2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Going to keep it to two large Challenges this year. Will try to do some of the smaller ones as the year goes on, if I can fit them in. Not going to go too crazy, learned my lesson this year :)

2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge

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1. A book becoming a movie in 2019 - Between Shades of Gray
2. A book that makes you nostalgic - The Last Unicorn
3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction) - Down Among the Sticks and Bones or The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads - The Lovely Bones or The Golden Compass
6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover - Vinegar Girl
7. A reread of a favorite book - The Neverending Story
8. A book about a hobby - The Cake Therapist
9. A book you meant to read in 2018 - A Fine and Private Place
10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title - Beneath the Sugar Sky
11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover -The Secret Lives of Dresses or Dread Nation
12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore - A Pocketful of Crows
13. A book published posthumously - A Long Fatal Love Chase
14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
15. A retelling of a classic - Longbourn
16. A book with a question in the title
17. A book set on college or university campus - The Madwoman Upstairs
18. A book about someone with a superpower - The Hanged Man
19. A book told from multiple POVs - Lilac Girls
20. A book set in space - Space Opera
21. A book by two female authors - Between the Lines or My Lady Jane
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title - Bitter Greens
23. A book set in Scandinavia - Let the Right One In
24. A book that takes place in a single day - A Night to Remember
25. A debut novel - Children of Blood and Bone
26. A book that's published in 2019 - The Starless Sea
27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature - Heartstone
28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire - The Rules of Magic
29. A book with LOVE in the title - Love Letters to the Dead
30. A book featuring an amateur detective - The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
31. A book about a family - The End We Start From
32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America - The Guest Cat
33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title - Ginny Moon
34. A book that includes a wedding - Fingersmith
35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter - Cinder
36. A ghost story - Anna Dressed in Blood or The Screaming Staircase
37. A book with a two-word title - Amy Snow
38. A novel based on a true story - The Cottingley Secret or Audacity
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game - The Eight
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge - A book about or set on Halloween - Slade House
41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book - The Elementalists or Trail of Lightning
42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book - Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure
43. An "own voices" book - On the Edge of Gone or City of Strife
44. Read a book during the season it is set in
45. A LitRPG book - Ready Player One
46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters - House of Leaves
47. Two books that share the same title - Alice in Zombieland
48. Two books that share the same title - Alice in Zombieland
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent - The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times or Red Sister

Around the Year in 52 Books

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1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy - All the Birds in the Sky or Scythe
2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why) - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y - Between Shades of Gray
4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc) - Ink and Bone
5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare - Vinegar Girl or Ophelia
6. A book with a dual timeline - The Clockmaker's Daughter
7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1 - A Madness So Discreet
8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2 - The Asylum
9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror) - The Stand
10. A book featuring an historical figure - Lincoln in the Bardo
11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject) - A Natural History of Dragons
12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer - The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend or People of the Book
13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list - Circe
14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term - Ginny Moon or The Earth Hums in B Flat
15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country - The Supernatural Enhancements
16. A book told from multiple perspectives - Lilac Girls
17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia) - The Country of Ice Cream Star
18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements - Iron Hearted Violet or The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain Was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play
19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR - A Fine and Private Place
20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country - The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes - A book from a GR list of lesser known books recommended by people in the ATY group - The Library at Mount Char
22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover - The Eight or The Seventh Witch
23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old - The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New - Victoria
25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed - Heartstone
26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue - Girl in the Blue Coat
27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list - The Master and Margarita
28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.) - Amy Snow
29. A book published before 1950 - Elizabeth and Her German Garden
30. A book featuring an elderly character - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
31. A children’s classic you’ve never read - The Golden Compass
32. A book with more than 500 pages - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet - A Perfect Blood
34. A book with a person's name in the title - Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure
35. A psychological thriller - The Butterfly Garden
36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list - Strange Practice or The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
37. A book set in a school or university - The Madwoman Upstairs
38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc) - S.
39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life - The Bear and the Nightingale
40. A book you stumbled upon - Witches Be Crazy: A Tale That Happened Once Upon a Time in the Middle of Nowhere
41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards - Beneath the Sugar Sky
42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character - Frankenstein
43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction] - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.) - The Haunting of Hill House
45. A multi-generational saga - The History of Bees
46. A book with a (mostly) black cover - Death with Interruptions
47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.) - The Cake Therapist
48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year - Chime
49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country - Ink
50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual) - The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. or A Curious Beginning
51. A book published in 2019 - The Starless Sea
52. A book with a weird or intriguing title - Down Among the Sticks and Bones