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REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:My Challenge Progress: 26/31
WHO
5/5
WHAT
4/5
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
4/5
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
WHEN
4/5
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
HOW
5/5
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
4/5
WHO –
WHAT –
WHERE –
WHEN –
HOW –
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
0/1
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Mod
Going for Newspaper Mogul with Pulitzer and Nobel!
29/31
Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
✔ Protagonist is established in their business or career My Murder(1/21)
✔ Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) The After-Room (1/11)
✔A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.) Open Season (4/3)
✔A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF) The Road to Oz (2/26)
✔A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) The Secret Book of Flora Lea (1/25)
WHAT
✔A number in the title Three Men in a Boat (3/14)
✔Food in the title The Priory of the Orange Tree (4/11)
✔ Title starts with any letter in your first name The Exiles (1/7)
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
✔Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T More Than This by Krystal Marquis (2/13)
✔Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story) Mrs. Plansky's Revenge by Spencer Quinn (2/19)
✔Set in a Midwest state Death of the Author (3/13)
✔Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.) The Last Bookshop in London (3/13)
✔ Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War (1/6)
WHEN
✔Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.) Immortal in Death (4/27)
✔Set in the 1900s The Women (1/31)
✔Set during winter Except the Dying (2/16)
✔Set during fall Behind Every Good Man (2/3)
✔Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story) The Mammoth Hunters (5/17)
HOW
✔Strangled The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (3/16)
✔ Stabbed The Hobbit (1/14)
✔ Shot A Long Walk to Water (1/15)
✔ Poisoned Camino Ghosts (2/22)
✔Blunt Instrument Bellows Falls (3/20)
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
✔WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out A Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan (3/4)
✔ WHAT – Title is at least six words Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown by Shaun Bythell (2/13)
✔WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live Uprooted (5/21)
✔WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas) Creation Lake (3/26)
✔ HOW – Unpremeditated A Cold Day for Murder (1/26)
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
✔Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Focus on a professional challenge. Test your plan before committing. Don’t force anything. You get farther with honey than you do with vinegar. The Miracle at Speedy Motors (3/9)
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025Jan 1 - Dec 31
Not sure which level I will hit
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Delta-v by Daniel Suarez - 2/26/25
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
Slaying at the Saloon by Beth Dolgner - 2/22/25
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
Well Met by Jen DeLuca - 2/19/25
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Megan Ciana Doidge - 4/13/25
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Dead to the World by Annabel Chase - 1/20/25
Holiday in the title
Christmas at Corgi Cove by Annie England Noblin - 1/7/25
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Jeopardy in January by Camilla Chaf
er - 2/15/25
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Just This Once by Rosalind James - 6/3/25
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
Myth Academy by AK Thorne - 3/2/25
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie - 1/12/25
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
The Bookworm's Guide to Faking It by Emma Hart - 1/26/25
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Chilled to the Crone by Amanda M Lee - 4/19/25
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Spirit Witch by Helen Harper - 1/16/25
Shot
Poisoned
Death Drops by Chrystle Fiedler - 1/19/24
Blunt Instrument
Can't Forget You by Jennifer Skully - 3/14/25
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
On Spine of Death by Tamara Berry - 3/24/25
WHAT – Title is at least six words
A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death by Valerie Burns - 5/10/25
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2025
Level: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025Duration: January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025
Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 20251st January, 2025 - 31st December, 2025
2/31
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
5. Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) - Tomorrow Died Yesterday by Chimeka Garricks 13/07 ⭐⭐⭐
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
2. Stabbed - Watching You by Lisa Jewell 19/01 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Strangled
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!
Hello! I'm shooting for columnist, but I will be satisfied if I land among the cub reporters. :)Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s ~"Tied Up In Tinsel" by Ngaio Marsh. Setting takes place in the 1900's at a country house in England during Christmas.
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words ~ "The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern" by Lilian Jackson Braun. Protagonist, Qwilleran, has a clever, Siamese cat, Koko, who helps solve a murder.
