2025 Reading Challenge discussion

I found this challenge in my local library today on the back of a free bookmark. The prompts look interesting, so I thought I'd share them and make a challenge from it. Comment how many you'd like to do. And, of course, feel free to back date from the start of the year if you've already read something that fits!

Prompts:

1. First published in the year you were born
2. A First Peoples story
3. A story that would make a great movie
4. Written by a local author
5. Features a female lead character
6. Has a purple cover
7. A short story
8. Crime story not about murder
9. A genre you have never read
10. Has a watery theme
11. Second-hand book
12. Translated from another language
13. Set in the future
14. The 3rd book on the shelf in front of you
15. About a dynasty
16. Magazine on a new topic
17. Includes gender diverse characters
18. Features a skill your ancestors had
19. Written by someone under 25 or over 75
20. About nature or the environment

Participants:

Ashleigh: 3/5
Maria: 0/?
Sunshine: 3/4
Lynn: 20/20
Rachael: 12/15

This looks like fun. I will try to read as many as I can.

Welcome, and good luck!

Updated!

I read The Last Star by Rick Yancey for:

#5: with a female lead character. This book as two female leads.

Updated!

I read The Diary of a Young Girl for a book translated from another language

2/5

20 Prompt Challenge posted by Ashleigh

I assume this is to be year-long throughout 2020, though not posted until May. :)

I just discovered on June 25, but can fill many prompts using books I've already read in 2020.

20/20 books as of December 13
DONE!

1. First published in the year you were born
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

2. A First Peoples story
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison, Illustrator
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3. A story that would make a great movie
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

4. Written by a local author
A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

5. Features a female lead character
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

6. Has a purple cover
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

7. A short story
Diary of an AssCan by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

8. Crime story not about murder
Mysterious Case Case by Mary Blount Christian
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

9. A genre you have never read
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Audiobook of Poetry
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

10. Has a watery theme
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
May 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

11. Second-hand book
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

12. Translated from another language
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

13. Set in the future
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

14. The 3rd book on the shelf in front of you
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
July 4 ⭐️

15. About a dynasty
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

16. Magazine on a new topic
Shape June 2020 issue

17. Includes gender diverse characters
The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

18. Features a skill your ancestors had
Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
Tilda's father owned and managed a bar, as did my maternal grandfather!
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

19. Written by someone under 25 or over 75
A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

20. About nature or the environment
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I read Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life for a genre I have never read (self-help)

3/5

Will update now :)

I'm totally doing this, it seems like a lot of fun!!
Thanks🤗

That's cool that you found it on a bookmark! :D I'm gonna shoot for 15 books. [I have to look back later & update my progress w/ books I've already read this year.]

2. A First Peoples story= Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars
3. A story that would make a great movie= World Trigger, Vol. 8
5. Features a female lead character= Motor Crush, Volume 1
6. Has a purple cover= JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 4--Diamond Is Unbreakable, Vol. 2
7. A short story= Halloween Quatrain I
8. Crime story not about murder= The Adventure of the ‘Western Star': A Short Story
9. A genre you have never read= The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created (I don't remember reading anything Sports-related before this.)
10. Has a watery theme= The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 1
11. Second-hand book= To Terra..., Vol. 3
12. Translated from another language= Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Tome 1
17. Includes gender diverse characters= Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 3?
19. Written by someone under 25 or over 75= In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Goal Met So Far: 12/15

Update to posting #10:

20/20 as of December 13

DONE!

Update to Msg. 13:

12/15