2025 Reading Challenge discussion

I get so excited over reading Challenges, that i always start heaps, but then never finish them. Keeping it simple this year, no stress, just lots of awesome books.

listopia challenge
msg 15
17/40

Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017

1. Before the Fall - DONE
2. A Gentleman in Moscow - DONE
3. Marked in Flesh
4. Lily and the Octopus
5. The Girls - DONE

YA Novels of 2016

1. Crooked Kingdom - DONE
2. A Court of Mist and Fury - DONE
3. Passenger
4. The Rose & the Dagger
5. The Last Star
Truthwitch - DONE DNF
My Lady Jane
Soldier
This Savage Song
Cruel Crown


1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

1. Gone with the Wind
2. A Clockwork Orange
3. Middlesex
4. The Marriage Plot
5. Uncle Tom's Cabin
Animal Farm
Catch-22
Northanger Abbey


#POC in Romance/UF

1. Slave to Sensation - Done
2. Burn for Me - DONE
3. White Hot - DONE
4.
5.

In the Spirit of The Toast

1. Uprooted - DONE -
2. The Secret History
3. Alanna: The First Adventure
4. Burial Rites - DONE -
5. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
The Blind Assassin


LGBT Sci-fi/Fantasy YA

1. More Than This
2. Half Bad
3. Half Wild
4. Half Lost
5. Graceling - DONE
Carry On
A Darker Shade of Magic


The Best of Adult Urban Fantasy

1. Darkfever
2. Guilty Pleasures
3. Grave Witch
4. Skinwalker
5. The Warlord Wants Forever - DONE

Favorite books from my childhood

1. Charlotte's Web - DONE -
2. The Giver - Done -
3. The Wind in the Willows
4. Quidditch Through the Ages - DONE
5. Matilda - DONE
The Princess Bride


Didn't even come close this year, but I will definitely be giving it a crack next year. I also planning on using only books I own at the end of this year, for next years challenge.

Quarterly challenge
2016 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNERS
Duration: January 1, 2017 - March 31, 2017
msg 15

7/10

1. The Girls by Emma Cline - DONE
2. Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
3. A gentleman in Moscow - DONE
4. A Court of Mist and Fury - DONE
5. All the birds in the sky
6. Stuck up Suit
7. The Fireman - Winner - DONE
8. The Girls with the lower back tattoo - winner - DONE
9. Scrappy little nobody - DONE
10. Crooked Kingdom - DONE

3rd Quarterly Challenge
Msg 7 - Failed by less than 300 pages

July
592+102+105+87+144+494+382
1906/9000

August
382+276+530+333+320+441+416
4271/9000

September
427+290+1376+500+374+328+410+437+368
8,781/9,000

January Marathon Challenge
msg 9

5772/5000

345+270+495+699+252+238+537+223+671+325+377+330+329+376+301

COMPLETE

THE WOMAN IN THE BOOK CHALLENGE
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2017

5/4 - COMPLETED

1. Read a book written by a female author that is new to you. - Graceling - DONE
2. Read a book written by a female of color. - An Untamed State - DONE
3. Read a nonfiction book written by a female author.
4. Read a biography (not a memoir) about a woman.
5. Read a book that is classified as “feminist.” (Can be fiction) - The Whole Woman - DONE (DNF)
6. Read a book where a woman disguises herself as man.
7. Read a book where the woman in the story does not conform to gender norms.
8. Read a book about a woman/women during a time of war.
9. Read a book where the antagonist is a female. - A Court of Thorns and Roses - DONE
10. Read a book with a woman's name in the title. - Fire - DONE

MAY CHALLENGE: SUN SONGS
Duration May 1, 2017 to May 31, 2017
msg 8
3/4 - FAILED

1)YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE (written by Davis and Mitchell): Read a book in which a character feels unconditional love or has an unrequited love.

2)HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN (American Folk Song performed by the Animals): Read a book in which a character becomes imprisoned (metaphorically or literally) by his/her poor choices, or a book that takes place in New Orleans. - Ready Player One - DONE

3)SUNRISE (written by Norah Jones and Lee Alexander): Read a book that takes place over the course of one day or ends with a sunrise.

4)WALKIN’ ON THE SUN (written by Greg Camp for Smash Mouth): Read a story that follows a child (or children) from a young age to adulthood, or a book about education.

5)HERE COME THE SUN (written by George Harrison for the Beatles): Read a book about someone that finds themselves or is a generally happy person or group.

