2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Main Page for my 2021 challenges in all groups:

1) Listopia 1001 Books Group
A) 24 pre-1700 books - In priority order, this is the top priority for me this year. It is the basis of my book choices for both of the ATY Reading Challenges. It will also be the basis for all 2021 Reading Challenge group choices.
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2) ATY Reading Challenge Group - 24 Listopia books will be used for 24 of these prompts, Non Listopia Books will be used as book choices for the remaining 2021 Reading Challenges, as appropriate.
A) 2021 ATY in 52 Books
B) ATY NATO Phonetic Alphabet Challenge
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3) Newbery and Caldecott Group (a personal challenge, not a group challenge)
A) 26 Newbery - Use, as appropriate, to complete 2021 Reading Challenges.
B) 42 Caldecott - Read and log on days that I do not otherwise have a book scheduled to complete.
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4) Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group - Mysteries read in this group will be used as one of the bases for my book choices in the 2021 Reading Challenges.
A) 26 USA States
B) 26 UN Countries
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5) 2021 Reading Challenge Group - Personal challenge = 200+
books
A) Yearly
a) Spell a Better World
b) Magical Mystery Tour
c) Give Us a Clue
d) A Better World
e) Listopia
f) A to Z (not active yet)
g) Color Challenge (not active yet)

B) Quarterly
a) Q1
i) Best in Show (not active yet)
* Newbery/Best Children's Literature
* National Book Award/Nonfiction
* Pulitzer Prize/Letters, Drama, and Music: History
* Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year/no
subcategories
b) Q2
c) Q3
d) Q4
C) Monthly
a) January
i) Marathon (not active yet)
b) February
c) March
d) April
e) May
f) June
g) July
h) August
i) September
j) October
k) November
l) December

1) Listopia 1001 Books Group
A) 24 pre-1700 books - In priority order, this is the top priority for me this year. It is the basis of my book choices for both of the ATY Reading Challenges. It will also be the basis for all 2021 Reading Challenge group choices.

