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I will be introducing a new motley mini challenge, too. 😱👀

Pick up to 25 of the 100 categories.

Please place all the numbers you selected in a post below.

You have until November 15th to make up your mind.

I will tally the votes by the 20th. If there are any ties, I will run a second challenge tie breaker.

The list will be posted on December 1st.

The top 25 choices will be our Motley Challenge 2025.

The challenge will be to read a book from these 25 challenges.

You will pick up to four alternatives from the challenges that did not make it.


Authors:

1. Any genre written by a disabled author.
2. Any book written by a ghostwriter.
3. An author everyone else has read, but you.
4. An author you have read a book from more than 2 times.
5. An author that shares your first name.
6. A book written by two authors.

Published:

7. In the year of the snake. (1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025)
8. In the year of 1999.
9. By Vintage Publishing Company.
10. By Penguin Pocket books.
11. In December.

You purchased this:

12. Without reading the blurb.
13. Because of the cover only.
14. Because of the title only.
15. Because of the author only.
16. Because it was a new release.
17. Because it was a Booker Prize nomination.
18. Because it was a best selling novel.
19. Because it was recommended on TikTok.
20. Because your friend gifted it to you.
21. Because a friend recommended it to you.
22. You didn’t purchase this book, you won it.

Title:

23. A persons name in the title.
24. A body part in the title.
25. The word “Secret” in the title.
26. An apostrophe in the title.
27. A day of the week in the title.
28. Title Matches lyrics from a song.
29. Title Starts with the letter “K”.


Genre:

30. Greek mythology.
31. 18th century classic
32. Dark academia.
33. A ghost story.
34. Poetry.
35. Collection of short stories.
36. Based on historical events.
37. A summer romance.
38. Revenge.
39. About healthy eating.
40. Self love/or building confidence.
41. Magical realism.
42. Sci-fi novella.
43. Cozy fantasy.
44. Romance with neurodivergent characters.
45. A banned comic.
46. Splatter punk.

Narrator:

47. By an unreliable narrator.
48. By an omniscient narrator.
49. By a voice narrator.

Story designed with:

50. Chapters that have dates as headings.
51. Chapters that have only numbers as headings.
52. Chapters that have quotes as headings.
53. Book has more than 40 chapters.
54. Book than has less than 15 chapters.
55. Book has 4 or more points of view.


Type of characters:

56. Character owns an unusual pet.
57. Character owns a small business.
58. Characters are grieving.
59. A character driven novel.
60. A strong female character.


Storyline:

61. Has royalty.
62. Part of a duology.
63. Sisterhood.
64. Mother and daughter relationships.
65. Includes a recipe.
66. Is about finding identity.
67. Includes a wedding.
68. Includes a funeral.
69. Characters go camping.
70. Contains a personal phobia.
71. Has an abrupt ending.
72. The timeframe spans less than a week.
73. The timeframe spans more than 10 years.
74. The plot is similar to another book you read.
75. Is about a different culture.
76. Is a book about books.

Location:

77. Set in the future.
78. Set in Hawaii.
79. Is about or set in Hollywood.
80. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate.
81. Set in a landlocked country.
82. Set in your home state.
83. Set in the state where you were born.
84. Set in a college or a college town.
85. Set in a fictional town.
86. Set in medieval times.
87. Set in a place under the ocean.
88. Set in Africa.
89. Set in a jungle or forest.


Cover:

90. With a red, white, and blue cover.
91. Has people on the cover.
92. Has a body of water on the cover.
93. With a very ugly cover.
94. Has a yellow spine.
95. Cover is falling apart or in bad shape.
96. With a vintage cover.
97. With a musical instrument on the cover.
98. With a tree on the cover.


99. A book that went under the radar in 2024.
100. A book you liked that has less than 3 stars on Goodreads.

4,6,16,21,23,26,29,37,60,61,63,64,67,68,78,79,82,88,90,91,92,93,94,98,99

4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23, 32, 37, 53, 58, 60, 62, 75, 83, 84, 88, 91 , 92, 93, 94, 98, 99, 100

4, 8, 15, 16, 17, 24, 31, 36, 42, 59, 60, 61, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 86, 88, 89, 92, 93, 97, 98

Authors:
4. An author you have read a book from more than 2 times.

Published:

7. In the year of the snake. (1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025)

You purchased this:

12. Without reading the blurb.
13. Because of the cover only.
16. Because it was a new release.
21. Because a friend recommended it to you.

Title:

26. An apostrophe in the title.
29. Title Starts with the letter “K”.


Genre:
32. Dark academia.
36. Based on historical events.
38. Revenge.

Narrator:

47. By an unreliable narrator.

Story designed with:

51. Chapters that have only numbers as headings.
53. Book has more than 40 chapters.


Type of characters:
57. Character owns a small business.
60. A strong female character.


Storyline:

61. Has royalty.
62. Part of a duology.
65. Includes a recipe.
76. Is a book about books.

Location:
85. Set in a fictional town.

Cover:
91. Has people on the cover.
92. Has a body of water on the cover.
96. With a vintage cover.
98. With a tree on the cover.

4, 32, 36, 37, 42, 43, 47, 57, 59, 60, 61, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 82, 85, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 98

4, 7, 14, 15, 18, 21, 27, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 42, 43, 58, 59, 60, 65, 69, 75, 77, 82, 98,

1, 4, 6, 11, 14. 15, 16, 18, 19, 28, 36, 37, 38, 47, 53, 58, 60, 64, 65, 75, 82, 83, 91, 92, 100

4, 6, 11, 13, 15, 23, 32, 38, 42, 47, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 80, 84, 85, 91, 92,

3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 24, 33, 35, 36, 41, 58, 60, 72, 73, 74, 79, 82, 85, 91, 96,

Madeline wrote: "I’m currently working on this, should be up by November 1st.

I will be introducing a new motley mini challenge, too. 😱👀"

Ohhh love the idea of a mini challenge!!😍

4, 7, 8, 11, 22, 23, 26, 29, 35, 36, 38, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 59, 61, 62, 75, 76, 83, 85, 91

Alexandra wrote: "Madeline wrote: "I’m currently working on this, should be up by November 1st.

I will be introducing a new motley mini challenge, too. 😱👀"

Ohhh love the idea of a mini challenge!!😍"

I will post it on Dec 1. 😍

3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 25, 31, 33, 36
41, 53, 54, 59, 60, 75, 76, 84, 97, 98, 99

3, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 19, 22, 24, 26, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 48, 53, 57, 63, 73, 82, 84, 91, 94

4, 6, 7, 13, 15, 16, 23, 25, 26, 30, 33, 38, 41, 51, 53, 57, 60, 61, 65, 67, 75, 76, 78, 91, and 97

Thank you! ❤️

4, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 25, 35, 37, 38, 41, 42, 47, 53, 54, 59, 60, 66, 67, 72, 76, 85, 91, and 92

4,5,7,9,10,13,15,23,27,30,33,34,35,42,43,51,53,54,56,60,76,77,88,91,96

7, 22, 24, 28, 31, 32, 38, 45, 46, 80, 82, 83, 84, 92, 93, 99, 100

4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25,
27, 29, 36, 51, 63, 65, 78, 83, 91, 92, 97, 98.

4, 5, 15, 20, 23, 31. 32, 34, 35, 36, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 61, 73, 76, 83, 84, 86, 96, 98, 100.

I'm going to use 83 as country born in because I'm in Ireland and we don't have states 😁

4, 5, 6, 23, 26, 27, 29, 31, 35, 38, 42, 43, 47, 48, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61 ,65, 75, 77, 85

1, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23, 36, 38, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 73, 75, 83, 88, 91, 92, 99

3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13, 16, 18, 23, 29,
33, 36, 41, 43, 48, 51, 53, 57, 59,
60, 72, 75, 77, 85, 92

4, 7, 13, 15, 21,
23, 26, 27, 35, 36
37, 53, 54, 56, 57,
59, 61, 73, 81, 85,
88, 90, 91, 96, 98

2, 4, 7, 8, 15, 16, 21, 26, 27, 35, 36, 53, 54, 59, 60, 66, 67, 68, 73, 74, 82, 83, 84, 91, 92.

Thank you…time to get back into posting in this group.

3, 4, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23, 27, 30, 32, 35,36, 37, 41, 47, 52, 53, 57, 58, 62, 63, 64, 98

Thanks!

4,5,6,7,13,15,17,25,30,33,35,36,65,72,75,76,81,85,88,90,91,92,98

3, 4, 7, 16, 18, 23, 25, 32, 33, 36, 48, 55, 58, 67, 73, 75, 76, 77, 82, 92, 94

4,7,9,10,17,18,20,21,23,31,35,36,40,42,43,44,52,59,60,61,73,75,76,86,96

4, 7, 8, 10, 15, 18, 23, 24, 30, 33, 36, 37, 47, 50, 52, 57, 60, 63, 75, 76, 82, 88, 89, 92, 98

1,4,6,7,13,15,20,23,35,36,44,47,51,58,59,60,64,68,75,76,80,84,92,97,99

Authors: 4,5
Published: 7, 8,
You purchased this: 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 22
Title: 29
Genre: 30, 34, 35, 41,
Narrator: 48
Story designed with: 50, 51
Types of characters: 59, 60
Storyline: 61, 65, 75, 76
Cover: 90

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