2025 Reading Challenge discussion

my challenges:
52 books in 2017:
1- Meine geniale Freundin
2 -Das lass ich los - Leichter leben
3 - Warum bist du nicht vor dem Krieg gekommen?
4 - My Name is Lucy Barton
5 - Jagdrevier
6 - Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
7 - Black Mamba Boy
8 - Plötzlich Shakespeare
9 - Rivers of London: Body Work, #3
10 - In stürmischer Nacht
11 - audiobook: Für mich ist auch die 6. Stunde: Überleben unter Schülern
12 - The Book of Unknown Americans
13 - audiobook: Sirius
14 - Der elfte Gast
15 - Rivers of London: Night Witch
16 - Audiobook: Der Lügner
17 - Abdel

Color challenge:
Finished October 2!

pink:
green:
light blue:
purple:
White:
black:
yellow:
red:
dark blue:
orange:
brown:
metallic (golden):
five Colors:
descriptive title:

A-Z Location Edition:

Finished October 20!

A - Amgash (Illinois) My Name is Lucy Barton
B - Barnard's Crossing (USA): Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
C - Cambridge (England) : Der Lügner (audiobook)
D - Delaware The Book of Unknown Americans
E - Eritrea Black Mamba Boy
F - Furusund (Sweden) Die Menschheit hat den Verstand verloren: Tagebücher 1939 - 1945
G- Göteborg (Sweden) Jagdrevier
H - Hollywood: (audiobook)
I-Israel: Warum bist du nicht vor dem Krieg gekommen?
J - Jerusalem: Hochzeit in Jerusalem
K - Kallio (part of Helsinki, Finland): Die Sache mit Norma
L - Le Havre (France)- Der Hut des Präsidenten
M - Morocco: Abdel
N- Naples:Meine geniale Freundin
O - Ostseestrandort: Förster, mein Förster
P - Pisa - Die Geschichte eines neuen Namens
Q - Québec: Still Life
R - Russia (The Soviet Union) - Die Listensammlerin
S - Stars Hollow: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between (audiobook)
T - Tyburn: The Hanging Tree
U - USA - The Book of Unknown Americans
V - Växjö (Sweden)
W - Wuppertal: Plötzlich Shakespeare (audiobook)
X - Xanten (Germany) Kalter Zorn
Y -Yellowknife Das Geräusch des Lichts
Z -Zürich Elefant

Mont Blanc TBR Challenge
1/24: Meine geniale Freundin
2/24: Warum bist du nicht vor dem Krieg gekommen
3/24 :My Name is Lucy Barton
4/24: Black Mamba Boy
5/24: The Book of Unknown Americans
6/24: Der elfte Gast
7/24 (audiobook) Sirius
8/24: audiobook Für mich ist auch die 6. Stunde: Überleben unter Schülern
9/24: audiobook: Der Lügner
10/24: Abdel
11/24: Schiffbruch mit Tiger (Audio)
12/24: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
13/24: Der Fall Jane Eyre (Audio)
14/24: The Good German
15/24: The Penelopiad
16/24: Vom Inder, der auf dem Fahrrad bis nach Schweden fuhr, um dort seine große Liebe wiederzufinden. Eine wahre Geschichte (Audio)
17/24: To Kill a Mockingbird
18/24: Friday the Rabbi Slept Late

TBR randomizer:

Top Ten Faves:

✅ To Kill a Mockingbird
✅Ein Mann namens Ove
✅The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
✅Schiffbruch mit Tiger
✅Die Nacht
✅Soulless

Popsugar:

