2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

My place for keeping track of 2026 Challenges.

2025 Reading Challenge Goal 225/150
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2026 Buddy Reads
January

2026 Yearly Challenges

Finders Readers 2026

Read and Roam

This or That

Prismatic Pages

Riddle Me This

SERIAL READER

LET'S TURN PAGES

A-Z: AWARD WINNERS

2026 Monthly Challenges

Riddle Me This

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Riddles

(view spoiler)[I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with wind.
(view spoiler)[Echo (hide spoiler)]

The more of me you take, the more you leave behind.
(view spoiler)[Footsteps (hide spoiler)]

I’m tall when I’m young, and short when I’m old.
(view spoiler)[Candle (hide spoiler)]

What has many keys but can’t open any locks?
(view spoiler)[A Piano (hide spoiler)]

What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
(view spoiler)[An Artichoke (hide spoiler)]

I can exist in a single moment, yet I last forever. What am I?
(view spoiler)[A Memory (hide spoiler)]

I grow bigger the more you take away from me.
(view spoiler)[A Crater (hide spoiler)]

I’m light as a feather, yet even the world’s strongest man couldn’t hold me for long.
(view spoiler)[Breath (hide spoiler)]

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish.
(view spoiler)[A Map (hide spoiler)]

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
(view spoiler)[A Stamp (hide spoiler)]

I live in silence and vanish in noise.
(view spoiler)[Silence (hide spoiler)]

What has one eye, but can’t see?
(view spoiler)[A Needle (hide spoiler)]

I go up and down stairs without moving.
(view spoiler)[Carpet/Rug (hide spoiler)]

I am taken from a mine, shut in a wooden case, and used by almost everyone.
(view spoiler)[Pencil Led (hide spoiler)]

What gets wet while drying?
(view spoiler)[A Towel (hide spoiler)]

What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence?
(view spoiler)[Time to fix the fence (hide spoiler)]

What kind of band never plays music?
(view spoiler)[A Rubberband (hide spoiler)]

What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
(view spoiler)[Your Left Hand (hide spoiler)]

Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it, you die. What is it? (view spoiler)[Nothing (hide spoiler)]

I’m full of holes, yet I can hold water.
(view spoiler)[A Sponge (hide spoiler)]

I have a head, a tail, but no body.
(view spoiler)[A Coin (hide spoiler)]

I’m always in motion, yet I never get tired.
(view spoiler)[The ocean (hide spoiler)]

I have hands, but cannot clap.
(view spoiler)[A Clock (hide spoiler)]

I can be long or short; I can be grown or bought; I can be painted or left bare. (view spoiler)[Fingernails (hide spoiler)]

I shrink smaller every time I take a bath.
(view spoiler)[A Bar of Soap (hide spoiler)]

I can fill a room but take up no space.
(view spoiler)[Light (hide spoiler)]

I am present everywhere yet can’t be touched.
(view spoiler)[A Thought (hide spoiler)]

I have no beginning, no end, and nothing in the middle.
(view spoiler)[A Circle (hide spoiler)]

I’m sometimes white, sometimes brown, sometimes black, but never the same twice. (view spoiler)[A Fingerprint (hide spoiler)]

I can’t be touched, yet I can touch you. I can’t be seen, yet I can be heard.
(view spoiler)[A Sound (hide spoiler)]

I am invisible, weigh nothing, yet if you put me in a barrel, it will become lighter.
(view spoiler)[A hole (hide spoiler)]

What question can you never say yes to?
(view spoiler)[“Are you asleep?” (hide spoiler)]

I am never seen but always counted.
(view spoiler)[Breaths (hide spoiler)]

I move without wings, I roar without a mouth.
(view spoiler)[A waterfall (hide spoiler)]

I have a bottom at the top.
(view spoiler)[Your legs (hide spoiler)]

What kind of room has no doors or windows?
(view spoiler)[A mushroom (hide spoiler)]

I go in hard, come out soft, and am never the same.
(view spoiler)[Chewing gum (hide spoiler)]

I can be held but never touched.
(view spoiler)[A conversation (hide spoiler)]

I am a path, but I never move.
(view spoiler)[A road (hide spoiler)]

I fly all day but never leave my home.
(view spoiler)[A flag (hide spoiler)]

What can you catch, but not throw?
(view spoiler)[A cold (hide spoiler)]

I am used by everyone, but no one can see me.
(view spoiler)[Time (hide spoiler)]

I can be long or short, narrow or wide.
(view spoiler)[A road / path (hide spoiler)]

I am a bridge without planks or nails.
(view spoiler)[A rainbow (hide spoiler)]

I can glow without heat.
(view spoiler)[Stars / bioluminescence (hide spoiler)]

I have rings but no fingers.
(view spoiler)[A tree (hide spoiler)]

What is red and smells like blue paint?
(view spoiler)[Red paint (hide spoiler)]

I am always moving forward but never return.
(view spoiler)[Time (hide spoiler)]

I can fly without wings, flow without water, and cry without eyes.
(view spoiler)[A cloud (hide spoiler)]

I can hide in plain sight.
(view spoiler)[Camouflage (hide spoiler)]

I am soft yet can break bones.
(view spoiler)[Water (hide spoiler)]

I can shine at night but never during the day.
(view spoiler)[The moon (hide spoiler)]

I can be cracked, opened, or thrown away.
(view spoiler)[An egg (hide spoiler)]

I have a tongue but cannot taste.
(view spoiler)[A shoe (hide spoiler)]

I have a neck but no head.
(view spoiler)[A bottle (hide spoiler)]

I have teeth but cannot bite.
(view spoiler)[A comb (hide spoiler)]

I can whisper without a mouth.
(view spoiler)[An echo (hide spoiler)]

I am seen in water but never wet.
(view spoiler)[A reflection (hide spoiler)]

I can fall but never get hurt.
(view spoiler)[Rain (hide spoiler)]

What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
(view spoiler)[Lunch and dinner (hide spoiler)]

I go up when rain comes down.
(view spoiler)[An umbrella (hide spoiler)]

What has words, but never speaks?
(view spoiler)[A book (hide spoiler)]

I am round, flat, or pointed.
(view spoiler)[A coin (hide spoiler)]

What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
(view spoiler)[A potato (hide spoiler)]

I am sometimes cold, sometimes warm, but never wet.
(view spoiler)[Air (hide spoiler)]

What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
(view spoiler)[An umbrella (hide spoiler)]

I can move mountains but am not strong.
(view spoiler)[Erosion (hide spoiler)]

What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?
(view spoiler)[A teapot (hide spoiler)]

I can be frozen or boiling, yet remain the same.
(view spoiler)[Water (hide spoiler)]

What has many hearts but no other organs?
(view spoiler)[A deck of cards (hide spoiler)]

What belongs to you, but everyone else uses it?
(view spoiler)[Your name (hide spoiler)]

The more you take from me, the bigger I get.
(view spoiler)[A hole (hide spoiler)]

What building has the most stories?
(view spoiler)[The library (hide spoiler)]

What has to be broken before you can use it?
(view spoiler)[An egg (hide spoiler)]

I am the start of eternity, the end of time and space.
(view spoiler)[The letter “E” (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

PRISMATIC PAGES

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Join us this year as we read through the rainbow! Each month we will have a different color for you to fill your virtual shelves with. Read books where the cover is mainly the color of the month, or books with any shade of that color in the title.

THIS OR THAT

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READ & ROAM

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🗺️ Road Trip Style: Each book is selected from the prior book's page in a linear or cross-country fashion.