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Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books
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Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
22/24
TITLES
January -
February -
March -
April -
May -
June -
July -
August -
September -
October -
November -
December - Dark Vector by Clive Cussler / Graham Brown
AUTHORS
January -
February -
March -
April -
May -
June -
July -
August -
September -
October -
November -
December - Garry Disher - Mischance Creek AA
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Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
22/24
TITLES
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December The Devil in the Details by Vicki Delany
AUTHORS
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December Wendy Day: Christmas, Cabernet, and Chaos
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy
Books: 11/12
Authors: Min 4 AA
AUTHORS
✅January - Janet Evanovich : Look Alive Twenty-Five read 7.1.25 - 4⭐
✅February - Matt Francis : Murder in the Pacific: Mt Yasur read 9.2.25 - 4⭐
✅March - Mary-Lou Stephens : The Jam Maker AA read 31.3.25 - 5⭐
✅April - Jack Adams : Stalker AA read 09.4.25 - 3⭐
✅May - Michael Robotham : The Secrets She Keeps AA read 05.5.25 - 4⭐
✅June - Joanna Jenkins : The Bluff AA read 05.6.25 - 3⭐
✅July - A Lesson in Propriety by Jen Turano read 17.7.25 - 4⭐
✅August - Diane Armstrong : The Wild Date Palm AA read 6.8.25 - 4⭐
✅September - Susan Mackie : Charlie's Will AA read 1.9.25 - 4⭐
✅October - Richard Osman : The Impossible Fortune read 5.10.25 - 5⭐
✅November - Nilima Rao : A Shipwreck in Fiji AA read 8.11.25 - 4⭐
December - Darry Fraser : Elsa Goody, Bushranger AA
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
22/24 8/6 AA
TITLES
✔︎January: Juice by Tim Winton AA 30/1 5★
✔︎February: Forest of the Pygmies by Isabel Allende 24/2 3★
✔︎March: My Childhoodby Maxim Gorky 31/3 4★
✔︎April: A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey 13/4 4★
✔︎May: Murder In Paradise by Ann Cleeves 19/5 3★
✔︎June: James by Percival Everett 13/6 5★
✔︎July: The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott 29/7 4★
✔︎August: The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith 27/8 3★
✔︎September: Secrets and Spies: The Harbin Files by Mara Moustafine AA 23/9 4★
✔︎October: The orchard by Drusilla Modjeska AA 20/10 3★
✔︎November: Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees by Thomas Keneally AA 17/11 3★
December: The Doubleman by Christopher J. Koch AA
AUTHORS
✔︎January: Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility 27/1 4★
✔︎February: Anna FunderAA Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life 10/2 5★
✔︎March: Dervla Murphy Through Siberia by Accident 19/3 4★
✔︎April: Alexandre Dumas The Black Tulip 22/4 4★
✔︎May: Marion Taffe AA By Her Hand 30/5 5★
✔︎June: Judith Lucy AA The Lucy Family Alphabet 12/6 4★
✔︎July: Jane Austen Emma 19/7 4★
✔︎August: Alexander McCall Smith Emma: A Modern Retelling 7/8 4★
✔︎September: Benjamin Stevenson AA Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone 9/9 3★
✔︎October: Michael Ondaatje In the Skin of a Lion 7/10 3★
✔︎November: Michelle Nouri The Girl from Baghdad 14/11 3★
December: David Sweetman Mary Renault: A Biography
📆 Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books 📚Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy - Titles
Books: 11/12 (min 4 AA)
✔ January: Jasper Cliff by Josh Kemp AA (read Jan 22) 3.5★
✔ February: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (read 8 Feb) 5★
✔ March: Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd (read 13 March) 5★
✔ April: All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (read 23 April) 4★
✔ May Michael Without Apology by Catherine Ryan Hyde (read 10 May) 4★
✔ June: The Janes by Louisa Luna (read 27 June) 4★
✔ July: The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson AA (read July 31) 4★
✔ August: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (read 14 August) 4.5★
✔ September: Shadows of Winter Robins by Louise Wolhuter AA (read 20 Sept) 5★
✔ October: The Only Child by Kayte Nunn AA (read 22 Oct) 4★
✔ November: The Night Counsellor by L.K. Pang (read 22 Nov) 4.5★
December: Dead Again by Sandi Wallace AA
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Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
4/24
January
T: Jade and Emerald by Michelle See-Tho🦘 finished 17 Jan ⭐4⭐
A: Landfall by James Bradley 🦘 finished 11 Jan ⭐4⭐
February
T: The Famous by Rachel Lynch finished 11 Feb⭐3⭐
A: Ash Mountain by Helen Fitzgerald🦘 finished 6 Feb ⭐3⭐
March
