2025 Reading Challenge discussion

2021 Monthly challenge

The 21st book on my TBR list -A Swiftly Tilting Planet January 22
A book with a mostly red cover - One of Us Is Next February 9
A book that has the same title as a song - Our House March 14
A book set in a restaurant - Midnight at the Blackbird Café April 14
A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet - Barney's Version May 26
A book everyone seems to have read but you - Where the Crawdads Sing June 23
A book that has a heart, diamond, spade, or club on the cover - Charmed & Dangerous July 12
A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards - King Leary August 30
A book with an oxymoron in the title - An Unwanted Guest September 3
A book set on an island - And Then There Were None - October 15
A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?” - The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon - November 28
A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall December 27

Yearly Challenges

SERIAL READER:

1. Macdonald Hall #7: The Joke's On Us - finished January 19
2. A Swiftly Tilting Planet - finished January 22
3. Two Truths and a Lie - finished January 24
4.Big Boned - finished May 25
5. Let Them Eat Fruitcake - finished June 7
6. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - finished June 26
7. Playing with Fire - finished July 3
8. Charmed & Dangerous - finished July 12
9. Spring Broke - finished July 13
10. Lost in a Good Book - finished August 23
11. Hide and Seek - finished October 13
12. Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily -finished December 24

TBR JAR - random books:

1. Animal Farm - finished January 20
2. Chronicles of Avonlea - finished March 26
3. The Book of Negroes - finished April 25
4. Spring Broke - finished July 13
5. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop - finished September 25
6. Treasure Island - finished October 14
7. The Thirteenth Tale - November 22

Bookopoly

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Monthly Prompts:

January:
Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
Final Girls- January 5

A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
A Swiftly Tilting Planet - January 22

February:
Snow is formed of crystals and is a slang term for diamonds. Read a book in which a gem or other mineral can be found in the plot, title, or cover art.
The Moonstone -February 27

March:
Places
1. Read a book set in or about a big city
Our House - London

7. Read a book that prominently features a body of water of some kind (eg. river, lake, stream, ocean, beach etc) The Guest List

May:
Buddy Read - The Kite Runner

October:
Buddy Read - Dracula

Popsugar

1. A book that is published in 2021 - We Were Never Here
3. A book that has a heart/diamond/club/spade on the cover - Charmed & Dangerous
4. A book by an author with your zodiac sign - Two Truths and a Lie
5. A dark academia book
6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title - The Moonstone
7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job - And Then There Were None (judge)
8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction
9. A book with a family tree
10. A bestseller from the 1990s
11. A book about forgetting - Final Girls
13. A locked-room mystery - The Guest List
14. A book set in a restaurant - Midnight at the Blackbird Café
15. A book with a black-and-white cover - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
17. A book that has the same title as a song - Our House
18. A book about a subject you are passionate about - The Flame
19. A book that discusses body positivity
20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list
21. A genre hybrid - Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors - Treasure Island
23. A book with something broken on the cover
24. A book by a Muslim American author - The Kite Runner
25. A book that was published anonymously
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title -An Unwanted Guest
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
28. A magical realism book
29. A book set in multiple countries - The Book of Negroes
30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021 - One of Us Is Next (California)
31. A book by an online personality
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)- The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
34. A book about a social justice issue - The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read - Playing with Fire
36. A book that has fewer than 1K reviews - Let Them Eat Fruitcake
37. A book your best friend would like - Chronicles of Avonlea
38. A book about art or an artist -The Last Time I Lied
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you - Where the Crawdads Sing
40. Your favorite past prompt - Lost in a Good Book (A book that involves a bookstore or library)

41. The longest book on your TBR list
42. The shortest book on your TBR list - The Cask of Amontillado
43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover - A Swiftly Tilting Planet
44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover - Barney's Version
45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time - Dracula
46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t - The Turn of the Key
47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing - The Thirteenth Tale
48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random - Animal Farm
49. A DNF book from your TBR list
50. A free book from your TBR list - King Leary

ATY in 52 books:

THE 2021 LIST
1. A book related to “In the Beginning...” - Final Girls
2. A book by an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y - Animal Farm
3. A book related to the lyrics for the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music - Spring Broke
4. A book with a monochromatic cover -The Last Time I Lied
5. A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read
6. A love story - Charmed & Dangerous
7. A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list (YA) - Hide and Seek
8. A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited - The Cask of Amontillado (Italy)
9. A book you associate with a specific season or time of year - Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily
10. A book with a female villain or criminal - The Guest List
11/12. - Wild card - The Thirteenth Tale
13. A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020 - The Turn of the Key
14. A book set in a made-up place - Treasure Island
15. A book that features siblings as the main characters - A Swiftly Tilting Planet
16. A book with a building in the title - Midnight at the Blackbird Café
17. A book with a Muslim character or author - The Kite Runner
18. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 1 - The Moonstone
19. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 2 - One of Us Is Next
20. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 3
21. A book whose title and author both contain the letter "u" - Our House
22. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads - Where the Crawdads Sing
23. A cross genre novel
24. A book about racism or race relations - The Book of Negroes
25. A book set on an island - And Then There Were None
26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author
27. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards -August - King Leary
28. A book connected to ice - An Unwanted Guest
29. A book that you consider comfort reading - can be anything
30. A long book - over 500 pages
31. A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years - Macdonald Hall #7: The Joke's On Us
32. A book whose cover shows more than 2 people - Let Them Eat Fruitcake
33. A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry - Chronicles of Avonlea
34. A book with a travel theme - Lost in a Good Book
36. A book with six or more words in the title - The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator - committee and case - Big Boned
39. A book involving an immigrant - Dracula
40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover
41. A book by a new-to-you BIPOC author
42. A mystery or thriller - Two Truths and a Lie
43. A book with elements of magic - Playing with Fire
44. A book whose title contains a negative
45. A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet - Barney's Version
46. A winner or nominee from the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards -The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
47. A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir
48. A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?” - The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon
49. A book with an ensemble cast-
50. A book published in 2021 - We Were Never Here
51. A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
52. A book related to "the end" - The Flame

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March 1 to May 31 Challenge - read 5 books

How many books will you be reading to celebrate the growth of our reading community?

1. Read a book that includes a party or anniversary celebration. - The Guest List
10. Read a book which has been translated into 25 or more languages* - The Kite Runner
11. Read a book with at least 25 chapters or sections. - Our House
15. Read a book with over 25,000 ratings on Goodreads - The Book of Negroes
16. Read a book by an author who has written more than 25 books - Chronicles of Avonlea
17. Read a book with a title that has at least 25 characters, excluding spaces. - Midnight at the Blackbird Café
22. Read a book with the word ‘silver’ in the title or with a silver cover. - The Turn of the Key

Reading Nobel Laureates
8/113 = 7%

1901: Sully Prudhomme
1902: Theodor Mommsen
1903: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
1904: Frédéric Mistral / José Echegaray
1905: Henryk Sienkiewicz
1906: Giosuè Carducci
1907: Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book and Other Stories (2008)
1908: Rudolf Eucken
1909: Selma Lagerlöf
1910: Paul Heyse
1911: Maurice Maeterlinck
1912: Gerhart Hauptmann
1913: Rabindranath Tagore
1914 (Not awarded)
1915: Romain Rolland
1916: Verner von Heidenstam
1917: Karl Gjellerup / Henrik Pontoppidan
1918 (Not awarded)
1919: Carl Spitteler
1920: Knut Hamsun
1921: Anatole France
1922: Jacinto Benavente
1923: W. B. Yeats
1924: Wladyslaw Reymont
1925: George Bernard Shaw - Pygmalion (Grade 12)
1926: Grazia Deledda
1927: Henri Bergson
1928: Sigrid Undset
1929: Thomas Mann
1930: Sinclair Lewis
1931: Erik Axel Karlfeld
t1932: John Galsworthy
1933: Ivan Bunin
1934: Luigi Pirandello
1935 (Not awarded)
1936: Eugene O'Neill
1937: Roger Martin du Gard
1938: Pearl S. Buck
1939: Frans Eemil Sillanpää
1940-1943 (Not awarded)
1944: Johannes V. Jensen
1945: Gabriela Mistral
1946: Hermann Hesse
1947: André Gide
1948: T. S. Eliot
1949: William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying (Grade 13)
1950: Bertrand Russell
1951: Pär Lagerkvist
1952: François Mauriac
1953: Winston Churchill
1954: Ernest Hemingway
1955: Halldór Laxness
1956: Juan Ramón Jiménez
1957: Albert Camus - L'Étranger (2018)
1958: Boris Pasternak
1959: Salvatore Quasimodo
1960: Saint-John Perse
1961: Ivo Andric
1962: John Steinbeck
1963: Giorgos Seferis
1964: Jean-Paul Sartre - Huis Clos (Grade 13)
1965: Mikhail Sholokhov
1966: Shmuel Yosef Agnon / Nelly Sachs
1967: Miguel Ángel Asturias
1968: Yasunari Kawabata
1969: Samuel Beckett - Waiting for Godot (2006)
1970: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
1971: Pablo Neruda
1972: Heinrich Böll
1973: Patrick White
1974: Eyvind Johnson / Harry Martinson
1975: Eugenio Montale
1976: Saul Bellow
1977: Vicente Aleixandre
1978: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1979: Odysseas Elytis
1980: Czeslaw Milosz
1981: Elias Canetti
1982: Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the Time of Cholera (2020)
1983: William Golding
1984: Jaroslav Seifert
1985: Claude Simon
1986: Wole Soyinka
1987: Joseph Brodsky
1988: Naguib Mahfouz
1989: Camilo José Cela
1990: Octavio Paz
1991: Nadine Gordimer
1992: Derek Walcott
1993: Toni Morrison
1994: Kenzaburo Oe
1995: Seamus Heaney - Beowulf plus poems (2008)
1996: Wislawa Szymborska
1997: Dario Fo
1998: José Saramago
1999: Günter Grass
2000: Gao Xingjian
2001: V. S. Naipaul
2002: Imre Kertész
2003: J. M. Coetzee
2004: Elfriede Jelinek
2005: Harold Pinter
2006: Orhan Pamuk
2007: Doris Lessing
2008: J. M. G. Le Clézio
2009: Herta Müller
2010: Mario Vargas Llosa
2011: Tomas Tranströmer
2012: Mo Yan
2013: Alice Munro
2014: Patrick Modiano
2015: Svetlana Alexievich
2016: Bob Dylan
2017: Kazuo Ishiguro
2018: Olga Tokarczuk
2019: Peter Handke
2020: Louise Glück

Reading Shakespeare
7/37 = 19%

COMEDIES
All's Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Love's Labour's Lost
Measure for Measure
The Merchant of Venice - Grade 9
Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer Night's Dream - 2017
Much Ado about Nothing
Taming of the Shrew
Tempest
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Winter's Tale -2017

HISTORIES
Henry IV, Part I
Henry IV, Part II
Henry V
Henry VI, Part I
Henry VI, Part II
Henry VI, Part III
Henry VIII
King John - 2008
Pericles
Richard II
Richard III

TRAGEDIES
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet - Grade 13
Julius Caesar - Grade 10
King Lear
Macbeth - Grade 11 and 12
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida