2025 Reading Challenge discussion

For this new year I hope I come out from my reading slump. I will try to discover was have been keeping me back from all that I used to read and I will not put myself in many challenge, I discover that they stress me and I manage to accomplish almost none. So this is the time that I will try to re discover my love for books and reading...

Babitix wrote: "Wish you a great 2018 with your family and reading! 💗"

Thanks a lot! I wish you the same to you!!!

Wish you a great 2018 with your family and reading! 💗


I will put my comment after your Challenge List.
How inconvenient I was LOL 😂

Best of luck Caro in the coming year. if you need help getting out of your slump at all we have tons of challenges and or members to help come up with suggestions

Blagica wrote: "Best of luck Caro in the coming year. if you need help getting out of your slump at all we have tons of challenges and or members to help come up with suggestions"

Thanks a lot Blagica! Yes I know about them this my 4th year in the group. the problem is that now instead of enjoying the challenge I feel force to follow the rule and do not longer enjoy my reading. that is why this year I will make auto challenge that are quite flexible and maybe 1 or 2 challenge in the group that I see I can follow without feeling the pressure that I have to read certain books. I will not completely leave the group but I will be a bit more focus on what I feel in the mood to read than how much I should accomplish.

***DONE***
Challenge #1
Back to the roots

I have try this challenge many times and sadly I always fail. I am neglecting my mother tongue (spanish) and I do the great majority of my reading in english, so in order to change this I will try to increase the number of books that I read in spanish. For this I will try to read 12 books in spanish

1. Con fecha de vencimiento
2. La sombra del viento
3.100 momentos que marcaron el mundo contemporáneo
4.Lola Vendetta. Más vale Lola que mal acompañada
5.Lola Vendetta. ¿Qué pacha, mama?
6.Los Divinos
7.Contigo en la distancia
8.Obscena
9.La danza de mi muerte
10.Sin noticias de Gurb
11.La ridícula idea de no volver a verte
12.Virus tropical

***DONE***
Challenge #2
Back to reality

In this challenge I am planning to read more non fiction so in order to try to balance my challenge this will be also 12 books during the year.

1. Con fecha de vencimiento
2. A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
3. Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food
4. A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America
5. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
6. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
7. 100 momentos que marcaron el mundo contemporáneo
8.Educated: A Memoir
9. Calypso
10. The Best We Could Do
11. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley
Startup
12. Running Like a Girl
13.The Kill Jar: Obsession, Descent, and a Hunt for Detroit's Most Notorious Serial Killer
14.You Don't Look Your Age...and Other Fairy Tales
15. La ridícula idea de no volver a verte
16. The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story Pages: 578
17. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory Pages: 256
18. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

18 from ! That is a really complete Challenge

***DONE***
Challenge #3
Around the world

I am trying to accomplish this every year. Hopefully this one I will do it. For this challenge I want to read 12 books that authors are not from UK or US that is where the majority of my books usually is.

1. Fear and Trembling: A Novel - Belgium
2. Con fecha de vencimiento - Colombia
3, Lullaby - Rabat, Morrocco
4. Anya's Ghost - Moscow, Rusia
5. A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea - Japan
6. Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food - Canada
7. La sombra del viento - Spain
8. My Brilliant Friend - Italy
9. When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife - India
10. Home Fire - Pakistan
11. Contigo en la distancia - Chile
12. The Best We Could Do - Vietnam
13. La danza de mi muerte - Mexico
14. Virus tropical - Ecuador

Challenge #4
Let's Turn Pages

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


For this year I am planning to read 15000. It is a goal that I hope to reach without many problems.

January

1. Fear and Trembling: A Novel Pages: 144
2. Con fecha de vencimiento Pages: 295
3. The Woman in Cabin 10 Pages: 352
4. LullabyPages: 207
5. First Love Pages: 169
6. Anya's Ghost Pages: 224
7. Where'd You Go, Bernadette Pages:332

Total Pages in January: 1723 /15000

February

1.A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Pages: 155
2. Mathilda Pages: 189
3. The Sense of an Ending Pages: 162
4. Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food Pages: 352
5. A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America Pages: 304
6. Annihilation Pages: 210

Total Pages in February: 1372

Status: 3087/15000

March

1. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Pages: 340
2.Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls Pages: 275
3. La sombra del viento Pages: 569

Total pages in March: 1184

Status: 4271/15000

April

1. Educated: A Memoir Pages: 352
2. My Brilliant Friend Pages: 331
3. 100 momentos que marcaron el mundo contemporáneo Pages: 210

Total Pages 893

Status: 5164/5000

May

1. Holidays on Ice Pages: 177
2. When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife Pages: 272
3. Geek Love Pages: 370
4. Lola Vendetta. Más vale Lola que mal acompañada Pages: 152
5. Lola Vendetta. ¿Qué pacha, mama? Pages: 160