6) WALKING ON SUNSHINE (written by Kimberley Rew for Katrina & the Waves): Read a book in which two characters fall in love, or a book that takes place in the 80s! - DONE - Uprooted

7) SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE (written by Cream): Read an epic love story, a story in which a character goes on an incredible journey.

8) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE (written by Bill Withers): Read a story about a some that has been left by someone they love, or a book where some really knows something (Bill Withers says “I know” 27 times in the 1971 version of the song).

9) BLISTER IN THE SUN (written by Gordon Gano for the Violent Femmes): Read a book in which the character gets burned (in any sense of the word) or has a drug problem.

10) SOAK UP THE SUN (written by Sheryl Crow and Jeff Trott):
Read a story where a character learns to learns to move past difficult circumstances, or a book where one character thinks they are better than all the others. - Slammed - DONE

MAY CHALLENGE: SPELL SUNRISES
Duration May 1, 2017 to May 31, 2017
msg 13
4/4 - COMPLETED


S: Samira And Samir: The Stunning True Story Of Love And Freedom In Afghanistan
U: Uprooted
N:
R: Ready Player One
I:
S: Slammed
E:
S:

nov

dec

Mount TBR 2017

El Toro
60/75

Didn't hit my target, but I'm definitely going to smash it next year

2017 Popsugar Ultimate Reading Challenge
msg 18
34/20

1. A book recommended by a librarian - Cloud Atlas - DONE
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long - The Underground Girls of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys - DONE
3. A book of letters - Voices From The Trenches: Letters To Home - DONE
4. An audiobook
5. A book by a person of color Slave to Sensation Done
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title
7. A book that is a story within a story
8. A book with multiple authors Gemina - DONE
9. An espionage thriller
10. A book with a cat on the cover A Man Called Ove - DONE
11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym - The Fireman - DONE
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read Brooklyn - Done
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability
14. A book involving travel - The Alchemist - DONE
15. A book with a subtitle
16. A book that's published in 2017 - Her Every Fear - DONE
17. A book involving a mythical creature - A Court of Thorns and Roses - DONE
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile - Six of Crows - DONE
19. A book about food
20. A book with career advice
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective - Charlotte's Web - DONE
22. A steampunk novel - Boneshaker - DONE
23. A book with a red spine - Half a War - DONE
24. A book set in the wilderness - Hunted - DONE
25. A book you loved as a child
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited - Half a King - DONE
27. A book with a title that's a character's name - Matilda - DONE
28. A novel set during wartime
29. A book with an unreliable narrator - Half Wild - DONE
30. A book with pictures The Twits - DONE
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you - An Untamed State - DONE
32. A book about an interesting woman Like A Queen - Done
33. A book set in two different time periods - It - DONE
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title
35. A book set in a hotel - A Gentleman in Moscow - DONE
36. A book written by someone you admire - Scrappy Little Nobody - DONE
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before - The Giver - DONE
40. A book you bought on a trip


Advanced
41. A book recommended by an author you love - The Loneliest Girl in the Universe - DONE
42. A bestseller from 2016 - Crooked Kingdom - DONE
43. A book with a family-member term in the title Gather the Daughters - DONE
44. A book that takes place over a character's life span
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of
47. A book with an eccentric character - Two for the Dough - DONE
48. A book that's more than 800 pages - The Passage - DONE
49. A book you got from a used book sale - Go Ask Alice - DONE
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book - The Tales of Beedle the Bard - DONE
51. A book about a difficult topic - Trainspotting - DONE
52. A book based on mythology

The 2017 List
20/15

1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 - Scrappy Little Nobody - DONE
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) - Her Every Fear - DONE
3. A book you meant to read in 2016 - Knight's Shadow - DONE
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" - Half a King - DONE
5. A historical fiction - A Gentleman in Moscow - DONE
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title- Kitty and the Midnight Hour - DONE
8. A book written by a person of color - An Untamed State - DONE
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list -
10. A dual-timeline novel
11. A category from another challenge - Like A Queen - Done
12. A book based on a myth
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
14. A book with a strong female character The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo - DONE
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland) - Burial Rites - DONE -
16. A mystery
17. A book with illustrations
18. A really long book (600+ pages) - The Dragon Reborn - Done
19. A New York Times best-seller - Brooklyn - Done
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading - The Passage - DONE
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
22. A book by an author you haven't read before - Succubus Blues - Done
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
24. A book written by at least two authors -
25. A book about a famous historical figure
26. An adventure book
27. A book by one of your favorite authors - Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection - Done
28. A non-fiction - Voices From The Trenches: Letters To Home - DONE
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions - Prince of Fools - DONE
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link)
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) - A Court of Thorns and Roses - DONE
33. A magical realism novel
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link)
37. A book you choose randomly - Go Ask Alice - DONE
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
39. An epistolary fiction
40. A book published in 2017
41. A book with an unreliable narrator
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
45. A book with a one-word title - Graceling
46. A time travel novel
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
48. A banned book
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
52. A book set in a fictional location - Half the World - DONE -

