2025 Reading Challenge discussion

This is where I'll post the challenges I'm doing this year!

100 Years of Wonders
Message 49

Last Update: 22.11.2023
Books Read: 43/100
Challenges Completed: 0/4

Business Ventures
Complete this section to become Disney CEO
12/25
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☐ 1923:
☐ 1926:
☐ 1930:
☐ 1947:
☐ 1949:
☐ 1955:
🗸 1963: Anita no Jardim Zoológico
🗸 1966: Anita a Cavalo
🗸 1971: Anita de Bicicleta
🗸 1972: Anita no Ballet
☐ 1977:
🗸 1980: Anita e o Pardalito
🗸 1982: Anita e o Dia da Mãe
🗸 1983: Anita num Balão
☐ 1984:
🗸 1985: Anita Descobre a Música
🗸 1987: Anita na Floresta
🗸 1988: Anita e a Prenda de Anos
☐ 2002:
☐ 2004:
☐ 2006: The Sea of Monsters
☐ 2009: The Last Olympian
🗸 2012: Haikyu!!, Vol. 1
🗸 2019: Heartstopper: Volume Two
☐ 2023:
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Animation Releases
Complete this section to become Master Animator
07/25
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☐ 1927:
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☐ 1941:
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☐ 1945:
☐ 1948:
☐ 1953:
☐ 1955:
☐ 1967:
🗸 1970: Anita no Jardim
🗸 1973: Anita na Festa das Flores
☐ 1981:
☐ 1986:
🗸 1990: Noddy Goes to School
🗸 2000: Anita Baby-Sitter
☐ 2003:
☐ 2007: The Titan's Curse or The Mysterious Benedict Society
🗸 2012: 空と原 [Sora to Hara]
🗸 2015: ヲタクに恋は難しい 1 Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii 1
🗸 2017: ヲタクに恋は難しい 4 Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii 4
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Live-Action Releases
Complete this section to become Executive Director
15/25
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☐ 1946:
☐ 1952:
🗸 1954: Anita na quinta
🗸 1956: Anita no Circo
🗸 1957: Anita Vai às Aulas
🗸 1960: Anita na Montanha
☐ 1961:
☐ 1962:
☐ 1964:
☐ 1965:
🗸 1968: Anita Mamã
🗸 1969: Anita e a Festa de Anos
🗸 1974: Anita na Cozinha
🗸 1975: Anita Aprende a Nadar
🗸 1976: Anita Está Doente
🗸 1978: Anita de Comboio
🗸 1979: Anita na Escola de Vela
🗸 1993: Huckle Cat's Busiest Day Ever
☐ 1997: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
☐ 1999:
🗸 2005: 耳たぶの理由 [Mimitabu no Riyuu]
☐ 2006:
☐ 2011: Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey or Manual de um Monge Budista para Limpar a Casa e a Mente
🗸 2018: Heartstopper: Volume One
🗸 2020: Heartstopper: Volume Three
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Princesses and Leading Ladies
Complete this section to become Disney Royalty
09/25
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☐ 1937: The Hobbit
☐ 1938:
☐ 1944:
☐ 1950:
☐ 1951: Noddy Goes To School
☐ 1959:
🗸 1989: Anita e a Vizinha do Lado
🗸 1991: Anita e a Noite de Natal
🗸 1992: Anita Muda de Casa
☐ 1994:
☐ 1995:
☐ 1996:
☐ 1998:Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: MinaLima Edition
☐ 2001:
☐ 2002:
☐ 2004:
☐ 2005:
🗸 2008: Doukyusei - Classmates 1
☐ 2009: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma
🗸 2010: Classmates Vol. 2: Sotsu gyo sei
☐ 2013: These Broken Stars
🗸 2014: O.B.2
🗸 2016: Michikusa 道草 Lingering On The Way
🗸 2021: Heartstopper: Volume Four
🗸 2022: Sói Đầu Đàn Và Cún Nhỏ - Tập 2
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Order I read them in:

A-Z Challenge: Locations
Message 95

3/26

A:
B:
C:
D:
E:
F:
G:
H:
I:
J:
K:
L:
M: Miyagi Prefecture, Haikyu!!, Vol. 1
N:
O:
P: Paris, Heartstopper: Volume Three
Q:
R:
S:
T:
U: United Kingdom, O Livro da Casa Vitoriana
V:
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Bibliopoly
Message 106

Goals: 22/36
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Prompts:

1. Go: Read a book set on two or more continents.

2. Purple: Read a book with a plant on the cover.


3. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Group Reads. (Which month and book?)

