2026 Reading Challenge discussion

THIS OR THAT
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026

This challenge involves choosing favorite answers from pairs of opposites. Read one relevant book for each of your answers. How you interpret the question, and how you relate the book to your answer, is up to you. You may choose only one answer per question, even if both are suitable.

To join, post a message telling the challenge leader how many books you plan to read. If you are new to our group and/or our group challenges, take a moment to check out the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here thread for more information on how our challenges are run. So what's it gonna be... this or that?

1. Playlists or podcasts?
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?
5. Fruits or vegetables?
6. Cats or dogs?
7. Summer or winter?
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
12. Country or city?
13. Text or call?
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror?
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out?
21. Movies or TV shows?
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl?
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
30. Friends or family?
31. Boys or girls?
32. Fiction or non-fiction?
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party?
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or ocean?
40. Ghost tour or historical tour?

How to Participate:

1. Post here telling the challenge leader how many books you plan to read.
You may choose your books at the beginning, or add them as you go. You may join any time during the year, and may change your goal whenever needed.

2. When you finish books for the challenge, edit your original post or member’s corner thread to add them.
Instructions are in the how-to link below.

3. To have your progress updated, post a new comment here to let the challenge leader know.
Every time you post an update, be sure to include your original (sign-up) message number, the number of books you have completed, and your goal. We use your original message number to identify you, since multiple members may have the same profile name.
Example:
Update to message 32: 2/25 books read!

For more information about how our challenges work, visit this how-to thread or ask your challenge leader.

P.S. Please do not delete posts! It changes the message numbers, complicating the update process for both leaders and participants. If you wish to leave the challenge, simply post a comment here to let us know. You may edit your original post to say {deleted}. Thank you!

Participants:

Alyssa #29 - 1/12
Amanda #28 - 0/15
Amy #13 - 20/40
Angel **Book Junkie** #6 - 0/35
angelinabvby #54 - 0/5
Anna #80 - 4/10
Ariail #37 - 0/40
BarbaraBrubru_gingertiger #21 - 16/20
Bea Tea #163 - 0/10
Becky Q #196 - 36/40
Beth #25 - 0/0
Brianna #50 - 0/40
Brianna Raquel #34 - 40/40 Completed
Bubbles #32 - 0/30
Bucherhornchen #38 - 0/26
Caraina #26 - 0/25
Carolyn #9 - 11/40
Carri Carey #18 - 16/30
Carrie #42 - 1/40
Chrissie #16 - 19/20
D.L. #17 - 0/10
Darinda #7 - 6/40
Debra #23 - 15/25
Denise #24 - 23/40
Dhruti #48 - 0/40
Emily #11 - 9/10
Gretchen #105 - 7/10
Hilary #45 - 4/20
Jasmin #60 - 0/25
Jenn #98 - 0/40
Jill #12 - 0/40
Kristina #14 - 20/40
Kylie #36 - 0/15
Lara #10 - 0/10
Laureen #33 - 14/25
Laurie #39 - 12/20
Lazy Days #40 - 3/40
Mary #22 - 0/40
MaryAnn (EmilyD1037) #55 - 0/5
Rebecca #129 - 39/40
ReGina #47 - 0/30
Sarah #30 - 23/40
Shari #20 - 0/40
Susan #5 - 7/10
Suzanne #139 - 3/40
Tanu #41 - 18/40
TerryJane #19 - 16/20
Ursula #15 - 25/40
Vanessa #52 - 0/40

STATS
Participants: 49
Books Read: 408
Books Pledged: 1,353
Challenges Completed: 1

Updated through Message #223 on May 29, 2026

Reserved by backup moderator

THIS OR THAT
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026

Progess: 8/10

7. Summer or winter? Summer - The Last Summer of You and Me by Ann Brashares - Finished 1/23/26

16. Driver or passenger? - Driver - The Game Changer by J. Sterling - 5/31/26

20. Dine in or dine out? Dine in - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain - 2/6/26

25. Football or baseball? - Baseball - Squeeze Play - Finished 4/12/26

31. Boys or girls? Boys - Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver - Finished 1/22/26

32. Fiction or non-fiction? Fiction - Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay - 1/4/26

35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car? Singing in the shower - Heaven by VC Andrews - Finished 1/17/26

39. Mountains or ocean? Ocean - Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins by Susan Casey - Finished 2/19/26

THIS OR THAT
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026
Completion 3/35

1. Playlists or podcasts? "The podcast where your favorite book drama gets lovingly..." p. 1 | Woman Down | Colleen Hoover | 01.15
2. Shoes or slippers? "I kick off my shoes and sit down." p. 248 | Every Last Word | Tamara Ireland Stone | 03.17
3. Pork or beef? "The hamburgers are a crime against beef patties." p. 38 | Killman Creek | Rachel Caine | 03.16

4. Swimming pool or beach? | "The kiddie Pool" p. 7 | It is where Tate and Blaire first meet | Taylor's Father | Penelope Ward | 02.23

5. Fruits or vegetables?

6. Cats or dogs? She Went All the Way | Meg Cabot | 01.16

7. Summer or winter? Summer Island | Kristin Hannah | 01.14

8. Salt or pepper?

9. Cash or credit cards? "and handed over her credit card,..." p. 90 | Flawless | Sara Shepard | 01.02
10. Cookies or chips? "You yanks say cookies, not biscuits." p. 16 | The Briar Club | Kate Quinn | 01.05
11. Soda or juice? "Juice diets" p. 19 | Pretty Girls | Karin Slaughter | 01.15

12. Country or city?

13. Text or call?

14. Coffee or tea? "Are you sure you don't want some tea?" p. 32 | Only the Good Spy Young | Ally Carter | 01.08
15. Black or white? | Black Cover | A Dowry of Blood | S.T. Gibson | 01.17


16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?

