2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

ONCE UPON A DREAM
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2023

I know you
I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you
The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
- Once Upon a Dream, Sleeping Beauty

Dreams are the stories that our brain tells us: Romantic stories, scary stories, fantastical stories. This challenge focuses on different themes in dreams and encourages you to read books that fit those. If you'd like to join this challenge, post a message below letting the challenge leader know how many books you plan to read.

1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover.
3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).
4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.
5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover.
6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.
8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.
9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover.
10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover.

This challenge was created by Debra and will be led by Lina. Thank you both!

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Once Upon a Dream Challenge!
Thanks to Debra for creating this challenge - I am excited to be leading it :)

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one. - Imagine, John Lennon

📚 To sign up, please post a comment below and include the number of books you plan to read for this challenge! 📚

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Updating your progress:

When updating your progress, please include your sign-up message number plus the current progress using this format:
Update to Message # xx: books read/ books pledged

If you decide to drop out of the challenge, please don’t delete your original sign-up post. Just update and let me know. Thanks! :)

If at any point you have questions, please feel free to ask!

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Dreaming Novices 💤🛌
- Brianna 0/10
- Caraina 0/10
- Jenn 0/10
- Kristina 0/10
- Lisa 0/2

Dreaming Apprentices 😴🌙
- Carmen 9/10
- Gwen 5/10
- Inge 5/10
- Kalyn 1/7
- Lilili 2/7
- Roevardotter 3/5
- Suzanne 1/10

Master Dreamers ✨💭
- Allie 6/5 - COMPLETED!
- Amy 8/5 - COMPLETED!
- Ariail 10/10 - COMPLETED!
- Ashleigh 2/2 - COMPLETED!
- Beth 10/10 - COMPLETED!
- Catsalive 5/5 - COMPLETED!
- Chalmation 4/4 - COMPLETED!
- Debra 6/4 - COMPLETED!
- Emily 2/2 - COMPLETED!
- Frankie 5/5 - COMPLETED!
- Jaida 4/4 - COMPLETED!
- Janine 5/3 - COMPLETED!
- Jen 3/2 - COMPLETED!
- Kate 10/10 - COMPLETED!
- Kendra 10/10 - COMPLETED!
- Lina 10/4 - COMPLETED!
- QueenEternity 4/4 - COMPLETED!
- Rachael 10/10 - COMPLETED!
- Sarah 6/6 - COMPLETED!
- Shari 5/5 - COMPLETED!
- Sheila 23/10 - COMPLETED!
- Sherri 10/10 - COMPLETED!
- TerryJane 10/10 - COMPLETED!

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35 Dreamers Signed Up
📚 193/241 books read (80.1 %) 📚

Updated up to Message #90

(Side note: this is my first time leading a challenge - so I hope everything goes well! If you are unhappy with something, please feel free to offer - if possible constructive - criticism)

Happy Reading to all of you!

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🌙 Once Upon A Dream - Monthly Challenge🌙
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2023

🌙 Progress: 10/4
I know you
I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you
The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
- Once Upon a Dream, Sleeping Beauty

Dreams are the stories that our brain tells us: Romantic stories, scary stories, fantastical stories. This challenge focuses on different themes in dreams and encourages you to read books that fit those.

🌙1. Dreams About Being Chased🌙
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
The Haunting of Hill House
🌙2. Dreams About Falling🌙
Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover.
Kate
🌙3. Dreams About Flying🌙
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover.
Our Missing Hearts
🌙4. Dreams About Death🌙
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
🌙5. Dreams About Water🌙
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover.
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
🌙6. Dreams About Food🌙
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
Persephone
🌙7. Recurring Dreams🌙
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.
Dracula
🌙8. Dreams About Animals🌙
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
🌙9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move🌙
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
🌙10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak🌙
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover.
The Hate U Give

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I will ( apparently) never, ever learn not to join two monthlies + a quarterly taking place in the same period of time... so wish me luck, I guess :D

Please sign me up, for 2, Lina :)
Thankyou!

Thanks, Lina.
Please sign me up, 4 books.

6/4
Challenge complete

✔ 1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon

✔ 2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover.
The English Assassin by Daniel Silva

✔ 3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).
My Fate According to the Butterfly by Gail D. Villanueva

4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.

✔ 5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover.
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.

7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.

✔ 8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.
One Rainy Day in May by Mark Z. Danielewski

9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover.

