2025 Reading Challenge discussion

January
The Knife of Never Letting Go 21-01-02
The Family Upstairs 21-01-07
Faithful Place 21-01-09
The Wife Upstairs 21-01-14
Crown of Oblivion 21-01-18
Mexican Gothic 21-01-19
Nevernight 21-01-29
The Way of Kings 21-01-31

February
Every Heart a Doorway 21-02-01
Pretty Little Wife 21-02-07
Broken Harbour 21-02-11
Ready Player Two 21-02-15
The Shadow of the Wind 21-02-14
Sky Key 21-02-25
All Systems Red 21-02-27

March
The Secret Place 21-03-09
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders 21-03-16
Neverwhere 21-03-18
Down Among the Sticks and Bones 21-03-19
The Cousins 21-03-22
The Angel's Game 21-03-26
Win 21-03-28
The Ten Thousand Doors of January 21-03-30

April
Play Dead 21-04-01
The Night Circus 21-04-07
The Trespasser 21-04-14
Gemina 21-04-15
Beneath the Sugar Sky 21-04-19
The Maze Runner 21-04-21
Words of Radiance 21-04-27

May
The Lost Apothecary 21-05-09
Gyo, Vol. 1 21-05-09
The Vanishing Half 21-05-13
In an Absent Dream 21-05-14
Juice Like Wounds 21-05-14
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
Duration: January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021

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OUR UNSOLVED CASES

WHO: 0/x

Solve cases featuring a main character (sleuth, perp, victim, or suspect) with a unique profession. Be sure they’re distinct; a chef, baker, caterer, and pastry chef are all in the culinary profession.
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WHAT: 0/x

1. Has a punny title. Play Dead 21-04-01
2. Written by an author of color.
3. Has a four-word title.
4. A crime fiction subgenre you rarely or never read.
5. Has a color in the title.
6. Has a plant or animal on the cover.
7. Related to the yearly or quarterly theme (state theme)

WHEN: 0/x

When did the dastardly deed take place or get reported?
1. In summer.
2. In the 1800s or earlier.
3. During an official holiday.
4. Between nightfall and sunrise. The Trespasser 21-04-14
5. During a special event (festival, convention, party, etc.)
6. Reported (original publication or reprint) in your birthday month.
7. Reported (published) in 2021.

WHERE: 0/x

Where did the dastardly deed take place?
1. In the capital city of your country of residence.
2. In a different capital city.
3. “At home." Broken Harbour 21-02-11
4. At a workplace.
5. Inside or on the premises of a public venue (hotel, restaurant, airport, etc.).
6. In a Nordic country.
7. In or near a body of water (beach, river, etc.) The Wife Upstairs 21-01-14

HOW: 0/x

For this category, each means of murder must be distinctly different.
For example, pistols and rifles are both firearms; knives and daggers are too similar.
1. Pushed - Faithful Place 21-01-09
2. Asphyxiation - Pretty Little Wife 21-02-07
3. Bullet - Play Dead 21-04-01
4. Poison - The Lost Apothecary 21-05-09
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WHY: 0/x

What motivated you to choose a particular case?
1. Your favorite mystery author or series. Win Harlan Coben 21-03-28
2. Your favorite mystery subgenre. Suspense - The Family Upstairs 21-01-07
3. Appears in a Goodreads listopia (which one?).
4. Won a literary prize for crime fiction (which one?).
5. Read by a fellow participant in this challenge (who?)
6. A cold case (among your TBRs for over a year).
7. Average Goodreads rating of 4 stars or above..

SERIAL READER
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2021

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I will start 5 series this year. (20 books)

Crimson Lake - 0/3
Wayward Children 4/6
Every Heart a Doorway 21-02-01
Down Among the Sticks and Bones 21-03-19
Beneath the Sugar Sky 21-04-19
In an Absent Dream + Juice Like Wounds (novella) 21-05-14
The Heir Chronicles - 0/5
Legacy of Orisha - 0/2
The Stormlight Archive - 2/4
The Way of Kings 21-01-31
Words of Radiance 21-04-27

I will finish 9 series I have started before this year. (21 books)

Illuminae - 2/3 - 1 book left
Gemina 21-04-15
Mistborn - 1/6 - 1 book left
Ready Player 1- 2/2
Ready Player Two 21-02-15
Orphan X - 3/6 - 3 books left
Gentleman Bastard - 1/4 - 3 books left
Nevernight - 1/3 - 2 books left but Nevernight 21-01-29
The Diviners - 1/4 - 3 books left
Dublin Murders - 6/6 -Completed
Faithful Place 21-01-09
Broken Harbour 21-02-11
The Secret Place 21-03-09
The Trespasser 21-04-07

Ryder Creed - 5/6 - 1 book left

I will read 5 series from start to finish this year. (15 books)

Shattered Sea - 3 books
The Daevabad trilogy - 3 books
The Farseer Trilogy - 3 books
the Shadow and Bone Trilogy - 3 books
Chaos Walking - 3 books
The Knife of Never Letting Go 1/2/2021

I will read 12 books that are part of a series. (12 books)

The Wheel of Time - 2 books
Powder Mage - 2 books
Lightbringer - 2 books
Harry Bosch - 3 books
Lincoln Rhyme - 3 books
My total number of books is 68

TBR JAR CHALLENGE

Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

20/25
TBR Machine

1- Won an award -
All Systems Red 21-02-27 - 2018 Hugo Awards
2- Released in 2018
Beneath the Sugar Sky21-04-19
3- New Zealand author
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
4- book that is a retelling
Spinning Silver - Rumpelstiltskin
5- A sad book
The Vanishing Half 21-05-13
6- Beautiful cover
21-04-07
7- Read a book that it seems like 'everyone' has read but you
The Maze Runner 21-04-21
8- Read a book released 10 or more years ago
Play Dead 1990 - 21-04-01
9- Read a book released in 2019
The Ten Thousand Doors of January 21-03-30
10- Read your most recent book purchase
Win 21-03-28
11- Read the shortest book on your TBR
Juice Like Wounds 32 pages 21-05-14
12- Read a romance book
Beach Read
13- Read a graphic novel / manga
Gyo, Vol. 1 21-05-14
14- Read a book featuring something you would like to do
Hidden Creed - K9 trainer
15 - Read a book that you think you will rate 5 stars
Words of Radiance 21-04-27
16- Read a book set in a school or a university
Nevernight 21-01-29
17- Read a book with purple on the cover
The Lost Apothecary 21-05-14
18- Read a book written by a female author
The Family Upstairs Lisa Jewell 21-01-07
19- Pick a book off your tbr with your eyes closed
Wolf Winter
20- Read a book written by an author who is older than you
The Trespasser 21-04-14 (47 years old)
21 - Read a book with LGBTQIA+ representation
Down Among the Sticks and Bones 21-03-19
22- Read a book written by an author from a different country than you
Neverwhere 21-03-18 - UK
23- Read a historical fiction
The Angel's Game 21-03-26
24- One Word Title
Gemina 21-04-15
25- Blue Cover
21-02-15

You have been missed, friend!
A warm welcome back!

oshizu wrote: "You have been missed, friend!
A warm welcome back!"

Thank you!

Good luck! :)

Lisa wrote: "Good luck! :)"

Thanks Lisa, same to you!

BOOK CLUB CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021


I will join 5 Group Reads this year
I will join 10 Buddy Reads this year
I will join 5 TBR Twin reads this year

Total number of Book Club books: 20

Buddy Read:

January
Faithful Place 21-01-09
The Way of Kings


February
Broken Harbour 21-02-11
Children of Blood and Bone
Ready Player Two 21-02-15
The Shadow of the Wind 21-02-14
Every Heart a Doorway 21-02-01


March
Words of Radiance
The Secret Place 21-03-09
Neverwhere 21-03-18
The Cousins 21-03-22
Down Among the Sticks and Bones 20-03-19


April
The Maze Runner 21-04-21
Clockwork Prince 21-04-20 DNF
The Trespasser 21-04-14
Gemina 21-04-15
Beneath the Sugar Sky 21-04-19
Words of Radiance 21-04-27