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category) + two Bonus categories
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Any Character who is a dead person
A Main Character who works with animals
A Side Character who is fun/kooky
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
Holiday in the title
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air BNB (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot
WHEN
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
★EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
★WHO
★Protagonist is established in their business or career Stupid Cupid 21/1
★Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) Gift Wrapped Box 11/1
★A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.) Beware of Chicken 2 9/1
★A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF) SOS Hotel: Friendly Sanctuary for the Fiendishly Fabulous 2/1
★A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) The Naked Man Who Lives in My Kitchen : Three Years in the Life of a Romance Author 8/2
★WHAT
★A number in the title Cinnamon Bun 2 3/1
★Food in the title Cinnamon Bun 3 4/1
★Title starts with any letter in your first name Born Different: A Monster Evolution LitRPG 2/1
★Holiday in the title The Witch's Christmas Catastrophe: A Nocturne Falls Novella 2/2
★Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.) SOS Hotel: Ho, Ho, No 28/2
★WHERE
★Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T Lessons in Chemistry 2/2
★Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story) Cinnamon Bun 5 10/1
★Set in a Midwest state The Turtle of Michigan 9/7
★Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.) Unjinxing Her Wolves 10/2
★Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) Die kleine Hexe 1/1
★WHEN
★Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.) Beware of Chicken 4 22/1
★Set in the 1900s The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary 17/1
★Set during winter Gift Wrapped Box 11/1
★Set during fall So You Want to Be a Wizard 16/1
★Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story) How to Betray a Dragon's Hero 2/2
★HOW
★Strangled Garters and Gargoyles 30/6
★Stabbed Beware of Chicken 6/1
★Shot Killer of Monsters 22/1
★Poisoned The Radium Girls 3/2
★Blunt Instrument A Pilgrimage of Swords 13/3
★BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
★WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out Vampire, Interrupted 23/2
★WHAT – Title is at least six words How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel 16/1
★WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live Yesterday Crumb and the Tea Witch's Secret: Book 3 13/2
★WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas) Memories of Ash 28/2 (crafters celebration)
★HOW – Unpremeditated Justice Calling 20/1
★EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Jan 15th 2025
"Over the past few weeks, you've invested considerable thought, time and energy discussing ways others can disentangle themselves from potentially troublesome situations. You've done all you can. The next step? Back off. Ensure others feel you're confident about their judgment regarding the matters in question or, in fact, any other issues."
Beware of Chicken 3 15/1
(trusting them to go out into the world and learn/protect themselves)
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
✔Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
✔Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
✔News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
✔Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
✔Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
◕‿◕WHO
✔Protagonist is established in their business or career - The Christmas You Found Me Sienna is the owner of a family owned ranch.
✔Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) - Blue Dahlia - ghost
✔A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.) Hanging Falls K-9 cop
✔A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF) - The Maid's Secret
✔A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) - Truly, Devious
Nate published his first book
◕‿◕WHAT
✔A number in the title - 36 Hours
✔Food in the title - Fudge and Jury
✔Title starts with any letter in your first name - Her Mother's Grave
✔Holiday in the title - - The Secret Christmas Library
✔Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.) - Fudge and Jury
◕‿◕WHERE
✔Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T - Nemesis: An Orphan X Novel Set in Califonia
✔Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story) - The Christmas Book Hunt
✔Set in a Midwest state - Night Prey set in Minnesota
✔Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.) - Striking Range (Colorodo)
✔Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) - Northwest Angle Canada
◕‿◕WHEN
✔Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.) - A Borrowing of Bones "Arts in America" celebration
✔Set in the 1900s - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
✔Set during winter - Copper River
✔Set during fall - Captivated by You
✔Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story) Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave - ice storm
◕‿◕HOW
✔Strangled - Fatal Accusation
✔Stabbed - A Borrowing of Bones "Stabbed through the heart"
✔Shot - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
✔Poisoned - The Mystery Guest
✔Blunt Instrument - Long Road to Mercy
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out - A Murder at the Movies
WHAT – Title is at least six words - The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
🩷WHO
✏️Protagonist is established in their business or career
Horse Geraldine Brooks 22 Feb
✏️Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
