2025 Reading Challenge discussion

always wanted to be rich enough to own a private library, but i suppose a virtual one will do just as well! this is where i'll be keeping track of all the challenges i participate in throughout the year of 2020.

2020 personal reading challenges

10 books
books read: 10/10
status: complete

50 books
books read: 26/50
status: ongoing

2020 popsugar challenge

books read: 3
books pledged: 10
status: ongoing

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
5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics
☆ 6. A bildungsroman
Small Island by Andrea Levy
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
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
☆ 27. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins
Treasure Island by R. L. Stevenson
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
Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
36. A book with a pink cover
37. A Western
☆ 38. A book by or about a journalist
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
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
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 monthly challenges: may

shiver me timbers
books read: 3
books pledged: 4
status: ongoing

come sail away with me
books read: 2
books pledged: 3
status: ongoing