18. Comedy or Horror? | Genre | The Butcher | Jennifer Hillier | 01.07
19. Beer or wine? "..., there is also plenty of wine, ..." p. 12 | My Husband Next Door | K.L. Slater | 01.06

20. Dine in or dine out?

21. Movies or TV shows? Movies | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | J.K. Rowling | 02.23

22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl?
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
30. Friends or family?

31. Boys or girls? Girl Power | Final Girls | Riley Sager | 01.08

32. Fiction or non-fiction?
33. Skiing or snowboarding?

34. Red wine or white wine? Not My Husband | Cathryn Grant | 01.11


35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party?
38. Music festival or art festival?

39. Mountains or ocean? Mountains | Hiking in Mountains of Colorado | The Girls in the Cabin | Caleb Stephens | 01.01
40. Ghost tour or historical tour? Historical Fiction | The Women | Kristin Hannah | 01.01

I'm in for 40 books.
Completed 14/40

✓1. playlists or podcasts? What Happened Next
2. shoes or slippers?
3. pork or beef?
✓4. swimming pool or beach? Almost a Serial Killer
5. fruits or vegetables?
6. cats or dogs?
✓7. summer or winter? The Summer Guests
8. salt or pepper?
9. cash or credit cards?
10. cookies or chips?
11. soda or juice?
12. country or city?
13. text or call?
14. coffee or tea?
15. black or white?
✓16. driver or passenger? The Last Sunday in May
17. laptop or tablet?
✓18. comedy or horror? How to Survive a Horror Story
19. beer or wine?
✓20. dine in or dine out? The Insomniacs
✓21. movies or tv shows? A Cute Little Murder
22. ios or android?
✓23. waffles or pancakes? Killer Pancake
24. early bird or night owl?
25. football or baseball?
26. trucks or cars?
27. lunch or dinner?
28. weekends or weekdays?
29. pizza or pasta? Sleep in Heavenly Pizza
✓30. friends or family? Family Lies
✓31. boys or girls? Boring Asian Female
✓32. fiction or non-fiction? A Lie for a Lie
33. skiing or snowboarding?
34. red wine or white wine?
35. singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. organized or messy?
✓37. costume party or pool party? Heist-eria at the Masquerade
38. music festival or art festival?
✓39. mountains or ocean? Nightshade
✓40. ghost tour or historical tour? A Haunted Walk Down Memory Lane

{withdrew}

THIS OR THAT
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026
Completion 8/40

1. Playlists The Voice Inside, John Farnham, 352 pages

2. slippers The White Slipper, Brittany Fichter 31 March

3. beef Butter Asako Yuzuki 7 April

4. Swimming pool The Swimmer of Auschwitz, Renaud Leblond, 242 pages

5. Fruits The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop Takuya Asakura 6 April

6. Cats We'll Prescribe You a Cat 26 Jan

7. Summer Secrets Hidden in the Glass, Cate Beauman, 543 pages

8. Salt A Pinch of Salt, Bethany Lopez, 226 pages

9. Cash The Cash Machine: A Tale of Passion, persistence, and Financial Independence, Dave Maso, chana Mason, 559 pages

10. Cookies The Gingerbread Bakery, Laurie Gilmore,

11 juice Juice Tim Winton 28 May

12. city The Inheritance, Simon Tolkien, 400 pages

13. Call I have this book just need to get it

14. Coffee Lattes and Spirits, Alyn Troy, 210 pages

15. Black Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins

16. Driver Santa Comes to Snowside, Kathy Coatney, 262 Pages

17. Laptop Summer Unplugged, Amy Sparling, 120 pages

18. Comedy Make Me Lose, Ember Leigh, 299 pages

19. Wine Aged for Murder, Fiona Grace, 250 pages

20. Dine in Death by Candlelight, Emma Davies, 381 pages

21. Movies Hard Lines, Elise Novle, 455 pages

22. Android Cell, Stephen King, 512 pages

23. Pancakes The Strawberry Patch Pancake House, Laurie
Gilmore,

24. night owl Katabasis R.F. Kuang 4 June

25 baseball Southpaw Sully, Steven Carman, 16 Feb

26. Trucks Trouble in Mudbug, Jana DeLeon, 263 pages
27. dinner Kill Joy,Holly Jackson 26 Jan

28. weekdays Happy Place Emily Henry, 11 Feb

29. pasta Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert 09 Jan

30. Family Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros 5 Jan

31. girls A Second Wedding Night 06 Jan

32. Fiction The Unwanted Marriage

33. Skiing Fear of Falling: An uplifting tale of hope and persistence

34. Red wine Red Wine and Roses

35. singing in the car If I Stay, Gayle Forman

36. messy The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath 17 Jan

37. Costume party Spellbound Masquerade

38. Music festival The Red King: Wild Justice Book1

39. ocean Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy 17 April

40. Ghost tour Haunted Walked In: A Ghostly Haunted Tour Guide Cozy Mystery, Rose Betancourt, 215 pages

THIS OR THAT
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026

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1. Playlists or podcasts?
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?
5. Fruits or vegetables?
6. Cats or dogs?
7. Summer or winter?
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
12. Country or city?
13. Text or call?
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror?
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out?
21. Movies or TV shows?
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl?
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
30. Friends or family?
31. Boys or girls?
32. Fiction or non-fiction?
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party?
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or ocean?
40. Ghost tour or historical tour?
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I'll sign up for 10 to start.

