2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

This thread is to discuss A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.

Pages: 237 pages

Length: 1 Month (February)

Participants: Alyana Pearl, Averil, Cristina, Nedge, rein ☾, Chika.

Everyone reads at their own pace during a Buddy Read. Because participants can be at different parts of the book at different times, it is extremely important to mark spoilers so that the book is not ruined for someone who is not as far along as others!!!

Mark spoilers by placing {spoiler} before the text and {/spoiler} after the text but use the < and > instead of the { and }.


Happy Buddy Reading!

i looooved this book. It left me a sniveling mess, but it was beautiful and perfect in every way.

This will be a reread for me. It was probably the most beautiful story I had ever read.

Irma wrote: "This will be a reread for me. It was probably the most beautiful story I had ever read."

Wow! A friend of mine recommended this to me. Looking forward for your thoughts Irma :)

the movie is also fantastic.

Hi Lisa, I'll watch the movie right after I finish the book ☺️

Same here

Zeejane (Sara) wrote: "I initially joined this buddy read and then backed out, due to not finding a library ebook copy, but I was able to track down a copy after all, so I loaded it and it's ready to go :) I have a few o..."

Great Zeejane! I’ll probably get into this on the second week of Feb as well! :)

First time reading this. Might just watch the movie after :)

Zeejane (Sara) wrote: "This was a really fast read, picked it up earlier today and I'm already done :)

My final thoughts-
I've realized with this book, and the other current buddy read of [book:Howl's Moving Castle|629..."

Wow you're quick!

I started tonight! :)

I finished this in a couple of days. I finished a not for me book and this is a good break for me.

Overall, it was written well, the story is good. A 3.5 stars for me rounded to 4.