2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

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Reading Goals
✔️ Read 110 books
✔️ Donate 50 books to the library
✔️ Finish 2 yearly challenges
Finish 2 monthly challenges (0/2)
Finish 3 book series (2/3)
Read 16 books over 300 pages (13/16)
Read 4 books over 400 pages (1/4)

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Past Challenge Threads
2022 Challenge Thread
2023 Challenge Thread
2024 Challenge Thread

Challenges

Around the Year Challenge

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Lifetime Challenge

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Yearly Challenges

20 Questions

Clear the Shelves

Opposites Attract

Serial Reader

Wheel of Feels

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Quarterly Threads

Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Quarter 3
Quarter 4

*Idea borrowed from Jenna DNF Queen with permission. For fun. The goal is to read a book published every year since I've been born, including my birth year (1982). Started in April 2024.*

Books Read:
🧁 1982: The Specter by Joan Lowery Nixon ✔️
1983: Secrets ✔️
1984: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros ✔️
1985: Death of a Gossip by M.C. Beaton ✔️
1986: The Matchmakers by Debbie Macomber ✔️
1987: Twisted by R.L. Stine ✔️
1988: New Girl in Town by Judy Baer ✔️
1989: Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise by Ann M. Martin ✔️
1990: Halloween Party by R.L. Stine ✔️
1991: Sudden Death by Nicholas Adams ✔️
1992: Jessi's Gold Medal by Ann M. Martin ✔️
1993: Spring Break by Nicholas Pine ✔️
1994: Why I'm Afraid of Bees by R.L. Stine ✔️
1995: The Julius House by Charlaine Harris ✔️
1996: Prom Date by Diane Hoh ✔️
1997: Sabrina the Teenage Witch by Bobbi J.G. Weiss ✔️
1998: The Cold, Hard Fax by Leslie O'Kane ✔️
1999: Emily by Jack Weyland ✔️
2000: The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot ✔️
2001: Leap of Faith by Danielle Steel ✔️
2002: Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came by M.C. Beaton✔️
2003: Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate by M.C. Beaton ✔️
2004: The Rose Queen by M.E. Rabb ✔️
2005: Murder on a Starry Night by Sally Goldenbaum ✔️
2006: Love, Lies and Liquor by M.C. Beaton ✔️
2007: Big Boned by Meg Cabot ✔️
2008: The New Girl by Meg Cabot ✔️
2009: Ready-Made Family by Cheryl Wyatt (5/18/24) ✔️
2010: Thirteen Plus One by Lauren Myracle ✔️
2011: Never Have I Ever by Sara Shepard (5/2/24) ✔️
2012: Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard ✔️
2013: 12th of Never by James Patterson ✔️
2014: Mia Fashion Plates and Cupcakes by Coco Simon ✔️
2015: Kristy's Great Idea by Raina Telgemeier ✔️
2016: Welcoming Seas by Lily Harper Hart ✔️
2017: Mister Hockey by Lia Riley ✔️
2018: Texas Ranger by James Patterson ✔️
2019: Finding Forever by Mona Ingram ✔️
2020: Guardian Witch by Valia Lind ✔️
2021: Poison in the Pastries by Susan Harper ✔️
2022: The Christmas Cottage by Christine Rimmer ✔️
2023:
2024: Emily's Cupcake Magic! (1) by Coco Simon ✔️
2025: The Crash by Freida McFadden ✔️

20 Questions

COMPLETED: 8/10

Famous Fictional Person
1. Royalty
2. Teenage protagonist: Spirit Seeker by Joan Lowery Nixon (1/10/25)
3. Book series character: Shakespeare's Christmas by Charlaine Harris (1/6/25)
4. Has a cat: Silent Witness by Carol Ellis (2/9/25)
5. (view spoiler)[Mia Thermopolis ~ Princess in the Spotlight (hide spoiler)] (2/22/25)

Food:
1. Made into a TV movie: Weep No More, My Lady by Mary Higgins Clark (3/22/25)
2. Mystery MPG: Jessi and the Jewel Thieves by Ann M. Martin (2/2/25)
3. Sweet treats on the cover: Poison in the Pastries by Susan Harper (3/2/25)
4. Female Protagonist: The Watcher by Lael Littke (1/23/25)
5. (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

