2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Can anyone tell me what is meant by "Ancient" in the historical monopoly? Which period in history would qualify as ancient for this challenge??

Alessia wrote: "Can anyone tell me what is meant by "Ancient" in the historical monopoly? Which period in history would qualify as ancient for this challenge??"

Ancient is like The Odyssey or any other book that is around this time/ Basically books before Medieval times. If you need any more examples let me know!

Thanks a lot Adriana!
Oh, Gosh! I really hope I don't have to read the Odissey again!I had to study it in school and it was more than enough.
Has it got to be fiction? Or would a book about ancient times qualify?

Actually, I think I've found the perfect book. It's a novel about the Amazons and it sounds truly intriguing : The Lost Sisterhood

Alessia wrote: "Thanks a lot Adriana!
Oh, Gosh! I really hope I don't have to read the Odissey again!I had to study it in school and it was more than enough.
Has it got to be fiction? Or would a book about ancien..."

Cool! I like how The Amazons history is interwoven with a present day professor. You can interpret each theme your way as long as it fits somewhat into the monopoly.

I liked the Odyssey! I guess I just have a thing for Greek myth.

I'm in for all eight, except what's "space opera"? I don't read much science fiction, but if we get the whole year, I'm sure I'll find something to fit each category!

Megan wrote: "I'm in for all eight, except what's "space opera"? I don't read much science fiction, but if we get the whole year, I'm sure I'll find something to fit each category!"

Basically books set in space.

Megan wrote: "I'm in for all eight, except what's "space opera"? I don't read much science fiction, but if we get the whole year, I'm sure I'll find something to fit each category!"

Great chance to read The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy :)

This is Wikipedia definition of Space Opera with a list of some of the space operas in literature and TV/films.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...

@Daphne: That's exactly what I was planning on re-reading :) I loved the first three books but never got round to finishing it.

Daphne wrote: "Megan wrote: "I'm in for all eight, except what's "space opera"? I don't read much science fiction, but if we get the whole year, I'm sure I'll find something to fit each category!"

Great chance t..."

Yes! I'm planning to read the same for that category (:

@Alessia - Ooh! Thanks for the list. There are a lot of YA books that are considered space opera too if you want to look into that.

13/22 subcategories so far.
2 Monopoly

Young Adult

Romance

Suspense

Historical

Fantasy

Science Fiction

Biographical

Non-fiction


Magical Realism: Life of Pi completed 3 January 2014 ★★★★★
Coming of Age: The Catcher in the Rye completed 27 January 2014★★★★☆
Horror: Aliss completed 26 February 2014 ★★★★☆
Crime: The Cuckoo's Callingcompleted 16 March 2014 ★★★★★
Chick-lit: The Help completed 26 March 2014 ★★★★★
Ancient: Cruel Beauty completed 4th April 2014 ★★★☆☆
Victorian: The Night Circus completed 26th April 2014 ★★★★★
Autobiography: Glitter and Glue completed 2nd May 2014 ★★★★☆
Magical realism: The Glass Casketcompleted May 15th 2014 ★★★★☆
Science: Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Differencecompleted June 7th 2014 ★★★★★
Mystery: No One Else Can Have Youcompleted June 15th 2014 ★★★★☆
Magical realism: A House in the Sky]completed June 23th 2014 ★★★★★
YA fantasy: Delirium completed July 1st 2014 ★★★★☆

I just edited Message #74 with 3 categories now completed.

Hi Adriana,

I finished another category. I edited message 12 to show:

Suspense
1. Crime: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2. Horror: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
3. Mystery: The Silent Wife

Hi Adriana - I'm going to drop this challenge :( I have found that I'm much better going with the quarterly challenges :) Thanks for moderating!

That's okay Melissa! Good luck with the quarterly challenges (:

I finished my first monopoly (message 122)

Young Adult
Coming of Age - The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger 03/27/14
YA Fantasy - Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs 02/02/14

Hi Adriana, I would like to join this challenge. I will go for 4 since I am joining late.

Young Adult
Coming of Age - The Book Thief - 04/04/2014
YA Fantasy – The Knife of Never Letting Go - 01/14/2014

Suspense
Crime – Reconstructing Amelia - 08/16/2014
Horror - Annihilation - 07/19/2014
Mystery – Odd Apocalypse - 03/27/2014

Fantasy
Epic/high fantasy - Daughter of the Blood -07/19/2014
Mythic fiction – Gods of The Nowhere: A Novel of Halloween - 11/4/2014
Magical realism – The Golem and the Jinni - 06/20/2014

Romance
Historical Romance
Paranormal Romance
Chick-lit: The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver -09/28/2014

Historical (time periods)
Medieval
Victorian
Ancient

Science Fiction
Cyberpunk/Steampunk: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - 07/10/2014
Dystopian: Red Rising - 05/12/2014
Space Opera: Ender's Game - 10/27/2014

Non-fiction
History - A Night to Remember - 11/12/2014
Science: A Brief History of Time - 05/31/2014

Biographical
Memoir –
Autobiography -Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Biography

Finish my 5th book, ★★★★★

Clare wrote: "Hi Adriana, I would like to join this challenge. I will go for 4 since I am joining late.