9/10

1. Playlists or podcasts? - Playlists
2. Shoes or slippers? - Shoes
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach? - Beach - Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman
5. Fruits or vegetables? - Fruits - Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
6. Cats or dogs? - Dogs - Cujo by Stephen King
7. Summer or winter? - Summer - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
8. Salt or pepper? - Pepper
9. Cash or credit cards? - Credit card
10. Cookies or chips? - Cookies
11. Soda or juice? - Juice
12. Country or city? - Country
13. Text or call? - Text
14. Coffee or tea? - Tea
15. Black or white? - Black - Black House by Stephen King
16. Driver or passenger? - Passenger
17. Laptop or tablet? - Laptop
18. Comedy or Horror? - Horror - Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out? - Dine in
21. Movies or TV shows? - TV
22. iOS or Android? - iOS
23. Waffles or pancakes? - Waffles
24. Early bird or night owl? - Early bird
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars? - Cars
27. Lunch or dinner? - Dinner
28. Weekends or weekdays? - Weekends
29. Pizza or pasta? - Pasta
30. Friends or family? - Family
31. Boys or girls? - Girls
32. Fiction or non-fiction? - Fiction - When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy? - Organized
37. Costume party or pool party? - Pool party
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or ocean? - Ocean - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
40. Ghost tour or historical tour? - Ghost tour - Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

I’m in for 40.

I will try all 40!
21/40

1. Playlists or podcasts: Say You'll Remember Me
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or Beef: Second Chance at the Ranch
4. Swimming pool or Beach: A Secret in the Keys
5. Fruits or vegetables: Goodbye, Vitamin
6. Cats or dogs: The Road to Tender Hearts: A Novel
7. Summer or Winter: The Scrooge Conspiracy: A Homefront Sleuths Mystery
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
12. Country or city: The Murders at Clarion Castle
13. Text or call?
14. Coffee or Tea: The Spitfire Murders
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror: Dear Hanna
19. Beer or Wine: The Twisted Women's Book Club
20. Dine in or Dine Out: Have a Great Summer
21. Movies or TV shows: Lessons in Chemistry
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or Night Owl: It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin
25. Football or baseball: Fake It Till You Bake It
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner: Sandwich
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
30. Friends or family: My Friends
31. Boys or Girls: The American Daughters
32. Fiction or Non-fiction: I'm Glad My Mom Died
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party: Pineapple Mystery Box: A Pineapple Port Cozy Mystery, Book 2
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or Ocean: Wild Dark Shore
40. Ghost tour or Historical Tour: The Spectre of Hawthorne Manor

THIS OR THAT
January 01 - December 31, 2026
Progress: 23/40

Sign me up for all 40!

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I'm in for 40!

26/40

1. Playlists or podcasts? Podcasts: The Comfy Cozy Witch’s Guide to Making Magic in Your Everyday Life
2. Shoes or slippers? Slippers: So This is Love
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach? Beach: Beach Read
5. Fruits or vegetables?
6. Cats or dogs? Dogs: Hekate: Goddess of Witches
7. Summer or winter?
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards? Cash: Queen of Shadows
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice? Soda: Binding 13
12. Country or city? City The Assassin's Blade
13. Text or call?
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white? Black: Between the World and Me
16. Driver or passenger? Passenger: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror? Comedy: Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
19. Beer or wine? Wine: A Court of Thorns and Roses
20. Dine in or dine out? Dine In: Tower of Dawn
21. Movies or TV shows? TV shows: The Handmaid's Tale
22. iOS or Android? iOS: The Poet X
23. Waffles or pancakes? Pancakes: The Bright Years
24. Early bird or night owl? Early Bird: Heir of Fire
25. Football or baseball? Baseball: The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War – A Golden Kite Award Winner About America's Bloodiest Conflict for Children
26. Trucks or cars? Cars: Daughter of Mine
27. Lunch or dinner? Dinner: The Joy Luck Club
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta? Both: Italian Folk Magic: Rue's Kitchen Witchery
30. Friends or family? Family: My Sister, the Serial Killer
31. Boys or girls? Boys: The Nickel Boys
32. Fiction or non-fiction? Nonfiction: Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy? Organized: Empire of Storms
37. Costume party or pool party? Costume party: Such Sharp Teeth
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or ocean?
40. Ghost tour or historical tour? Historical: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

This challenge involves choosing favorite answers from pairs of opposites. Read one relevant book for each of your answers. How you interpret the question, and how you relate the book to your answer, is up to you. You may choose only one answer per question, even if both are suitable.

Progress: 21/20

1. Playlists or podcasts? (playlists)
2. Shoes or slippers? Shoes ✓ 02/21
3. Pork or beef? (actually chicken, so whatever)
4. Swimming pool or beach? (beach)
5. Fruits or vegetables? Fruits Fruits Basket Pearls 04 ✓ 01/26
6. Cats or dogs? Dogs ✓ 02/09
7. Summer or winter? Winter ✓ 01/28
8. Salt or pepper? (both, so whatever)
9. Cash or credit cards? (both)
10. Cookies or chips? (always cookies)
11. Soda or juice? (juice)
12. Country or city? City City Lights Birthday: Gefühlvoller Boys-Love-Einzelband aus dem Omegaverse, in dem Beta und Omega ihr Schicksal selbst in die Hand nehmen ✓ 01/13
13. Text or call? Text Sag's mit den Händen, Band 1 ✓ 01/05
14. Coffee or tea? Tea A Room with a View ✓ 02/28
15. Black or white? White ✓ 02/07
16. Driver or passenger? (driver)
17. Laptop or tablet? (laptop)
18. Comedy or Horror? Horror From the Red Fog 3 ✓ 01/03
19. Beer or wine? (neither, so whatever)
20. Dine in or dine out? Dine Out The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 ✓ 04/09
21. Movies or TV shows? TV show Heated Rivalry ✓ 02/14
22. iOS or Android? (android)
23. Waffles or pancakes? (both)
24. Early bird or night owl? Night ✓ 01/19
25. Football or baseball? (more into handball, so whatever)
26. Trucks or cars? (cars)
27. Lunch or dinner? (both)
28. Weekends or weekdays? (anything is fine)
29. Pizza or pasta? (pizza)
30. Friends or family? Family Maman ✓ 01/21
31. Boys or girls? Boys ✓ 01/21
32. Fiction or non-fiction? Fiction Bambino ✓ 02/02
33. Skiing or snowboarding? Skiing Common Goal ✓ 03/01
34. Red wine or white wine? Red Red Hood ✓ 01/08
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car? Singing in the car Role Model ✓ 03/03
36. Organized or messy? Messy Wenn sie wüsste ✓ 01/25
37. Costume party or pool party? (costume)
38. Music festival or art festival? Music ✓ 02/24
39. Mountains or ocean? (ocean)
40. Ghost tour or historical tour? Historical Kenshin 04 ✓ 01/06

This sounds fun! Please put me down for 10 books.