Clear the Shelves

COMPLETED: 53/50 -- CHALLENGE COMPLETED

1. I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama
2. Spirit Seeker
3. I Know What You Did Last Summer
4. The Hitchhiker
5. The Watcher
6. Brenda at the Prom
*7. The Crash
8. Trouble With a Capital T
9. Lost and Found
10. Princess in the Spotlight
11. Texas Ranger
12. Shakespeare's Trollop
*13. 12th of Never
14. Jennifer's Secret
15. Promises to the Dead
16. Journey to Nowhere
17. Weep No More, My Lady
*18. Blind Date
19. Big Boned
20. Broken Promises
21. The House on Mango Street
*22. The Lottery Winner
23. A Matter of Trust
24. The Perfect Paragon
25. Secrets in the Shadows
26. Undercurrents
27. The Widow
28. Someone to Love Me
*29. The Other Side of Dark
30. The Bully
31. The Gun
32. Run for Your Life
33. Until We Meet Again
34. Blood Is Thicker
35. The Proud and The Beast: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
*36. Beware the Shopping Mall
37. Best Friends and Drama Queens
38. Brothers in Arms
39. April Fools
40. Summer of Secrets
41. Dawn
42. The Fallen
43. Shattered
44. The Case of the Missing Marquess
45. The Secret of Terror Castle
46. Search for Safety
47. No Way Out
48. Schooled
49. Haunted Lighthouse
50. The Case of the Left-Handed Lady
51. Breaking Point
52. The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets
53. The Test

(view spoiler)[54. The Writer
55. Private
56. Bluford: Pretty Ugly
57. Bluford: Promises to Keep
58. Newcomer
59. The Fever
60. Survivor (hide spoiler)]

Opposites Attract

Books: 10/8| Pairs: 5/4 -- CHALLENGE COMPLETED

✅ Pair #1: Life/Death
1. Life: I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama ✅
2. Death: Til a Death Do Us Part ✅

✅ Pair #2: Light/Dark
1. Light: Trip the Light Phantasmic ✅
2. Dark: The Other Side of Dark ✅

✅ Pair #3: Me/You
1. Me: Believe in Me ✅
2. You: I Know What You Did Last Summer ✅

✅ Pair #4: Night/Day
1. Night: Night Kills ✅
2. Day: Author Day ✅

✅ Pair #5: Do/Don't
1. Do: Til a Death Do Us Part ✅
2. Don't: Don't Forget Me! ✅

Serial Reader

51+: Seasoned Serial Reader 🍃

COMPLETED: 60/52 -- CHALLENGE COMPLETED

Agatha Raisin
#15 The Deadly Dance ✔️
#16 The Perfect Paragon ✔️
#17 Love, Lies and Liquor ✔️

Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls
#3 Best Friends and Drama Queens ✔️

Alvirah & Willy
#1 Weep No More, My Lady ✔️
#2 The Lottery Winner ✔️
#3 All Through the Night ✔️
#6 Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea ✔️

Apple Blossom Ranch
#0 His to Adore: An Apple Blossom Ranch Prequel ✔️

Baby-sitters Club
#17 Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery ✔️

Baby-sitters Club Mysteries
#8 Jessi and the Jewel Thieves ✔️

Bakery Detectives
#5 Til a Death Do Us Part ✔️

Bluford High
#1 Lost and Found ✔️
#2 A Matter of Trust ✔️
#3 Secrets in the Shadows ✔️
#4 Someone to Love Me ✔️
#5 The Bully ✔️
#6 The Gun ✔️
#7 Until We Meet Again ✔️
#8 Blood Is Thicker ✔️
#9 Brothers in Arms ✔️
#10 Summer of Secrets ✔️
#11 The Fallen ✔️
#12 Shattered ✔️
#13 Search for Safety ✔️
#14 No Way Out ✔️
#15 Schooled ✔️

Cedar River Daydreams
#2 Trouble With a Capital T ✔️
#3 Jennifer's Secret ✔️
#4 Journey to Nowhere ✔️
#5 Broken Promises ✔️

Cupcake Diaries
#19 Emma: Lights! Camera! Cupcakes! ✔️

Cutler
#1 Dawn ✔️

Darla's Delectables Food Truck Cozy Mysteries
#1 Poison in the Pastries ✔️

✅ Discovery's Murder is Forever
#4 Murder Thy Neighbor ✔️

Enola Holmes
#1 The Case of the Missing Marquess ✔️
#2 The Case of the Left-Handed Lady ✔️

Fear Street
#11 The Fire Game ✔️

Goosebumps Graphic Novels
#1 The Haunted Mask: The Graphic Novel ✔️

The Gothic Gwyn Mysteries
#1 Trip the Light Phantasmic ✔️

The Hardy Boys
#6 The Shore Road Mystery ✔️

Hawthorne Chronicles
#1 Guardian Witch ✔️

Heather Wells
#3 Big Boned ✔️

Jaine Austen Mysteries
#3 Killer Blonde ✔️

Jett Series
#1 Believe in Me ✔️

Kate Waters
#1 The Widow ✔️

✅ Lily Bard
#3 Shakespeare's Christmas ✔️
#4 Shakespeare's Trollop ✔️
#5 Shakespeare's Counselor ✔️

Michael Bennett
#2 Run for Your Life ✔️

Mostly Ghostly
#2 Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? ✔️
#3 One Night in Doom House ✔️

Nightmare Hall
#12 The Whisperer ✔️

Princess Diaries
#2 Princess in the Spotlight ✔️

Rory Yates
#1 Texas Ranger ✔️

Sabrina the Teenage Witch
#1 Sabrina the Teenage Witch ✔️
#2 Showdown at the Mall ✔️

Sweet Valley High
#2 Secrets ✔️

Willow Creek Romance
#1 The Sheriff of Willow Creek ✔️

Women's Murder Club
#12 12th of Never ✔️

Wheel of Feels

COMPLETED: 14/14

🔠 Emotional Spelling

A: All Through the Night ✅
D: The Deadly Dance ✅
M: Murder by Cheesecake ✅
I: I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama ✅
R: Run for Your Life ✅
A: April Fools ✅
T: Trouble With a Capital T ✅
I: I Know What You Did Last Summer ✅
O: One Night in Doom House ✅
N: Night Kills ✅

🔎 Emotional Titles

Love: Someone to Love Me ✅
Trust: A Matter of Trust ✅
Terror: The Secret of Terror Castle ✅
Fear: A New Fear ✅
Surprise: Wyoming Christmas Surprise

Books Read #: 29

Books Read #: 34

Books Read #: 40

Quarterly Challenges:

Monthly Challenges:

Books Read #: 23

3,417 (Current TBR)
3,350 (Goal for End of 2025)

3,411 (Current TBR)
- 6 from my last count.

I'll take it... even if it mostly happened because I removed books from giveaways I didn't win lol

Love your page, D.L. Such pretty graphics! I hope you are enjoying your 2025 reads and challenges.

TerryJane wrote: "Love your page, D.L. Such pretty graphics! I hope you are enjoying your 2025 reads and challenges."

I am enjoying the challenges and most of the books I've read, although I am still looking for a book that really wows me. I have had some strong 4-star ones, but no 5-star worthy reads yet. There's lots of time left, though!

Hi D.L., hope all is well! I love looking at your page. I could only wish to be as organized!

Looks like you are making great progress on your goal! I'll be rooting for you to find those 5 star reads. Happy reading!

JennH wrote: "Hi D.L., hope all is well! I love looking at your page. I could only wish to be as organized!

Looks like you are making great progress on your goal! I'll be rooting for you to find those 5 star r..."

Thanks so much! I am not giving up hope on finding that 5 star read lol I know it's out there. I've had some solid 4s.

Woohoo, D.L.! You're almost there! Congratulations on completing so many of your yearly challenges! I'm still working on mine. Numberwise, I've surpassed my goal with the Serial Reader challenge. However, I haven't read the books I had planned. I'm afraid love book series more than I realized and keep on finding new ones! And Opposites Attract has proven harder than I had anticipated...

I hope you've found those 5 star reads!

Thank you for stopping by again, Jenn! A 5-star read has been elusive for me this year, but I've still got time to find it :)

Congratulations on hitting your goal, D.L.! Way to go! Hope there were many new favorite authors and books!

And you've got this! Two months is a good amount of time to find some 5 star reads!

TY Jenn. I am happy to report that as of tonight (10/31) I finally found my first five-star read of the year in a very touching and emotional YA novel!

D.L. wrote: "TY Jenn. I am happy to report that as of tonight (10/31) I finally found my first five-star read of the year in a very touching and emotional YA novel!

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YES! And there's still time left in the year to find some more... 😉

There is!! :)