2025 Reading Challenge discussion

I am going to try for 45 in 2015.

1) Wonder

1/45 for the year so far. Off to a slow start, but hopefully it picks up.

Good luck with your challenge! Happy reading!

Megan wrote: "Good luck with your challenge! Happy reading!"

Thanks! You too!

Good luck with your reading goal, Lisa! Are there any books in particular that you're looking forward to reading this year?

Cassandra wrote: "Good luck with your reading goal, Lisa! Are there any books in particular that you're looking forward to reading this year?"

No, there is nothing that is saying "read me now" to me. That is probably why I am off to a slow start.

Hopefully as you browse Goodreads or some of the challenges something will jump out at you!

2) The Nightingale finished 1/21

3) To Wed a Wild Lord finished 1/23

4) A Lady Never Surrenders finished 1/31

4/45 for the year.

5) The Secret Keeper finished 2/3


5/45 for the year.

6) The Dragonling finished 2/5 read because of a book club in my daughter's class.

7) An Abundance of Katherines finished 2/16

8) The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line finished 2/17

9) The Taming of Ryder Cavanaugh finished 2/23

10) Delirium finished 2/24

10/45 for the year.

11) finished 3/10

12) finished 3/11

12/45 for the year

Lisa wrote: "11) finished 3/10

12) finished 3/11

12/45 for the year"

What did you think of both books?

Megan- I hated The Queen of the Tearling not sure if it was it or me. Not my type of book. All the Light We Cannot See was fine. It is the 3rd WWII book that I have read this year and it was also the 3rd best WWII book I have read this year. The Nightingale is way better.

Lisa wrote: "Megan- I hated The Queen of the Tearling not sure if it was it or me. Not my type of book. All the Light We Cannot See was fine. It is the 3rd WWII book that I have ..."

Haven't read Queen of tearling but have seen similar reviews. Loved the nightingale and I completely agree about it being better than All the light.

Haven't updated for a while. I am now up to 18/45 for the year.

13) Blackberry Pie Murder

14) Pandemonium

15) Minx

16) The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy

17) The Chocolate Cat Caper

18) The Wide-Awake Princess (read so that my daughter and I could have our own little book club to discuss it)

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20) (read because my daughter wanted to continue our book club with the next book in the series)

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Big Little Lies is on my short TBR list. What did you think of it?

Jackie B. wrote: "Big Little Lies is on my short TBR list. What did you think of it?"

It was crazy. In a good way. It was about 100 pages longer than it should have been, in my opinion. It is really good, but at one point it just seemed to drag on a bit. I liked it a lot more than The Husband's Secret.

Lisa wrote: "Jackie B. wrote: "Big Little Lies is on my short TBR list. What did you think of it?"

It was crazy. In a good way. It was about 100 pages longer than it should have been, in my opinion. It is real..."

Done-- I'll make certain I read it then. Thanks!

27) The Real Thing: Lessons on Love and Life from a Wedding Reporter's Notebook

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Lisa wrote: "39) "

Okay, so I read the first three books, and I found them enjoyable-- but I was increasingly annoyed by America. What did you think of this book? Better?

Jackie B. wrote: "Lisa wrote: "39) "

Okay, so I read the first three books, and I found them enjoyable-- but I was increasingly annoyed by America. What did you think of this book? Better?"

No, definitely not better. If you didn't like America, I think you would hate Eadlyn. She is so awful for at least the first half of the book. She didn't seem believable.I couldn't see Maxon and America raising that bratty of a kid.

Yeah, I agree with The Heir. I didn't like the daughter. I'm not sure if I'm going to continue the series if she is going to write anymore.

Lisa wrote: "I couldn't see Maxon and America raising that bratty of a kid."

Whew! Bullet dodged, then. Thanks for your honest opinion! I can't handle bratty protagonists.