COMPLETED: 0/10

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I will sign up for 30 please!
Progress: 17/30

1. Playlists or podcasts?
✅ 2. Shoes or slippers? The Book Club for Troublesome Women - Read 4/20/26
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?
✅ 5. Fruits or vegetables? Butts: A Backstory - Read 2/22/26
6. Cats or dogs?
✅ 7. Summer or winter? The God of the Woods - Read 4/10/26
✅ 8. Salt or pepper? Saltcrop - Read 3/30/26
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
✅ 11. Soda or juice? Lime Juice Money - Read 5/31/26
✅ 12. Country or city? The London Eye Mystery - Read 2/4/26
✅ 13. Text or call? A Monster Calls - Read 1/13/26
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
✅ 18. Comedy or Horror? A House with Good Bones - Read 3/3/26
✅ 19. Beer or wine? Loved One - Read 2/27/26
20. Dine in or dine out?
✅ 21. Movies or TV shows? Behind Her Eyes - Read 3/27/26
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
✅ 24. Early bird or night owl? The Blueprint - Read 2/20/26
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
✅ 30. Friends or family? The Descendants - Read 1/4/26
✅ 31. Boys or girls (lady)? The Case of the Left-Handed Lady - Read 1/25/26
✅ 32. Fiction or non-fiction? Finding My Way - Read 4/12/26
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
✅ 37. Costume party or pool party? The Girlfriend - Read 1/9/26
38. Music festival or art festival?
✅ 39. Mountains or ocean? Blade - Read 4/27/26
✅ 40. Ghost tour or historical tour? The Warm Hands of Ghosts - Read 2/15/26

👉 THIS OR THAT - Yearly Challenge
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026
Progress: 16/20

1. Playlists or podcasts?
Playlist - Waiting for the Barbarians (The Barbarian - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer)
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
👉 4. Swimming pool or beach?
Beach - The Long Call
👉 5. Fruits or vegetables?
Fruits - The Safekeep
👉 6. Cats or dogs?
Cats - How to Read a Book
7. Summer or winter?
Winter - Winter Counts
8. Salt or pepper?
Salt - The Salt Path
👉 9. Cash or credit cards?
How to Attract Money
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
12. Country or city?
Country - The Secret Keeper
13. Text or call?
👉 14. Coffee or tea?
Tea - The Murders in Great Diddling
👉 15. Black or white?
White (cover) - Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
16. Driver or passenger?
Passenger - Mystic River
17. Laptop or tablet?
👉 18. Comedy or Horror?
Comedy - Vernon God Little
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out?
👉 21. Movies or TV shows?
Movie - The Man with the Golden Arm
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
👉 24. Early bird or night owl?
Early bird - The Swallows
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
Cars - November Road
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
👉 30. Friends or family?
Family - The Family Chao
👉 31. Boys or girls?
Boys - Sunshine: A Graphic Novel
👉 32. Fiction or non-fiction?
Fiction - We Begin at the End
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
Skiing - Smilla's Sense of Snow
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
👉 37. Costume party or pool party?
Costume - The Miniaturist
👉 38. Music festival or art festival?
Art - Three Tall Women (theatre)
👉 39. Mountains or ocean?
Mountains - Force of Nature
👉 40. Ghost tour or historical tour?
Historical - Snow Falling on Cedars

I'm joining for 40.

THIS OR THAT
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026

Progress: 8 / 40

1. Playlists or podcasts?
🍄 2. Shoes or slippers? The Book Club for Troublesome Women - Shoes (or barefoot!)
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?
5. Fruits or vegetables?
🍄6. Cats or dogs? Alone - Dogs
🍄 7. Summer or winter? Big Summer - Summer
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
🍄 12. Country or city? Her Small-Town Cowboy - Country
13. Text or call?
🍄 14. Coffee or tea? The Time Hop Coffee Shop - Coffee (but I personally drink both daily)
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror?
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out?
21. Movies or TV shows?
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl?
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
🍄 30. Friends or family? The Major's Family Mission - Family
🍄 31. Boys or girls? Bloomsbury Girls - Girls
32. Fiction or non-fiction?
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party?
38. Music festival or art festival?
🍄 39. Mountains or ocean? The Lifeboat - Ocean (but I love them both)
40. Ghost tour or historical tour?

Hi,
I am in for 20 books :) : 16/20 May 17, 2026
Thanks !