T: The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai finished 6 Mar⭐5⭐
A: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy🦘 finished 12 Mar ⭐5⭐
April
T: After Darkness by Christine Piper 🦘 finished 30 Apr⭐5⭐
A: Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie finished 6 Apr ⭐4⭐
May
T: Mrs. March by Virginia Feito finished 17 May⭐4.5⭐
A: The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson finished 9 May⭐2⭐
June
T: Juice by Tim Winton🦘 finished 26 June⭐4.5⭐
A: Your Friend and Mine by Jessica Dettmann🦘 finished 10 June⭐3.5⭐
July
T: Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier finished 27 July⭐4⭐
A: The Final Chapter by January Gilchrist🦘 finished 14 July⭐4⭐
August
T: Audition by Katie Kitamura finished 10 August⭐4⭐
A: Ruins by Amy Taylor🦘 finished 10 August⭐4⭐
September
T: Seascraper by Benjamin Wood finished 15 September⭐4⭐
A: First Name Second Name by Steve MinOn🦘 finished 20 September⭐4⭐
October
T: On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle finished 23 October⭐4⭐
A: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad finished 25 October⭐4⭐
November
T: The Name of the Sister by Gail Jones🦘
A: Everyone and Everything by Nadine J. Cohen🦘
December
T:
A:
Count me in - Easy..... I always find this challenge the most, well, challenging...Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level:
11/12 3/4 AA
AUTHORS
January
✅ J = JR ELLIS - The Body in the Dales - J.R. Ellis - 5/1/2025 - ★★★
February
✅ F = FRENCH - Faithful Place - Tana French - 10/2/2025 - ★★★★
March
✅ M = MELVIN - A Trail of Ink - Melvin R. Starr - 9/3/2025 - ★★★★
April
✅ A = ATKINSON - Death at the Sign of the Rook - Kate Atkinson - 1/4/2025 - ★★★★★
May
✅ M = MCTIERNAN - The Unquiet Grave - Dervla McTiernan - A.A - - 10/5/2025 - ★★★★
June
✅ J = JR ELLIS - The Quartet Murders - J.R. Ellis - 10/6/2025 - ★★☆
July
✅ J = JR ELLIS - The Murder at Redmire Hall - J.R. Ellis- 26/7/2025 - ★★★
August
✅ A = ADRIAN - The Wiregrass - Adrian Hyland - A.A - 15/8/2025 - ★★★★
September
✅ S = STEVENSON - Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret - Benjamin Stevenson - A.A - 12/9/2025 - ★★★★
October
✅ O = OSMAN - We Solve Murders - Richard Osman - 4/10/2025 - ★★★★☆
November
✅ N = NICHOLLS - Missing - Adam Nicholls - 10/11/2025 - ★★
December
D = DISHER - Kill Shot - Garry Disher - A.A -
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I am in Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy11/12
TITLES
January The Jam Maker Mary-Lou Stephens AA Done 5* 25/1/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
February The French Perfumer: European Tycoons Leanne Lovegrove AA Done 5* 20/202025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
March Miracle on Chance Avenue Jane Porter Done 5* 9/3/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
April After You Were Gone Vikki Wakefield AA Done 4* 25/4/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
May Montana Medic’s Match Eve Gaddy 4* 15/5/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
June Just a Regular Boy Catherine Ryan Hyde Done 5* 5/7/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
July Jack & Eva: Broody meets bubbly ... and a bunch of cuddly tree kangaroos. An emotional and passionate contemporary romance set in Australia Frances Dall'Alba AA Done 4* 2/8/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
August A Woman’s Voice AA Alli Sinclair Done 5* 22/8/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
September The Swiss Chocolatier: European Tycoons Leanne Lovegrove AA Done 5* 1/9/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
October Our Perfect Family Nicola Marsh AA Done 4* 24/10/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
November The Nowhere Child Christian WhiteAA Done 5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
December Don't Let Me Forget110] Belinda Williams AA
Withdrawn from Challenge
I’ll just do easy and authors (just a quick check on my book piles and I have no titles starting with J!)Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy
11/12
5/4 AA
AUTHORS
January
Translations by Jumaana AbduAA fin13/1/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
February
Voices in the Dark by Fleur McDonaldAA fin 8/2/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
March
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan fin 3/3/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
April
The Montegiallo School of Swearing by Andrew HC McDonald AA fin 5/4/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
May
The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernanAA fin 1/5/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
