. Thriller A Killer's Mind 1/2/20
11. Humor -Full Scoop 1/22/20
12. Sports Rush 1/1/20
13. Mystery Lemon Meringue Pie Murder 1/9/20
14. Romantic Mystery-Thought I Knew You 1/15/20
15. LGBTQ Unwrapping Hank 1/2/20
16. Nonfiction
17. Romance April 1/1/20
18. Science fiction The Invisible Man 1/6/20
19. Westerns-Rocky Mountain Cowboy Christmas 1/26/20
20. Fantasy Paranormal Awakened by the Wolf 1/3/20
Bonus:
21. Special super-duper bonus prompt: Read a book set in a bookshop or about a bookshop owner. The Bookshop 1/17/20

3 books seems like a safe bet for this challenge :)

Welcome all!
*add heavily rum-laced eggnog to the usual liquid offerings
(Is it too early to start serving champagne?)

Hello everyone! I cannot wait to meet you all in the bookshop!
I'm aiming for at least 10 so that's where I'll start.
10/10

Possible Genres
*YA fiction
*Classics
*Fantasy,
*Epic fantasy
*Historical fantasy
*Urban fantasy
*Contemporary fiction
*Historical fiction
*Folktales,
*Fairytales
*Nonfiction
*Horror,
*Suspense/thriller
*Humor and satire
*Mystery and its subgenres (historical, culinary, paranormal, etc.)
*Myths, legends, and their retellings
*Romance
*Science fiction,
*Dystopian
Space opera
*Alternative history
*Westerns
*Special super-duper bonus prompt: Read a book set in a bookshop or about a bookshop owner.

I'm in for 10 books - TBD....

I am in for 0/3

MEET US AT THE BOOKSHOP
Duration: January 1 to March 31, 2020

Who doesn't enjoy spending an afternoon at a bookshop?
Wander the aisles, randomly pick up a book you've never heard of, and rifle its pages.
Or, head straight to your favorite section and realize you can't afford all the books you wish you could buy.
Pick through the sales table, hoping against hope for an undiscovered gem.

Where were we? Oh yes, this quarterly challenge asks you to read any books of your choice, but each one must belong to a different genre or subgenre.

Here are some suggestions to get you started. Some have been grouped together, merely to save space.

Children's literature
YA fiction
A Heart So Fierce and Broken - Brigid Kemmerer Jan. 8 -
Classics
The Woman in the Dunes - Kōbō Abe
Fantasy, epic fantasy, high/low fantasy, historical fantasy, urban fantasy
The Book of Heroes - Miyuki Miyabe
Fiction: literary, contemporary, and historical
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr Jan. 2 -
Folktales, fairytales, and their retellings
History and true crime
Hobbies & crafts
Horror, suspense, and thriller
Humor and satire
Memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies
The Distance Between Us - Reyna Grande
Mystery and its subgenres (historical, culinary, paranormal, etc.)
Myths, legends, and their retellings
Nonfiction: history, science, technology, true crime
Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege - Mike Thomson Jan. 2 -
Poetry
Romance
Science and technology
Science fiction, dystopian literature, cli-fi, space opera, and alternative history
Self-help books
Theatrical plays and film scripts.
Travelogues
Westerns
Special super-duper bonus prompt: Read a book set in a bookshop or about a bookshop owner.

Please put me down for seven (all genres/books TBD) :)

0/7

I´m in with 9 books.

1. Radio Silence - 02/01 - YA contemporary
2. Truly Devious - 13/02 - Mystery
3. Children of Blood and Bone - 07/02 - YA fantasy
4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - 06/03 - Historical Fiction
5. The Scarlet Letter - 14/03 - classic
6. A Pinch of Magic - 15/03 - midde grade
8.
9.

Possible genres to read:
High/Epic Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
YA Contemporary
Classics
Magical Realism
Childrens
Middle Grade
Adult contemporary
Science Fiction
Retelling

Welcome, friends!

oshizu wrote: "Welcome all!
*add heavily rum-laced eggnog to the usual liquid offerings
(Is it too early to start serving champagne?)"

Champagne: Is it Krug or Cristal? (ah, the things you learn from reading Jack Higgins!)

I'm in for 5

1. Slammed (Romance)
2. Point of Retreat (Romance)
3. This Girl (Romance)
4. You Will Be Mine (Thriller)

I'm in for 10 books, please!

