2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Updated Post #145 - 15/26!

Update to Message #241

So far: 24/26

Q - Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Updated message 54

24/26

X- 7-10

Update:

U -Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

Challenge Completed - 15/26

Updated message 1197

Added:
X - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Total: 46/52

Doing pretty well I have only letters AD GJKL OPQ UV XYZ - Kerry

Update to message 1158

17/26

Unbreak My Heart finished 07/11/2018 for U

Hi! I would like to join this challenge
How can I start?

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I would like to read 10 books for this challenge! Thank you!

I’m Satin and I’d like to read 10 books for this challenge! Have a bookish day!

As an extra personal challenge for myself, I'm going to try to read both a fiction and nonfiction book for each letter."

Update to post 651... I'm done! =) Just finished Kitchen Confidential for my last nonfiction book for the challenge.

(52/52)

FICTION (26/26)
A - The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
B - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
C - The Cure for Modern Life by Lisa Tucker
D - The Dry by Jane Harper
E - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
F - Force of Nature by Jane Harper
G - The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
H - The Haunting Of Freddy by Dietlof Reiche
I - I, Freddy by Dietlof Reiche
J - Just Fine with Caroline by Annie England Noblin
K - Kingdom Come: The Final Victory by Time LaHaye
L - The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
M - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
N - Need to Know by Karen Cleveland
O - One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by BJ Novak
P - The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
Q - Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile
R - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
S - Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
T - Towards the Shore by Kris Holloway
U - Under the Influence by Joyce Maynard
V - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
W - The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
X - Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland
Y - Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin
Z - Zoo by James Patterson

NONFICTION (26/26)
A - The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide by Jenna Fischer
B - Bad Dog: A Love Story by Martin Kihn
C - Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff by Fred Pearce
D - Don't Just Sit There: Transitioning to a Standing and Dynamic Workstation for Whole-Body Health by Katy Bowman
E - Eat Well, Move Well, Live Well: 52 Ways to Feel Better in a Week by Galina Denzel
F - Fat Girl Walking: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin...Every Inch of It by Brittany Gibbons
G - God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter by Stephen Prothero
H - Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
I - Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia
J - Just a Geek: Unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise by Wil Wheaton
K - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
L - Living Large in Our Little House: Thriving in 480 Square Feet with Six Dogs, a Husband, and One Remote--Plus More Stories of How You Can Too by Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell
M - My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall
N - Nano House: Innovations for Small Dwellings by Phyllis Richardson
O - On Being Vegan: Reflections on a Compassionate Life by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
P - Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally by Alisa Smith
Q - The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960 by Douglas Brinkley
R - The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery by Sarah Lewis
S - Secrets of a Pet Nanny by Eileen Riley
T - A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea by Eunsun Kim
U - Until I Say Goodbye: A Book about Living by Susan Spencer-Wendel
V - The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever by Jamie Wright
W - Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition by T Colin Campbell
X - Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner by Jen Lancaster
Y - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders
Z - Zero Waste: Eliminate Your Trash, Simplify Your Life, and Heal the Earth by Shia Su

Kerry non fiction S-SCHOOL SUCCESS SECRETS FOR CHILDREN WITH AUSTIM

Update to post #541

9/26

I - Illuminae by Amie Kaufman 7/12/18
P - Paper Princess by Erin Watt 5/28/18
T - The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco 5/22/18

Finally Finished...
V- The Obsession of Victoria Gracen 26/26 completed

Please update #126

I'm in for all 26
8/26

A -
B- Bed Rest by Sarah Bilston
C-
D-
E-
F-
G
H- The Housekeeper and the Professor
K- The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient #1) by Helen Hoang
L-
M - Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
N-
0-
P- Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Q-
R-The Secret, Book and Scone Society (Miracle Springs, North Carolina #1) by Ellery Adams (
S-
T-
U- The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
V-
W- Without Reservations: The Travels Of An Independent Woman by Alice Steinbach
X-
Y-
Z-

Congratulations to those who finished since I last updated! Amazing work ^^

My ten letters and books I’ve finished with them:
M:
H: Heartless by marissa Meyer
S: South by Southeast by Anthony Horowitz
O:One by Sarah Crossan
D: Double Sin and other stories by Agatha Christie
E:
A:
T:
R:
C:

Finished my third letter (3/26) post 1270
S
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman 5★'s
Audiobook edition narrated by Catherine Steadman 5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Kerry added A ALL NIGHT LONG

Finished my fourth (4/26) post 1270
J

Cruel Justice by M.A. Comley 3★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Message #13 update!

E: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon 15.07.2018 ★★★★☆

21/22

Completed 15/20

A - City of Ashes
B - The Poisonwood Bible
C - City of Bones
E - Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
F - City of Fallen Angels
G - Grit
I - The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business
K - The Kingmaker's Daughter
L - Love in the Time of Cholera
P - The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
Q - The Red Queen
R - Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
S - Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
T - The Thorn Birds
W - When Breath Becomes Air

Update:

W - Wonder

Challenge Completed - 16/26

Update to my last post:
M: Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

5/10 books finished for this challenge!