1. Playlists or podcasts? None of This Is True
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?Un homme accidentel
5. Fruits or vegetables?
6. Cats or dogs?
7. Summer or winter?
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards? Julie Chan Is Dead
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
12. Country or city? Still Life
13. Text or call? One of Us Is Back
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white?Where Did You Sleep Last Night? A Personal History
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet? One of Us Is Lying
18. Comedy or Horror? Alchemised
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out?
21. Movies or TV shows?
22. iOS or Android? One of Us Is Next
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl?
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner? Le disparu de Nantucket
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
30. Friends or family?Sunshine Nails
31. Boys or girls?
32. Fiction or non-fiction? Kolkhoze
33. Skiing or snowboarding? Pistes noires
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy? The House in the Cerulean Sea
37. Costume party or pool party?
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or ocean? People we meet on vacation. Un amore in vacanza
40. Ghost tour or historical tour? Starling House

THIS OR THAT
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026

THIS OR THAT
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026

Progress: 0 / 40

1. Playlists or podcasts?
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?
5. Fruits or vegetables?
6. Cats or dogs?
7. Summer or winter?
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
12. Country or city?
13. Text or call?
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror?
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out?
21. Movies or TV shows?
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl?
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
30. Friends or family?
31. Boys or girls?
32. Fiction or non-fiction?
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party?
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or ocean?
40. Ghost tour or historical tour

I’m in for 25😊

I'll start with 20 but may increase the goal
1. Playlists or podcasts?
the storyteller
🐈2. Shoes or slippers?
A shoe is important to this story
Sharon M. Draper 24 Apr
🐈3. Pork or beef?
MC has a beef with her boss

🐈4. Swimming pool or beach?
Author lives on the beach

5. Fruits or vegetables?
🐈6. Cats or dogs?

🐈7. Summer or winter?
Takes place in summer

8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
🐈10. Cookies or chips?
Characters made cookies

🐈11. Soda or juice?
One family drinks soda and leaves cans all over

🐈12. Country or city?
MC also chooses the city over country

13. Text or call?
🐈14. Coffee or tea?
There are multiple tea parties

🐈15. Black or white?
That's the question asked in this book

🐈16. Driver or passenger?
MC is 13 and gets driven everywhere she can't bike

17. Laptop or tablet?
🐈18. Comedy or Horror?
MPG Humor

🐈19. Beer or wine?
He drinks beers

🐈20. Dine in or dine out?
This upper class society is always dining out

🐈21. Movies or TV shows?
They are making a movie in this book

22. iOS or Android?
🐈23. Waffles or pancakes?
Pancakes are eaten daily by a MC

🐈24. Early bird or night owl?
Tigers are night owls too

25. Football or baseball?
🐈26. Trucks or cars?
They travel by car
Earthlings Sayaka Murata 21 May
🐈27. Lunch or dinner?
Lots of dinner in this book

🐈28. Weekends or weekdays?
Most of the book takes place on a weekend

29. Pizza or pasta?
🐈30. Friends or family?

🐈31. Boys or girls?

🐈32. Fiction or non-fiction?

🐈33. Skiing or snowboarding?
Mountain for both
Tarjei Vesaas 1 Mar
🐈34. Red wine or white wine? (really neither I drink craft beer)
Carl drinks wine

35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
🐈36. Organized or messy?
Characters organize protests

37. Costume party or pool party?
🐈38. Music festival or art festival?
Restoring art

🐈39. Mountains or ocean?

🐈40. Ghost tour or historical tour?
Historical fiction


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I'm in for 25

THIS OR THAT
Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026

*This challenge involves choosing favorite answers from pairs of opposites. Read one relevant book for each of your answers. How you interpret the question, and how you relate the book to your answer, is up to you. You may choose only one answer per question, even if both are suitable.

Completed: 0/25

1. Playlists or podcasts?
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?
5. Fruits or vegetables?
6. Cats or dogs?
7. Summer or winter?
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
12. Country or city?
13. Text or call?
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror?
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out?
21. Movies or TV shows?
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl?
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
30. Friends or family?
31. Boys or girls?
32. Fiction or non-fiction?
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party?
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or ocean?
40. Ghost tour or historical tour?

Welcome to This or That! Thank you for joining!!

THIS OR THAT
Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026

*This challenge involves choosing favorite answers from pairs of opposites. Read one relevant book for each of your answers. How you interpret the question, and how you relate the book to your answer, is up to you. You may choose only one answer per question, even if both are suitable.

Completed: 0/15 (for now)

1. Playlists or podcasts? Playlists
2. Shoes or slippers? Shoes
3. Pork or beef? Beef
4. Swimming pool or beach? Beach
5. Fruits or vegetables? Fruits
6. Cats or dogs? Dogs
7. Summer or winter? Winter
8. Salt or pepper? Salt
9. Cash or credit cards? Credit Cards
10. Cookies or chips? Chips
11. Soda or juice? Soda
12. Country or city? Both? I'll pick country
13. Text or call? call
14. Coffee or tea? coffee
16. Driver or passenger? Passenger
17. Laptop or tablet? Laptop
18. Comedy or Horror? Horror
19. Beer or wine? Wine
20. Dine in or dine out? Out
21. Movies or TV shows? TV shows
22. iOS or Android? iOS
23. Waffles or pancakes? Waffles
24. Early bird or night owl? Night owl
25. Football or baseball? Football
26. Trucks or cars? Jeeps (is that a truck?)
27. Lunch or dinner? Dinner
28. Weekends or weekdays? Weekends
29. Pizza or pasta? Pasta
30. Friends or family?
31. Boys or girls?
32. Fiction or non-fiction? Fiction
33. Skiing or snowboarding? Snowboarding
34. Red wine or white wine? White wine
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy? Organized
37. Costume party or pool party? Pool party
38. Music festival or art festival? Music
39. Mountains or ocean? Mountains
40. Ghost tour or historical tour? I love both

I'm in for 12
1/12


1. Playlists or podcasts?
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?
5. Fruits or vegetables?
6. Cats or dogs?
7. Summer or winter?
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
12. Country or city?
13. Text or call?
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror?
19. Beer or wine?Wine
20. Dine in or dine out?
21. Movies or TV shows? Tv shows
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes? Waffle:Will It Waffle?: 53 Irresistible, Unexpected Recipes to Make in a Waffle Iron April 25, 2026
24. Early bird or night owl? Night owl
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner? Dinner:Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
30. Friends or family? Family
31. Boys or girls? Girls
32. Fiction or non-fiction?I love both
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party? Both
38. Music festival or art festival? Music festival
39. Mountains or ocean? Oceans
40. Ghost tour or historical tour?