June
The Caller by Juliet MarillierAA fin 6/6/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July
The Surgeon's House by Jody Cooksley fin 7/7/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
August
The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem fin 9/8/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
September
E Pluribus Unicorn by Theodore Sturgeon fin 17/9/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
October
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa fin 4/10/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
November
Remain by Nicholas Sparks fin 18/11/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December
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Ohh I like this one!! I'm going with Easy, but I'll have to check my TBR later to see what I'll actually do. Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy
0/12
0/4 AA
TITLES
January
Josh and Gemma Make a Baby or Just Jilted
February
Finding Magic in Misfortune or Five Sunsets orFive Winters
March
Michael Without Apology
April
All About Ella AA
May
June
July
August
All the Little Raindrops Art and Soul
September
Secrets Of Whitewater Creek AA or Social Queue AA or Something Bad is Going to Happen AA
October
one of Rachael John's outback books AA
November
Nick of Time or Nora & Kettle
December
Demon Copperhead or Devotion AA
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: EASY
9/12
TITLES
January --
February --
March --
April --
May --
June --
July --
August --
September --
October
November
December
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
READ- 9/24 AA- 7/8
January -
T: Josh Kemp with Jasper Cliff 4🌟 13/1/25 AA
A: Katherine Johnson with Paris Savages 4🌟 23/1/25 AA
February –
T: Fake: A startling true story of love in a world of liars, cheats, narcissists, fantasists and phonies by Stephanie Wood 4🌟 6/1/25 AA
A: Else Fitzgerald with Everything Feels Like the End of the World 4🌟 10/2/25 AA
March
T: K.J. Aiello with The Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell 4🌟 17/3/25
A: Vanessa McCausland with The Last Illusion of Paige White 4.5🌟 7/3/25 AA
April
T: Eiren Caffall with All the Water in the World 3.5 🌟 8/4/25
A: Amanda McKinney with The Wife's Silence 4🌟 26/4/25
May
T: H.J. Garbett with My Wife, the Serial Killer 4🌟 19/5/25
A: Megan Miranda with Daughter of Mine 4🌟 5/5/25
June
T: Craig Silvey with Jasper Jones 14/06/2025 5🌟 AA
A: Danielle L. Jensen with A Fate Inked in Blood 4🌟 8/6/25
July
T: Tracy Westerman with Jilya: How one Indigenous woman from the remote Pilbara transformed psychology 5🌟 31/7/25 AA
A: Jesse Sutanto with Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man 4🌟 6/7/25
August
T: Hannah Kent with Always Home, Always Homesick AA
A: Amanda Hampson with The Deadly Dispute AA
September
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October
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November
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December
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I'm in please, Brenda!Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
Progress: 16/24 AA: 6/? (min 6)
January
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July
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August
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September
Title: The Stolen by Vikki Petraitis AA
Author: Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent
October
Title: On a Bright Hillside in Paradise by Annette Higgs AA
Author: Pig's Head by David Owen AA
November
Title:
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December
Title:
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Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy
8/12
AUTHORS
January
Author -
February
Author -
March
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April
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May
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June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
20/24 as of 30/10/25
January
Title:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 18/1/25
Author:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 12/1/25
February
Title:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 7/2/25
Author:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 1/3/25
March
Title:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (2.5 Stars) - 17/3/25
Author:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4.5 Stars) - 17/3/25
April
Title:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (5 Stars) - 2/4/25
Author:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 9/4/25