May
Oathbringer
Piranesi DNF
The Vanishing Half 21-05-13
Juice Like Wounds 21-05-14
In an Absent Dream 21-05-14
Edgedancer 21-05-30

January TBR Read

Twin TBR
January: The Family Upstairs 21-01-07 with Alyana Pearl
The Wife Upstairs 21-01-14 with Hilary

February
Pretty Little Wife with Gabi 21-02-07

March
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders with Viola 21-03-16

THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

3/30

Goodreads Choice Awards 2020

Darling Rose Gold
The Cousins 21-03-22
The Chain
Into the Fire
The Silent Wife
Eight Perfect Murders
Invisible Girl
The Kinder Poison
My Dark Vanessa
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Can't Wait Books 2019

The Starless Sea
The Dragon Republic
Middlegame
The Kingdom of Copper
Serpent & Dove
Girls with Sharp Sticks
A Memory Called Empire
Skyward
Heroine
Gideon the Ninth

Can't Wait Books 2020

Harrow the Ninth
The Burning God
The Devil and the Dark Water
Ready Player Two 21-02-15
The Thorn of Emberlain
One by One
House of Earth and Blood
One of Us Is Next
Mexican Gothic 21-01-19
Blood & Honey

POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2021
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

9/50


Standard Prompts:

1. A book that published in 2021
Win - Harlan Coben 21-03-28
2. An Afrofuturist book
Children of Blood and Bone
3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover

4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign
- Sarah J. Maas March 5th
5. A dark academia book
21-01-09
6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title

7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
K9 trainer
8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction

9. A book with a family tree
The Family Upstairs 21-01-07
10. A bestseller from the 1990s

11. A book about forgetting

12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.)
13. A locked-room mystery
Lock Every Door
14. A book set in a restaurant
The Glass Hotel
15. A book with a black-and-white cover

16. A book by an indigenous author
by Rebecca Roanhorse
17. A book that has the same title as a song

18. A book about a subject you are passionate about
Pachinko
19. A book that discusses body positivity
Carve the Mark
20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list
The Vanishing Half
21. A genre hybrid
The Knife of Never Letting Go 1/2/2021
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors
The Boy from the Woods
23. A book with something broken on the cover

24. A book by a Muslim American author
by S.A. Chakraborty
25. A book that was published anonymously
The Whisper Man by Alex North
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title
Children of Virtue and Vengeance
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts
Red Seas Under Red Skies
28. A magical realism book
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
29. A book set in multiple countries
The Midnight Library
30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021
The Song of Achilles
31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”
The Queens of Innis Lear
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)
Spinning Silver
34. A book about a social justice issue
Dear Martin
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)
Tomie
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
37. A book you think your best friend would like
The Wife Upstairs 21-01-14
38. A book about art or an artist
Headhunters
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you
The Nightingale
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
First in a series Half a King

Advanced Prompts
41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
The Way of Kings 21-01-31
42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover
44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover
45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time
46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t The Family Upstairs 21-01-07
47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing
48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random
49. A DNF book from your TBR list
The Awakening 21-01-12
50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library)

A-Z Challenge: Character Edition
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

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A - Skylar Castillo Adkins - Ready Player Two 21-02-15
B - Laura Ayers - Play Dead 21-04-01
C - Mia Covere - Nevernight 21-01-29
D - Ginny Davis - Pretty Little Wife 21-02-07
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F - Antoni Fortuny - The Shadow of the Wind 21-02-14
G - Isabella Gispert - The Angel's Game 21-03-26
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J - Libby Jones - The Family Upstairs 21-01-07
K - Darius Kitbridge Crown of Oblivion 21-01-18
L - Windsor Horne Lockwood - Win 21-03-28
M - Frank Mackey - Faithful Place 21-07-09
N
O
P
Q
R - Eddie Rochester
S - Kaladin Stormblessed - The Way of Kings 21-01-31
T - Noemie Taboada - Mexican Gothic 21-01-19
U - Alice Ulapala - Sky Key 21-02-25
V - Viola - The Knife of Never Letting Go 1/2/2021
W - Eleanor West Every Heart a Doorway 21-02-01
X
Y
Z

CLEAR THE SHELVES CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

6/20

List the number of
Physical Books:
The Family Upstairs 21-01-07
Nevernight 21-01-29
The Way of Kings 21-01-31
Pretty Little Wife 21-02-07
Ebooks:
The Knife of Never Letting Go 1/2/2021
Faithful Place 21-01-09
Every Heart a Doorway 21-02-01
Audible Books:
The Wife Upstairs 21-01-14
you want to read (listen to).

