2025 Reading Challenge discussion

My Reading corner for 2022!! All my planned books for 2022, Plans by month and challenges, my ideas for group reads and a place to track my progress!


My Personal Challenge Goals - My Personal Challenge

Total Books Planned for this year =


Non-Fiction
1. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
2. The Grand Design
3. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
4. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
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Fiction
1. The lightening thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2. Flesh and Blood
3. 11/22/63
4. Klara and the Sun
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10.

ANNUAL CHALLENGE
Yearly Challenges
CLEAR THE SHELVES
My Message link - Clear the Shelves Link
UNO Challenge -
UNO
UNO Team Chat

Progress - 0/40

The Quarterly Themes
- Quarter 1: Admiring the Natural World
Challenge I'll Participate in = Mother Earth
Q1 - Mother Earth

- Quarter 2: Examining the Mysteries of History
Challenge I'll Participate in =
- Quarter 3: Pondering the Paranormal
Challenge I'll Participate in =
- Quarter 4: Exploring the Unknown
Challenge I'll Participate in =

Monthly Themes
My suggestions for group reads -
- January: Reset
- February: Fandom
- March: Happiness - Love and other words
- April: Creativity - Made to stick
- May: Media - Tools of Titans
- June: T.B.A. (Chosen by the winner of our Masthead and Logo contest!)
- July: Red - Devotion of suspect X
- August: Travels - Poisonwood Bible
- September: Trust
- October: Moon - Moonwalking with Einstein
- November: Glass - Antifragile
- December: Harmony - Untethered Soul

Buddy Reads
Link = BUDDY READS

Total =
January -
1. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Link - Code Breaker Buddy Read Link

2. 11/22/63
Jan-Feb : 2 Months Reading
Link - 11/22/63 Buddy Read Link

February -
1. The Lightning Thief
2. 11/22/63
3. The Grand Design
4. Dark Matter - for UNO
Link -

March -
1. Klara and the Sun

Apr -
May -
June -
July -
Aug -
Sep -
Oct -
Nov -
Dec -

Group reads

Jan - Not participating. Don't want to read Outlander.
Feb - The Shadow of the Wind - READ
Mar -
Apr -
May -
June -
July -
Aug -
Sep -
Oct -
Nov -
Dec -

Q1 Challenge - Mother Earth
Mother Earth

Progress - #/6

Topics
1. A book about any STEM-related topic, interpreted broadly. - The Grand Design
2. A memoir, biography, or auto-biography about someone in STEM. - The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
4. A book about environmental activism or a cli-fi (fiction about climate change). - Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
7. A book by someone who works in a STEM career, whether or not the book is about a STEM topic - Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
11. A book in which the main character is skilled in one of STEM's branches (like a teenage math genius). - Flesh and Blood
12. A book about a non-scientist who appreciates harmony with nature - Klara and the Sun

Q2 Challenge

Q3 Challenge

Q4 Challenge

***** MONTHLY CHALLENGES *****
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JANUARY
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LINK = January Challenge Message
Progress - 0/3

1. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
8. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
10. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race



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FEBRUARY
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LINK = February Challenge Message
Progress - 0/3

1. The lightening thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2. 11/22/63
3. The Grand Design

*** MY MONTHLY READING ***

JANUARY
Reading 6 books right now, but none completed in January.

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Some interesting Reading Prompts -

1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
2. Read a book set in a bookstore - DONE - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). - DONE - Station Eleven
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
23. Read a book by a disabled author. - DONE - A Brief History of Time
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

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