Progress: 51/52

1. A book recommended by a librarian: Illegal
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too longFriday the Rabbi Slept Late
3. A book of letters: Swimming Lessons
4. An audiobook: Plötzlich Shakespeare
5. A book by a person of color: The Underground Railroad
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title: Der eiserne Sommer
7. A book that is a story within a story Dafür wirst du büßen
8. A book with multiple authors In stürmischer Nacht
9. An espionage thriller: The Good German
10. A book with a cat on the cover: Ein Mann namens Ove
11. A book with an author who uses a pseudonym:Die Geschichte eines neuen Namens
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read: Paris-Austerlitz (gay fiction; not sure it is a bestseller, though)
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability: Die Sache mit Norma
14. A book involving travel: The Book of Unknown Americans
15. A book with a subtitle: Solotrip Subtitle: Vom Glück des Alleinreisens.
16. A book that's published in 2017 Der Freund
17. A book involving a mythical creature: The Hanging Tree
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile:Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen (audiobook read by Rufus Beck- fabulous!)
19. A book about food 20 Minuten sind genug!: Über 150 Rezepte aus der frischen Küche
20. A book with career advice: Schlagfertigkeitsqueen: In jeder Situation wortgewandt und majestätisch reagieren
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective: Sirius
22. A steampunk novel: Soulless
23. A book with a red spine: My Name is Lucy Barton
24. A book set in the wilderness: Das Geräusch des Lichts
25. A book you loved as a child: Ronja Räubertochter
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited: Sweden Der elfte Gast
27. A book with a title that's a character's name: Förster, mein Förster
28. A novel set during wartime Im Frühling sterben
29. A book with an unreliable narrator: Der Lügner
30. A book with pictures: Rivers of London: Body Work
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you: Black Mamba Boy
32. A book about an interesting woman: Astrid Lindgren Die Menschheit hat den Verstand verloren: Tagebücher 1939-1945
33. A book set in two different time periods Die Listensammlerin
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title Am Samstag aß der Rabbi nichts
35. A book set in a Hotel: Tod in stiller Nacht: Thomas Andreassons sechster Fall Intrigen an der Côte d'Azur - Der zweite Fall für Kommissar Duval
36. A book written by someone you admire: Erinnerungen by Beate Klarsfeld and Serge Klarsfeld
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017: Sommerfest
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas: Midsummer in Sweden Beim ersten Schärenlicht: Thomas Andreassons fünfter Fall
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before Jagdrevier
40. A book you bought on a trip Couchsurfing in Russland: Wie ich fast zum Putin-Versteher wurde

Advanced
41. A book recommended by an author you love: Commonwealth recommended by Claire Fuller
42. A bestseller from 2016: (in Germany)Verletzlich
43. A book with a family-member term in the title: brother: Der Bruder
44. A book that takes place over a character's life span The Age of Hope
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee: Abdel
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of Changeless (mannerpunk); Der Fall Jane Eyre (quantum fiction)
47. A book with an eccentric character: Dinge, die vom Himmel fallen (Aunt Annu I think can be called eccentric in a very good way)
48. A book that's more than 800 pages
49. A book you got from a used book sale (at the library): The Final Solution
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book: Hotel Savoy (mentioned in Ostende - 1936, Sommer der Freundschaft, which I also read this year)
51. A book about a difficult topic: DNA (incestuous relationships, child abuse)
52. A book based on mythology: The Penelopiad

Serial Reader:

✅ Arne Dahl: A-Group: the last book: (11th in the series)
✅Liza Marklund: Annika Bengtzon series, last book (11th of the series) :

Series started: 20/9 books
✅The Parasol Protectorate, steampunk or mannerpunk started because of Popsugar ✅
✅ ✅
✅ Helene Tursten Embla Nyström:
✅ Elena Ferrante: The Neapolitan Saga: ,✅
✅ Solveig Palsdottir Icelandic crime series:
✅The Rabbi Small Series: ✅
✅Yrsa Sigurdardottir: Freya and Huldar series:
✅Anna Grue: Dan Sommerdahl series book 1 ✅Anna Grue: Dan Sommerdahl series book 2 ✅Anna Grue: Dan Sommerdahl series book 3:
✅Kommissär Reitmeyer ✅
✅Kommissar Duval: ✅Kommissar Duval:
✅Martin Benner (I am not sure it is a series, because there are only 2 books in it, but anyway...)
✅ Thursday Next

Series continued: 5 ( 13 books)
✅ Voosen/Danielsson: Stina Forss and Ingrid Nyström: ✅
✅ The Rivers of London ✅ ✅ ✅
✅ Gereon Rath:
✅Klara Walldéen: ✅
✅Thomas Andreasson/Sandhamn: ✅
✅Commissario Brunetti:
✅Lazarus/Decker:

The reporter's challenge:

Around the Year in 52 books

Around the world through language

Book Riot's Read Harder

Can I persuade you?
Can I Persuade You?
Duration: 1/1/17 - 12/31/17
Level: I want to skim: 15-30 headings
Completed: 30/30 by June 1

Chapter 1 --
✅a. read a book where the main character has financial problems: Dafür wirst du büßen
Chapter 2 --
a. read a book where someone rents an apartment or house
Chapter 3 --
✅ a. read a book where time is spent on a ship or boat: Black Mamba Boy
Chapter 4 --
✅ a. read a historical novel:Lunapark: Gereon Raths sechster Fall
Chapter 5 --
✅ a. read a book where someone gets left behind: Warum bist du nicht vor dem Krieg gekommen?
Chapter 6 --
✅ a. read a book from your TBR list: Abdel
Chapter 7 --
✅ a. read a book with a title that starts with 'F':Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
✅b. read a book where someone gets hurt: Paris-Austerlitz
c. read a sequel
Chapter 8 --
a. read a book with food on the cover:
✅b. read a book pubished in 2007 Hochzeit In Jerusalem

Chapter 9--
✅ a. read a book written by two authors: In stürmischer Nacht
b. read a childrens' book
Chapter 10 --
✅a. read a book with 400+ pages: DNA
b. read a book from the Popular DNF shelf
c. read a book with a vehicle on the cover
Chapter 11 --
✅a. read a book with a lot of travel in it: The Underground Railroad
✅ b. read a book by an author that is new to you: Die Mauer - Bericht aus Palästina
c. read a book with poetry in it
Chapter 12 --
✅a. read a book with a lot of black on the cover
b. read a book where the main character ignores a warning
✅c. read a book with a doctor in it: Elefant, actually a veterinarian, but I'll count her as doctor
d. reread any book
Chapter 13 --
✅a. read a book where the main character heals: Verletzlich
✅b. read a book that makes you feel better: Solotrip
✅c. read a book where the main character moves to a new place: Vom Inder, der auf dem Fahrrad bis nach Schweden fuhr, um dort seine große Liebe wiederzufinden. Eine wahre Geschichte
✅ d. read a book where the main character receives a phone call Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
Chapter 14 --
a. read a book where someone goes missing
b. read a cliffhanger
c. read a book where the head is prominent on the cover
Chapter 15 --
✅a. read a best seller: DNA
✅b. read a book where it is nighttime on the cover
Chapter 16 --
✅ a. read a book about best friends: Meine geniale Freundin
✅ b. read a book by a female author Jagdrevier
c. read a book that you received as a gift
d. read a book that you think you will give 3 stars to
Chapter 17 --
a. read a book where the main character is a widow
b. read a book with nobility in it
✅ c. read a book published in 2016 or 2017 Der Hut des Präsidenten
Chapter 18 --
✅ a. read a book where the main character travels to a different country Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt
b. read a romance
c. read a retelling
Chapter 19 --
✅ a. read a book written from a male point of view: The Hanging Tree
b. read a book with two people on the cover
c. read a book where is rains a lot
d. read a book with a character you would want to switch places with
Chapter 20 --
a. read a book with a musician in it
✅b. read a book with a reunion in it: Der Bruder
✅ c. read a book with an annoying character in it: Der Lügner
d. read a book where an agreement is made
e. read a book that might make you cry
Chapter 21 --
a. read a book set in the future
Chapter 22 --
a. read a book where someone comes for a visit
✅ b. read a second book of a trilogy or series: Die Geschichte eines neuen Namens
✅c. read a book where people play Cards: Die guten Frauen von Christianssund: Sommerdahls erster Fall (towards the end of the book, Dan Sommerdahl, his family and guests play cards)
d. read a book where the main character gets an invitation
Chapter 23 --
a. read a short story
b. read a book with artwork on the cover
c. read a book where someone gets stabbed
✅d. read a book from the Popular Five Star ShelfTo Kill a Mockingbird
Chapter 24 --
a. read a book where someone gets married