The Complete Poems William Blake 17 Apr ghosts
✏️A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
How to Read a Book Monica Wood 20 Jan
✏️A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
How to Age Disgracefully Clare Pooley 29 Mar
✏️A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
Reasons to Stay Alive Matt Haig 29 Mar
🩷WHAT
✏️A number in the title:
In Five Years Rebecca Serle 16 Feb
✏️Food in the title
Three Apples Fell from the Sky Narine Abgaryan 22 Jun
✏️Title starts with any letter in your first name:
Still Alice Lisa Genova 6 Jan
✏️Holiday in the title:
A Match Made for Thanksgiving Jackie Lau 26 Jan
✏️Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
Hitch 22: A Memoir Christopher Hitchens 24 Jul (instead of Catch-22)
🩷WHERE
✏️Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Walden, or Life in the Woods and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau 22 Mar CONCORD
✏️Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
The Wedding People Alison Espach 26 Apr
✏️Set in a Midwest state:
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Samantha Irby 24 Mar Illinois and Michigan
✏️Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
The Razor’s Edge W. Somerset Maugham 25 Jul France/India/Chicago
✏️Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
Bibliolepsy Gina Apostol 1 Mar THE PHILIPPINES
🩷WHEN
✏️Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.):
A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare 24 Jan
✏️Set in the 1900s:
A Separate Peace John Knowles 3 May
✏️Set during winter:
Five Winters Kitty Johnson 18 May
✏️Set during fall: The Wangs vs. the World Jade Chang 6 Jun
✏️Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story):
Out of My Mind Sharon M. Draper 25 Jan
🩷HOW
✏️Strangled:
James Percival Everett 16 Jul
✏️Stabbed:
The Nakano Thrift Shop Hiromi Kawakami 26 Jan
Mr Nakano is stabbed but survives
✏️Shot:
Table for Two Amor Towles 16 Feb
✏️Poisoned:
The Whisper Sister Jennifer S. Brown 6 Jan
The MC poisons someone in the prologue and the story is explained at the end
✏️Blunt Instrument:
America Fantastica Tim O'Brien 8 Mar garden hoe
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
✏️WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon 15 Jun
✏️WHAT – Title is at least six words
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky 26 Jun
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
✏️WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
A Big Surprise for Valentine's Day Jackie Lau 30 Aug
✏️HOW – Unpremeditated:
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy Jamie Ford 16 May
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Yay! Back for another round!Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category) Finished 2/26/25
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category) Finished 3/13/25
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category) Finished 7/5/25
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career: Dangerous Davies by Leslie Thomas
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals: The Mystery of the Merry Magician by Ellery Queen, Jr. [magician works with Banjo, the dog]
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF): Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers [would love to be BFFs with Bunter]
A Character who works with books or writes: Deadly Is the Diamond by Mignon G. Eberhart [narrator is a writer]
WHAT
A number in the title: A Thief or Two by Sara Woods
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name: Behold a Fair Woman by Francis Duncan ("B" for Bev)
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words: One Fell Sloop by Susan Kenney
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T: The Sleep Is Deep by Hugh Lawrence Nelson [Colorado City]
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb: The Book of Killowen by Erin Hart
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot: The Talk Show Murders by Steve Allen [Hollywood, CA]
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England): Murder in Williamstown by Kerry Greenwood [Australia]
WHEN
Set during a celebration: Six Nuns and a Shotgun by Colin Watson [during an annual Medieval banquet]
Set in the 1900s: The Deadly Truth by Helen McCloy
Set during winter: Thief Is an Ugly Word by Paul Gallico [takes place in January]
Set during fall: Murder by Lamplight by Patrice McDonough
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled: The Devil's Flute Murders by Seishi Yokomizo
Stabbed: The Art School Murders by Moray Dalton
Shot: Poison for teacher : a new entertainment by Nancy Spain (yes, one was poisoned; but another was shot)
Poisoned: The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Blunt Instrument: The Last Resort by Michael Kaufman
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out: Inquest: A Golden Age Mystery by Henrietta Clandon [the doctor is a bit slow on the uptake]
WHAT – Title is at least six words: The Girl from the Mimosa Club by Leslie Ford
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live: Capital Crimes: London Mysteries by Martin Edwards, ed
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas): Ambush For Anatol by John Sherwood [August Bank Holiday]
HOW – Unpremeditated: No Vacation from Murder by Elizabeth Lemarchand
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
My horoscope [Cancer] from February 15, 2025 (from the Chicago Sun Times): Today you want to make home improvements, which is why you're determined in some way. However, this could lead to family arguments, especially if you get pushy. Unfortunately, this is the kind of day where it's easy to become obsessed with an idea. Lighten up.
