2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Hey all and welcome to one of the first monthly challenges of 2018! :) I can't wait to see what you'll all be reading :)
Have fun and happy reading!

Participants:
Ally → 1/1
Amanda (msg #10) → 1/3
Amanda (msg #23) → 0/1
Amy → 1/1
Anna → 4/4
Annika → 0/4
Arushi → 3/3
Aysha → 0/2
Blagica → 0/2
Brittany → 0/1
Carri → 0/2
Claire (msg #45) → 2/2
Claire (msg #93) → 0/2
Dean J. → 1/2
Debbie → 0/1
Debra → 1/1
Eden → 4/4
Elisa → 1/1
Faye → 1/1
Ilja → 0/1
Jennifer (msg #21) → 0/2
Jennifer (msg #92) → 2/2
Jenny → 0/2
Joey → 0/1
JoJo → 0/2
Kadijah → 0/4
Katherine → 0/2
Kimberly → 1/1
Laura → 0/1
Lindsay → 1/1
Mandee → 0/1
Marelis → 0/3
Maris → 0/2
Megan → 4/3
Meghan → 2/2
Michelle → 0/1
Mie → 3/3
Nikki → 1/1
Rachel (msg #53) → 0/1
Rachel (msg #61) → 0/2
Richelle → 2/2
Rick → ??
Ramona → 1/1
Samantha → ??
Samyuktha → 0/1
Sarah → 2/2
SarahKat → 4/4
Shannon → 2/4
Stephanie → 0/3
Susan → 0/1
Tania → ??
vikki → 1/1
Waco → 1/2

I am also INTJ and I'll join for 4. I'm using this as an excuse to get a little farther in my Batman comics collection. Bruce Wayne is also INTJ!

http://personalitygrowth.com/myers-br...

This is a tough one...! But I think I have found 3 books :-)

COMPLETE ✔️
I am ESFJ, and I also think these characters are:
✅ Alfred - Batman: The Long Halloween - 2,5⭐️
✅ Vittoria - De voksnes rækker - 4⭐️
✅ Eduardo - Dybet - 4⭐️

SarahKat wrote: "I am also INTJ and I'll join for 4. I'm using this as an excuse to get a little farther in my Batman comics collection. Bruce Wayne is also INTJ!

http://personalitygrowth.com/myers-br...-..."

Haha, that's so cool! I would've never thought of Bruce Wayne as an introvert. I would've probably characterized him as an ambivert.

Welcome to the challenge! :)

Mie wrote: "This is a tough one...! But I think I have found 3 books :-)

I am ESFJ, and I also think these characters are:
Alfred - Batman: The Long Halloween
Vittoria - [book:De voksnes rækker..."

Welcome Mie!

Mie wrote: "This is a tough one...! But I think I have found 3 books :-)

I am ESFJ, and I also think these characters are:
Alfred - Batman: The Long Halloween
Vittoria - [book:De voksnes rækker..."

The Long Halloween is excellent. One of my husband's favorites. Enjoy!

I'm going to go for 4.

A Study in Scarlet
The Sign of Four
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

I am still hoping to read the four above, but I just read High Fidelity, and if Rob isn't an INTJ, then I need to retake the personality test.

3/4

I'm an ISTJ so I'll try for:

Bathsheba Everdeen - Far from the Madding Crowd January 28, 2018

Complete!

I'm ISTJ and I'm going to go for 3.

1/3

✔1. Charlie Kelmeckis in The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2. Spock in Star Trek
3. Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit

I'm the mediator, an INFP-T apparently.

My goal is to read Gone with the Wind where Ashley Wilkes is the same personality type.

✅ Gone With the Wind

I'm an Executive - ESTJ-A (extroverted, sensor, thinker, judger, and assertive).

I'll join in for 3!

1. Cat the Black Queen - The Eight by Katherine Neville - completed
2. Jackson Shore and Edward Rhodes - Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah - completed
3. Abby Elliot - Guilty Wives by James Patterson - completed
4. Katherine Jackson - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterley - completed

4/3 - challenge completed!

I am an INFP, so it looks like it's time for me to finally give Anne of Green Gables a try. I'll try to find another, and aim for 2 total.

