2025 Reading Challenge discussion

I've joined the Genre challenge and the A-Z challenge but I'm going to mix the 2.

Genre books:

Natural history nonfiction: Tree of rivers: The story of the Amazon - John Hemming
Magical realism: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs 1/1/15-4/1/15
Business nonfiction: Starbucked - Taylor Clark
Post-apocalyptic: Breathe - Sarah Crossan
Religion: The Rapture - Liz Jensen
Fiction: NOS4A2 - Joe Hill
Young adult: The coldest girl in Coldtown - Holly Black 4/1/15-
Chick-Lit: House wife down - Alison Penton Harper
Heroic fantasy: The Redemption of Althalus - David & Leigh Eddings
Military science fiction: Edge of Tomorrow - Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Classics: To kill a mockingbird - Harper Lee
Gaming fiction: Assassins creed: Renaissance - Oliver Bowden
Social science fiction: Phoenix Rising (Ministry of peculiar occurrences) - Philippa Ballantine & Tee Morris
World history: London - Edward Rutherfurd
Biography-memoir: It is just me? - Miranda Hart
High fantasy: Shadowmarch - Tad Williams

A-Z books:

A: The Redemption of Althalus - David & Leigh Eddings
B: Breathe - Sarah Crossan
C: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - Holly Black 4/1/15-
D: Housewife Down - Alison Penton Harper
E: Edge of Tomorrow - Hiroshi Sakurazaka
F: The Fearless - Emma Pass
G: Theatre of the Gods - M. Suddain
H: Tree of rivers: The story of the Amazon - John Hemming
I: Is it just me? - Miranda Hart
J: The Rapture - Liz Jenson
K: To kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
L: London - Edward Rutherfurd
M: Mr. Mercedes - Stephen King
N: NOS4A2 - Joe Hill
O: Assassins Creed Renaissance: Oliver Bowden
P: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs 1/1/15-4/1/15
Q: The Quantum Thief - Hannu Rajaniemi
R: Phoenix Rising (Ministry of peculiar occurrences) - Philippa Ballantine & Tee Morris
S: Dr Sleep - Stephen King
T: Starbucked - Taylor Clark
U: Urinetown: The Musical - Greg Kotis
V: The Dreaming Void (or The Void Trilogy) Peter. F. Hamilton.
W: Shadowmarch - Tad Williams
X: Sky Burial - Xinran
Y: Lost in the Jungle - Yossi Ghinsberg
Z: Zima Blue - Alistair Reynolds

That's a lot of books for me but I'm hoping that setting myself a goal will motivate me to keep reading :)

Completed 1/16 & 1/26.

Magical Realism
P: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
1/1/15-4/1/15

What is your opinion on the book? (I'm going to read it on the end of the year, and I wanted some opinions :D )

I just read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children in December. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I were a teenager still. I thought it was okay 3/5.

What did you think Cat?

I really enjoyed it, although I'd say I'm fairly easily pleased by books.

I loved the concept, I thought that was brilliant. I did think the narration sounded older than the 15 year old boy he was supposed to be and I really think it would have benefited from being an adult fantasy/horror book instead of the young adult book that it is.

I gave it 4/5 because I liked it but I didn't LOVE it. I'll definitely check out the sequel :)

Reading The coldest girl in Coldtown, within the space of 3 pages they're in Paris, she's used the phrase "beneath a moonless sky" and introduced a character called Raoul who's the comte's son and deep in debt from gambling.

Any Phantom of the Opera/Love Never Dies fans will get that! :-D

Finished "Coldest girl" and started "Breathe" but been full of flu with no energy to concentrate on reading. Very annoying as I had time off work and could have got so much reading done.

Cat wrote: "Finished "Coldest girl" and started "Breathe" but been full of flu with no energy to concentrate on reading. Very annoying as I had time off work and could have got so much reading done."

Rest and feel better to read more tomorrow! I hope you feel better soon!

Good luck with your challenges, Cat! I hope you get back to feeling better soon. It's never fun to be sick. :(

Thanks :)

Finished "Breathe" on the 8th, really enjoyed it, it's the first in a series (don't know how many) so I'll have to read the next one sometime.

Started The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, book 1. Not read much of it so far but it's started really well.