COLOR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

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1. Read a book with "White" or any shade of white in the cover (ivory, cream, bone, etc...). 1/2/21
2. Read a book with "Pink" or any shade of pink in the cover (rose, magenta, salmon, etc...).
3. Read a book with "Red" or any shade of red in the cover (maroon, brick, scarlet, etc...). 21-01-19
4. Read a book with "Orange" or any shade of orange in the cover (apricot, ginger, carrot, etc...). 21-03-28
5. Read a book with "Yellow" or any shade of yellow in the cover (blond, chartreuse, canary, etc...).
6. Read a book with "Green" or any shade of green in the cover (sage, lime, jade, etc...).
7. Read a book with "Light Blue" or any shade of light blue in the cover (teal, sky, cerulean, etc...). 21-01-14
8. Read a book with "Dark Blue" or any shade of dark blue in the cover (indigo, denim, navy, etc...).
9. Read a book with "Purple" or any shade of purple in the cover (lavender, plum, orchid, etc...).
10. Read a book with "Brown" or any shade of brown in the cover (tan, mahogany, coffee, etc...).
11. Read a book with "Black" or any shade of black in the cover (grey, slate, coal, etc...). 21-01-07
12. Read a book with a Metallic color in the cover (gold, silver, bronze, etc...).
13. Read a book with at least 5 colors on the cover.
14. Read a book with a geometric pattern on the cover (rainbows, stripes, polka dots, floral pattern, mosaic, etc...). 21-01-18
15. Read a book with an ugly (to you) cover.
16. Read a book with two or more color words in the title (yellow gold, black & white, etc...)
17. Read a book with the word “Color” in the title.
18. Read a book with a word describing color in the title (rainbow, stripes, polka dots, shiny, mosaic, etc...)

I hope you go beyond your 100 book resolution! Best of Luck!

Blagica wrote: "I hope you go beyond your 100 book resolution! Best of Luck!
"

Thanks! Have a great reading year!

CELEBRATING 25,000 MEMBERS
Duration: March 1 to May 31, 2021

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1. Read a book that includes a party or anniversary celebration.
2. Read a book that features a bibliophile, bookworm, librarian, or bookshop. The Ten Thousand Doors of January 21-03-30
3. Read a book that you shelved during your first month of being a member of this group.
4. Read a book about making new friends.
5. Read a book that was read for this challenge by another participant.
6. Read a book featuring a scene with two or more people reading together.
7. Read a book starting with “L,” the 12th letter of the alphabet (ignore “a” and “the”).
8. Reread a book you read in 2012
9. Read a book in a series with at least 12 books.
10. Read a book which has been translated into 25 or more languages
11. Read a book with at least 25 chapters or sections.
12. Read a book set in 2012 or about a significant event you personally experienced that year.
13. Read a book either published in 2012 or included in the Best Books of 2012 listopia.
14. Read a book with 20, 12, 2012 or 25 in the title
15. Read a book with over 25,000 ratings on Goodreads
16. Read a book by an author who has written more than 25 books
17. Read a book with a title that has at least 25 characters, excluding spaces.
18. Read a book with a title starting with “Y,” the 25th letter of the alphabet (ignore “a” and “the”).
19. Read a book that was written when the author was under 25 years of age.
20. Read a book written by a writer who has been writing for 25 or more years.
21. Read a book that you wish to read when you're 25. If you're over 25, read a book you read at that age or read a book you'd recommend now to your 25-year-old self.
22. Read a book with the word ‘silver’ in the title or with a silver cover.
23. Read the 12th or 25th book on your TBR list.
24. Read a book in a series of 4 (25% of a series)
25. Read a book published in 1996 (25 years ago).