2025 Reading Challenge discussion

My very first year on GoodReads and my first time doing Challenges and tracking them.
Here we go!

Popsugar 2020 Reading Challenge (message 127 in DG)

Goal 52 books.
6/52

1. A book that's published in 2020
2. A book by a trans or nonbinary author
3. A book with a great first line
4. A book about a book club - The Bromance Book Club
5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics
6. A bildungsroman
7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed
8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover
9. A book with a map
10. A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club
11. An anthology
12. A book that passes the Bechdel test
13. A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it - Next
14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name
15. A book about or involving social media
16. A book that has a book on the cover -
17. A medical thriller -
18. A book with a made-up language
19. A book set in a country beginning with "C"
20. A book you picked because the title caught your attention -
21. A book published the month of your birthday -
22. A book about or by a woman in STEM
23. A book that won an award in 2019
24. A book on a subject you know nothing about
25. A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics
26. A book with a pun in the title - A Zany Slice of Italy
27. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins
28. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character
29. A book with a bird on the cover -
30. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader
31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title
32. A book by a WOC -
33. A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads
34. A book you meant to read in 2019 -
35. A book with a three-word title
36. A book with a pink cover
37. A Western -
38. A book by or about a journalist
39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

Advanced

41. A book written by an author in their 20s
42. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title
43. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision)
44. A book set in the 1920s
45. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics
46. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books - Michael Crichton
47. A book with more than 20 letters in its title
48. A book published in the 20th century
49. A book from a series with more than 20 books
50. A book with a main character in their 20s

2020 Reading Challenge Group Book Club

I will do 8 Group Reads.
I will do 2 Buddy Reads.
10 books
0/10

Group Reads
1. January - DNF All the Light We Cannot See
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Buddy Reads
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2020 Monthly Challenges

January Marathon Challenge (Message 69)
3/4 READ + 1/1 DNF

I would like to join for 4 books.
1. READ - A Zany Slice of Italy
2a. DNF - All the Light We Cannot See
2b.READ - The Bromance Book Club
3. READ - Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait
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2020 Bunbury Book Club

January - DNF Sweet Sorrow
February -
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December