If any of you are doing Modern Mrs Darcy's challenge as well, Anne has a helpful link on her website to find books for your type:

https://modernmrsdarcy.com/summer-rea...

As for me, I'll be doing two (ISFJ - Protector):
Great Expectations and Anne of Green Gables

UPDATE: Finally managed to finish Great Expectations, but in February! This is not going too well for me at the moment - I also failed in February for the library task! :-)

Jenny wrote: "If any of you are doing Modern Mrs Darcy's challenge as well, Anne has a helpful link on her website to find books for your type:

https://modernmrsdarcy.com/summer-rea...

As for me, I'll b..."

Thanks so much for sharing that link, Jenny! Welcome to the challenge and Goodluck :)

Welcome everyone to the challenge :) You've all been added to the list. Happy reading!

Count me in! I am an INTJ and my goal is 4 books.

***COMPLETE***

1. Severus Snape in Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling 09.01.2018 ★★★★★

2. Mr. Darcy in Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen 22.01.2018 ★★★★★

3. Claruce Starling in The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris 25.01.2018 ★★★★☆

4. Rodion Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 13.01.2018 ★★★★★

4/4

I'm down, been thinking of doing this anyway and this is the perfect push to get me going! I'll sign up for 2 at the moment, since I doubt I'll have much time in January.

I am INFP and I think I'll go for these books
1. Frodo Baggins - The Fellowship of the Ring
2. Lucy Pevensie The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

i'm going to try for 2 books. Lisa thanks for leading!
I am
ESFJ, -A/-T)

I am ISTJ-A I'll do 1
Katniss Everdean -The Hunger Games1/13/18

Completed

I am IFSJ and will do 2 books.

Anne of Green Gables
Essential Captain America, Vol. 1

Some great books are being picked for this challenge! I can't wait to hear what your thoughts on them are :)
And it's so cool to see all the different personality types. I hope you all enjoy the challenge.

Welcome everyone!

Personalities Challenge:
Duration January 1 - January 31, 2018

I'm INFJ - the Advocate.

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Completed 22/1/18 Rating 4 stars

Atticus Finch

1/1

I'm INFP - the Mediator.

According to the Book Riot link, INFPs are Healers and creative, idealistic, disorganized (I find myself the opposite), and "loners".

I didn't find INFP characters on the sites in books I haven't already read or have a desire to read, so I will try for 2 books.

Hi, I'm ENFJ and I'm going to try 1 book for this challenge - Emma, by Jane Austen

Lindsay wrote: "I'm the mediator, an INFP-T apparently.

My goal is to read Gone with the Wind where Ashley Wilkes is the same personality type."

I'm a mediator too. I've already read Gone With the Wind. Any suggestions on what else I can read?

Ooh, I'll give this a shot. I'm ESFP - The Entertainer.

I'll shoot for two books, just to be on the safe side:
Captain Wentworth - Persuasion
Kitty Fane - The Painted Veil

JoJo wrote: "Lindsay wrote: "I'm the mediator, an INFP-T apparently.

My goal is to read Gone with the Wind where Ashley Wilkes is the same personality type."

I'm a mediator too. I've already read..."

I found this link if you want to have a look through and see if any take your fancy? https://bookriot.com/2016/01/28/myer-...

I'll try for 3 please

JoJo wrote: "Lindsay wrote: "I'm the mediator, an INFP-T apparently.

My goal is to read Gone with the Wind where Ashley Wilkes is the same personality type."

I'm a mediator too. I've already read..."

Katherine & JoJo, If you can't find anything that tickles your fancy from the Bookriot link that's in Kristin's intro comment of this thread, I found these other links that provide you with a few more ideas: http://parchmentgirl.com/my-top-10-fa... or https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

I hope those help :)

The links didn't have anything for EIFPA ~ campaigner

Vladimir chronicles ~ Henry

The great Gatsby ~ Gatsby

This is fun! I’m an ESFJ- The Provider.

Going to try and read “The Hobbit,” where Bilbo Baggins is an ESFJ.

ENFP - T same thing I have been my whole life as far as I know. Some people's change over time, not so much for me.

This is such a cool challenge and gets people thinking about what they are like.