May
Title:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4.5 Stars) - 31/5/25
Author:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 23/5/25
June
Title:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 19/6/25
Author:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 23/6/25
July
Title:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 29/7/25
Author:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 8/7/25
August
Title:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 29/8/25
Author:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 24/8/25
September
Title:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (5 Stars) - 29/9/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 22/9/25
October
Title:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (5+ Stars) - 30/10/25
Author:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 22/10/25
November
Title:
Author: Raelia by Lynette Noni AA
December
Title: Draekora by Lynette Noni AA
Author:
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy
11/12
AUTHORS
January -
February -
March -
April -
May -
June -
July -
August -
September -
October -
November -
December - Louise Douglas - The House by the Sea
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: hard (6AA)
22/24
January
T: Just the Two of Us by Jo Wilde 29/1 4★
A: Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb 11/1 3★
February
T: Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer 25/2 5★
A: The Bookseller's Gift by Felicity Hayes-McCoy 2/2 4★
March
T: The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill 26/3 3.5★ (AA)
A: A Town Called Treachery by Mitch Jennings 7/3 4★ (AA)
April
T: A Pressing Engagement by Anne Barbour 10/4 3★
A: Cold Truth by Ashley Kalagian Blunt 13/4 3.5★ (AA)
May
T: Meet Me at Rainbow Corner by Celia Imrie 4/5 3.5★
A: The Canning Town Murder by Mike Hollow 8/5 3.5★
June
T: The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson 18/6 4★ (AA)
A: Asylum by Jack Adams 11/6 4★ (AA)
July
T: Julia's Portion by Ellen Fitzgerald 21/7 2★
A: The Library at Wagtail Ridge by Janet Gover 11/7 4★ (AA)
August
T: A Proper Mistress by Shannon Donnelly 22/8 2★
A: Mr. Jelly's Business by Arthur W. Upfield 8/8 4★ (AA)
September
T: Scandal Bound by Anita Mills 24/9 2.5★
A: Lessons in Love at the Seaside Salon by Sophie Green 13/9 4★ (AA)
October
T: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 11/10 5★
A: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 7/10 4.5★
November
T: Night Watch by Terry Pratchett 4/11 5★
A: Book Lust by Nancy Pearl 10/11 3★
December
T: The Dragon Man, Garry Disher
A: Paydirt, Garry Disher
Mod
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
Progress: 22/24
8/8 AA
January
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November
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December
Title: Death at the Auction by E.C. Bateman
Author: What She Inherits by Diane Vanaskie Mulligan
I'd like to do this one - Thanks!Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard (6AA)
20 / 24
10 /6AA
January
Title - Juice - Tim Winton (AA) 23/1 4.5★
Author - Pineapple Street -Jenny Jackson 5/1 4★
February
Title - Finding Me - Viola Davis 8/2 4★
Author - The Golden Maze - Richard Fidler (AA) 17/2 3.75★
March
Title - Magpie's Bend - Maya Linnell (AA) 8/3 3.5★
Author - The God of the Woods - Liz Moore 7/3 4★
April
Title - An American Marriage - Tayari Jones 11/4 4★
Author - Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe 20/4 3.5★
May
Title - Memorial Days - Geraldine Brooks (AA) 6/5 4.25★
Author - Good Girl, Bad Girl - Michael Robotham (AA) 10/5 4★
June
Title - James - Percival Everett 14/6 4.5★
Author -Maame - Jessica George 17/6 4★
July
Title - Joy Moody Is Out of Time - Kerryn Mayne (AA) 10/7 3.5★
Author - Lyrebird - Jane Caro (AA) 7/7 4★
August
Title - Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid 27/8 4.5★
Author - Dream Count - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 17/8 4★
September
Title - The Secrets She Keeps - Michael Robotham (AA) 25/9 4★
Author - Endgame - Sarah Barrie (AA) 21/9 4★
October
Title - Outback Reunion - Rachael Johns (AA) 28/10 3.75★
Author - We Solve Murders - Richard Osman 13/10 4★
November
Title - The Naturalist of Amsterdam - Melissa Ashley (AA)
Author -The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home - Joanna Nell (AA)
December
Title - Dead Lions - Mick Herron
Author - Good Material - Dolly Alderton
I’m in, but I’ll decide on the level as I’m going along!Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books
1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy.