Total Pages: 1131

Status: 6295/15000

June

1. All Systems Red Pages: 156
2. Home Fire Pages: 264
3. Los Divinos Pages: 256

Total pages: 676

Status: 6971/15000

July

1. Interpreter of Maladies Pages: 192
2. Contigo en la distancia Pages: 359

Total Pages: 551

Status: 7522 / 15000

August

1. Running Like a Girl Pages: 242
2. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup Pages: 352
3. We Have Always Lived in the Castle Pages: 158
4. The Best We Could Do Pages: 336
5. Calypso Pages: 288
6. Sin noticias de Gurb Pages: 143
7. La danza de mi muerte Pages: 203
8. Obscena Pages: 224

Total Pages: 1946

Status: 9468 /15000

September

1, You Don't Look Your Age...and Other Fairy Tales Pages: 192
2. And Then There Were None Pages: 276
3. Lady Susan Pages: 180
4. The Kill Jar: Obsession, Descent, and a Hunt for Detroit's Most Notorious Serial Killer Pages: 288
5. Rules of Civility Pages: 324

Total Pages: 1260

Status: 11250/15000

October

1. The Chalk Man Pages: 340
2. La ridícula idea de no volver a verte Pages: 160
3. Virus tropical Pages: 240
4. The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night Pages: 224
5. Artificial Condition Pages:160

Total Pages: 1124

November

1. The Alice Network Pages: 510
2. Rogue Protocol Pages: 160
3. The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story Pages: 578
4. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory Pages: 256
5. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life Pages: 161

Total Pages: 1665

Status:13517/15000

Challenge #5
Reading Women Challenge 2018
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This is the only challenge that I will participate this year that requires a little bit more from me. But also I want to push more myself to read women's books.

CHALLENGE
All books must be by or about women.

DONE 1) A book by a woman in translation (bonus points if it’s also translated by a woman) Fear and Trembling: A Novel BONUS POINTS: Translated by a women
2) A fantasy novel written by a woman of color
3) A book set in the American South
DONE 4) A short story collectionInterpreter of Maladies
DONE 5) A graphic novel or memoirEducated: A Memoir
DONE 6) A book published by an independent press My Brilliant Friend
DONE 7) A book set in Russia or by a Russian author Anya's Ghost
DONE 8) A book with a viewpoint character who is an immigrant or a refugee Contigo en la distancia
DONE 9) A book by an Australian or a Canadian author Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food
DONE 10) An essay collectionI'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
11) A book about someone with a chronic illness
DONE 12) A true crime book I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
13) A book by an African American Woman about Civil Rights
DONE 14) A classic novel written by a woman (bonus points if not Austen or a Bronte) MATHILDA
15) A poetry collection
DONE 16) A book where the characters are traveling somewhere The Woman in Cabin 10
17) A book with a food item in the title
18) A book written by a female Nobel Prize winner
DONE 19) A book from the Reading Woman Award 2017 shortlists The Best We Could Do
DONE 20) A memoir by someone who lives in a country different from yours Running Like a Girl
DONE 21) A book inspired by a fairytale The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night
22) A book by a local author or recommended by your local bookstore
23) The book that has been on your TBR the longest (or one that's been there a long time)
24) A book in a genre or subgenre you have never read

BONUS
A book by Virginia Woolf
A book by Flannery O’Connor

14/24

I already finish 3 of my 5 Challenge!!! I do not remember any other year that I manage to do it so fast. It seems that putting challenge that are focus to me it really works. I am not sure if I will finish the women challenge... Is 24 books and I do not like to repeat books for all the task... But I am happy. I may struggle a bit with the #4 but I still have time.

Challenge # 6

THE EVERY YEAR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, - December 31, 2018

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

Since I already manage to do 3 of my Challenge I will add one more. I will select the year that I move to Poland: 2007.

2007 The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2008
2009
2010 Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
2011The Sense of an Ending
2012 Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2013 My Brilliant Friend
2014 Annihilation
2015 Contigo en la distancia
2016 The Woman in Cabin 10
2017 Home Fire
2018 The Chalk Man


Unfortunately I did not manage to finish :( Maybe in another year...
9/11

Challenge #7
ADVENT CALENDAR CHALLENGE
Duration: December 1, - December 31, 2018
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


For this Challenge I decide I will read short stories.

Day 1: The husband Stitch ★ ★ ★ ★ in: Her Body and Other Parties
Day 2: Inventory ★ ★ ★ ★ in: Her Body and Other Parties
Day 3: Mothers ★ ★ in: Her Body and Other Parties
Day 4:Especially Heinous ★ ★ ★ in: Her Body and Other Parties
Day 5: Real Women Have Bodies ★ ★ ★ ★ in: Her Body and Other Parties
Day 6: Eight Bites ★ ★ ★ ★ in: Her Body and Other Parties