I will try to read 1 book in the month of january. Possible options include:
Natasha Rostova (War and Peace)
Josephine March (Little Women)
Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice
Harley Quinn - many options

Eden wrote: "The links didn't have anything for EIFPA ~ campaigner

Vladimir chronicles ~ Henry

The great Gatsby ~ Gatsby"

Hi Eden, I'm assuming you meant ENFP :)
The Bookriot link mentions: Natasha Rostova (War and Peace), Jonathan Strange (Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell), Willy Wonka (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Horace Slughorn and Nymphadora Tonks (Harry Potter), Josephine March (Little Women), Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing), Marianne Dashwood, and John Willoughby (Sense and Sensibility).

If none of those interest you and want more possibilities, you could check out: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Myers-B...

For more options, here are some people who fit the ENFP type!
Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes, Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady, Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Renly Baratheon from Game of Thrones, Ron Weasley from Harry Potter, Johanna from The Hunger Games, Faramir from The Lord of the Rings....

Welcome to the challenge! Everyone's one the list.
Happy reading!

Thanks for the help @Lisa

Then I'll do

Vladimir chronicles ~ Henry

The great Gatsby ~ Gatsby

Charlie and the chocolate factory ~ Willy Wonka

Sense and sensibility ~ John

Eden wrote: "Thanks for the help @Lisa

Then I'll do

Vladimir chronicles ~ Henry

The great Gatsby ~ Gatsby

Charlie and the chocolate factory ~ Willy Wonka

Sense and sensibility ~ John"

You got it! I've updated your goal. Good luck and enjoy :)

thank you for that. I'm thinking of reading the chronicles of Narnia. I wanted to also read Anne of green gables

JoJo wrote: "thank you for that. I'm thinking of reading the chronicles of Narnia. I wanted to also read Anne of green gables"

No problem, JoJo :) The Chronicles of Narnia are some of my favorite childhood books. I hope you enjoy!

I've added you to the participants list with a goal of 2.

Personalities Challenge
January 1 - January 31, 2018

I'm the mediator, an INFP-T.

1. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

2. Anne of Green Gables

I am an INFP (there are a lot here I see heya!!!) and I am in for 1 book!

Going to pick one of these
The Bell Jar
A Walk to Remember

Welcome to the challenge Elisa! Happy reading :)

I am an ISFJ and I'll join for four books.

Doctor Watson - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Miss Havisham - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Narcissa Malfoy - Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (whichever books in the series)

I saw a couple of ISTJs around here, hi there fellow logisticians!

I'm going for one book, which is The Last Wish, the first book in The Witcher series that the games are based on. The main character, Geralt of Rivia is an ISTJ.

I am an ENFP-T, and I think I will go for 2 books for this challenge:

1. Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit. My personality type is called "Campaigner" so this seemed obvious. Finished 1/16
2. Three Souls This was my gift from my Secret Santa, and the description of the main character indicates that she is extroverted, and acts more on feelings than thoughts, so I think this fits me as well. Finished 1/31

Here's another decent list, that offers up some different ideas: https://www.purewow.com/books/myers-b...

I would like to participate.

I am an INFJ. I will read two books. [I ended up reading 3 total as I finished Jane Eyre,]

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Atticus Finch is an INFJ)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1) by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot is an INFJ)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre is listed as an INFJ on some lists)

1/2 The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Poirot was listed as an INFJ by the source I used. I can see this especially in his almost intuitive grasp of people and their motives. He is great at getting others to trust him. He is a bit cocky, but his basic good will endears him to all.

2/2 To Kill a Mockingbird

Atticus Finch has a supernatural sense of what his children need. Despite his sister's admonitions, he clearly knows Scout and Jem. I would have loved to have him as a father.

3/2 Jane Eyre

Jane is a good role model for INFJs. Sometimes it is easy to get lost in the feelings and worlds of others Jane remains true to herself despite intimately feeling the emotions of others.

I am INFP and in for one book.

Jane Eyre -- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

I'm in for 1 book. I'm an ENFJ, and I've been meaning to read Mansfield Park for awhile now. I will apparently connect with Edmund Bertram.

Update msg 4:

1/3 - Batman: The Long Halloween
2/3 - De voksnes rækker

I am an INFJ - so will go for Little Women (Theodore Laurence) as I planned to read it this year

Finished. May add another to my Challenge. Really enjoyed reading through this whilst recognising similar personailty traits in Teddy that I show.