11/12 (4AAs, min 4AAs)
January
Author - Jess Lourey - Salem's Cipher ✅ 2* (22/1)
February
Author - Felix Francis - Syndicate ✅ 3* (4/2)
March
Author - Dinuka McKenzie - Taken AA ✅ 3* (20/3)
April
Author - Alex Kava - Hidden Creed ✅ 4* (5/4)
May
Author - Dinuka McKenzie - Tipping Point AA ✅ 2* (11/5)
June
Author - Jo Nesbø - Knife ✅ 2* (6/6)
July
Author - James Patterson - Lost ✅ 4* (22/7)
August
Author - Ambrose Ibsen - The House of Long Shadows ✅ 3* (10/8)
September
Author - Sarah Barrie - Devil's Lair AA ✅ 4* (30/9)
October
Author - Abigail Owen - The Games Gods Play ✅ 4* (11/10)
November
Author - Phillipa Nefri Clark - The Stationmaster's Cottage AA ✅ 4* (10/11)
December
Author - Fiona Davis - The Stolen Queen a
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Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level:
0/24 0/6 AA
January
Title -The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Author - Jane Austen - Emma
February
Title - The First Friend by Malcolm Knox AA
Author - Nigel Featherstone -Fall On Me
March
Title - The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
Author - Mary Webb - Armour Wherein He Trusted
April
Title - All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton AA
Author - Jessica Anderson by One of the wattle birds AA
May
Title - My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brown AA
Author - Mark Colvin -Light and Shadow: Memoirs of a Spy's Son AA
June
Title - Josephine's Garden by Stephanie Parkyn AA
Author - Catherine Jinks - The Inquisitor AA
July
Title - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Author -Gail Jones -Sixty Lights AA
August
Title - All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld AA
Author -Dolly Alderton -Good Material
September
Title - The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
Author - Stephanie Parkyn - Into the World AA
October
Title - Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Author - Olga Tokarczuk- Flights
November
Title - The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood AA
Author - Nerida Newton - The Lambing Flat AA
December
Title - Desire Lines by Felicity Volk AA
Author - Robert DreweThe Shark Net AA
J F M A M J J A S O N D
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I'm in of course - though I remember from previous years the 'J' title is the hardest!Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard - 6 AAs
21/24
TITLES
January :
February :
March :
April :
May :
June :
July :
August :
September :Spider Trap by Barry Maitland AA
October :
November :
December : Down the Track by Stella Quinn AA
AUTHORS
January :
February :
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April :
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November : River's End by Nora Roberts
December : Murder in First Class by Helena Dixon
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level - Hard
22/24 ★
TITLES.
✔️ January - Journey to Munich by Jacqueline Winspear - 06/02 - 5★
✔️ February - Falling in Love by Donna Leon - 08/02 - 4★
✔️ March - Murder on the Cornish Cliffs by Verity Bright - 16/03 - 5★
✔️ April - The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey - 09/04 - 4★
✔️ May - Midnight at Malabar House by Vaseem Khan - 05/05 - 4★
✔️ June - Juice by Tim Winton *AA* - 10/06 - 4★
✔️ July - Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister - 08/07 - 3★
✔️ August - The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear - 07/08 - 5★
✔️ September - Sins of the Fathers by J.A. Jance - 14/09 - 5★
✔️ October - The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James - 05/10 - 3.5★
✔️ November - The Night Whistler by Greg Woodland *AA* - 05/11 - 4.5★
December - Den of Iniquity by J.A. Jance - ★
AUTHORS
✔️ January - The Dog Sitter Detective by Antony Johnston - 04/01 - 3.5★
✔️ February - Bridge Burning and Other Hobbies by Kitty Flanagan *AA* - 05/02 - 4★
✔️ March - Killarney by Nikki Mottram *AA* - 05/03 - 4.5★
✔️ April - Gone to Ground by Rachel Amphlett *AA* - 04/04 - 3.5★
✔️ May - The Belvedere Murders by Karen Baugh Menuhin - 09/05 - 5★
✔️ June - Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James - 02/06 - 4★
✔️ July - Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb - 17/07 -4★
✔️ August - The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin by Alison Goodman *AA* - 26/08 - 4★
✔️ September - The Last Woman in the World by Inga Simpson *AA* - 12/09 - 5★
✔️ October - The Great Divide by L.J.M. Owen *AA* - 13/10 - 3★