✔ 10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover.
House Taken Over by Julio Cortázar

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ONCE UPON A DREAM
Progress: 0/10

Sign me up for all 10!

Dreams About Being Chased
1. Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Dreams About Falling
2. Read a book where someone is injured or with something / someone falling on the cover: The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang
Dreams About Flying
3. Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.): The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Dreams About Death
4. Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover: Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
Dreams About Water
5. Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover: Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
Dreams About Food
6. Read a book that features food or has food on cover: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Recurring Dreams
7. Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover: A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
Dreams About Animals
8. Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Dreams Where You Can’t Move
9. Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover: The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
10. Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover: Utopia by Thomas More

Signing up for all 10. Thanks!

10/10

💭 1. Dreams About Being Chased: Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover. - Cycle of the Werewolf
💭 2. Dreams About Falling: Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover. - Unmissing
💭 3. Dreams About Flying: Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.). - Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
💭 4. Dreams About Death: Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover. - 387. Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)
💭 5. Dreams About Water: Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover. - Overboard!: A True Blue-water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival
💭 6. Dreams About Food: Read a book that features food or has food on cover. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop (Whistle Stop, #2)
💭 7. Recurring Dreams: Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover. - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
💭 8. Dreams About Animals: Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover. - The Menagerie (Menagerie, #1)
💭 9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move: Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover. - How to Sell a Haunted House
💭 10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak: Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover. -The House of the Spirits

I love October's choices for monthly theme challenges! :) Sign me up for 7 pls

Progress: 1/7

1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
It

3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).
Project Hail Mary

4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.
The Dead List

5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover.
Every Last Secret

6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
If He Had Been with Me

7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ✔️

8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.
Forest of Secrets

I'm in for 7 books :-)

Progress: 2/7

Thank you, Lina :-)
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1. Read a scary book.
I BAFFI, pg. 149

2. Read a book where someone is injured .
L'esclusa, pg.

3. Read a book with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).
Oro puro, pag. 494


✔ 6. Read a book that features food.
Il giorno più buono: Cucina e scienza per il nostro benessere quotidiano

✔ 8. Read a book that has an animal on the cover.
Gli ansiosi, pg. 360


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4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.

5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover.

7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.


9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover.

10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover.

Hola!
Count me in, please 😉

PROGRESS: 9/10



❎️1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
La Llamada de Chtulhu

❎️2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover.
¿Sueñan los androides con ovejas eléctricas?

❎️3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).
El príncipe de los prodigios

❎️4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.
Death and the Penguin

❎️5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover.
Soñar con la superficie

6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
Snow So White

❎️7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.
You Have To Kiss a Lot of Frogs

❎️8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.
Bosque

❎️9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover.
Los Abel

❎️10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover.
Me quiere... no me quiere

ONCE UPON A DREAM
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2023

5/5 Completed. Finished

1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.

2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured.
Unbeautifully-Madeline Sheehan 10/12/23

3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).
The Chosen Girl-Elle Gray 10/22/23


4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery.
The Lighthouse Girls-B.R. Spangler 10/12/23

5. Dreams About Water
Read a book with a body of water on the cover.
The Missing Daughter-Elle Gray 10/13/23


6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.
8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.

9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape.
(MC is trying to escape her stalker)
Slash-Jessica Gadziala 10/01/23

10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover.

I'd like to sign up for 2!

2/2 - Completed 10/26/2023

1. A scary book - The Langoliers by Stephen King - completed 10/26/2023
4. A murder mystery - Saving Max by Antoinette van Heugten - completed 10/20/2023

I'll go for 5

ONCE UPON A DREAM
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2023
5/5

I know you
I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you
The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
- Once Upon a Dream, Sleeping Beauty

Dreams are the stories that our brain tells us: Romantic stories, scary stories, fantastical stories. This challenge focuses on different themes in dreams and encourages you to read books that fit those. If you'd like to join this challenge, post a message below letting the challenge leader know how many books you plan to read.

1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
by Jack Carr 5/10 3★
2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover.
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan 10/10 3.5★ - injured MC
3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).
4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.
5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover. - waterfall
by Terry Goodkind 3/10 4★
6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.
8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover - Carol's dog is important in her healing
Cross and Burn by Val McDermid 8/10 3★
9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape
Outback by Patricia Wolf 1/10 4★
or with any type of restraint on the cover.
10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover.

I'm going to try for 5

ONCE UPON A DREAM
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2023

Progress: 5 / 5 COMPLETED!!