Challenge continuations from 2016

2016 RC - Every year challenge
My aim is to read from 1983 - 2016
27/34


1983 - Christine
1984
1985 - Ender's Game
1986 - Speaker For the Dead
1987 - The Eyes of the Dragon
1988 - The Alchemist
1989 - The Handmaids Tale
1990 - the eye of the world
1991 - The great hunt
1992
1993 - Trainspotting
1994
1995- One For The Money
1996 - Two for the Dough
1997
1998
1999 - The perks of being a wallflower
2000
2001 - American Gods
2002 - Voices From The Trenches: Letters To Home
2003 - The Walking Dead, Issue #1
2004 - Oryx and Crake
2005 - The Virgin Suicides
2006 - An Abundance of Katherines
2007 - Dime Store Magic
2008 - Letter to My Daughter
2009 - A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
2010 - The Sky Is Everywhere
2011 - Mystery Man
2012 - Law Man
2013 - The 5th Wave
2014 - Bird Box
2015 - Six of Crows
2016 - Calamity

LET'S TURN PAGES CHALLENGE - msg 3
Duration: January 1 – December 31, 2017

Completed by 30/11/2017


January -
345+270+495+699+252+238+224+671+539+325+377+330+329+301+376
5,772/40,000

February
486+176+227+400+76+350+320+963+225+259+192+727
10,173/40,000

March
244+370+491+334+536+430+734+419
13,731/40,000

April
624+367+336+276+529+167+588+166
16,784/40,000

May
400+301+435+432+280+317+372
19,321/40,000

June
216+351+294+233+386+129+334+381+200+188+184
22,217/40,000

July
592+102+105+87+144+494+382
24,123/40,000

August
382+276+530+333+320+441+416
26,488/40,000

September
427+290+1376+500+374+328+410+437+368
30,737/40,000

October
380+379+266+671+293+659+368+378+371+482+369+290+384
36,027/40,000

November
403+563+267+416+342+548+513+343+341+276
40,039/40,000

December
499+476+209+439+321
41,983/40,000

Goal completed!!!!!

MY FAVORITE THINGS - Msg 6
Duration January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017

18/20

1. My favorite fiction book is: Mistborn - The Way of Kings, Part 1 - DONE
2. My favorite non-fiction is: Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the Worlds most Polluted Places - Familiar Things set in a tip - DONE
3. My favorite author is: Brandon Sanderson - The Way of Kings, Part 2 - DONE
4. My favorite genre is: Fantasy - The Dragon Reborn - DONE
5. My favorite fairy/folk tale is: Beauty and the Beast - A Court of Thorns and Roses - DONE
6. My favorite male book character is: Travis - The Darkest Night - DONE
7. My favorite female book character is: Vin - Nevernight - DONE
8. My favorite song is: Tears don't fall by Bullet for my Valentine - Moonrise - DONE
9. My favorite movie is: Shawshank Redemption - The Gunslinger - DONE
10. My favorite television show is: True Blood - The Passage - DONE
11. My favorite color is: Purple Carrie - DONE
12. My favorite real animal is: Dog Heart-Shaped Box - DONE
13. My favorite talking animal is: Puss off Shrek - Kitty and the Midnight Hour - DONE
14. My favorite number is: 18 - Wool - DONE
15. My favorite food is: Spaghetti -
16. My favorite real place to visit is: my family - We Were Liars - Its in the Family Drama listopia - DONE
17. My favorite book land to visit is: The Cosmere - Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection DONE
18. My favorite month is: April -
19. My favorite quote is: If it wasn't for the darkness you wouldn't see the stars - The Build-up Season - DONE
20. My favorite non-book hobby is: Music - House of the Rising Sun - DONE

SERIAL READER CHALLENGE - msg 11
Duration January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017
Completed 30/11/2017
38/21


I will finish ?? series I have started before this year. (?books)





I will start ?? series this year. (? books)

The Gunslinger - DONE
The Giver- DONE
Red-Headed Stepchild - DONE
Kitty and the Midnight Hour - DONE
A Promise of Fire - DONE
Blackwing - DONE
The Black Witch - DONE
House of the Rising Sun - DONE
The Star-Touched Queen - DONE
Soulless - DONE