Updated 765, 15/26

N - Nevermore by Keith R.A. DeCandido

A – Z BOOK TITLES
DURATION: January 1 - December 31, 2018
17/26

A - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - 17/02/18 ★★
B - Blindness by José Saramago - 06/01/18 - ★★★
C - The Cartel by Don Winslow - 24/07/18 ★★★
D - The Defenceless by Kati Hiekkapelto - 31/03/18 ★★★★
E - The Exiled by Kati Hiekkapelto - 10/04/18 ★★★
F - The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma - 06/07/18 ★★
G - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt - 06/02/18 - ★★★★★
H - The Hummingbird by Kati Hiekkapelto - 15/01/18 - ★★★
I
J
K
L
M - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides - 26/06/18 ★★★★★
N - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 12/08/18 ★★★
O - Orlando by Virginia Woolf - 07/03/18 ★★★★
P - Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 16/02/18 ★★★★
Q
R - Catilina's Riddle by Steven Saylor - 30/01/18 - ★★★★
S - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari ★★★
T - The Taliban Cricket Clubby Timeri N. Murari - 11/02/18 - ★★★
U
V - A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan - 05/04/18 - ★★★★
W - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware - 02/08/18
X
Y
Z

I'd like to join and I'm going for all 26.

So far, I have 8/26:

A -
B -
C -
D -
E -
F - Nur wer fällt, lernt fliegen
G - #GIRLBOSS
H - Der Himmel ist blau, die Erde ist weiß ("The Briefcase" in English)
I -
J -
K -
L - Die Liebhaberinnen ("Women as Lovers" in English)
M -
N -
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S - Sense and Sensibility
T - Die Tote vom Naschmarkt (never translated to English)
U -
V - Brief an den Vater (Letter to the Father by Franz Kafka)
W - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
X -
Y -
Z -

Welcome ^^

Update to message #465.

4/26 :)

Edit to orginal post 196
50/51

✔️N - Neuromancer
✔️R -Rendezvous with Rama

Only one more to go but I am bogged down trying to read War and Peace and I have 3 group reads to get through. I will get there eventually!

I have completed my sixth book for this challenge! I have finished An Abundance of Katherines. This will count for the letter “A”

Update to message 1316:

I have finished my 5th book or this challenge: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, counting for W.
I feel drained now. I'll go looking for something more cheerful ^^

Update to message 1316:

Had to follow Murakami up with an easier win: "Nur wer fällt, lernt fliegen", counting for F. That makes it 6/26

Finished my fifth (5/26) *post 1270*

D

Deadly Recall by T.R. Ragan
4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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25/26 (one more left!) Z-

P - Papillon 7-19-18

Updated message 847; 9/26 completed!

Updated message 1001

19/26

11/20 + E (The Ex )= 12/20

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10/26

A- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
M- I, Michael Bennett

updated message 1280~

13/26 Done - HALFWAY THERE!

hello! I have two more 10/26

A. Azteca. Jellings
C. Creativity Inc. Ed Catmull
B. La Broma. Milán Kundera.
E. Carta sobre el poder de la escritura. Claude-Edmond Magny
F. Flash Boys. Michael Lewis
H. Aliados y adversarios: Historia del TLCAN. Carlos Salinas
M. Ministerios de Misericordia. Tim Keller.
P. Para combatir esta era. Rob Riemen
U. La Uruguaya. Pedro Mairal
V. El Viaje del Elefante. José Saramago

A-Z CHALLENGE

Duration: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

A: A Murder in Time ;; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
B: Broken Bones ;; The Brave ;; Beauty and the Beast Novelization
C: The Chalk Man ;; Caraval ;; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
D:
E: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
F: The Heart's Invisible Furies
G: The Girl in the Tower
H: How to Stop Time ;; Hunted
I: I Found You
J:
K: An Elephant in My Kitchen
L: Little Fires Everywhere ;; All the Light We Cannot See ;; Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book
M: Still Me
N: The Bear and the Nightingale
O:
P: My Not So Perfect Life ;; The Cruel Prince
Q: Red Queen
R: Crazy Rich Asians
S: The Silver Bough ;; Sourdough
T: A Twist in Time ;; Caught in Time
U:
V:
W: Wuthering Heights ;; The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince
X:
Y: Before We Were Yours ;;
Z:


19/26

Reading update:

(18/26)

21/26

R - "Renegades" by Marissa Meyer

15/26

I have moved Catilina's Riddle to R and added two new books

C: The Cartel
N: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Finished my sixth (6/26) *post 1270*

N
The Nowhere Child by Christian White
5★'s

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Update to 1280

V- The Virgin Suicides
14/26

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