2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Lets go! I'm trying for 100 books this year.

Serious Readers Challenge 2024 - Level 1

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Progress: 36/100

January
✅ 1. Black Butler #193 by Yana Toboso
✅ 2. Black Butler #194 by Yana Toboso
✅ 3. Black Butler #195 by Yana Toboso
✅ 4. Black Butler #196 by Yana Toboso
✅ 5. Black Butler #197 by Yana Toboso
✅ 6. Black Butler #198 by Yana Toboso
✅ 7. Black Butler #199 by Yana Toboso
✅ 8. Black Butler #200 by Yana Toboso
✅ 9. Black Butler #201 by Yana Toboso
✅ 10. 黒執事 XXXIII (黒執事 33巻) by Yana Toboso
✅ 11. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
✅ 12. Black Butler #203 by Yana Toboso
✅ 13. Black Butler #204 by Yana Toboso
✅ 14. Black Butler #205 by Yana Toboso
✅ 15. Black Butler #206 by Yana Toboso
✅ 16. Black Butler #207 by Yana Toboso
✅ 17. Black Butler #208 by Yana Toboso

February
✅ 18. Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
19. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
20. Meegan by Rebekah Weatherspoon
21. Get It Together by Shelby Rhodes
22. The Pole by J.M. Coetzee

March
✅ 23. Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
✅ 24. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
✅ 25. Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano
✅ 26. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
✅ 27. The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
✅ 28. The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice

April
29. Aloha Alibi by Jasmine Webb
30. The Maid by Nita Prose
31. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
32. Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder by Asako Yuzuki
33. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

July
✅ 34. My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
✅ 35. You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
✅ 36. Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver

October
✅ 37. The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
✅ 38. Murder Road by Simone St. James
✅ 39. The Awakening by L.J. Smith
40. The Struggle by by L.J. Smith
41. When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen
42. Tinfoil Butterfly by Rachel Eve Moulton
43. When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll
44. Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
45. Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
46. The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
47. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
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2024 MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR

Goal: I'm going to go for 18 total
▪ Undercover Operative: 3 cases per category

Our Unsolved Cases
Who: 0/3, What: 2/3, When: 1/3, Where: 1/3, How: 1/3, Why: 1/3

Total: 6/18


Who: 0/3
Solve cases featuring a main character (sleuth, perp, victim, or suspect) in one of the below fields.
1. Military (active, veteran, or reserve duty)
2. Plants (landscaper, florist, arborist, etc.)
3. First response (EMT, firefighter, deputy, etc.)
4. Security (cybersecurity, night watchmen, bodyguard, etc.)
5. Travel (train driver, pilot, cruise staff, etc.)
6. Animal Care (zoo, veterinarian, rescue, etc.)
7. Building (carpenter, contractor, electrician, etc.)

What: 2/3
What makes your case distinctive?
1. An orange cover
✅ 2. A tree on the cover -
3. A flower on the cover
4. A number in the title
5. A place name in the title (city, state, etc.)
✅ 6. A geographical feature in the title (river, lake, etc.) -
7. A season in the title

When: 1/3
When did the dastardly deed take place or get reported?
1. In spring
2. In the second half of 20th century
3. During a trip (business or pleasure)
4. Between noon and midnight
5. During a romantic celebration (engagement, wedding, anniversary)
6. In the season you were born
✅ 7. Published in a Year of the Dragon (2024, 2012, 2000, etc.)

Where: 1/3
Where did the dastardly deed take place?
✅ 1. In a small town or village -
2. On a mountain
3. In a vacation rental (cabin, resort, etc.)
4. On an island
5. On a train or plane
6. Near the equator
7. Above the Arctic Circle

How: 1/3
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. Tennis Racket - Hit with it
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7.

Why: 1/3
What motivated you to choose a particular case?
✅ 1. A favorite mystery author or series
2. A favorite mystery subgenre
3. Appears in a Goodreads listopia (Which one?)
4. Won a literary prize for crime fiction (Which one?)
5. A challenged or banned crime book
6. A cold case (among your TBRs for over a year)
7. Average Goodreads rating of 4 stars or above

Bonus Cases:
Would you like to track down fugitives around the globe? To earn the rank of Interpol Fugitive Investigation Specialist, first complete all 42 standard cases above, then solve a crime committed in each of the eight inhabited regions of the world.
1. Africa
2. Asia
3. Europe
4. Oceania
5. Caribbean
6. North America
7. Central America
8. South America

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POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2024

0/15

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1. A book with the word "leap" in the title
2. A bildungsroman
3. A book about a 24-year-old
4. A book about a writer
5. A book about K-pop
6. A book about pirates
7. A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete
8. A book by a blind or visually impaired author
9. A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author
10. A book by a self-published author
11. A book from a genre you typically avoid
12. A book from an animal's POV
13. A book originally published under a pen name
14. A book recommended by a bookseller
15. A book recommended by a librarian
16. A book set 24 years before you were born
17. A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list
18. A book set in space
19. A book set in the future
20. A book set in the snow
21. A book that came out in a year that ends with "24"
22. A book that centers on video games
23. A book that features dragons
24. A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours
25. A book that was published 24 years ago
26. A book that was turned into a musical
27. A book where someone dies in the first chapter
28. A book with a main character who's 42 years old
29. A book with a neurodivergent main character
30. A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary
31. A book with a title that is a complete sentence
32. A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot
33. A book with an unreliable narrator
34. A book with at least three POVs
35. A book with magical realism
36. A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
37. A book written during NaNoWriMo
38. A cozy fantasy book
39. A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
40. A horror book by a BIPOC author
41. A memoir that explores queerness
42. A nonfiction book about Indigenous people
43. A second-chance romance
44. An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
45. An LGBTQ+ romance novel


Advanced
46. A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours
47. A book with 24 letters in the title
48. A collection of at least 24 poems
49. The 24th book of an author
50. A book that starts with the letter "X"

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Message: # 62
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good luck

Best of luck with your 2024 book goal! I hope you read some fabulous books!

Thank You!!!

Happy summer reading, Vian! Here's to great books and more time to enjoy them! 😎

This summer's been a bit of a reading slump. But!



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