Sign me up for 40 books

25/40

✅1. Playlists or podcasts? Playlists: New Kids on the Block: 40th Anniversary Celebration (7/1/26)
✅2. Shoes or slippers? Shoes: If the Shoe Fits (23/4/26)
✅3. Pork or beef? Beef Beef Cake (14/5/26)
4. Swimming pool or beach? Swimming Pool: The Diving Pool: Three Novellas
5. Fruits or vegetables? Fruits: Forbidden Fruit
✅6. Cats or dogs? Cats: Mog the Forgetful Cat (11/2/26)
7. Summer or winter? Summer: Summertime
8. Salt or pepper? Salt: The Years of Rice and Salt
9. Cash or credit cards? Cash: Breathe In, Cash Out: A Novel
✅10. Cookies or chips? Cookies: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (8/4/26)
✅11. Soda or juice? Juice: Just Juice (15/5/26)
12. Country or city? City: London Underground at War
13. Text or call? Text: Text for You
14. Coffee or tea? Tea: The Tiger Who Came to Tea
✅15. Black or white? White: The White Stag (9/3/26)
16. Driver or passenger? Passenger: The Passenger
17. Laptop or tablet? Laptop: Have Laptop, Will Travel: Memoirs of a Digital Nomad—12 Cities, 12 Months
18. Comedy or Horror? Horror Hell House
19. Beer or wine? Wine: Killer Chardonnay
20. Dine in or dine out? Dine Out: Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir
21. Movies or TV shows? Movies: Lady and the Tramp
✅22. iOS or Android? Android: The Haunted Computer and the Android Pope (21/1/26)
✅23. Waffles or pancakes? Pancakes: The Crêpes of Wrath (10/1/26)
✅24. Early bird or night owl? Early Bird: Early Bird Special (14/2/26)
✅25. Football or baseball? Baseball: Baseball Saved Us (24/4/26)
✅26. Trucks or cars? Cars: Cannonball! World's Greatest Outlaw Road Race (21/1/26)
✅27. Lunch or dinner? Dinner: Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (26/1/26)
✅28. Weekends or weekdays? Weekend: Parents Weekend (27/1/26)
✅29. Pizza or pasta? Pizza: Pizza Girl (31/1/26)
✅30. Friends or family? Family: Family Life (12/3/26)
31. Boys or girls? Girls: Nice Girls
✅32. Fiction or non-fiction? Non-fiction: Around Lewisham & Deptford in Old Photographs (22/1/26)
✅33. Skiing or snowboarding? Skiing: Ski Weekend (30/1/26)
✅34. Red wine or white wine? Red Wine: The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine (23/1/26)
✅35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car? Car Drive Me Crazy (19/1/26)
✅36. Organized or messy? Messy: The Messy Lives of Book People (15/2/26)
✅37. Costume party or pool party? Costume Party: Curious George Goes to a Costume Party (16/2/26)
✅38. Music festival or art festival? Music: Our Story: New Kids On the Block - Signed/Autographed by All 5 (5/1/26)
✅39. Mountains or ocean? Mountains: My Side of the Mountain (24/2/26)
✅40. Ghost tour or historical tour? Ghosts: Ghosts and Grisly Things (8/3/26)

Decided that I'm not going to do challenge

This or That
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026
Completion 0/30

1. Playlists or podcasts?
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?
5. Fruits or vegetables?
6. Cats or dogs?
7. Summer or winter?
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
12. Country or city?
13. Text or call?
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror?
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out?
21. Movies or TV shows?
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl?
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
30. Friends or family?
31. Boys or girls?
32. Fiction or non-fiction?
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party?
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or ocean?
40. Ghost tour or historical tour?

Please sign me up for 25. Thank you!

THIS OR THAT
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026

40/40

1. Playlists or podcasts? Podcasts - Sweet Heat🪻
2. Shoes or slippers? Shoes - Nothing Interesting Ever Happens to Ethan Fairmont🪻
3. Pork or beef? Pork - Murder With a Sip of Eggnog: An Ivy Clark Mystery🪻
4. Swimming pool or beach? Beach - Reel Love🪻
5. Fruits or vegetables? Fruits - Brain Damage🪻
6. Cats or dogs? Cats - Where You're Planted🪻
7. Summer or winter? Summer - The Thrashers🪻
8. Salt or pepper? Salt - Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret🪻
9. Cash or credit cards? Cash - Joy Moody Is Out of Time🪻
10. Cookies or chips? Cookies - Murder With a Crunch of Cookies
11. Soda or juice? Soda - Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar🪻
12. Country or city? City - Parents Weekend🪻
13. Text or call? Call - The Wrong Way Home🪻
14. Coffee or tea? Tea - Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories🪻
15. Black or white? Black - X+ E: The Teachers of Hardwood High🪻
16. Driver or passenger? Passenger - The Wicked Bargain🪻
17. Laptop or tablet? Laptop - Blue Light Hours🪻
18. Comedy or Horror? Comedy - Zhara🪻
19. Beer or wine? Wine - Most Eligible🪻
20. Dine in or dine out? Dine out - Twice in a Lifetime🪻
21. Movies or TV shows? Movies - With Love, Miss Americanah🪻
22. iOS or Android? Android - Too Many Interesting Things Are Happening to Ethan Fairmont🪻
23. Waffles or pancakes? Pancakes - Murder With a Sliver of Cake
24. Early bird or night owl? Night owl - Everything Interesting Keeps Happening to Ethan Fairmont🪻
25. Football or baseball? Football - Love 'Em or Leave 'Em🪻
26. Trucks or cars? Car - Her One Regret🪻
27. Lunch or dinner? Dinner - The Build-a-Boyfriend Project🪻
28. Weekends or weekdays? Weekdays - Don't Let Him In🪻
29. Pizza or pasta? Pizza - All the Lies They Told🪻
30. Friends or family? Family - Everyone Is Lying to You🪻
31. Boys or girls? Girls - All the Mothers🪻
32. Fiction or non-fiction? Fiction - Secret Identity🪻
33. Skiing or snowboarding? Skiing - Second Act Romance
34. Red wine or white wine? Red wine - Speak: A Post Divorce Romance🪻
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car? Singing in the car - The Good Samaritan🪻
36. Organized or messy? Organized - Everybody is a Liar🪻
37. Costume party or pool party? Costume party - My Ex-Husband's Ex-Husband🪻
38. Music festival or art festival? Music festival - Needy Little Things
39. Mountains or ocean? Ocean - The Five-Star Weekend🪻
40. Ghost tour or historical tour? Historical tour - (S)Kin🪻