Young Adult
Coming of Age -
YA Fantasy – The Knife of Never Letting Go

Suspense
Crime –..."

Added you! Good luck (:

I'd like to try for all 8, working on back listing the books ive read this year already

Finished 4 out of the 8 genres. I've made progress on the others, but haven't completed them yet. Also updated in post #23.

Young Adult
Coming of Age - This Song Will Save Your Life - 3/30
YA Fantasy - Inheritance - 1/25

Romance
Historical Romance - Mine Till Midnight - 2/7
Paranormal Romance - Secret - 1/28
Chick-lit - The Husband's Secret - 3/17

Fantasy
Epic/high fantasy - The Emperor's Blades - 3/1
Mythic fiction - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - 3/17
Magical realism - Pedro Páramo - 2/2/

Non-fiction
History - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America - 3/11
Science - The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump: John Snow and the Mystery of Cholera - 3/30

Finished my first monopoly, and it's actually one I hadn't considered doing, as I rarely read YA, maybe I'll do more than 6 monopolies after all. We'll see.
I've updated post #194

Young Adult
Coming of Age - The Fault in Our Stars 03/02/2014
YA Fantasy - Stardust 31/03/2014

I'm aiming for three. I might do four

One: Suspense Done
✔ Crime: Cold Granite
✔ Horror: The Woman in Black
✔ Mystery: The Small Boat of Great Sorrows

Two: Biographical: Done
✔ Memoir: Poirot and Me
✔ Autobiography: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
✔ Biography: The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy

Three: Historical
Ancient:
✔ Medieval: The Ruby in Her Navel
✔ Victorian: An Officer and a Spy

Four: Non-fiction
History
Science

Daphne wrote: "Megan wrote: "I'm in for all eight, except what's "space opera"? I don't read much science fiction, but if we get the whole year, I'm sure I'll find something to fit each category!"

Great chance t..."

This has been on my list for ages! It's one of my dad's and brother's favorites - thanks for the idea!

Lots of books read! Great job everyone :D

I finished my 6th book. it set in a Greek mythology kind of environment, so I'll used it as my ancient.

Finished 4-7-14

Young Adult
Coming of Age--Hopeless 1-1-14
YA Fantasy--Breadcrumbs 2-1-14

Romance
Historical Romance Winter of Red Snow 3-14-14
Paranormal Romance~Obsidian 1-16-14
Chick-lit~Easy 2-4-14

Suspense
Crime~Graveyard Book 1-12-14
Horror~What She Left Behind 1-22-14
Mystery~Evolution of Mara Dyer 1-24-14

Historical (time periods)
Medieval~Book of 1000 Days 3-3-14
Victorian~The Great Trouble 3-15-14
Ancient~Pillars of the Earth 3/14

Fantasy
Epic/high fantasy~Doll Bones 1-17-14
Mythic fiction~Evertrue 2-20-14
Magical realism~Coraline 1-4-14

Science Fiction
Cyberpunk/Steampunk~Don't Turn Around 1-10-14
Dystopian~Shatter Me 1-28-14
Space Opera~Shadows 1-21-14

Biographical
Memoir~Watsons Go To Birmingham 1-10-14
Autobiography Seriously...I'm Kidding 3-9-14
Biography~Freedom Train 2-10-14

Non-fiction
History~~Little House by Boston Bay 3-8-14
Science-I Could Chew on This 3-7-14

Round 2
1/14-12/14

Young Adult
Coming of Age--This is What Happy Looks Like 4-17-14
YA Fantasy--

Romance
Historical Romance
Paranormal Romance
Chick-lit~

Suspense
Crime~Fracture 4-25-14
Horror~
Mystery~57 Lives of Alex Wayfare 4-14-14

Historical (time periods)
Medieval~
Victorian~
Ancient~Catherine, Called Birdy 4-26-14

Fantasy
Epic/high fantasy
Mythic fiction~
Magical realism~a Beautiful Dark 4-20-14

Science Fiction
Cyberpunk/Steampunk~
Dystopian~
Space Opera~

Biographical
Memoir~
Autobiography
Biography~

Non-fiction
History~
Science

Is it to late to start? I'm in for all eight if you guys let me play along.