10/10
(Main) challenge completed: 9/3
* 11/11
Challenge completed 19/3

1. Science fiction / Dark Matter
2. Historical fiction / Daisy Jones & The Six
3. Fantasy / The Two Towers
4. Humor / The Colour of Magic
5. Mystery / Where the Crawdads Sing
6. Horror / Carrie
7. YA / The Perks of Being a Wallflower
8. Comic / Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him
9. Chick Lit / Big Little Lies
10. LGBTQ+ / Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

*Special super-duper bonus prompt: Read a book set in a bookshop or about a bookshop owner.
* 84, Charing Cross Road

I'm going to try for 12!

Updated 2/2/20 - completed 5/12

*Dystopian literature - , completed 1/5/20
*Fantasy - Completed 1/9/20
*Autobiographies- Completed 1/13/20
*Poetry - Completed 1/10/20
*Romance - Completed 1/27/20

*Children's literature, YA fiction
*Classics
*Fiction: literary, contemporary, and historical
*Folktales, fairytales, and their retellings
*History and true crime
*Hobbies & crafts
*Horror, suspense, and thriller
*Humor and satire
*Mystery and its subgenres (historical, culinary, paranormal, etc.)
*Myths, legends, and their retellings
*Nonfiction: history, science, technology, true crime
*Science and technology
*Self-help books
*Theatrical plays and film scripts.
*Travelogues
*Westerns
*Special super-duper bonus prompt: Read a book set in a bookshop or about a bookshop owner.

Yay, welcome to the bookshop!

I am in for 6 books, please!

0/6

1. CURRENT READ:
Fiction: literary, contemporary, and historical/ All the Light We Cannot See
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I will go for 5.

1. YA: Prince Charming, 3 stars
2. Manga: Deadman Wonderland, Volume 13, 2 stars
3. LGBTQ+
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This looks like fun!
I'm in for 10 books. Genres tbd

12/10 + bonus = 13

1. Fiction: What the Dead Leave Behind
2. Non-Fiction: Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
3. True Crime: Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
4. Science: The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness
5. Romance: Love Me Forever
6. Science Fiction: Time Travelers Never Die
7. Classic: The Catcher in the Rye
8. Urban Fantasy: Junkyard Cats
9. Western: The Dark Tower
10. Paranormal mystery: Horrorstör
11. Memoir: Not My Father's Son
12. Self-Help/ inspiration: Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
** bonus: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

Happy New Year! I am in for 6
Progress updated: 6/6

COMPLETED!

1. Genre:/ Book: Humor - Holly Banks Full of Angst
2. Genre: / Book: Romance - The Sunday Lunch Club
3. Genre: / Book: True Crime - The Library Book
4. Genre: / Book: Historical Fiction - The Immortalists
5. Genre: / Book: Fiction - The Imperfectionists
6. Genre: / Book: Bildungsroman - Little Women

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Q1: Meet Us At The Bookshop Challenge
Duration: 01/01/20-03/31/20
Progress: 14/15

1. YA Fiction: Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss by Kasie West (01/04/20)
2. YA Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (01/12/20)
3. Fantasy: The Witch's Kind by Louisa Morgan (01/15/20)
4. YA Dystopian The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (01/26/20)
5. Contemporary The People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder (02/04/20)
6. Thriller Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin (02/22/20)
7. Mystery Watching You by Lisa Jewell (02/29/20)
8. Science Fiction The Last by Hanna Jameson (03/03/20)
9. Historical Fiction Home by Toni Morrison (03/08/20)
10. YA Romance P.S. I Like You by Kasie West (03/14/20)
11. Horror Here There Are Monsters by Amelinda Berube (03/15/20)
12. Chick-Lit The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell (03/22/20)
13. YA Science Fiction Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard (03/21/20)
14. YA Contemporary A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole (03/28)
15.

Welcome to the Bookshop!
Everyone's been added up to here.

Our cafe is currently under construction until January 1st.
We are expanding the floor space to add more comfy chairs, tea tables, and bookshelves. Oh, and a fireplace!
Be ready for the Grand Opening, haha!

Hi oshizu!

Please sign me up for 6 books :)

2 out of 6
1. Horror Fiction: Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
2. Fantasy: Infinity Son - Adam Silvera
3. Historical Fiction: Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
4. LGBT+: I Wish You All the Best ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. Classic: Les Trois Mousquetaires - Alexandre Dumas
6. Contemporary: Normal People - Sally Rooney
7. Thriller: The Henchmen's Book Club ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thanks!

