2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Overall goal for the year: 21/52


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Yearly Challenge
A-Z Challenge: Myths, Legends, & Fairy Tales - 2020
Duration: Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020

Progres: 0/26

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Yearly Challenge
Genre Jammin'
Duration: Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020

Genre: Fantasy

Progress: 0/20

1. Is the first book in a series.
2. Is authored by a person whose ethnicity differs from yours.
3. Is longer than 500 pages.
4. Is shorter than 200 pages.
5. Has been translated from another language into the language you are reading
6. Has been adapted for a different media (film, TV, stage, video game, etc.).
7. Takes place in either a country you've never visited, or a different world.
8. Takes place, primarily, in a capital city.
9. Takes place, mostly, in a rural community.
10. Falls into your favorite sub-genre.
11. Represents a sub-genre that you've never or rarely read.
12. Has won a major book prize (GoodReads, Man Booker, Pulitzer, Hugo/Locus/Nebula, Edgar, etc.)
13. Was written by an author who shares your birth month.
14. Includes the color of your birthstone in its cover art.
15. Includes some form of correspondence, like snail mail or email.
16. A book with a great first line (PopSugar prompt #3)
17. Was originally published in 1980 or earlier.
18. Has at least 500,000 ratings on GoodReads.
19. Is one of the favorite books in this genre of your friend or family member. For this prompt, ask around for recommendations. (Goodreads buddies are fair game!)
20. Wild-card: A book you've been meaning to read for years

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Yearly Challenge
Popsugar Challenge
Duration: Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020

Progress: 1/30

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
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
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: Looking for Alaska
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
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


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