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2025 YA-MA Generated Challenges

Explanation: This year’s fun reading challenge is a compilation of some creative extrapolation from user suggestions. To ‘win’ this challenge, you need to read 12 YA books from the categories below.

PS: You can over-achieve and complete all 24 challenges also.

Relationships
1. Love Triangle- Read a YA book with a love triangle.
2. Love is Love- Read a YA book that features an LGBTQ relationship.
3. Committed- Read a YA book where characters get married.
4. Love Yourself- Read a YA book where a character exits a bad relationship.
5. No Love- Read a YA book with absolutely no romance.

Seasons and Interesting Holidays
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6. Name Day- Read a YA book set or published in the month or year that shares your birthday.
7. Just not Christmas- Read a YA book that features Hanukkah, Yule, or Kwanza … but not Christmas.
8. ‘Spring’ into Action- Read a YA book that features a deaf character [Deaf History Month (3/13 to 4/15)] or a Family Reunion [Family Reunion Month between Mother's Day & Father's Day].
9. ‘Summer’ Fling- Read a YA book that features a pet in a significant way [Adopt-A-Cat Month (June), Dog Days (7/3 to 8/11)].
10. ‘Fall’ into a Book- Read a YA book that features food in a significant way [National Rice Month (September), Apple Month (October), World Vegan Month (November)].

Genre Blender
11. The Poet Speaks- Read a YA book that is written as a novel in verse.
12. Truth Triumphs- Read a YA nonfiction book.
13. Hot Off the Presses- Read a YA book published in 2025.
14. Too Graphic- Read a YA graphic novel.
15. What is It?- Read a YA book that can be classified as more than one genre.

Series
16. Begin- Start a new YA series.
17. Persevere- Continue a YA series you haven't read in over a year.
18. Jump Around- Read a book from a YA series out of order. (ex. Read book three without reading book 2.)
19. End- Finish a YA series.

Location, Location, Location
20. Far Away- Read a YA book that is set on a different continent from the one where you live.
21. IRL- Read a YA book set in an IRL historical location.
22. Atlantis- Read a YA book that is set in a completely fictional location.
23. Island Getaway- Read a YA book set on an island.
24. Staycation- Read a YA book set in or near your hometown.

Discussion: We can use this thread to plan for each challenge, as well as recommend and review books. *PS: All books technically need to be classified as YA for this challenge, but if you want/need to bend the rules to participate and have fun, go for it!*

Oh dear. You did it to me. I think I must join.

Woot!