2) ATY Reading Challenge Group - 24 Listopia books will be used for 24 of these prompts, Non Listopia Books will be used as book choices for the remaining 2021 Reading Challenges, as appropriate.
A) 2021 ATY in 52 Books
1. week 1 - "In the Beginning" - Alpha and Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe by Charles Seife
2. week 27 - an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y - Monkey: The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en
3. week 24 - lyrics of "My Favorite Things" - "brown paper packages tied up with string" = smuggled drugs - Broken by Don Winslow
4. week 44 - monochromatic cover - Callirhoe by Chariton Callirhoe AKA Chaireas and Callirhoe by Chariton
5. week 17 - USA Today - "100 Black Novelists You Should Read" - Ancestor Stones by Aminatta Forna
6. week 30 - a love story - The Princess of Cleves by Madame de La Fayette
7. week 41 - fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list - from poll 3: originally written in a language I don't speak (Valencian AKA Catalan) - Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell
8. week 49 - set in a country you have never visited - Japan - The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter by Anonymous
9. week 9 - associated with a specific time of the year - Valentine's Day - Redneck Romeo by Randi Alexander
10. week 46 - a female villain or criminal - title character is a "con-woman" - La Celestina by Fernando de Rojas
11. week 12 - celebrate The Grand Egyptian Museum - Empire of Ancient Egypt by Wendy Christensen
12. week 26 - eligible for Warwick Prize for Women in Translation (2017) - The Fox Was Ever the Hunter by Herta Müller translated from German by Philip Boehm
13. week 31 - author of one of my best reads of 2020 - A Wreath for Rivera by Ngaio Marsh
14. week 23 - set in a made up place - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
15. week 15 - siblings as main characters - The Color Purple by Alice Walker
16. week 43 - a building in the title - The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice by Wilkie Collins
17. week 20 - Muslim character - Echoes by Jamilah Kolocotronis
18. week 38 - 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" (of China) - Book 1 - Past - 14th century historical novel of China (from Wikipedia: The novel deals with the plots, personal and military battles, intrigues, and struggles of these states to achieve dominance for almost 100 years.) - Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1 of 2 and vol. 2 by Luo Guanzhong
19. week 40 - 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" (of China) - Book 2 - Present - Lotus by Lijia Zhang
20. week 42 - 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" (of China) - Book 3 - Future - Folding Beijing by Hao Jingfang
21. week 33 - title and author both contain the letter "u" - Simplicissimus by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
22. week 32 - posted in ATY Best Book of the Month thread - November 2020 - Recursion by Blake Crouch
23. week 50 - cross genre novel - Goodreads lists 10 top page genres for this one, including classics, romance, cultural Africa & Greece, Ancient History, etc. - Aithiopika by Heliodorus of Emesa
24. week 16 - about racism or race relations - slavery - Oroonoko by Aphra Behn
25. week 11 - set on an island - England - Euphues the Anatomy of Wit: Euphues & His England by John Lyly
26. week 2 - short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author - 80 pages - Thomas Of Reading by Thomas Deloney
27. week 51 - character who can be found in a deck of cards - King - Amadis of Gaul in 3 volumes by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo
28. week 5 - connected to ice - set at Quebec Winter Carnival, famous for its ice carvings - Winter Wonderland by Belinda Jones
29. week 34 - comfort reading - not chosen yet
30. week 22 - a long book - 1041 pages - Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
31. week 39 - author whose career spanned more than 21 years - 31 years for this one - The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda: A Northern Story by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
32. week 47 - cover shows more than 2 people - The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del Castillo The Conquest of New Spain in 2 volumes by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
33. week 21 - collection of short stories - The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway
34. week 6 - a travel theme - The Lusiads by Luís de Camões
35. week 35 - set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer - Argentina - The Tango Singer by Tomás Eloy Martínez
36. week 4 - six or more words in the title - The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes in 2 volumes by Anonymous
37. week 7 - from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
38. week 3 - related to a word from a random word generator -ethics - The Golf Course Mystery by Chester K. Steele
39. week 29 - involving an immigrant - Maureen O'Carroll: A Musical Memoir of an Irish Immigrant Childhood by Maureen O'Carroll
40. week 48 - flowers or greenery on the cover - The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
41. week 36 - new-to-you BIPOC author - Native American (Chickasaw) - Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan
42. week 14 - mystery or thriller - Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa
43. week 10 - book with elements of magic - The Golden Ass by Apuleius
44. week 25 - title contains a negative - Yogi: It Ain't Over by Yogi Berra
45. week 19 - related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet - X-ray - Cat in an Alien X-Ray by Carole Nelson Douglas
46. week 18 - 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards nominee - The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad by Mike Birbiglia
47. week 28 - nonfiction other than biography, autobiography, or memoir - History - The War of 1812: A Captivating Guide to the Military Conflict between the United States of America and Great Britain That Started during the Napoleonic Wars by Captivating History
48. week 45 - book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?” - all 16 volumes of - Tales From The Arabian Nights in 16 volumes by Anonymous
49. week 13 - an ensemble cast - The Water Margin by Shi Nai'an
50. week 37 - book published in 2021 - not chosen yet
51. week 8 - title refers to person(s) without giving their name - The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works by Thomas Nashe
52. week 52 - related to "the end" - one character is Cetshwayo, the last Zulu king, and the end of the independent Zulu nation - Rough Diamonds by Guy Hallowes

B) ATY NATO Phonetic Alphabet Challenge

3) Newbery and Caldecott Group (a personal challenge, not a group challenge)
A) 26 Newbery - Use, as appropriate, to complete 2021 Reading Challenges.
B) 42 Caldecott - Read and log on days that I do not otherwise have a book scheduled to complete.

4) Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group - Mysteries read in this group will be used as one of the bases for my book choices in the 2021 Reading Challenges.
A) 26 USA States
B) 26 UN Countries

5) 2021 Reading Challenge Group - Personal challenge = 200+
books
A) Yearly
a) Spell a Better World
b) Magical Mystery Tour
c) Give Us a Clue
d) A Better World
e) Listopia
f) A to Z (not active yet)
g) Color Challenge (not active yet)

5) 2021 Reading Challenge Group - Personal challenge = 200+
books
B) Quarterly
a) Q1
i) Best in Show (not active yet)
* Newbery/Best Children's Literature
* National Book Award/Nonfiction
* Pulitzer Prize/Letters, Drama, and Music: History
* Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year/no
subcategories
b) Q2
c) Q3
d) Q4

5) 2021 Reading Challenge Group - Personal challenge = 200+
books
C) Monthly
a) January
i) Marathon (not active yet)
b) February
c) March
d) April
e) May
f) June
g) July
h) August
i) September
j) October
k) November
l) December