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Yearly Challenge: Prismatic Pages (message 9)January: Blue
February: Yellow
March: Grey
April: Green
May: Patterns (evenly colored or patterned covers)
Title word examples: shade, hue, ombre, stripe, dot
June: Pink
July: White
August: Orange
September: Purple
October: Black
November: Brown
December: Red
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Yearly Challenge: A-Z Award Winners (message 11)A: All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll for Best Heroine & Best Couple - Romancing Mister Bridgerton / Audie Award for Mystery - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers / Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original - Dead Until Dark / Agatha Award for Best First Novel - A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder / Audie Award for Best Male Narrator - Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World / Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel - Dark Rise
B: Bisexual Book Awards for Speculative Fiction - Pantomime / Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction & Poetry - Warrior Girl Unearthed / Betty Trask Award - Tipping the Velvet
C: Compton Crook Award - A Memory Called Empire / Compton Crook Award - The Poppy War / CityRead London - Rivers of London
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E: Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
F: Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction - Mr Loverman
G: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album - Becoming
H: Heart & Scroll Madcap Award for Historical - Romancing Mister Bridgerton / She Reads Best of Award for Young Adult - Heartless Hunter / Hugo Award for Best Novel - Nettle & Bone /
Hugo Award for Best Novel - A Memory Called Empire
I: ITW Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original Novel - The Housemaid / Ignyte Award for Best Adult Novel - The Blood Trials
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L: Locus Award for Fantasy - A Sorceress Comes to Call / Libby Award for Best Mystery - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers / Locus Award for Best First Novel - Ninefox Gambit /
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction - Tipping the Velvet
M: Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award - The Weight of Blood / Manly Wade Wellman Award - Nettle & Bone
N: NAACP Image Award for Biography/Autobiography - Becoming
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P: Premi Ciutat de Barcelona for Literatura en llengua castellana - Things We Lost in the Fire / PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel - Detransition, Baby
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R: RITA Award by Romance Writers of America Nominee for Long Historical Romance - Romancing Mister Bridgerton / Reddit r/fantasy Stabby Award for Best Debut Novel - Ninefox Gambit / RUSA CODES Reading List for Romance - You Should Be So Lucky / Robert Holdstock Award - She Who Became the Sun
S: Swoon Award for Contemporary Romance - Boyfriend Material / Swoon Award for Historical Romance - A Lady for a Duke / She Reads Best of Award for Fantasy & Magical Realism - Somewhere Beyond the Sea / Sydney J. Bounds Award - She Who Became the Sun / Stonewall Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature - The Black Flamingo / Swoon Award for Fantasy Romance - From Blood and Ash
T: Tähtifantasia Award - Sorcery of Thorns
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Yearly Challenge: TBR Jar (message 25)1. Sort your TBR by date added (the date you shelved it, not when the book was published). Read a book on the first page.
2. Sort your TBR by date added. Read a book on the last page.
3. Sort your TBR by number of pages. Read a book on the first page.
4. Sort your TBR by number of pages. Read a book on the last page.
5. Sort your TBR by publication date. Read a book on the first page.
6. Sort your TBR by publication date. Read a book on the last page.
7. Sort your TBR by average rating. Read a book on the first page.
8. Sort your TBR by average rating. Read a book on the last page.
9. Sort your TBR by number of ratings (the amount of people who have rated it, not the actual rating). Read a book on the first page.
10. Sort your TBR by number of ratings. Read a book on the last page.
11. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the first page.
12. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the last page
13. Sort your TBR by author. Read a book from the first page.
14. Sort your TBR by author. Read a book from the last page.
15. Randomize your TBR. Read a book on the first page.
16. Randomize your TBR. Read a book on the last page.
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Yearly Challenge: Bookworms Take Shelfies (message 38)Diversity: Sapphic romance 0/5
Diversity: Disabled protagonists 0/5
Genre: Non-Fiction 0/5
Backlist: Books added to my TBR prior to 2026 0/10
Yearly Challenge: Bibliopoly (message 19)Corners
🗺️ 1. Go: Read a book set on two or more continents.
🔒 11. In Jail: Read a banned or challenged book.
🚘 21. Free Parking: Read a book of your choice. Anything goes!
👮♂️ 31. Go to Jail: Read a crime fiction or true crime book.
Utilities
💡 13. Electric Company: Read a book with a light source on the cover.
🚿 29. Water Works: Read a book with any form of water on the cover.
Taxes
💲 5. Tax: Read a book with money on the cover or in the title.
💍 39. Luxury Tax: Read a book with a gemstone or precious metal on the cover or in the title.
Community Chest
🎁 3. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Group Reads. (Which month and book?)
🎁 18. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Readathons. (Which readathon? List one book you read for it.)
🎁 34. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Buddy Reads or TBR Twins. (Which activity? What book did you and your twin/buddies read?)
Chance
❓ 8. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest number of ratings.
❓ 23. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf among the ten oldest or newest additions.
❓ 37. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest average star rating.
Railroads
🚂 6. Reading Railroad: Read a book from a celebrity book club list, such as Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, etc.
🚂 16. Pennsylvania Railroad: Read a book published under an author’s pen name.
🚂 26. B&O Railroad: Read a book with an author or title beginning with B or O. (Author’s first or last name; title’s first main word. Omit the, and, of, etc.)
🚂 36. Shortline Railroad: Read a book under 200 pages long.
Purple Properties
🟪 2. Purple: Read a book with a wheelbarrow, garden tool or plant on the cover or in the title.
🟪 4. Purple: Read a translated book originally written in a language other than your native tongue.
Blue Properties
🟦 7. Blue: Read a book with any type of hat or head wear on the cover or in the title.
🟦 9. Blue: Read a book with an author or character whose sexual orientation is different from your own.
🟦 10. Blue: Read a book with any shade of blue on the cover or in the title.
Pink Properties
🌸 12. Pink: Read a book with any type of dog on the cover or in the title.
🌸 14. Pink: Read a book with an author or character whose nationality or birth country is different from your own.
🌸 15. Pink: Read a book with any shade of pink on the cover or in the title.
Orange Properties
🟠 17. Orange: Read a book with a ship or boat on the cover, or involving water travel.
🟠 19. Orange: Read a book with an author or character whose religious or spiritual beliefs are different from your own.
🟠 20. Orange: Read a book with any shade of orange on the cover or in the title.
Red Properties
🟥 22. Red: Read a book with a car, truck or bus on the cover, or involving a road trip.
🟥 24. Red: Read a book with an author or character whose race or ethnicity is different from your own.
🟥 25. Red: Read a book with any shade of red on the cover or in the title.
Yellow Properties
🟨 27. Yellow: Read a book with a boot or shoe on the cover, or involving foot travel.
🟨 28. Yellow: Read a book with an author or character who has a physical disability or impairment, an emotional or mental disorder, or a neurodivergent condition.
🟨 30. Yellow: Read a book with any shade of yellow on the cover or in the title.
Green Properties
🟩 32. Green: Read a book with a thimble, sewing or craft implement on the cover or in the title.
🟩 33. Green: Read a book with an author or character whose gender is different from your own.
🟩 35. Green: Read a book with any shade of green on the cover or in the title.
Dark Blue Properties
🧿 38. Dark Blue: Read a book with any type of cat on the cover or in the title.
🧿 40. Dark Blue: Read a book that won an award. (Which one?)
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2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Poppy War (other topics)Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (other topics)
Dark Rise (other topics)
Tipping the Velvet (other topics)
A Memory Called Empire (other topics)
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