Promise of Blood - DONE

Wool - DONE

Ender's Game - DONE
Speaker for the Dead - DONE

Prince of Fools- DONE

The Darkest Night - DONE

The Passage - DONE
The Twelve - DONE

The Warlord Wants Forever - DONE

Graceling - DONE
Fire - DONE

A Court of Thorns and Roses - DONE
A Court of Mist and Fury- DONE

Hood - DONE

Slammed - DONE

Burn for Me - DONE
White Hot - DONE



I will read ?? series from start to finish this year. (? books)

Six of Crows - DONE
Crooked Kingdom - DONE

Half a King - Done
Half the World - DONE
Half a War - DONE

Anna Dressed in Blood - DONE
Girl of Nightmares - DONE

I will read ?? number of books that are part of a series. (? books)

Nevernight - DONE
Godsgrave - DONE

Gemina - DONE

Silence Fallen - DONE

COLOR CHALLENGE - Msg 56
Duration: January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017

15/15

1. White: Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection - DONE
2. Pink: Familiar Things - DONE
3. Red: A Court of Thorns and Roses - DONE
4. Orange: The Fireman - DONE
5. Yellow: An Untamed State
6. Green: Fire - DONE
7. Light Blue: The Giver - DONE
8. Dark Blue: A Court of Mist and Fury - DONE
9. Purple: Two for the Dough - DONE
10. Brown: Brooklyn - Done
11. Black: - The Dragon Reborn - Done
12. Metallic: - The Passage - DONE
13. 5 colors on the cover: Speaker for the Dead - DONE
14. A book with a color in the title of the book: Succubus Blues - Done
15. Read a book with a word describing colors in the title: The Darkest Night - DONE

Completed 7/10/2017

THE TBR RANDOMISER CHALLENGE - Msg 58
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2017

3/10
I've picked a few extra because i'm a mood reader.

1. The Shining Girls
2. Black Wolves
3. Liars, Inc.
4. House of Shadows
5. From This Moment On
6. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - DONE
7. Slave to Sensation - Done
8. Fight Like A Girl
9. Kitty and the Midnight Hour - DONE
10. Blood Kiss
11. The Wind in the Willows
12. The Color Purple
13. Some Girls Are
14. Crimson Bound
15. The Magicians
16. Stray

Not even close

TOP TEN FAVES - msg 20
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017

0/10

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. A Game of Thrones
3. Anne of Green Gables
4. The Nightingale
5. Gone with the Wind
6. All the Light We Cannot See
7. Outlander
8. The Kite Runner
9. Fahrenheit 451
10. Animal Farm

hahaha not even 1 off this list.

A TO Z CHALLENGE -- LOCATION EDITION - Msg 12
Duration: January 1, through December 31, 2017

25/26

A: Andor - The Dragon Reborn
B: Brooklyn - Brooklyn
C California - Red-Headed Stepchild
D: Denver - Kitty and the Midnight Hour
E: Elantris - Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection
F: Fremantle - Like A Queen
G: Gallipolli - Voices From The Trenches: Letters To Home
H: Hybern - A Court of Thorns and Roses
I: Iceland - Burial Rites
J: Jah Keved - The Way of Kings, Part 1
K: Ketterdam - Six of Crows
L: Liend - Graceling
M: Maine - Scrappy Little Nobody
N: New York - Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy
O: Oddsford - Kings of the Wyld
P: Pikkia - Fire
Q: Quiet Mountain - Godsgrave
R: Red March - Prince of Fools
S: Seattle - Succubus Blues
T: Trenton - Two for the Dough
U: Ul'Staad - Nevernight
V: Vansterland - Half a King
W: Wellington - Half Wild
X
Y: Yezier - The Way of Kings, Part 2
Z: Zatyr - Half the World

Close, but no cigar

MODERN MRS: DARCY CHALLENGE 2017
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2017
msg 22

11/12

1. A book you chose for the cover - Blackwing - DONE
2. A book with reputation for being un-put-down-able - The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
3. A book set somewhere you've never been but would like to visit - Voices From The Trenches: Letters To Home
4. A book you've already read - Six of Crows
5. A juicy memoir - Scrappy Little Nobody
6. A book about books or reading
7. A book in a genre you usually avoid - Brooklyn
8. A book you don't want to admit you're dying to read - A Court of Thorns and Roses
9. A book in the backlist of a new favorite author - The Fireman
10. A book recommended by someone with great taste - Half a King
11. A book you were exited to buy or borrow, but haven't read yet - A Gentleman in Moscow
12. A book about a topic or subject you already love - The Way of Kings, Part 2

So close