2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion
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👩💼♀️👩🏻💼🔎✒📚A-Z: WOMEN AUTHORS📚✒🔍👩🏾💼♀️👩🏼💼Read a book for each letter of the alphabet, using women authors’ first names, last names, or initials.
✔️A: Alice Feeney
Book: Rock Paper Scissors 9 October ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️B: Barbara Davis
Book: The Echo of Old Books 30 November ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️C: Catherine Doyle
Book: The Dagger and the Flame 5 February ⭐⭐⭐
✔️D: Diana Urban
Book: Under the Surface 25 August ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️E: Emily Lloyd-Jones
Book: The Wild Huntress 6 March ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️F: Freida McFadden
Book: The Inmate 26 August ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️G: Glendy Vanderah
Book: Where the Forest Meets the Stars 29 November ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️H: Helena Echlin
Book: Clever Little Thing 28 March Hera ⭐⭐⭐
✔️I: Isabel Ibañez
Book: What the River Knows 3 June ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️J: Jennifer Saint
Book: Hera 8 January ⭐⭐⭐
✔️K: Karissa Chen
Book: Homeseeking 3 May ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️L: Daria Lavelle
Book: Aftertaste 30 November ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️M: Marjan Kamali
Book: The Lion Women of Tehran 17 February ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️N: Nancy Star
Book: Rules for Moving 24 November ⭐⭐⭐
✔️O: O.O. Sangoyomi
Book: Masquerade 23 October ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️P: Page Getz
Book: A Town with Half the Lights On 25 May ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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✔️R: Rebecca Ross
Book: Wild Reverence 6 November ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️S: Sara Goodman Confino
Book: Behind Every Good Man 16 October ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️T: Tess Gerritsen
Book: The Summer Guests 26 October ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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✔️V: Violet Ingram
Book: Death By High Heels 28 October ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️W: Weike Wang
Book: Rental House 28 January ⭐⭐⭐
✔️X: Xóchitl González
Book: Anita de Monte Laughs Last 10 September ⭐⭐⭐
✔️Y: Yasmin Angoe
Book: Her Name Is Knight 27 October ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Z: Zoë Heller
Book: What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal 22 September ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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TBR JAR CHALLENGE: HereDuration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Goodreads Randomly Chosen: 0/5
1. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
2. All But My Life
3. The Name of the Wind 13 February ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Daughters of Shandong 8 November ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. My Unexpected Forever
16 Tasks from Given List: 0/16
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year: Babylonia
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
5. Read the earliest published book on your TBR
6. Read the most recently published book that’s available on your TBR
7. Read a book with the highest average rating on your TBR, or over 3.8
8. Read a book with the lowest average rating on your TBR, or under 3.0
9. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
10. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
11. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the first page
12. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the last page
13. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
14. Sort your TBR by author. Read a book from the first page.
15. Sort your TBR by author. Read a book from the last page.
16. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2025Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 Here
1. A book about a POC experiencing joy and not trauma
2. A book you want to read based on the last sentence
3. A book about space tourism
4. A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title
5. A book with a snake on the cover or in the title
6. A book that fills your favorite prompt from the 2015 PS Reading Challenge
7. A book about a cult
8. A book under 250 pages
9. A book that features a character going through menopause
10. A book you got for free
11. A book mentioned in another book
12. A book about a road trip
13. A book rated less than three stars on Goodreads
14. A book about a nontraditional education
15. A book that an AI chatbot recommends based on your favorite book
16. A book set in or around a body of water
17. A book about a run club
18. A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons
19. A highly anticipated read of 2025
20. A book that fills a 2024 prompt you'd like to do over (or try out)
21. A book where the main character is a politician
22. A book about soccer
23. A book that is considered healing fiction
24. A book with a happily single woman protagonist
25. A book where the main character is an immigrant or refugee
26. A book where an adult character changes careers
27. A book set at a luxury resort
28. A book that features an unlikely friendship
29. A book about a food truck
30. A book that reminds you of your childhood
31. A book where music plays an integral part of the storyline
32. A book about an overlooked woman in history
33. A book featuring an activity on your bucket list
34. A book written by an author who is neurodivergent
35. A book centering LGBTQ+ characters that isn't about coming out
36. A book with silver on the cover or in the title
37. Two books with the same title (1)
38. Two books with the same title (2)
39. A classic you've never read
40. A book about chosen family
Advanced Prompts
Easy
41. A book by the oldest author in your TBR pile
42. A book with a title that starts with the letter Y
43. A book that includes a nonverbal character
44. A book you have always avoided reading
Medium
45. A book with a left-handed character
46. A book where nature is the antagonist
47. A book of interconnected short stories
Hard
48. A book that features a married couple who don't live together
49. A dystopian book with a happy ending
50. A book that features a character with chronic pain
GENRE BINGO CHALLENGE HereDuration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Books Completed: 0/25
Bingos: 0/5
Great goal and plan, Vicki! I hope you are making good progress and enjoying your 2025 book picks. 😊
I am but I need to add them. I've had some issues this year with being able to use my hands due to arthritis so I've had to pick and choose which things to type in a day and my team challenges win. I hope to catch up soon. Thanks!
Hi Vicki! Hope all is well and your hands are feeling better! Looks like you are making great progress on your goal. I hope you are enjoying lots of amazing books along the way! Happy reading!
Vicki, you're almost there! I hope you are enjoying lots of fabulous books as you are getting closer to your goal!
I feel like I've failed miserably because I have had issues all year with my arthritis. I am going to TRY to fill in this page. I hate feeling like I wasted a MOD's time.
2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Daughters of Shandong (other topics)What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal] (other topics)
The Summer Guests (other topics)
Death By High Heels (other topics)
Rules for Moving (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Zoë Heller (other topics)Tess Gerritsen (other topics)
Violet Ingram (other topics)
Nancy Star (other topics)
Glendy Vanderah (other topics)
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and there's no growth in the comfort zone!
My biggest goal of 2025 is to be more organized. I join a lot of challenges, both individual and group; however, I fail my solo ones because I tend to put them on the back seat for my group ones. This year I want to not forget my individual ones...none of them OR I won't sign up unless I commit!