1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
😴 2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover. Buried
😴 3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.). The Lost Girls of Paris
4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.
😴 5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover. Beautiful Ruins
6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
😴 7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover. Time After Time
8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.
😴 9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover. F is for Freedom
10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover.

Joining for at least 6~

Done! 10 /10

✅ 1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read ... a scary book


✅ 2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book ... where someone is injured.


✅ 3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place ... in space


✅ 4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery


✅ 5. Dreams About Water
Read a book ... set in or on the water


✅ 6. Dreams About Food
Read a book ... that features food


✅ 7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book ... with a recurring event.


✅ 8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.


✅ 9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book ... where a character is trying to escape.


✅ 10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book ... with a language that is not your mother tongue

Sign me up for 2 please!

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Tracking

2/2

1. Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover - The Diamond of Freedom
2. Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover. - The Pillars of Creation

Sign me up for 5
Progress 6/5

1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
😴2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover. The Manchurian Candidate
😴3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).

😴4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover. The Running Grave
5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover.
6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
😴7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover. Voice of the Violin
😴8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover. A Court of Mist and Fury
😴9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover. Slow Horses
10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover

I have no idea how many books I'll read in October that will fit the prompts.

I am for sure reading a book for 10: published in another language, Moscow 1937 by Karl Schlogel. It was written in German and is very heavy going.

I will also read a scary book, The Witching Tide, by Margaret Meyer. I think it's more of a psychological horror/thriller, but we'll see.

Welcome to all the new Dreaming Novices! 💤🛌
Very happy to have you joining the challenge :)

Updated through here!

Jen, I have put you down for 2 books for now. I hope that is fine. Let me know if you want me to change it at some point!

Sheila from NC signing on and I’ll try all 10. Thanks for hosting.

hi, sign me up for 4 books!

3. Dreams About Flying - Read a book with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).


4. Dreams About Death - Read a murder mystery.


8. Dreams About Animals - Read a book that has an animal on the cover.


9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move - Read a book where a character is trying to escape.

ONCE UPON A DREAM
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2023

Completed: 0/10

1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover.
3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).
4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.
5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover.
6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.
8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.
9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover.
10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover.

🌹 ONCE UPON A DREAM - Monthly Challenge
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2023
Progress: 10/10 -- COMPLETE

🌹 1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
The Broken Girls

🌹 2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover.
The Overnight Guest

🌹 3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).
From the Earth to the Moon

🌹 4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.
Death's Acre

🌹 5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover.
We Run the Tides

🌹 6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

🌹 7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.
Cassandra in Reverse

🌹 8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.
A Fistful of Collars

🌹 9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover.
Shutter Island

🌹 10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover.
The Love Letter

I’d like to sign up for all 10!

Sign me up for 6 books

6/6-COMPLETED

✅3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).
Flying Angels (15/10/23)

✅4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.
The Thursday Murder Club (16/10/23)

✅5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover.
The SeaLand Incident: The Story Behind One Zoo's Infamous Attempt to House a Great White Shark (17/10/23)

✅6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
(3/10/23)

✅8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.
(3/10/23)

✅9. Dreams Where You Can't Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover.
Escape (18/10/23)

I will go for 5!
8/5-- Challenge Complete!

2. Read a book where someone is injured: November Road
3. Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.): Murder on the Flying Scotsman (the word Flying)
4. Read a murder mystery: Night of the Living Deed
5. Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover: Chances Are...
6. Read a book that features food or has food on cover: Once Upon a Grind
7. Read a book that has multiples of an item on the cover: A Secret History of Witches
8. Read a book that has an animal on the cover: An Uninvited Ghost
9. Read a book where a character is trying to escape: Educated

Once Upon A Dream Message #27

💭1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a book with someone running on the cover.
Afterwards- Rosamund Lupton


💭2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured
On the Way to the Wedding- Julia Quinn


💭3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place in space
Ender’s Game- Orson Scott Card


4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.

💭5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on water
A Crown of Snow and Ice- Melanie Cellier


💭6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that has food on cover.
Tart of Darkness- Denise Swanson


💭7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel
The Midnight Library- Matt Haig


💭8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that has an animal on the cover.
White Fang- Jack London


💭9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book with any type of restraint on the cover.
Always a Cowboy- Linda Lael Miller


💭10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book with a form of communication on the cover
The No-Show- Beth O'Leary


9/ 10 💭

I'm in for 4.

