2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Update message 123, 11/50

✓6. A book about a forbidden romance: Father Francis's Confessions by John DeFlumeri Jr. (finished 3/28)

Having done 10/50 now I should probably actually sign up now :D
Goal will be 50.

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6/50

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A book with Girl in title: American Girl

Message 24 Updated
Progress: 8/14

Update to message #19 - 21/50 books read!

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23/50

Ready Player One

A book with only text on the cover

Ranmali wrote: "I'm signing up for 15 books

A book with mythical creatures - Siege and Storm
A book with "Girl" in the title - The Slave Girl
A book with a color in the title - [book..."

Completed 5/15

01 A book with mythical creatures - [book:Siege and Storm|14061955]
02 A book with just text on the cover - Measure What Matters
03 A book you should have read in high school - Hidden Figures
04 A book by an author with the same initials as you - Puck of Pook's Hill
05 A book based on a popular movie - Love Story

Updated message 42: 1/5

Update to message 28 - 8/50 books read.

28. A book you bought secondhand: Us Against You by Frederik Backman

19/50

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21/50 completed

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21/50 completed

Thank you!

message 92 updated! 11/50 books read!

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Just completed #13 (published in 1981) - This book was fascinating! I knew Maya Angelou was brilliant and wise, but she lived a life full of risk and fight! I wish I had started with her first memoir, but this was a great reading experience. The prose is clear and beautifully written. Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

27/50

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Read: 21/50

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7/50

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14. A modern retelling of a classic: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

20/50

MARCH WRAP-UP
(and some of April. Sorry for the delay!)

117 participants read
302 books this month!

Year-to-date
727 books
out of a goal of 4,017

Congratulations everyone! And welcome newcomers!

Please update Msg 64. Thank you!

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6. Book with a Forbidden Romance - Walk the Edge
11. Book set in or about Hollywood - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
30. Book on a Celebrity Book Club List - Little Fires Everywhere

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24/50

Angel by Sarah Brianne

Forbidden romance

Updating message #9

16/50 completed

20. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023 The Dragon Reborn DONE

25. A book with just text on the cover When Breath Becomes Air DONE

46. A book with a pet character The Travelling Cat Chronicles DONE

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27/50 complete

43. A book that takes place entirely in one day - Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk read 3/31/2023

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17/30

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Progress 17/23

22 A book with a queer lead Red Queen
25 A book with just text on the cover

35 A book about divorce Mad Honey
48 A book that features two languages Earthly Remains

Hi, I'm in and will attempt 50 books!

[Jan 1 - Dec 31] #427 🍹🍹🍹

32/50

🍹 1. A book you meant to read in 2022: A Voice for the Spirit Bears: How One Boy Inspired Millions to Save a Rare Animal
🍹 2. A book you bought from an independent bookstore Les Reveries du Promeneur Solitaire
🍹 3. A book about a vacation Les lettres de mon moulin
🍹 4. A book by a first-time author: The Whale, the Sea and the Stars
🍹 5. A book with mythical creatures I Want to Build a Seahouse
🍹 6. A book about a forbidden romance: Ice Planet Barbarians
🍹 7. A book with "Girl" in the title Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
🍹 8. A celebrity memoir: My Life Among the Underdogs: A Memoir
🍹 9. A book with a color in the title The Ballad of Black Tom
10. A romance with a fat lead
11. A book about or set in Hollywood
🍹 12. A book published in spring 2023 Multiverses: An anthology of alternate realities
13. A book published the year you were born
14. A modern retelling of a classic
🍹 15. A book with a song lyric as its title The Second Time Around
🍹 16. A book where the main character's name is in the title Ender’s Game
🍹 17. A book with a love triangle The Diva Serves High Tea by Krista Davis
🍹 18. A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022 Kindred
🍹 19. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge: Popsugar 2022 "A book that features a party" for With This Collar
20. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
21. A book set in the decade you were born
🍹 22. A book with a queer lead Be Recorder: Poems
🍹 23. A book with a map: Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge
24. A book with a rabbit on the cover
🍹25. A book with just text on the cover Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
🍹 26. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Evil Flowers: Stories
🍹27. A #BookTok recommendation Almond
🍹28. A book you bought secondhand Twilight of the Idols
🍹 29. A book your friend recommended: Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
30. A book that's on a celebrity book-club list
🍹 31. A book about a family I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp
🍹 32. A book that comes out in the second half of 2023: Milk & Mocha: Our Little Happiness
33. A book about an athlete/sport
34. A historical-fiction book
35. A book about divorce
🍹 36. A book you think your best friend would like: The Prophet
🍹 37. A book you should have read in high school: A Room of One's Own
38. A book you read more than 10 years ago
39. A book you wish you could read for the first time again
40. A book by an author with the same initials as you

41. A book written during NaNoWriMo
42. A book based on a popular movie
43. A book that takes place entirely in one day
🍹 44. A book that was self-published My Secret Life as a Sex Addict: How I Repaired The Damage
45. A book that started out as fan fiction
🍹 46. A book with a pet character Kiss Me, Cowboy
🍹 47. A book about a holiday that's not Christmas The Thorn Puller
🍹 48. A book that features two languages The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
🍹 49. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves
🍹 50. A book with alliteration in the title A Christmas Carol

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Just completed #5 (mythical creatures) - I really appreciated the conversations within the story about respecting Native culture and people. I loved learning more about the Choctaw. There were definitely horror elements in this book, but the ending fell a bit flat. Will definitely be checking out more of the author’s work! Worth reading! 4 stars

28/50

Message #361 updated! 19/50 books read!