The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood (3/23/25) There are family arguments and a mother obsessed with the "perfection" of her sons involved in the mystery Phryne Fisher investigates.
I'll give this a try. I'll start as a Cub Reporter. May promote myself to Columnist if RL doesn't get in the way :)REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:
Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
★★ A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) - Finding a Purple Unicorn - MC owns a bookstore. 2 Stars 2/11/25
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
★★ Title starts with any letter in your first name - The Ruby Dragon Prince 5 Stars - 3/25/25
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
★★ Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.) - Last Mango in Palm Springs by Bix Barrow from the collection Candy Hearts: Volume 2 4 Stars 1/30/25
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
★★ Set during winter - A Christmas Cabin for Two 3 Stars 2/4/25
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
★★ Stabbed - Dream a Little Dream by CF White - 5 Stars 03/06/25
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
★★ WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)- Dreidel Date Takes place during Hannukah. 2 Stars 1/15/25
HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
My attempt- looking forward to this oneWHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
✔ Any Character who is a dead person (ghost) - You Like It Darker - twins Jacob and Joseph in Rattlesnakes 5/9/25
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
✔ A number in the title - 3 Days to Live - 3/3/25
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
✔️◾️Protagonist is established in their business or career
Het woud (Bodenstein & Kirchhoff Book 8) Nele Neuhaus 535 p. Read : 8 february 2025Bodenstein is MC, has been long time chief of recherche andbis well known and liked.
✔️◾️Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
Het gefluister achter de deur
T.J. Klune 440 p. 23. february 2025 Wallace Price
◾️A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
◾️A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
✔️◾️A Character who works with books or writes
Once Hunted Blake Pierce 192 p. 1 february 2025 Freddy the librarian of jail.
(librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
✔️◾️A number in the title
. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith 256 p. Read 26 january 20251 in title
◾️Food in the title
✔️◾️Title starts with any letter in your first name
Rouwdouwers
Falun Ellie Koos 235 p. Read 30 january 2025Starts with R from Claire
◾️Holiday in the title
◾️Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
✔️◾️Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Isaac's Song
Daniel Black320 p. Read: 3 february Published january 2025
Chicago
◾️Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
◾️Set in a Midwest state
✔️◾️Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
De bijzondere levens van Violette
Valérie Perrin 480 p. 10 february France
✔️◾️Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
Ragnar Jónasson part 1 in series 224 p. 2 february 2025 Iceland
WHEN
◾️Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
✔️◾️Set in the 1900s The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton 276 p. 31 january 2025 set in beginning of 1900s✔️◾️Set during winter
Bezonken rood
Jeroen Brouwers 152 p. 2 march✔️◾️Set during fall
Hier waak ik Danila Comastri Montanari 272 p. 3 march ◾️Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
✔️◾️Strangled Kat & muis
Ian Rankin 231 p. 19 march✔️◾️Stabbed
Stabbed Hunting Zero
Jack Mars 332 p. Read: 6 february this book is full of people beeing stabbed and just standing up again.◾️Shot Blauwe maan
Lee Child 381 p. 28 january 2025 almost everyone is shot in this book◾️Poisoned Alles is nu
Amy Giles 366 p. Read 27 january 2025 (view spoiler) ◾️Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
✔️◾️WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
Onmacht
Yvonne Doorduyn 334 p. 15 february 2025✔️◾️WHAT – Title is at least six words
4. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley 386 p. Read 4 february 2025◾️WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
◾️WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
◾️HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
✔️https://www.vogue.in/horoscope/collec...