4. Purple: Read a translated book originally written in a language other than your native tongue: Originally French.


5. Tax: Read a book with money on the cover or in the title.

6. Reading Railroad: Read a book from a celebrity book club list, such as Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, etc.

7. Blue: Read a book with any type of hat or headwear on the cover or in the title.


8. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest number of ratings.

9. Blue: Read a book with an author or character whose sexual orientation is different from your own.

10. Blue: Read a book with any shade of blue on the cover or in the title.


11. In Jail: Read a banned or challenged book.

12. Pink: Read a book with any type of dog on the cover or in the title.


13. Electric Company: Read a book with a light source on the cover.


14. Pink: Read a book with an author or character whose nationality or birth country is different from your own: both character and author are Japanese.


15. Pink: Read a book with any shade of pink on the cover or in the title.


16. Pennsylvania Railroad: Read a book published under an author’s pen name.

17. Orange: Read a book with a ship or boat on the cover.


18. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Readathons. (Which readathon? List one book you read for it.)

19. Orange: Read a book with an author or character whose religious or spiritual beliefs are different from your own.

20. Orange: Read a book with any shade of orange on the cover or in the title.


21. Free Parking: Read a book of your choice. Anything goes!

22. Red: Read a book with a car, truck or bus on the cover, or involving a road trip.


23. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf among the ten oldest or newest additions.

24. Red: Read a book with an author or character whose race or ethnicity is different from your own.


25. Red: Read a book with any shade of red on the the title.


26. B&O Railroad: Read a book with an author or title beginning with B or O: Oseman, Alice.


27. Yellow: Read a book with a boot or shoe on the cover, or involving foot travel: sneakers.


28. Yellow: Read a book with an author or character who has an emotional or mental disorder: Anorexia.


29. Water Works: Read a book with any form of water on the cover.


30. Yellow: Read a book with any shade of yellow on the cover or in the title.


31. Go to Jail: Read a crime fiction or true crime book.

32. Green: Read a book with a thimble, sewing or craft implement on the cover or in the title.

33. Green: Read a book with an author or character whose gender is different from your own.


34. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Buddy Reads or TBR Twins. (Which activity? What book did you and your twin/buddies read?)

35. Green: Read a book with any shade of green on the cover or in the title.


36. Shortline Railroad: Read a book under 200 pages long.


37. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest average star rating.

38. Dark Blue: Read a book with any type of cat on the cover or in the title.


39. Luxury Tax: Read a book with a gemstone or precious metal on the cover or in the title.

40. Dark Blue: Read a book that won an award. (Which one?)
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I Spy Challenge
Message 81

Goals: 15/30
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1. Transportation: car.


2. Days of the week (Monday, Saturday, Wednesday)

3. A food or drink: omelete.


4. Type of crime (thievery, murder, robbery)

5. Olympic sport: Skiing.


6. Musical instruments: Cello.


7. Cat family: Tuxedo cat.


8. School subject (mathematics, English, chemistry)


9. Type of weather (stormy, rainy, sunny)


10. City in Europe (Paris, Istanbul, Athens)

11. Celebration: Mother's Day.


12. Something you sit on, chairs.


13. A source of light: Lamp.


14. Art or craft (painting, sewing, scrapbooking)

15. A measurement (metres, feet, pounds)

16. Something you hang on the wall (clock, picture, frame)

17. Something you find at a circus (clown, ringmaster, popcorn)

18. A direction (North, West, East)

19. An accessory: flower hairclip


20. Name for a road (avenue, street, circuit)

21. Shade of purple (plum, violet, magenta)


22. Something you write (poem, book, essay): crosswords


23. Something you walk through: Door.


24. Something you find in a house (picture, kitchen, couch)

25. A bird.


Bonus 5 categories with examples (only open for members who have finished reading for all the primary categories):

26. Something you find on a farm (chicken, tractor, hay)

27. A term of endearment (sweetheart, honey, love)

28. A chess piece (pawn, bishop, knight)

29. Something yellow (corn, daffodil, amber)

30. Technology (phone, computer, television)
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Piled High
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Goal: 15/15

Pile #1:

Dog > Snow > Headwear > Window

Pile #2:

Sports shoes > Ball > Wolf > Tree

Pile #3:

Tie > Pink Hair > Drink > Pointing

TBR Jar
Message 69

Goals: 08/32

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☐ 1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
Harry Potter: the Artifact Vault

☐ 2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.