✔️ November - We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman - 09/11 - 3.5★
December - The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg by Krista Davis - ★
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
22/24 6AA
TITLES
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December Double Cross James Patterson
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December Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton AA
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
21/24
12/6 AA
TITLES
✅January - Jacaranda by Mandy Magro AA - 14 Jan, 3⭐
✅February - Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb - 15 Feb, 5⭐
✅March - Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Boylan - 15 Mar, 5⭐
✅April - Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel by Sophie Green AA - 29 Apr, 4⭐
✅May - Moon Called by Patricia Briggs - 20 May, 3⭐
✅June - Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn - 14 Jun, 5⭐
✅July - Juice by Tim Winton AA - 23 Jul, 3⭐
✅August - All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham - 15 Aug, 5⭐
✅September - She's a Killer by Kirsten McDougall - 15 Sep, 5⭐
✅October - Opal by Patricia Wolf AA - 13 Oct, 3⭐
November - Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto
December - Darkness for Light by Emma Viskic AA
AUTHORS
✅January - Judy Nunn AA - Khaki Town - 31 Jan, 4⭐
✅February - Francesca De Tores AA - Saltblood - 20 Feb, 3⭐
✅March - Maryrose Cuskelly AA - The Campers - 9 Mar, 3⭐
✅April - Anita Heiss AA - Dirrayawadha - 13 Apr, 4⭐
✅May - Melissa Lucashenko AA - Too Much Lip - 12 May, 4⭐
✅June - Joanna Jenkins AA - The Bluff - 11 Jun, 5⭐
✅July - Julie Caplin - The Little Teashop in Tokyo - 10 Jul, 5⭐
✅August - Alison Goodman AA - The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin - 9 Aug, 5⭐
✅September - Sarah Barrie AA - Retribution - 10 Sep, 4⭐
✅October - Olivia Atwater - The Witchwood Knot - 11 Oct, 3⭐
✅November - Naomi Novik - A Deadly Education - 26 Nov, 2⭐
December - Dinuka McKenzie AA - The Torrent
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
22/24 AA 14
TITLES
✔️January - Jumping the Queue by Mary Wesley....3* 04/01/25
✔️February - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon....5* 10/02/25
✔️March - The Menu Match by Phillipa Nefri Clark AA....3.5* 15/03/25
✔️April - Among the Grey Gums by Paula J. Beavan AA....3.5* 12/04/25
✔️May - Matilda Next Door by Kelly Hunter AA....3* 02/05/25
✔️June - Judgment Calls by Alafair Burke....3.5* 05/06/25
✔️July - Juror No. 3 by James Patterson....3* 21/07/25
✔️August - All the Beautiful Things You Love by Jonathan Seidler AA....3* 08/08/25
✔️September - The Season by Helen Garner AA....3.5* read late 14/10/25
✔️October - The Other Woman by Holly Down....3.5* 18/10/25
✔️November - No More Dying Then by Ruth Rendell....3.5* 15/11/25
December - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
AUTHORS
✔️January - Rachael Johns - Outback Blaze AA....4* 13/01/25
✔️February - Penelope Fitzgerald - The Bookshop....3.5* 07/02/25
✔️March - Roisin Meaney - The Book Club....4* 06/03/25
✔️April - Robbie Arnott -Dusk AA....4* 16/04/25
✔️May - Fleur McDonald - Blue Skies AA....3.5* 08/05/25
✔️June -Jack Heath - Kill Your Husbands AA....3.5* 19/06/25
✔️July - Mitch Jennings - A Town Called Treachery AA....4* 12/07/25
✔️August - Rachel Amphlett - Will to Live AA....4* 27/08/25
✔️September - Annie Seaton - Her Outback Surprise.AA....3* read late 16/10/25
✔️October - One Chance by Caroline Overington AA....3* 15/10/25
✔️November - Imbi Neeme - Kind of, Sort of, Maybe, But Probably Not AA....4* 08/11/25
December - Murder on the Dance Floor by Helena Dixon
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
22/24 AA 8/6
January
Title Judgement Day by Mali Waugh AA 13/1/25 4 stars
Author John Cleese — So, Anyway... 4/1/24 4 stars
February
Title For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 15.2.25 4 stars
Author Elyssa Friedland -- Jackpot Summer 9/2/25 3 stars
March
Title A Man without Breath by Philip Kerr 4/3/25 5 stars
Author Michael Connelly -- The Reversal 6/3/25 4 stars
April
Title After Many a Summer by Aldous Huxley 11/4/25 3 stars
Author Aoife Clifford -- It Takes a Town AA 8/4/25 4 stars
May
Title Money: A suicide note by Martin Amis 20/5/25 3 stars
Author Dervla McTiernan — The Ruin AA 6/5/25 4 stars
June
Title Juja by Nino Haratischwili 8/6/25 3 stars
Author Jane Harper--Exiles AA 12/6/25 4 stars
July
