2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Update to #43

9/40

4. A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title: This Book Is Gay

Update to message #30 - 28/50 books read!

updated msg 45, 25/40

message 7 update: 30/25

Updating message #19

20/50 completed

10. A book you got for free The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World DONE

47. A book of interconnected short stories Notes from the Porch: Tiny True Stories to Make You Feel Better about the World DONE

48. A book that features a married couple who don't live together The Will of the Many DONE

Update Message #51:

21. A book where the main character is a politician : Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

26/40

Update Message #51:

31. A book where music plays an integral part of the storyline: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

27/40

Updated message 61-- 18/50

update message 8

22/30

Updated msg 6

16/25

Update MSG # 5

3/25

Updated message 61-- 19/50-- All the Colors of the Dark
Book you want to read based on last sentence:

“The thirteen-year-old pirate. And the beekeeper that saved his life.”

Update Message #54: 6/20

31. A book where music plays an integral part of the storyline Woman in Me by Britney Spears
39. A classic you've never read Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

updated message 35
6/25

Update Message #51:

36. A book with silver on the cover or in the title: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

28/40
I'm changing this prompt - this book was not supposed to be for this prompt. see message #276 for the update/correction

Congrats Jaida and Caraina on reaching your goals!

And welcome to the challenge hannah!

Updated message 61-- 20/50

update message 8

23/30

Updated message 61-- 21/50

update message 8

24/30

Update message #27

Progress: 15/20

Update to msg #28 please! Progress: 9/20

Updated message 61-- 22/50

updated message 35
7/25

Updating message #19:

22/50 completed

16. A book set in or around a body of water The Covenant of Water DONE

18. A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries DONE

Update Message # 51

37. Two books with the same title (1) Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (6/17/25)
38. Two books with the same title (2) Red Queen by Juan Gomez Jurado (6/29/25)

Updated Message #265
Total 29/40

update message 8

25/30

Update to #43

10/40

34. A book written by an author who is neurodivergent: An Unkindness of Ghosts Rivers Solomon is AuDHD (autistic w/ ADHD) and writes neurodivergent characters with depth.

Update to message #30 - 31/50 books read!

The year is half-over!

Is anyone dreading some of the prompts they have left? I've been putting off soccer and run club. I hope I'm pleasantly surprised when I get to them.

My favorite book so far this year has been The Will of the Many which I read for nontraditional education. Amazing book!

Message #51

41. A book by the oldest author in your TBR file: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

30/40

Update Message #51

49. A book that features a character with chronic pain: Heartwood by Amity Gaige

31/40

Update Message #51:

32. A book about an overlooked woman in history: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

32/40

Update to msg #28 please! Progress: 10/20

Update to message 26: 18/30

Updated message 35
8/25

Updated msg 6

18/25

Update message 67: 26/50

update message 8

26/30

Update to #43

11/40

16. A book set in or around a body of water: The Deep Set in and around the ocean.

Updated msg 6

19/25

Updating message #19

29/50 completed

13. A book rated less than three stars on Goodreads Choose Your Own Apocalypse With Kim Jong-un & Friends DONE

15. A book that an AI chatbot recommends based on your favorite book The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo DONE

20. A book that fills a 2024 prompt you'd like to do over (or try out) An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (set in space) DONE

22. A book about soccer Britt-Marie Was Here DONE

28. A book that features an unlikely friendship Freak the Mighty DONE

37. Two books with the same title (1) March DONE

40. A book about chosen family Allie and Bea DONE

Update message 26, 19/30

updated msg 45, 28/40

message 7 update: 36/25

Update to message #30 - 36/50 books read!

Update Message #51:

9. A book that features a character going through Menopause: Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow

33/40

Update #36

Completed: 30/50

Updating message #19

30/50 completed

34. A book written by an author who is neurodivergent Turtles All the Way Down DONE

Update to message 16 - 29/50 completed.