☐ 3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey

🗸 4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
O Livro da Casa Vitoriana

☐ 5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: MinaLima Edition

☐ 6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
Quidditch Through the Ages: A magical companion to the Harry Potter stories
or
These Broken Stars

☐ 7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
Harry Potter: Magical Places from the Films

☐ 8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.

☐ 9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.

☐ 10. Read a book with a cover you love.

🗸 11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
Huckle Cat's Busiest Day Ever

🗸 12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Handbook with Hermione Minifigure

🗸 13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
Anita na Montanha

☐ 14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).

☐ 15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.

☐ 16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

☐ 17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
Jim Heimann. Toys. 100 Years of All-American Toy Ads

🗸 18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
Doukyusei - Classmates 1

☐ 19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.

🗸 20. Read a book that you own.
Anita Muda de Casa

☐ 21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.

☐ 22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.

☐ 23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
Sinta-se em Casa: O manual de decoração de interiores

☐ 24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.

☐ 25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
Wonderful Wizard of Oz Interactive, The Illustrated with Interactive Elements

☐ 26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
Harry Potter: A Magical Year – The Illustrations of Jim Kay

☐ 27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
Harry Potter: the Creature Vault

🗸 28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
Heartstopper: Volume One

🗸 29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
Haikyu!! Club, Vol. 1

☐ 30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.

☐ 31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.

☐ 32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.
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Popsugar Reading Challenge
Message 101

Goals: 15/50
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1. A book you meant to read in 2022

2. A book you bought from an independent bookstore

🗸 3. A book about a vacation
Anita na Montanha

🗸 4. A book by a first-time author, Fujita.
ヲタクに恋は難しい 1 Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii 1

5. A book with mythical creatures
Harry Potter: the Creature Vault

6. A book about a forbidden romance

7. A book with "Girl" in the title

8. A celebrity memoir

🗸 9. A book with a color in the title
Noddy Goes to School

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
Anita e a Noite de Natal

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
Anita e a Prenda de Anos

17. A book with a love triangle

18. A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
(The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale)

19. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge

20. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023

21. A book set in the decade you were born
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: MinaLima Edition

🗸 22. A book with a queer lead
Heartstopper: Volume One

23. A book with a map

🗸 24. A book with a rabbit on the cover
Huckle Cat's Busiest Day Ever

25. A book with just text on the cover

🗸 26. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
O Livro da Casa Vitoriana

27. A #BookTok recommendation

28. A book you bought secondhand

29. A book your friend recommended
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

30. A book that's on a celebrity book-club list

🗸 31. A book about a family
Anita Muda de Casa

32. A book that comes out in the second half of 2023

🗸 33. A book about an athlete/sport
Anita no Ballet

34. A historical-fiction book

35. A book about divorce

36. A book you think your best friend would like

37. A book you should have read in high school

🗸 38. A book you read more than 10 years ago
Anita e a Vizinha do Lado

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
Anita no Jardim Zoológico

44. A book that was self-published

45. A book that started out as fan fiction

🗸 46. A book with a pet character
Anita num Balão

🗸 47. A book about a holiday that's not Christmas
Anita e o Dia da Mãe

🗸 48. A book that features two languages: English and French.
Heartstopper: Volume Three

49. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey

50. A book with alliteration in the title
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Let's Turn Pages
Message 130/132

Goals: 08 624/10 000 pages

January: 568 pages.


February: 1564 pages.


March: 368 pages.


April: 556 pages.


May: 1471 pages.


November: 3478 pages.


December: 619

Serial Reader
Message 79

Goal: 2/5 Series, 55/103 Books

30/33 Anita
01/45 Haikyuu
04/05 Heartstopper
09/09 同級生 / Classmates Series
11/11 Wotakoi