2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

A new year

POPSUGAR 2022


1. A book published in 2022The Deepest of Secrets
2. A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship
3. A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society A Brother's Price
4. A book with a tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the titleProtecting His Potential
5. A sapphic book One Last Stop
6. A book by a Latinx authorUnder the Mesquite
7. A book with an onomatopoeia in its title Under the Whispering Door
8. A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid Crooked Kingdom
9. A book about a "found family"Written in Red
10. An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
11. A #BookTok recommendation
12. A book about the afterlife
13. A book set in the 1980s
14. A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title
15. A book by a Pacific Islander author
16. A book about witches
17. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022
18. A romance novel by a BIPOC authorGet a Life, Chloe Brown
19. A book that takes place during your favorite seasonTrick or Treat
20. A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read
21. A book about a band or musical group
22. A book with a character on the ace spectrum Elatsoe
23. A book with a recipe in itWheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health
24. A book you can read in one sittingNot Your Idol, Vol. 1
25. A book about a secretBookmarked for Death
26. A book with a misleading title
27. A Hugo Award winner Saga, Vol. 1
28. A book set during a holiday
29. A different book by an author you read in 2021Trickster Drift
30. A book with the name of a board game in the title
31. A book featuring a man-made disasterRelic
32. A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page The House in the Cerulean Sea
33. A social-horror book
34. A book set in Victorian timesAlice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis
35. A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title
36. A book you know nothing aboutJohn Dies at the End
37. A book about gender identity Loveless
38. A book featuring a partyThis Place Is Still Beautiful
39. An #OwnVoices SFF (science fiction and fantasy) bookHome
40. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading ChallengeRuby Fever


Advanced

41. A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the titleProxy
42. A book that features two languages Homegoing
43. A book with a palindromic title
44. A duology (1) Crown Duel
45. A duology (2)Court Duel
46. A book about someone leading a double lifeBitten
47. A book featuring a parallel reality
48. A book with two POVsAn Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
49. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (1)
50. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (2)

Clear the Shelves

Every year I strive to FINALLY read some of the books that have been on my shelves the longest.

20+ books from 2011-2015
pages 1-8

If I stick to my winter Seasonal Reading Challenge plan, I will have 6 done by March... (a whole 2)

1)Poughkeepsie(2011)
2) Never Let Me Go (2012)
3)A Demon in My View(2015)
4) Ghost Story (2015)
5) Enclave(2012)
6) Relic (2014)
7)Crooked Kingdom(2015)
8) The Demon King (2011)
9) The Old Brown Suitcase: A Teenager's Story of War and Peace (2015)
10) Cover Her Face (2015)
11)Cold Days (2012)
12) Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis (2015)
13) Nightmares! (2014)
14) Crown Duel (2011)
15) The Tenderness of Wolves (2014)
16)The Sparrow (2012)
17) Dandelion Wine (2012)
18) Shadow and Bone (2015)
19)The Invention of Wings(2015)
20) Alias Grace (2015)

DIVERSITY IN READING
January 1, 2022-December 31, 2022

To qualify for this challenge, the book must be written by an author(s) who is different from you. The difference could be in race, gender, sexual orientation, geography, nationality, religion, family background, language, ability, etc.

Finished:

1) Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson First Nations
2) Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall Mexican
3) Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi African-Ghana
4) A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell United Kingdom
5) The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong Canadian
6) Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Japanese
7)The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander African-American
8)Loveless by Alice Oseman England
9) White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig LGBTQ
10) Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (Black/UK)
11) Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune LGTBQ
12) Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (African- Nigeria)
13) XOXO by Axie Oh (Korean American)
14) The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune LGTBQ

A-Z CHALLENGE: AUTHORS

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A: The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong
B: Written in Red by Anne Bishop
C:White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig
D: Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia
E: Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson
F: Kicking It by Faith Hunter
G: Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
H: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
I: Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews
J: Protecting His Purpose by Jena Wade
K: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
L: Take Me with You When You Go by David Levithan
M: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
N: Skip·Beat!, Vol. 46 by Yoshiki Nakamura
O: Loveless by Alice Oseman
P: Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Q:An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
R:A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell
S: Carrie by Stephen King
T: Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
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V:Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
W:The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima
X: This Place Is Still Beautiful by XiXi Tian
Y: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Z: Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

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Marvel's Oz Comics #2-6

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