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Yearly Challenge 2025


Sign-ups are open throughout 2025.
The challenge will end on December 31, 2025.

The Challenge

1. Comment here to sign up and I will create a challenge thread for you. You can sign up at any point during the year but only for the months that are left. Example: If you join in January, you will be able to participate in the months January-December. If you join in March, you will be able to participate in the months March-December.

2. Each month, I will post prompts surrounding a specific theme to your thread. There will be 9 prompts each month, divided into 3 levels. For the completion of a level 1 prompt, you will receive 1 point. For level 2, you will receive 2 points and for level 3 it will be 3 points.
To receive each month's Book Award, please complete one prompt in each level. You can complete as many prompts as you want and are able to and in any order. Note that only books completed in the respective months will be accepted.

3. You have 3 free skips throughout the challenge but you can only use one free skip each month. To skip a prompt, please read a book that meets the general guidelines.
If you are out of free skips or want to use another skip in that month, you can either:
- spend 2 points to complete a prompt from a previous month,
- spend 3 points to complete a prompt from the current month twice or
- spend 5 points to read a book that meets the general guidelines.

4. Please make a completion post in your thread using this template:

Book:
Author:
Date completed:
Task:
How it fits:

5. If you don't have a personal point account thread yet, request one here.

September - Back to School


Level 1
1. A book set in a school, college, or academic setting.
2. A nonfiction or self-improvement book.
✅3. A book that teaches you something new.

Level 2
✅1. A book featuring a teacher, professor, or mentor.
✅2. A book about childhood or adolescence.
✅3. A book about a learning journey or discovery.

Level 3
✅1. A book with a focus on history, science, or technology.
2. A book set in a boarding school or involving academic competition.
3. A book with "study," "school," or "class" in the title.

October - Spooky & Supernatural


Level 1
1. A horror, paranormal, or gothic book.
2. A book with a spooky or dark cover.
3. A book about overcoming fears.

Level 2
1. A book with witches, ghosts, or supernatural creatures.
2. A book set during Halloween or in autumn.
3. A book that gave you chills or kept you on the edge of your seat.

Level 3
1. A book by an author known for spooky or supernatural stories.
2. A book with a haunted house or cursed object.
3. A book with "dark," "night," or "shadow" in the title.

September

Level 3
1. A book with a focus on history, science, or technology

Book: Mensenwerk
Author! Han Kang
Read: 21 september
Pages: 240 p.
How it fits: the book is mainly about a blootbath in 1987 and the consequences for those who were involved.

September level 1

3. A book that teaches you something new

Book: Gouden lotus
Author: Jane Yang
Read: 12 september
Pages: 400 p.
How it fits: I learned q lot about how woman were treated in rural China and the effects of and the way feet were kept small

Septembet

1. A book featuring a teacher, professor, or mentor.

Book: Het geheim van Gent
Author: Steve Berry
Read: 18 september
Pages: 476 p.
How it fits: the MC of the book is a mentor to his former wife and the abess is a mentor to the nun she wants to follow her

Level 2

2. A book about childhood or adolescence.

Book: Het meisje met de luidende stem
Author: Abi Daré
Read: 24 september
Pages: 400 p.
How it fits: the book is about the childhood of the MC who was married at an extremely you,g age

September

level 2

3. A book about a learning journey or discovery
Book:
Tempel author: Matthew Reilly
Pages! 464 p.
Read: 16 september
How it fits: this novel is about a discovery expedition through the jungle in Peru

✅

Level 2

3. A book that gave you chills or kept you on the edge of your seat.
Book: Niets is waar
Author: Lisa Jewell
Read: 5 october
Pages: 321 p.
How it fits! This book kept me at the edge of my seat, also because things changed all the time

Level 1
1. A horror, paranormal, or gothic book.

Book: At Night All Blood is Black
Author: David Diop
Read: 2 october
Pages: 145 p.
How it fits: book MPG horror