Hi,

Count me in for 9 books (for now :))

Planned: 9/9
Progress: 9/9

1. Poetry: The Rose That Grew from Concrete
2. Self-help: Lightly: How to Live a Simple, Serene, and Stress-Free Life
3. Children's literature, YA fiction: The Phantom Tollbooth
4. History and true crime: Buried Deep
5. Fiction: Convenience Store Woman
6. Thriller: IJsengel
7. Mystery: THE LAVENDER LADY a one-off spooky mystery full of twists
8. Nonfiction: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
9.Bookshop owner: American Dirt

I will aim for five books for now but may increase my goal during the quarter.
EDIT (26 Feb): My goal has increased.

COMPLETED: 10/8
1. Classic Science-Fiction: The Star finished 1 January, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
2. Epic Fantasy: The Magician's Apprentice finished 5 January, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
3. Comic Book: Doctor Who - Free Comic Book Day 2017 finished 26 January, ⭐⭐⭐ with review
4. Dystopia: Vox finished 8 February, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
5. Mystery: The Stone Circle finished 16 February, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Historical Fiction: Fools and Mortals finished 28 February, ⭐⭐⭐ with review
7. Play: Timon of Athens finished 1 March, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. Horror: Lord Loss finished 3 March, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. Classic Horror: Frankenstein finished 8 March, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
10. Classic: David Copperfield finished 20 March, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sign me up for 10 please!

I’m in for 3 books please!

Progress: 3/3

1. Historical fiction: All the Light We Cannot See
2. Fairytale retelling: Spinning Silver
3. Contemporary novella: And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

Lauri's Spot!

3 / 6

1) Biography
Bossypants 1/6/20
2) Mystery
To the Land of Long Lost Friends
3) Historical Fiction
A Prayer for the Damned 1/8/20
4) Young Adult
The Raven Boys 1/11/20
5) Humour
6) Set in a bookshop
Mr. Penumbra!

A big warm welcome to ChuiB, Mylene, Rachael, Janine, Sabah, and Lauri!

I'm now adding everyone to Ze List!

I'd like to join, please. My goal is 9 books for the quarter.

Progress: 9/9

Completed February 18, 2020.
1. Classics: Pride and Prejudice
2. Fiction, historical The Nightingale
3. Romance, contemporary Rescue Me
4. Suspense Force of Nature
5. Fantasy, historical Widdershins
6. Nonfiction, writing Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
7. YA, contemporary The Running Dream
8. Short Stories, Western Close Range
9. Literary fiction The Housekeeper and the Professor

I am in for 10 please!

*Children's literature, YA fiction
*Classics
*Fantasy, epic fantasy, high/low fantasy, historical fantasy, urban fantasy
*Fiction: literary, contemporary, and historical
*Folktales, fairytales, and their retellings
*History and true crime
*Hobbies & crafts
*Horror, suspense, and thriller
*Humor and satire
*Memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies
*Mystery and its subgenres (historical, culinary, paranormal, etc.)
*Myths, legends, and their retellings
*Nonfiction: history, science, technology, true crime
*Poetry
*Romance
*Science and technology
*Science fiction, dystopian literature, cli-fi, space opera, and alternative history
*Self-help books
*Theatrical plays and film scripts.
*Travelogues
*Westerns
*Special super-duper bonus prompt: Read a book set in a bookshop or about a bookshop owner.

I'll start with 10 books.

Trying for 10 ---- 10/10 --- Yay! Complete!

*Children's literature, YA fiction
✔Classics

✔Fantasy, epic fantasy, high/low fantasy, historical fantasy, urban fantasy

✔Fiction: literary, contemporary, and historical

*Folktales, fairytales, and their retellings
✔History and true crime

*Hobbies & crafts
✔Horror, suspense, and thriller

✔Humor and satire

✔Memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies

✔Mystery and its subgenres (historical, culinary, paranormal, etc.)

*Myths, legends, and their retellings
✔Nonfiction: history, science, technology, true crime

*Poetry
✔Romance

*Science and technology
✔Science fiction, dystopian literature, cli-fi, space opera, and alternative history

*Self-help books
*Theatrical plays and film scripts.
✔*Travelogues

*Westerns
✔*Special super-duper bonus prompt: Read a book set in a bookshop or about a bookshop owner.

Hola and happy New Year!

I'm going to start with 20 genres.