Title Jackal by Erin E. Adams 9/7/25 3 stars
Author Joshua Hammer--The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts 25/7/25 4 stars
August
Title The Art of Persuasion by Susan Midalia AA 15/8/25 3 stars
Author Isabel Allende-- Of Love and Shadows 10/8/25 4 stars
September
Title Sleepless in Stringybark Bay by Susan Duncan AA 3/9/25 3 stars
Author Jonathan Seidler-- All the Beautiful Things You Love AA 12/9/25 4 stars
October
Title The Odyssey by Homer 23/10/25 4 stars
Author Ovidia Yu--The Yellow Rambutan Tree Mystery 15/10/25 4 stars
November
Title Nigh tflyers by George R.R. Martin2/11/25 3 stars
Author Nicole Alexander--The Cedar Tree AA 13/11/25
December
Title Dead Lions by Mick Herron
Author Garry Disher--Mischance Creek AA
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy
11/12
AUTHORS
December - Beth Dolgner with Sweet Dreams
Mod
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy
Progress: 11/12 (AA 3/4)
TITLES:
- FINISHED 19/1/25 - 4* (8/10)
- FINISHED 6/2/25 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 8/3/25 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 3/4/25 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 18/5/25 - 4* (7.5/10)
- FINISHED 17/6/25 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 15/7/25 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 16/8/25 - 3* (6.5/10)
- FINISHED 3/9/25 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 13/10/25 - 3* (6/10)
- FINISHED 7/11/25 - 4* (8/10)
December - Don't Stop Believin' by Olivia Newton-John - AA
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Level: Easy
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Sounds like fun!Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy
11/12
Australian Authors: 4/4
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December: Burning Mountain by Darcy Tindale AA
I want to join (and I struggle with J titles too)Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
20/24
10 AA
January
Title
✔ A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell Read 25/1. 2★
Author
✔ That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston Read 9/1. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
February
Title
✔ Fyrebirds by Kate J. Armstrong Read 8/3. 4★ AA
Author
✔ The Catalpa Rescue by Peter FitzSimons Read 3/5. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
March
Title
✔ The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie Read 24/3. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Author
✔ What-the-Dickens by Gregory Maguire Read 16/6. 3★
April
Title
✔ All Better Now by Neal Shusterman Read 25/5. 4★
Author
✔ The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska Read 23/4. 5★ AA
May
Title
✔ The Most by Jessica Anthony Read 18/5. 4★
Author
✔ What's Murder Between Friends by Meg Gatland-Veness Read 15/5. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
June
Title
✔ Julia by Sandra Newman Read 17/7. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Author
✔ Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark by Julia Baird Read 27/6. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
✔ Valentine by Jodi McAlister Read 26/6. 3★ AA
July
Title
✔ Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid Read 22/7. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Author
✔ Darkest Night, Brightest Star by Barry Jonsberg Read 17/7. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
August
Title
✔ Aisle Nine by Ian X. Cho Read 13/8. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
Author
✔ I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang Read 16/8. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
September
Title
✔ The Sirens by Emilia Hart Read 24/9. 4★ AA
Author
✔ The Cat Who Saved the Library by Sōsuke Natsukawa Read 28/9. 2★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
October
Title
✔ On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta Read 16/11. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
Author
A Wreck of Seabirds by Karleah Olson
November
Title
✔ Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo Read 13/11. 5★
Author
Jack's Island by Norman Jorgensen AA
When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson
December
Title - Dial Em for Murder by Marni Bates
Author
The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson
Furious Thing by Jenny Downham
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
Mod
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy
0/?
