2026 Reading Challenge discussion

Happy April!

FROM THE MODS
* Our mod, Sunny, has stepped down to focus more on other things in her busy life. We will miss her and hope to still see her active in the group. Please help us wish her the best in her endeavors!

* Challenge fans, are you curious about how to find your signup message number? Do you wonder how other participants update their posts with book links or cover images? Those things and more can be found in this thread. Please note that you'll need to use a browser on the Goodreads website rather than the Goodreads app.

GROUP READ
Our April theme is Games, and our group read for this month is Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, “a dazzling and intricate novel about friendship, creativity, and the unpredictable nature of success, set against the backdrop of the video game industry."

You can join the discussion or post your review of the book!
You can also vote for our May book with the theme of Mother, as well as nominate a book for June with the theme of Sisterhood!

CHALLENGES
We’re excited to introduce two new monthly challenges for April’s theme of Games, along with two fresh quarterly challenges!

Monthly challenges
Book Scrabble is an open challenge to spell out game-related words using book titles.
Child's Play is a prompt-based challenge inspired by the games we loved as kids.

Quarterly challenges
A Recipe for Happiness is an open challenge where you embrace what brings you joy as a reader.
A Pop of Joy explores references to joy in popular culture through a fun prompt-based challenge.

Yearly challenges can help you reach your reading goals for the year in 2025. Check out A Guide to the 2025 Yearly Challenges to learn more about our year-long challenges!

Do you have an idea for a new challenge? Please let us know! Most of our quarterly and monthly challenges grow from our members’ suggestions. We would love to hear your creative ideas!

TBR TWINS
Share a book with an online friend while knocking off a read from your TBR list!

If you’ve signed up for April, find your TBR Twin here. Please reach out to your twin and choose a book to read together!
You can also sign up for May TBR Twins here, and we'll pair you with someone to read a book with next month.

BUDDY READS
Let’s read some books together! Buddy reads are a great way to read and discuss a book together with fellow group members. Feel free to join any discussion, even if you didn’t sign up!

We are reading the following stand-alone books:
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me
Anna Karenina
The Bandit Queens
Between the World and Me
Bunny
Euphoria
The Ex Vows
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
The Frozen River
A Girl Called Eel
The Grapes of Wrath
Incidents Around the House
Mrs. Nash’s Ashes
None of This Is True
O Caledonia
On Fragile Waves
Piranesi
Twelve Years a Slave
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
Wuthering Heights

And we are starting or continuing these books that are part of a series:
Alex Cross #5: Pop Goes the Weasel
The Apollo Murders #1
Arthur Less #1
Cotton Malone #6: The Emperor’s Tomb
Detective Max Rupert #5: Forsaken Country
The Hunger Games #0.5: Sunrise on the Reaping
Kay Scarpetta #6: From Potter’s Field
Lucas Davenport #2: Shadow Prey
Matthew Shardlake #7: Tombland
Rabbits #1
Trilogía del Baztán #1: The Invisible Guardian
Wayward Pines #2: Wayward

If you would like to join any, please follow the link and let your buddies know you will join the read! Would you like to suggest a future Buddy Read or join a future one? You can sign up on our current Buddy Reads - Sign Up thread.

Finally, welcome to all of our new members! We can't wait to get to know you. Please stop in and introduce yourself or say hello to our new members!

Happy Reading, everyone!

Winter, SarahKat, TerryJane, Carri Carey, bailey, Blagica, and Lisa

All the best to Sunny ! ;)

Sunny--all the best in your endeavours! Thanks for all you've done here as a moderator :)