PROGRESS:
GENRES: 48/35

my corner

❎1.*Special super-duper bonus prompt: El prisionero del cielo by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
❎2. Fiction>Historical>Biographical Novel: Los asesinos del emperador: El ascenso de Trajano, el primer emperador hispano de la historia by Santiago Posteguillo
❎3. Fiction>Classic (English)>Historical>Adventure:
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
❎4. Fiction>Literary>Historical:
Jazz by Toni Morrison
El coro de los maestros carniceros by Louise Erdrich
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Red Sorghum by Mo Yan
❎5. Fiction>Historical>Cozy Mystery:
The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters
❎6. Fiction>Golden Age>Country House Mystery:
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh
Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
❎7. Fiction>Classic (English)>Children's>Illustrated Verses:
The Brownies by Palmer Cox
❎8. Fiction>Literary>Experimental:
Escalera para Electra by Aída Cartagena Portalatín
❎9. Fiction>Golden Age>Detective>Closed Room Mystery:
Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
❎10. Fiction>Classic (French)>Historical>Romance: Nuestra Señora de París by Victor Hugo
❎11. Non fiction>Sequential Art>Autobiography
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood & Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
❎12. Fiction>Historical>African Literature
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
❎13. Fiction>Historical>Thriller>Spy
Night Of The Fox by Jack Higgins
❎14. Nonfiction>Philosophy:
The Colonizer and the Colonized by Albert Memmi
❎15. Fiction>Screenplay>Historical>Romance:
The Piano by Jane Campion
❎16. Fiction>Contemporary>Romance:
It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis
❎17. Fiction>Crime>Nordic Noir:
Expediente 64 by Jussi Adler-Olsen
The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason
The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
❎18. Fiction>Science Fiction>Time travel:
Timeline by Michael Crichton
❎19. Fiction>Cozy Mystery:
Dead Body Language by Penny Warner
❎20. Fiction>Romantic Comedy:
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
❎21. Fiction>Classic>Western:
The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey
❎22. Fiction>Golden Age>Detective>Whodunnit:
Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth
Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh
Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham
The Case Is Closed by Patricia Wentworth
Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie
❎23. Fiction>Mystery>Amateur Sleuth:
Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris
Borges and The Eternal Orangutans by Luis Fernando Verissimo
El péndulo de Foucault by Umberto Eco
❎24. Nonfiction>Travel>Photography:
In the Footsteps of Marco Polo by Denis Belliveau
❎25. Nonfiction>History:
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
❎26. Fiction>Classic (Spanish)>Indigenismo:
Raza de bronce by Alcides Arguedas
❎27. Fiction>Contemporary>Tragedy:
The Cry of the Dove by Fadia Faqir
❎28. Fiction>Fantasy>Tales:
He by Rabindranath Tagore
❎29. Fiction>Classic>Short Stories>Horror:
The White People by Arthur Machen
❎30. Fiction>Mystery>Howdunit:
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
❎31. Fiction>Autobiographical Novel:
El amante by Marguerite Duras
The Rainbow Troops
❎32. Fiction>Psychological Thriller:
Telepathy by Amir Tag Elsir
❎33. Fiction>Classic (Russian)>Crime:
Crimen y castigo by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
❎34. Nonfiction>Education:
Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World by Eduardo Galeano
❎35. Fiction>Literary>Contemporary
The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi
❎36. Fiction>Classic (Greek)>Epic Poem
Odisea by Homer
❎37. Fiction>Anthology>Short Stories:
The blue lake & other stories by Kamleshwar
❎38. Fiction>Fantasy>Crime:
La ciudad y la ciudad by China Miéville
❎39. Fiction>Magical Realism:
Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez
❎40. Fiction>Classic>Literary:
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
❎41. Fiction>Classic>Poetry>Folktale
The Kiltartan Poetry Book by Lady Augusta Gregory
❎42. Fiction>Classic>Young Adult>Romance:
Kilmeny of the Orchard by L.M. Montgomery
❎43. Nonfiction>Essays>Feminism
Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society by Dorothy L. Sayers
❎44. Nonfiction>Microhistory>Science
A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by Samantha Weinberg
❎45. Fiction>Fantasy>YA
Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones
❎46. Fiction>Classic>Plays>Tragedy
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
❎47. Fiction>Historical>Satire
Yo que he servido al rey de Inglaterra by Bohumil Hrabal
❎48. Fiction>Humor
Eureka Street: A Novel of Ireland Like No Other by Robert McLiam Wilson