TITLES
January JENEVE ROSE THE PERFECT DIVORCE
February FREIDA MCFADDEN THE HOUSE MAID
March MAY COBB THE HAUNTING WIVES
April ANGELA MARSONS EVIL GAMES
MAY MARYROSE CRUSKEILY THE CAMPERS AA
JUNE JOHN MARRS THE VACATION
JULY JACQUELINE BUBLITZ LEAVE THE GIRSL BEHIND AA
AUGUST ALICE FEENEY DAISY DARKER
SEPTEMBER SEBASTIAN FITZEK THERAPY
OCTober OLIVIA WEARNE THE WOMAN WHO KNEW TO LITTLE AA
November Nadia Mahjouri, half truth AA
DECEMBER
🌼Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books🌼Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: easy (authors)
11/12
4/4 AAs
🌼January The Last Caretaker, Jessica Strawser, 1/5/25, 3*
🌼February Her Scorched Bones, Fiona Tarr, 2/16/25, 3*, AA
🌼March Forget Me Not, M.J. Arlidge, 3/13/25, 4* (initial M is for Matthew)
🌼April The Woman Behind Her, Anna Willett, 4/17/25, 4*, AA
🌼May The Waratah Inn, Lilly Mirren, 5/24/25, 3*, AA
🌼June To Love and Be Wise, Josephine Tey, 6/5/25, 2*
🌼July THE HUNGRY HILLS: a poignant story of one woman's fight for the people she loves, Janet MacLeod Trotter, 7/8/25, 5*
🌼August The Color of Our Sky, Amita Trasi, 8/5/25, 4*
🌼September Dreams of Willow House, Susanne O'Leary, 9/14/25, 4*
🌼October The Lost Girls of Ireland, Susanne O'Leary, 10/12/25, 4*
🌼November The Nowhere Girl, Nicole Trope, 11/7/25, 2*, AA
December
Mod
Anita, would you please link your title and author as you go as well as your cover pics at the bottom? Thanks.
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
Progress: 21/24 AA: (min 6)
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Author: Planetfall by Emma Newman
December
Title: The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
Author: Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan
Mod
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy
10/12
TITLES
November Nobody's Slave by Tim Vicary
December Dance with the Devil by Sandy Curtis AA
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Anthem (other topics)
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1. Easy Challenge (12 books - minimum 4 AAs) Choose a book for each month of the year with a title that starts with the same letter as the month. (NB: If you choose EASY and wish to do Authors instead of Titles, that's fine) If you choose HARD you must do both Titles and Authors :)
e.g. January. Justice for Sara
February. Forty Words for Sorrow
March. Mistake Creek
2. Hard Challenge. (24 books - minimum 6 AAs) Do the same as above PLUS choose a book for each month where the first letter of the author's first or last name is the same as the month.
e.g. January. James Patterson
February. Nicci French
March. Michael Connelly
3. All books should be read in their appropriate month, so this challenge will take all of us the full twelve months.
4. You can choose to count 'a' 'an' and 'the' or you can ignore them when picking your titles.
5. Choose your level, choose your books and then list and link your choices in this thread.
6. Our guidelines Here
**Completed Challenges: When you have completed your challenge, please post your entire completed challenge as a new message indicating you have finished. A completed challenge must have the following information: (1) Link to book title, (2) Author's name, (3) Date you finished reading your book, (4) Your rating.
**Once you've posted your completed challenge, your name will be ticked off the list.
Annual Challenge 2025 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level:
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June
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October
November
December
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