2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Overall goal:
75 books in 2017.

TBR Twins:
January - Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

Genre Bingo - 2017 Reading Challenge:

Aiming for 3 bingos.

Modern Mrs Darcy Challenge:

Aiming for 8 out of 12 books:

1. A book you chose for the cover
I read Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor.

2. A book with reputation for being un-put-down-able.
I read Carry On by Rainbow Rowell.

3. A book set somewhere you've never been but would like to visit
4. A book you've already read
5. A juicy memoir

6. A book about books or reading:
I read Bookishly Ever After by Isabel Bandeira.

7. A book in a genre you usually avoid
8. A book you don't want to admit you're dying to read
9. A book in the backlist of a new favorite author
10. A book recommended by someone with great taste

11. A book you were excited to buy or borrow, but haven't read yet:
I have now read The Turn by Kim Harrison, which I was so excited to get as an advanced copy and then took ages to actually read.

12. A book about a topic or subject you already love:
I read Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell - because fandom and being geeky and loving fanfic and reading.

The TBR Randomiser Challenge:

Aiming for 10 books:

578 - Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day - Seanan McGuire
308 - The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
112 - Green Rider - Kristen Britain
289 - Laurinda - Alice Pung
237 - Woman on the Edge of Time - Marge Piercy
5 - A Man and Two Women: Stories - Doris Lessing
82 - Full Moon Rising - Keri Arthur
135 - Liesmith - Alis Franklin
98 - Trade Secret - Sharon Lee
147 - The Quantum Thief - Hannu Rajaniemi

I participated in the March challenge: The Women in the Book Challenge.

I wanted to read 2 books, and targeted 3 tasks as a way to achieve it. Actually squeaking in just as March became April I achieved all 3 tasks, so exceeded my goal.

1. Read a book written by a female author that is new to you.
I read Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor. (Which despite the hype, I liked but didn't love).

2. Read a book written by a female of color.
I read Home by Nnedi Okorafor.
(And joined everyone else in the land of cliffhanger angst).

3. Read a nonfiction book written by a female author.
I read Birth Matters: A Midwife's Manifesta by Ina May Gaskin.
(I'm studying to be a midwife and it was a useful US and historical look at midwifery perspective, and how for all the awesome of modern medicine, we also still fail women and babies and families so often, highly recommended read.)

Excellent challenge, really enjoyed this (most of my reading i actually female authors and I'm trying to improve on other intersections of diversity, but this was a nice way to focus on it).

Ju wrote: "The TBR Randomiser Challenge:

So far I have read:

#578 - Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire
#135 - Liesmith by Alis Franklin

Ju wrote: "Genre Bingo - 2017 Reading Challenge:

Aiming for 3 bingos.

"
Note: you counted a book twice and need to read a different book for crime.

I pledged for the 2nd Quarter Challenge 'Clear your shelves' for 5 books in any format (post #93) but did not manage to clear a single book. Oops!

Ju wrote: "Genre Bingo - 2017 Reading Challenge:

Aiming for 3 bingos.

"
I got 8/15 books and didn't manage to read a different crime book that I accidentally counted twice:

Ju wrote: "Modern Mrs Darcy Challenge:

Aiming for 8 out of 12 books:



I actually managed this!!

Original pledge #51. I actually completed this! Colour me surprised given how much this year hammered me!

1. A book you chose for the cover - Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
2. A book with reputation for being un-put-down-able - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
4. A book you've already read - WebMage by Kelly McCullough
6. A book about books or reading - Bookishly Ever After by Isabel Bandeira
8. A book you don't want to admit you're dying to read - Musketeer Space by Tansy Rayner Roberts
10. A book recommended by someone with great taste - All Systems Red by Martha Wells
11. A book you were excited to buy or borrow, but haven't read yet - The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death by Kim Harrison
12. A book about a topic or subject you already love - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Incomplete:
3. A book set somewhere you've never been but would like to visit
5. A juicy memoir
7. A book in a genre you usually avoid
9. A book in the backlist of a new favorite author

Ju wrote: "Ju wrote: "The TBR Randomiser Challenge:

So far I have read:

#578 - Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire
#135 - Liesmith by Alis Franklin"

I did not manage any better on this. 2/10 at the end of the year.

Ju wrote: "Overall goal:
75 books in 2017."

I haven't quite managed this yet, but i've got 2 books remaining at 26th December so I'm confident I'll manage it by the end of the month, so I'm calling this complete too!

Ju wrote: "Ju wrote: "Overall goal:
75 books in 2017."

I haven't quite managed this yet, but i've got 2 books remaining at 26th December so I'm confident I'll manage it by the end of the month, so I'm calling this complete too!"

Congratulations Ju!