Welcome to This or That! List has been updated, please let me know if you see any errors!

I'm in for 15 please.

Progress: 0 / 15

1. Playlists or podcasts?
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?
5. Fruits or vegetables?
6. Cats or dogs?
7. Summer or winter?
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
12. Country or city?
13. Text or call?
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror?
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out?
21. Movies or TV shows?
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl?
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
30. Friends or family?
31. Boys or girls?
32. Fiction or non-fiction?
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party?
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or ocean?
40. Ghost tour or historical tour?

Count me in for all 40!!

I'm in for 26 books.
Completed 20/26

podcasts The Sirens (MC listens to a podcast)
Shoes Dungeon Crawler Carl (MC complains about not having shoes, does not use them when he gets some)
beef Teufelskind
4. Swimming pool or beach
5. Fruits or vegetables?
dogs
Winter Shiver
Salt Butter (used in some recipes)
Cash Die Umarmung des Todes
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
city Silent Secrets (takes place in Paris)
Text The Unhoneymooners (FMC thinks about which is better)
tea The Book Witch (everyone drinks tea Bec it's the best)
Black cover
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror?
19. Beer or wine?
Dine in A Recipe For Rivals (recipes and she cooks a lot)
21. Movies or TV shows?
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
night owl Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (great part of the book takes place at night)
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
Family My Life as a Serial Killer (MCs mother plays a big part in retrospect and she goes to group therapy after her father died who was very important to her)
Boys Die Namen (about three diffenrt lives a boy could have lead)
Fiction Rubinrot (time travel)
Skiing Two Can Play (they go an a skiing trip)
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
messy HEN NA E - Seltsame Bilder (messy story telling, not linear)
pool party A Million Stars Above (party at the pool)
38. Music festival or art festival?
Mountains It was always you (camping)
Ghost tour Gespensterzentrale: Das Rätsel der Zeitreise (ghost takes MC on a tour)

12/20 completed

✅ 1. Playlists or podcasts? Podcast (not one I'd listen to but the author does have his own podcast)
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
✅ 4. Swimming pool or beach? Beach (cover and MC surfs)

5. Fruits or vegetables?
✅ 6. Cats or dogs? Neither - Squirrels! (MC has a pet squirrel)
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
7. Summer or winter?
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
✅ 12. Country or city? City (title)
City of Bones
13. Text or call?
14. Coffee or tea?
✅ 15. Black or white? Black
The Black Ice
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
✅ 18. Comedy or Horror? Horror (genre)
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out?
✅ 21. Movies or TV shows? TV show (2026 series)

22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl?
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
✅ 30. Friends or family? Family (MCs include twin detectives and the father, chief of detectives)
The Coldest Case
31. Boys or girls? Girls (heroic women of Vietnam War)
✅ 32. Fiction or non-fiction? Non-fiction (genre)
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
✅ 35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car? Singing in the car (car on cover and setting at a gas station)

36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party?
38. Music festival or art festival?
✅ 39. Mountains or ocean? Mountains (setting of the mansions)
Wuthering Heights
✅ 40. Ghost tour or historical tour? Historical Tour (genre)
Amelia's Shadow

I'm in for 40 books.
Completed 4/40

1. Playlists or podcasts?
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?
5. Fruits or vegetables?
6. Cats or dogs?
7. Summer or winter?
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
✅12. Country or city? Country: Foe - Set on a farm - finished 5 Jan.
✅13. Text or call? Call: Part of Your World - Ali and Daniel talked for hours on phone multiple times - finished 6 Jan.
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror?
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out?
21. Movies or TV shows?
✅22. iOS or Android? iOS: Follow You Home - iPhone found in Laura's drawer even though she doesnt like Apple products - finished 30 Jan
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl?
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
✅30. Friends or family? Family: The Japanese Lover Alma Belasco and Nathaniel Belasco - finished 1 Jan
31. Boys or girls?
32. Fiction or non-fiction?
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party?
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or ocean?
40. Ghost tour or historical tour?