4/4
Challenge Complete

1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
Four Past Midnight

√ 4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.
Nightingale (Jake Scarne Thrillers #10)

7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.


10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover.
Paris in the Twentieth Century

I'll try for all 10!

Completed all 10

1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, 3/5*, 10/3/23

2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover.
If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'Brien, 3/5*, 10/4/23

3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Adam Makos, 4/5*, 10/16/23

4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.
Restless in the Grave by Dana Stabenow, 5/5*, 10/21/24

5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover.
The Summer Book, Tove Jansson, 3/5*, 10/26/23

6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg, 5/5*, 10/10/23

7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry, it has multiples of beds/cots on the cover, , 4/5*, 10/2/23

8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, 5/5*, 10/15/23

9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover.
The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy, 4/5*, 10/14/23

10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover.
The Lost Village by Camilla Sten, Swedish, 3/5*, 10/6/23

2023 Reading Challenge
October - Once Upon a Dream
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2023

Progress: 10 out of 10

I know you
I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you
The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
- Once Upon a Dream, Sleeping Beauty

Dreams are the stories that our brain tells us: Romantic stories, scary stories, fantastical stories. This challenge focuses on different themes in dreams and encourages you to read books that fit those. If you'd like to join this challenge, post a message below letting the challenge leader know how many books you plan to read.

1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover:
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix - ***** - 1/7/2024 - 419 Pages - Scary

2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover:
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - ***** - 10/1/2023 - 401 Pages

3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.):
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna - ***** - 10/5/2023 - 318 Pages - Witch on a broomstick flying

4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover:
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo - ***** - 11/15/2023 - 461 Pages

5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover:
When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal - **** - 1/13/2024 - 348 Pages

6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover:
Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley - ***** - 10/4/2023 - 224 Pages - Features growing food

7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover:
Lore Olympus: Volume Five by Rachel Smythe - ***** - 10/4/2023 - 400 Pages - Multiple Hearts on the Cover

8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover:
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby - **** - 10/12/2023 - 319 Pages

9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover:
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears - ***** - 10/26/2023 - 288 Pages - Britney is trying escape her conservatorship

10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover:
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - **** - 11/25/2023 - 272 Pages - Originally published in Japanese

Please sign me up for all 10!
I actually am on time so should be able to :)

1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
A Song for the Dying
2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover.
3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).
4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.
Candy Apple Killer
5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover.
6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.
Het verhaal van mijn gezicht
8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.
9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover.
10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover
Forgiving Paris

Put me down for all ten please!

Update to #16

1/2

Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover - The Diamond of Freedom (a character in the book has the ability to repeat time)

Please sign me up for all 10!

2023 Reading Challenge
October - Once Upon a Dream
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2023

Progress: 0/10

1. Dreams About Being Chased
Read a scary book, or with someone/something running on the cover.
2. Dreams About Falling
Read a book where someone is injured or with something/someone falling on the cover.
3. Dreams About Flying
Read a book that takes place on an airplane or in space, or with anything flying on the cover (bird, airplane, etc.).
4. Dreams About Death
Read a murder mystery or a book with a coffin or dead body on the cover.
5. Dreams About Water
Read a book set in or on the water or with a body of water on the cover.
6. Dreams About Food
Read a book that features food or has food on cover.
7. Recurring Dreams
Read a book about time travel, a recurring event (like Groundhog Day), or one that has multiples of an item on the cover.
8. Dreams About Animals
Read a book that features an animal or has an animal on the cover.
9. Dreams Where You Can’t Move
Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover.
10. Dreams Where You Can’t Speak
Read a book originally published in a language that is not your mother tongue or with a form of communication on the cover.

Updated message 26-- 1/5

Set me down for 3 books, please

Progress: 3/5

Update to comment #37: 2/3

Updated message 26-- 2/5

Please sign me up for 3.

Updated Message #11
1/5 Completed

update message 32
1/10 done :)

Update to #16

2/2 COMPLETE

Read a book where a character is trying to escape or with any type of restraint on the cover. - The Pillars of Creation

Updated message 26-- 3/5

Update for message #3:
🌙 Progress: 9/4 🌙

Update to msg #8 pls

Progress: 1/7

Update msg 7 - 4/10

Update to Message #23 : 5/10

Update to message 27
4/10 read 💭

Updated message 26-- 5/5-- Challenge Complete; I will keep going