March Update 3/8 (color groups):
Color groups:
New! Dark Purple – Finished 3/9
YA Coming of Age – Rooftops of Tehran 3/9
YA Fantasy – Indigo 3/5
Light Blue – Finished 2/21
Historical Romance – The Dissolute Duke 1/3
Paranormal Romance - Bite Me, Your Grace 2/2
Chick Lit – The Devil Wears Prada 2/21
Mauve
Mystery – Penhallow 3/31
Orange
Red
Mythic Fiction – The Lightning Thief 2/22
Magical Realism - One Hundred Years of Solitude 3/19
Yellow– Finished 2/26
Cyberpunk/Steampunk – Changeless 2/11
Dystopian – Catching Fire 1/16
Space Opera - Foundation 2/26
Green
Memoir – The Glass Castle 1/24
Biography - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2/25
Dark Blue
Science - The World of Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises: Natural History & Conservation 1/27

Anna wrote: "Is it to late to start? I'm in for all eight if you guys let me play along."

It's not too late to start! :)

@Lisa- Wow! Round 2. Good luck (:
@Anna- Of course not! I added you to the list.

Young Adult
Coming of Age Calves In The Mud Room
YA Fantasy: Divergent

Romance
Historical Romance: To Turn Full Circle
Paranormal Romance: The Fallen Star
Chick-lit: Hitting the Right Note

Suspense
Crime: The Rainmaker
Horror: The Breathing Method
Mystery: Don't Ever Get Old

Historical
Medieval: The Dragon Quintet
Victorian: Godiva
Ancient: The Mummy

Fantasy
Epic/high fantasy: Sworn in Steel
Mythic fiction: Legend of the Book Keeper
Magical realism: The Cypher

Science Fiction
Cyberpunk/Steampunk:
Dystopian: I Am Legend
Space Opera:

Biographical
Memoir: Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir
Autobiography:
Biography: Anne Frank: The Biography

Non-fiction
History: Hell Before Breakfast: America's First War Correspondents Making History and Headlines, from the Battlefields of the Civil War to the Far Reaches of the Ottoman Empire
Science:

*I changed my GR name from bookalicious to Finley Jayne*

Finished the challenge :)

Goal: 3 Monopolies

Romance ~Completed~
Historical Romance The Pirate Next Door 2/27 4 stars
Paranormal Romance Bitter Spirits 3/5 4.5 stars
Chick-lit Rumor Has It 4/8 3 stars

Suspense ~Completed~
Crime The Mysterious Affair at Styles 4/6 3 stars
Horror The Necromancer's House 2/23 2 stars
Mystery The Case of the Missing Servant 3/3 4 stars

Young Adult ~Completed~
Coming of Age An Abundance of Katherines 4/12 3 stars
YA Fantasy Unspoken 3/17 4 stars

CHALLENGE COMPLETED

@Finley- Awesome!!! Congratulations on completing your challenge. I'll change your name on here too.

Hi Adriana, I completed my first monopoly.

Young Adult
Coming of Age - The Book Thief
YA Fantasy – The Knife of Never Letting Go

Finally completed one:

Young Adult
Coming of Age and YA Fantasy

Yay! Congrats on completing your first monopolies Clare and Jeri ^__^

3/4 monopolies:

Young Adult
Coming of Age: The Fault in Our Stars
YA Fantasy: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

Finished 'biographical' and updated post 230

I've finished my third genre :)

✿Romance✿
Historical Romance - Altdorf
Paranormal Romance - Promise
Chick-lit - Fluke

I've updated Message 191 =] Think I'm as Sarah Lou

Updated everyone!

I've updated Message #74. My commitment to complete 4 genres for this challenge is now complete.

7/10 book
0 Monopoly yet

Finished my 7th book. I read as my historical/Victorian book. It was great!

I've completed another Monopoly!

Completed: 2/5 Monopolies, 8/13 books

Non-fiction
History In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Science Hidden Treasures in the Book of Job: How the Oldest Book in the Bible Answers Today's Scientific Questions

I'll sign up for just one please!

YAY! Congrats on completing your challenge Theresa!
Welcome Cam (:
Everyone is updated.

YA:
YA Fantasy:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneDONE
Coming of Age: A Tree Grows in BrooklynDONE

Awesome job Tiffany! ~ I like the books you picked to read for the challenge (:

My computer died in March (sob) so have had a little break from updating this challenge but now back to it!

I have just completed my Romance category with Longbourn by Jo Baker. Interesting novel which tells the servants' story of Pride and Prejudice.