I'll go for 40 please :)

Progress: 18/40

1. Playlists or podcasts? - Everyone Is Lying to You ✅ Author runs a podcast
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach? - Beyond the Sea (stranded on a deserted tropical island) ✅
5. Fruits or vegetables?
6. Cats or dogs?
7. Summer or winter? - Singing Sands - MMC1 is a lifeguard and MMC2 a biologist, set in summer ✅
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
12. Country or city? - Death at the White Hart (set in the country) ✅
13. Text or call? - Home Before Night ✅ (many interactions occur on the phone)
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror? - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter ✅ horror
19. Beer or wine? - How to Say I Do MMC1 runs a vineyard ✅
20. Dine in or dine out? - Sparkling Cyanide (characters dine out) ✅
21. Movies or TV shows?
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl? - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil ✅
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta? - The Fall byTal Bauer ✅ (a rather crucial incident happens while they're eating pizza)
30. Friends or family? - The Heir Apparent ✅ MC has to go back to London for her family
31. Boys or girls? - Solaris ✅ Boys an all male cast
32. Fiction or non-fiction? - Wake the Gods ✅ (fiction)
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy? - Heart of Stone MMC1 is ultra efficient at his job ✅
37. Costume party or pool party? - The Corset ✅ (MC makes costumes).
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or ocean? - Honey from the Lion (MMC stranded in the mountains) ✅
40. Ghost tour or historical tour? - The Occupation ✅ FMC goes on a tour of Japan during WWII.

Please sign me up for 40!

THIS OR THAT
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026
Progress: 1 / 40

1. Playlists or podcasts?
✔️2. Shoes or slippers? shoes on cover- The Bell Jar 1/9/26
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?
5. Fruits or vegetables?
6. Cats or dogs?
7. Summer or winter?
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
12. Country or city?
13. Text or call?
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror?
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out?
21. Movies or TV shows?
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl?
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
30. Friends or family?
31. Boys or girls?
32. Fiction or non-fiction?
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party?
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or ocean?
40. Ghost tour or historical tour

Bücherhörnchen wrote: "I'm in for 26 books.
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2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?
5. Fruits or vegetables?
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8. Sa..."

Question regarding your goal. 26 or 40?

"I'm in for 26 books.
Completed 0/40"

Welcome to This or That!

List updated to here.

I'm going to attempt this challenge in 2026 - aim is for 20

Update to message 40: 1/25 books read (I am from New Zealand clock has already ticked over, 5pm here).

I'm in for 30!

THIS OR THAT - 08/40
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026

1. Playlists or podcasts? Playlists
2. Shoes or slippers? Shoes
3. Pork or beef? Pork
4. Swimming pool or beach? Beach - Beach Read
5. Fruits or vegetables? Vegetables
6. Cats or dogs? Cats
7. Summer or winter? Summer
8. Salt or pepper? Salt
9. Cash or credit cards? Cash
10. Cookies or chips? Cookies
11. Soda or juice? Soda
12. Country or city? City
13. Text or call? Text - (view spoiler)[Texts on Cover (hide spoiler)] The Trouble with Trying to Date a Murderer - 02/06 | 5 ⭐
14. Coffee or tea? Coffee
15. Black or white? Black - (view spoiler)[“Black really does suit you, Violet.” (hide spoiler)] - Iron Flame | 03/30 | 5 ⭐
16. Driver or passenger? Passenger
17. Laptop or tablet? Tablet - (view spoiler)["and the tablet crashes to the floor," (hide spoiler)] - The Retreat - 03/11 | 4 ⭐
18. Comedy or Horror? Comedy
19. Beer or wine? Beer - (view spoiler)[“A rum and Coke and a beer" (hide spoiler)] - Bodybuilders for the BBW | 03/25 | 3 ⭐
20. Dine in or dine out? Dine In
21. Movies or TV shows? Movies - (view spoiler)["I preferred a quiet night in with a book, wine, and movies." (hide spoiler)] - King of Sloth | 03/30 | 5 ⭐
22. iOS or Android? Android
23. Waffles or pancakes? Waffles
24. Early bird or night owl? Night Owl
25. Football or baseball? Football -(view spoiler)[Football Romance (hide spoiler)] - Icing the Kicker | 01/17 | 5 ⭐
26. Trucks or cars? Cars
27. Lunch or dinner? Dinner
28. Weekends or weekdays? Weekends
29. Pizza or pasta? Pizza
30. Friends or family? Friends - (view spoiler)[“No, we’re just friends.” (hide spoiler)] - Wicked Games | 03/18 | 4.5 ⭐
31. Boys or girls? Boys
32. Fiction or non-fiction? Fiction
33. Skiing or snowboarding? Skiing
34. Red wine or white wine? White Wine
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car? Singing in car
36. Organized or messy? Messy - (view spoiler)["even though the handwriting is messy" (hide spoiler)] - Little Liar | 04/03 | 5 ⭐
37. Costume party or pool party? Costume Party
38. Music festival or art festival? Music Festival
39. Mountains or ocean? Ocean
40. Ghost tour or historical tour? Ghost Tour

Hilary wrote: "I'm going to attempt this challenge in 2026 - aim is for 20"

Got it. Are you also changing your goal from 40 books to 20?

Aiming for 40

THIS OR THAT
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026
Completion 0/40

1. Playlists or podcasts?
2. Shoes or slippers?
3. Pork or beef?
4. Swimming pool or beach?
5. Fruits or vegetables?
6. Cats or dogs?
7. Summer or winter?
8. Salt or pepper?
9. Cash or credit cards?
10. Cookies or chips?
11. Soda or juice?
12. Country or city?
13. Text or call?
14. Coffee or tea?
15. Black or white?
16. Driver or passenger?
17. Laptop or tablet?
18. Comedy or Horror?
19. Beer or wine?
20. Dine in or dine out?
21. Movies or TV shows?
22. iOS or Android?
23. Waffles or pancakes?
24. Early bird or night owl?
25. Football or baseball?
26. Trucks or cars?
27. Lunch or dinner?
28. Weekends or weekdays?
29. Pizza or pasta?
30. Friends or family?
31. Boys or girls?
32. Fiction or non-fiction?
33. Skiing or snowboarding?
34. Red wine or white wine?
35. Singing in the shower or singing in the car?
36. Organized or messy?
37. Costume party or pool party?
38. Music festival or art festival?
39. Mountains or ocean?
40. Ghost tour or historical tour?