You are hurting beneath a composed exterior, and Gemini, as remembrance hits you, remember that you are now in the drivers seat and you get to choose the direction of your life, circumstance, relationships or anything else. You have manifested your people, tribe, soul fam - however you wish to put it. And this is your true fortune - the one that turns the winds in your favour.
Cosmic Tip: Enjoy the dance between the shadow and the light.
Onze Moeder was een Seriemoordenaar
Gregg Olsen 442p. 12 february ‘Hurting beneath the surface: how the girls suffered without anyone ever seeing it.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Editor: 14/20 books (4 from each category)
WHO
✓Protagonist is established in their business or career
The Arrangement by Adriana Locke (01/31/25)
✓Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (02/14/25) - Several ghosts in story
✓A Main Character who works with animals
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (01/23/25)
✓A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center (02/16/25) - MCs are writers
WHAT
✓A number in the title
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (01/11/25)
Food in the title
✓Title starts with any letter in your first name
Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron (03/30/25)
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
✓Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren (02/10/25)
Set in a Midwest state
✓Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Island Affair by Priscilla Oliveras (03/12/25)
✓Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (04/05/25)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
✓Set during winter
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman (04/14/25)
✓Set during fall
The Upside of Falling by Alex Light (02/26/25)
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
✓Strangled
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (03/05/25)
✓Stabbed
Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala (02/06/25)
✓Shot
Heartbreaker by Sarah MacLean (03/26/25)
✓Poisoned
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (01/29/25)
YAY! so happy it's back! January 1-December 31, 2025
Completed May 2025!
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY
WHO
1. Protagonist is established in their business or career - Her Wicked Highwayman
2. Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) - The Halloween Tree 2/2/25
3. A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.) - Death Under a Little Sky 2/1/25
4. A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF) - From Rags to Kisses 2/21/25
5. A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) - Hot Alien Doctor 2/6/25
WHAT
6. A number in the title - A Duke a Dozen
7. Food in the title - Salt Kiss 3/5/25
8. Title starts with any letter in your first name - The Earl on the Train
9. Holiday in the title - Mistletoe Christmas: An Anthology 2/15/25
10. Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.) - How the Lady Was Won
WHERE
11. Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T - The Duke's Bride
12. Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story) - The Flatshare 2/14/25
13. Set in a Midwest state - The Davenports 3/13/25
14. Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.) - takes place near Washington DC, also in Europe - My Dark Prince 2/28/25
15. Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) - Empire of the Sun 2/10/25
WHEN
16. Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.) - it's about the prom - Mismatched: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Emma 2/2/25
17. Set in the 1900s - Reasons to Live 2/26/25
18. Set during winter - A Snowflake Kiss for Lady Sophie
19. Set during fall - Sweet Rogue of Mine 2/8/25
20. Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story) - Dawn with a Duke
HOW
21. Strangled - Bonded by Accident 5/3/25
22. Stabbed - Missing White Woman
23. Shot - The Highlander's Excellent Adventure 2/5/25
24. Poisoned - Fury 2/20/25
25. Blunt Instrument - 21 Days with the Lyon: The Lyon's Den Connected World 2/23/25
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
26. WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out - A Duke Never Tells 3/26/25
27. WHAT – Title is at least six words - Life of a Good-for-nothing
28. WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live - Finding Cinderella 5/19/25
29. WHEN – During a holiday - pivotal storyline takes place on Beltane - Beauty and the Goblin King 4/2/25
30. HOW – Unpremeditated - Rock Star Ex 3/10/25
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
31. April 15 - Pisces are naturally empathetic and caregivers and Beauty spends the entire book trying to save Nyan from his curse - Beauty and the Goblin King 4/3/25
My 2025 Reporter's Challenge - COMPLETEDWho? What? Where? When? How? Why?
Level: Columnist - 10 books (2 from each category)
WHO✔️
Any Character who is a dead person - Baker's Coven by Nancy Warren - 04/01/25 - 5★s
How it fits: Geoff is a ghost who helps Poppy investigate
A Character who works with books or writes - Breathing Space by Kristen Painter - 13/02/25 - 5★s
How if fits: The MC, Ellis, is a librarian
WHAT✔️
A number in the title - The 113th Assistant Librarian by Stuart Wilson - 02/01/25 - 5★s
How it fits: 113 is a number
Title starts with any letter in your first name - Seduced by the Billionaire Sheikh by Cathleen Ross - 17/02/25 - 4★s
How it fits: Title starts with S
WHERE✔️
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air BNB - Moonlight and Mischief by Molly Fitz - 12/02/25 - 4★s
How it fits: MC sets up a B&B
Set on foreign soil (Not America or England) - Catch Me If I Fall by Barry Jonsberg - 12/01/25 - 3★s
How it fits: Set in Sydney, Australia
WHEN✔️
Set during a celebration -Matchmade Hearts by Elizabeth Rose - 08/02/25 - 3★s
How it fits: set around a Valentine’s Day ball
Set in the 1900s - Taken in Nuala by Harriet Steel - 09/02/25 - 4★s
How it fits: Set in the 1930s
HOW✔️
Strangled - Star of the Party by Cate Lawley - 25/02/25 - 4★s
How it fits: Victim was strangled with her own scarf
Blunt Instrument - Death by Gondola: A Springtime Murder in Venice by Jennifer S. Alderson - 04/03/25 - 5★s
How it fits: Victim was hit over the head with a desk lamp
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:My Challenge Progress: 6/31
WHO
2/5
√
√
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes
WHAT
0/5
A number in the title Seven Days in June
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
1/5
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
√
WHEN
0/5
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
1/5
Strangled Ask for Andrea
√
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
2/5
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
√
√
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
0/1
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
WHERE –
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Goal: ??? Currently in Cup Reporter Category
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career: 反派夫妻今天也在明算账 (The Villainous Couple Also Settles the Account Today). Both MCs are poverty stricken and establish their careers early on in life.
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.): Shadowless Night (Ch. 74); MC is a dark being possessing a dead body.
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.): Stealing Thunder
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T: First Test Graphic Novel; Corus
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story): The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed: By rose thorns. The Jasmine Throne
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025:My Challenge Progress: 17/31
WHO
4/5
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Our Game by John Le Carré 07/03
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
Happiness by Aminatta Forna 21/05/25
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
Abroad in Japan: Ten Years in the Land of the Rising Sun by Chris Broad 04/06/25
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
Homecoming by Kate Morton 20/01/25
WHAT
2/5
A number in the title
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 24/01/25
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis 22/04/25
WHERE
3/5
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
The Wedding People by Alison Espach 27/04/25
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Frankie by Graham Norton - 17/03 - Set in New York
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 11/02/25
WHEN
3/5
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery 05/05/25
Set during winter
How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days by Kari Leibowitz 23/02/25
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Private Rites by Julia Armfield 10/01/25
HOW
2/5
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 25/03
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
A Mouth Full of Salt by Reem Gaafar 17/04/25
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
3/5
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Jessica Guerrieri 17/06/25
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle 05/04/25
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
The Other Americans by Laila Lalami 10/01/25
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
0/1
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2025I'm very late getting started with this. Hope that's OK?
Will try for Cub Reporter, but would like to be a Columnist.
• Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
• Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
• News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
• Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
• Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
Rules:
For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
✓ A Character who works with books or writes - Hammett Unwritten , by Owen Fitzstephen (Gordon McAlpine)
WHAT
A number in the title
✓ Food in the title - Murder by Cheesecake , by Rachel Ekstrom Courage
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
✓ Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.) - The Stranger in the Library , by Eva Gates (set in North Carolina's Outer Banks region)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
✓ Set during winter - I Am Half-Sick of Shadows , by Alan Bradley
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled - Easeful Death , by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
I'm in for News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)Progress: 15/15
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
The Sorcerer in the North John Flanagan 4/7/25 - Will (MC) is established as a RangerAny Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
The Burning Bridge John Flanagan 2/11/25 - JennyA Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
The Ruins of Gorlan John Flanagan 1/23/25 - scribeWHAT
A number in the title
The One Kiera Cass 3/25/25 - OneFood in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
The Elite Kiera Cass 3/10/25 - E Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
The Green Ember S.D. Smith 6/6/25 - An ember isn't green.
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
The Siege of Macindaw John Flanagan 4/11/25 - M for MacindawSet in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain 2/3/25 - LondonSet on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Mary Shelley 4/4/25 - most of the book takes place in SwitzerlandWHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
The Icebound Land John Flanagan 3/12/25 - Most of the story is during winter, the end of the story is the start of springSet during fall
The Red Fox Clan John Flanagan 5/13/25 - the leaves on the cover are red (fall)Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Erak's Ransom John Flanagan 4/16/25 - There is a big sandstormHOW
Strangled
The Missing Prince John Flanagan 5/21/25 - Prince Louis was executed by hanging/strangled to death.Stabbed
Halt's Peril John Flanagan 4/22/25 - The Genovesan was stabbed by WillShot
The Kings of Clonmel John Flanagan 4/18/25 - King Ferris was shot in the back with a bow and arrowPoisoned
Blunt Instrument
I think I've completed the Cub Reporter up to Bonus Category: Pulitzer Prize. Thanks for the game!
I have a question... in the book I just read, there is a yearly tournament, which is a holiday where everyone watches it and takes a break to go see it. The book is named after the tournament (The Tournament at Gorlan). Does this count as a holiday, since it is one in the book or not because it isn't one in our society like Christmas or something?
CompletedNews Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Progress: 15/15
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
The Sorcerer in the North John Flanagan 4/7/25 - Will (MC) is established as a RangerAny Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
The Burning Bridge John Flanagan 2/11/25 - JennyA Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
The Ruins of Gorlan John Flanagan 1/23/25 - scribeWHAT
A number in the title
The One Kiera Cass 3/25/25 - OneFood in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
The Elite Kiera Cass 3/10/25 - E Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
The Green Ember S.D. Smith 6/6/25 - An ember isn't green.
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
The Siege of Macindaw John Flanagan 4/11/25 - M for MacindawSet in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain 2/3/25 - LondonSet on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Mary Shelley 4/4/25 - most of the book takes place in SwitzerlandWHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
The Icebound Land John Flanagan 3/12/25 - Most of the story is during winter, the end of the story is the start of springSet during fall
The Red Fox Clan John Flanagan 5/13/25 - the leaves on the cover are red (fall)Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Erak's Ransom John Flanagan 4/16/25 - There is a big sandstormHOW
Strangled
The Missing Prince John Flanagan 5/21/25 - Prince Louis was executed by hanging/strangled to death.Stabbed
Halt's Peril John Flanagan 4/22/25 - The Genovesan was stabbed by WillShot
The Kings of Clonmel John Flanagan 4/18/25 - King Ferris was shot in the back with a bow and arrowPoisoned
Blunt Instrument
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Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you’d want to be this person’s BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
A number in the title
Food in the title
Title starts with any letter in your first name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a C, an M or a T
Set in a hotel/B&B/Air Bnb (doesn’t have to be whole story)
Set in a Midwest state
Set in a popular vacation spot (Hawaii, cruise, island, etc.)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a celebration (not a holiday- birthday, business opening, wedding, etc.)
Set in the 1900s
Set during winter
Set during fall
Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title is at least six words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a holiday (not Halloween or Christmas)
HOW – Unpremeditated
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 15th of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!