2025 Reading Challenge discussion

well, well, well.... I will write down all my personal challenges for 2014 and update it as soon as I'm able to do :))

My personal yearly challenge is 14 books in 2014. But I'm trying to read more book..

6/14 - 03/02/2014
7/14 - 05/02/2014


I decided to change my goal to 24!!

February: Candy Hearts Mini Challenge (4/4)

1)Love me. / Married to mistress by Lynne Graham
2)Puppy love. / The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
3)Love bug. / Wonder by R.J. Palacio
4)Tweet me. / Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard

update 27/02/2014

Yearly Theme Challenge (3/12)

1. January - Best of books 2013/The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. February - Je t'aime/Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
3. March - Spring forward/Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler
4. April – Showers/ Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
5. May – Birthdays/While my pretty one sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark (published on 1989)
6. June - End of term/ ????
7.July - Summer holiday/Sixteenth Summer by Michelle Dalton
8. August – Empires/ ????
9. September - Banned books/1984 by George Orwell (Banned by U.S.S.R. in 1950, legalized again in 1990.)
10. October - Scream!/Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle
11. November – Fireworks/ ????
12. December - Ice cold/Mistletoe & Memories by Matilda Maxwell ; Wish List by Sylvia Day


P.S. If anyone has any ideas what to read on "????", let me know, thanks :)

update 13/03/2014

Rainbow challenge (7/7)
1)Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (red)
2)The Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger (orange)
3)Mr.Perfect by Linda Howard (yellow)
4)Secret daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (green)
5)Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler (blue)
6)The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (indigo)
7)Married to mistress by Lynne Graham (violet)




completed on 22/03/2014

just got a tablet!! my reading will be faster now ^_^

Lizet wrote: "February: Candy Hearts Mini Challenge (3/4)

1)Love me. / Married to mistress by Lynne Graham
2)Puppy love. / The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
3)Love bug. / Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood
4)Tweet..."


Changed my mind for the 3rd one.. I'll read Wonder by R.J. Palacio ))

Lizet wrote: "My personal yearly challenge is 14 books in 2014. But I'm trying to read more book..

6/14 - 03/02/2014
7/14 - 05/02/2014


I decided to change my goal to 24!!"

9/24 !! i guess i'm doing great :D

Lizet wrote: "Lizet wrote: "My personal yearly challenge is 14 books in 2014. But I'm trying to read more book..

6/14 - 03/02/2014
7/14 - 05/02/2014


I decided to change my goal to 24!!"

9/24 !! i guess i'm d..."



11/24 yay~ ^_^

another challenge is coming up on april!!

LITTLE APRIL SHOWER MINI CHALLENGE (0/4)
Duration: April 1 - 30, 2014


1. Beauty and the Beast. Read a book that has "Romance" listed as a genre OR a book where the main character misjudges someone./ Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

2. The Rescuers. Read a book that has "Adventure" listed as a genre OR a book in which someone needs rescuing./ Storm by Donna Jo Napoli

3. The Little Mermaid. Read a book that takes place at sea OR contains mythical creatures./ Oceanswept by Lara Hays

4. The Sword in the Stone. Read a book that contains magic of some sort OR read a book that takes place in medieval Europe./ Muse by Mary Novik

SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE: #READWOMEN2014
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2014

#readwomen2014 is a movement started by Joanna Walsh who was tired of the status quo. In her own words, this is what the movement is all about:

It’s a truth universally acknowledged, and confirmed by VIDA, that, though women read more books than men, and female authors are published in comparable numbers, they are more easily overlooked: a smaller presence in literary journals both as reviewers, and the reviewed, they also account for fewer literary translations.

It’s not whether women are published (because they are) but how they are published. Are men more likely to write what’s considered ‘important’ literary fiction, or could it be that more are regarded that way? I’ve heard female writer friends grouse when their books are given flowery covers though their writing’s not, when reviews, even press-releases, describe their work as “delicate” when it is forthright, “playful” when it is experimental, “delightful” when it is satirical, “carving a niche” when it is staking a claim (none of these examples is made up).


For this challenge, decide how many new-to-you female authors you would like to read. Once your goal is set, read! And come back and tell us who your favorites were to get great female authors more exposure. Each author can only count once.



I signed up for 6 books for now. 1/6 (update on 07/04/2014)

1. Emma by Jane Austin
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