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9/50

New additions:

✅ 4. A book by a first-time author - Broken Jade Broken Jade by Paul Chan
✅ 6. A book about a forbidden romance - Lore Olympus: Volume One Lore Olympus Volume One (Lore Olympus, #1) by Rachel Smythe
✅ 36. A book you think your best friend would like - Everything I Know About Love Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
✅ 37. A book you should have read in high school - ADHD 2.0 : New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction—From Childhood Through Adulthood ADHD 2.0 New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction—From Childhood Through Adulthood by Edward M. Hallowell

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18/30 books completed

Favorite prompt from previous challenge - A book you know nothing about -

Historical Fiction -

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1. A book you meant to read in 2022: Normal People by Sally Rooney
21/50

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8/50

48. A book that features two languages: Island Affair This romance novel features English and Spanish set in the beautiful Key West.

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28/50 complete

41. A book written during NaNoWriMo - Cinder read 4/9/2023

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Just completed #18 (banned in 2022) - Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart. This book is amazing! I loved the writing, the dual perspectives intermingled, the characters, everything! “Sometimes our hearts see things our eyes can’t.” So many truths contained in this book. I particularly liked the nugget that each main character thought the other had it all together - good reminder that we rarely know what is really going on with others. Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

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Updated message 88-- 15/50

Ranmali wrote: "I'm signing up for 15 books

A book with mythical creatures - Siege and Storm
A book with "Girl" in the title - The Slave Girl
A book with a color in the title - [book..."

Completed 6/15
1. A book with just text on the cover - [book:Measure What Matters|39286958]
2. A book about a family - Educated
3. A book you should have read in high school - Hidden Figures
4. A book by an author with the same initials as you - Puck of Pook's Hill
5. A book based on a popular movie - Love Story
6. 1. A book with mythical creatures - Siege and Storm

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12. A book published in spring 2023- , published 3-28-23 (spring started 3-20) read 3-30

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4/15

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Just completed #3 (on vacation) - Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings by Francie LaToir, illustrations by Ken Daley. Love this book! And I would have loved it as a kid - the colors are so vibrant and the pictures contain lovely detail! The story is so sweet, and I love the descriptions of colors and origins in the book! And I appreciate the author’s note and glossary with pronunciations at the end. Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

30/50

update #427

14/50

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Books: 27/50

5. A book with mythical creatures Fairy Tale ✅
12. A book published in spring 2023 The London Séance Society ✅
23. A book with a map All the Missing Girls ✅

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✓31. A book about a family: The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman (finished 4/19)

update message 427

15/50

🍹 1. A book you meant to read in 2022: A Voice for the Spirit Bears: How One Boy Inspired Millions to Save a Rare Animal
2. A book you bought from an independent bookstore
3. A book about a vacation
🍹 4. A book by a first-time author: The Whale, the Sea and the Stars
🍹 5. A book with mythical creatures I Want to Build a Seahouse
🍹 6. A book about a forbidden romance: Ice Planet Barbarians
🍹 7. A book with "Girl" in the title Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
🍹 8. A celebrity memoir: My Life Among the Underdogs: A Memoir
9. A book with a color in the title
10. A romance with a fat lead
11. A book about or set in Hollywood
12. A book published in spring 2023
13. A book published the year you were born
14. A modern retelling of a classic
15. A book with a song lyric as its title
🍹 16. A book where the main character's name is in the title Ender’s Game
17. A book with a love triangle
18. A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
🍹 19. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge: Popsugar 2022 "A book that features a party" for With This Collar
20. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
21. A book set in the decade you were born
22. A book with a queer lead
🍹 23. A book with a map: Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge
24. A book with a rabbit on the cover
25. A book with just text on the cover
🍹 26. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Evil Flowers: Stories
27. A #BookTok recommendation
28. A book you bought secondhand
🍹 29. A book your friend recommended: Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
30. A book that's on a celebrity book-club list
🍹 31. A book about a family I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp
🍹 32. A book that comes out in the second half of 2023: Milk & Mocha: Our Little Happiness
33. A book about an athlete/sport
34. A historical-fiction book
35. A book about divorce
🍹 36. A book you think your best friend would like: The Prophet
🍹 37. A book you should have read in high school: A Room of One's Own
38. A book you read more than 10 years ago
39. A book you wish you could read for the first time again
40. A book by an author with the same initials as you

Update to message #52

10/14

I read Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano for prompt #16, a book with the main character's name in the title

Hi, I did the challenge so far by myself and just saw that there is a group here for this, so I would like to join please (goal is 35).

Progress 40/40

*goal extended from 35 to 40 books on 7th of June*
*goal finisehd 1st of september*