2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Since I literally just joined I will come back to update this once I find and decide on some other challenges to partake in. For right now I know I would like to try the monthly group book that I see posted on the homepage. I will wait and start with June's book :)

I will also be trying:

June - In the Name of Fashion
A - Annihilation: Book 1 of the Southern Reach Trilogy
L - Little Fires Everywhere
Y - The Year of Magical Thinking
S - The Sun is Also a Star
H - Harry Potter
E - East of Eden
A - Authority: Book 2 of the Southern Reach Trilogy

Completed:
Annihilation 06/01

I decided I will partake in the Goodreads Summer Reading Challenge for Beginners as well :) I will update with titles as I decide the others!

1. Good as Gold: a book that won a Goodreads Choice Award - I'll Be Gone in the Dark

2. The Book is Better: a book that is being adapted for TV or film this year - The Sun is Also a Star

3. Short + Sweet: a book that is less than 100 pages or you can finish in one sitting - Annihilation

4. On the Bandwagon: one of the most read books right now on Goodreads - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

5. Actually Want to Read: a book that has been on your want to read shelf for over a year - Little Fires Everywhere

6. Not From Around Here: a book set in a different culture from your own - My Sister, the Serial Killer

7. In the Friend Zone: a book a friend recommends -

8. It Takes Two: read a co-authored book - The Wife Between Us

9. Wheel of Format: read a book in a different format that you don't normally read in -

10. New Voices: read a debut novel -

11. Past Love: reread a book you loved when you were younger - Harry Potter

12. Armchair Traveler: set in a destination you want to visit -

Completed:
Annihilation 06/01

Popsugar 2019 (msg: 1209)
1. A book becoming a movie in 2019
2. A book that makes you nostalgic
3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads
6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover
7. A reread of a favorite book
8. A book about a hobby
9. A book you meant to read in 2018
10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title
11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore
13. A book published posthumously
14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
15. A retelling of a classic
16. A book with a question in the title
17. A book set on college or university campus
18. A book about someone with a superpower
19. A book told from multiple POVs
20. A book set in space
21. A book by two female authors
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title
23. A book set in Scandinavia
24. A book that takes place in a single day
25. A debut novel
26. A book that's published in 2019
27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature
28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire
29. A book with LOVE in the title
30. A book featuring an amateur detective
31. A book about a family
32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America
33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title
34. A book that includes a wedding
35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter
36. A ghost story
37. A book with a two-word title
38. A novel based on a true story
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge

Advanced

41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book
42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book
43. An "own voices" book
44. Read a book during the season it is set in
45. A LitRPG book
46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters
47. Two books that share the same title
48. Two books that share the same title
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent