2025 Reading Challenge discussion

1. 4/5
2. 5/5
3. 2/5
4. 3/5
5. 4/5
6. 4/5
7. 1/5 (horrid)
8. 5/5 (new series I'm going to start :) )
9. 4/5
10. 4/5 I love these books, but they are so reminiscent of the Mortal Instruments series in plot line.
11. 3/5 I really enjoyed reading this, but I just felt like it started slow compared to the end? But it is a trilogy....
12. 5/5 This was kind of a hard read at the beginning. I'm use to my chick lit for the last 2 months and haven't had to read anything to mentally challenging :) I loved the story line and had no idea what was happening, I'm ready to start the next one.
13. 3/5 I think i need a break from these for a while :/
14. 4/5 Interesting story line. Different view on vamps, but not to the point of sparkles XD
15. 3/5
16. 5/5 This was a great break from zombie (My husband is obsessed with the Walking Dead show), comet destroying the earth, and alien takeovers apocalypse.
17. 4/5 comparable to Mercy Thompson Series, but just not as bad ass :)
18. 5/5 This was alot like Girl with the dragon tattoo in writing style. Very well written and I did not suspect the "twists" that came along :)
19. 4/5 This was a YA book. The storyline wasn't what I expected at all, though I thoroughly enjoyed it. The pictures were an added bonus (I love old old bizarre photography)
20. 5/5 This was the second book to Blue Dahlia. The story started out at a much better pace and was alot easier to to get into.
21. 4/5 I loved how each book was a different character, but I feel it was to much of a they got married and lived happily ever after for all 3 women.
22. 3/5 I had high expectations because I loved My Antonia! Unfortunately the story line was really jumpy.
23. 4/5
24. 4/5
25. 3/5 Still not sure if i liked this or not?
26. 5/5
27. 4/5 I did have an issue with a really random break off the main story with a random character which i wish had more influence on the story line.
28. 5/5 I found my new Mercy Thompsonesque plot line!
29. 5/5 Great YA book about dealing with friendship and suicide of great friends
30. 3/5
31. 4/5
32. 4/5 really slow start, but a great ending
33. 5/5
34. 5/5 I loved this play and how much i could relate it to my own life. There is so much we can learn from Shakespeare.
35. 5/5
36. 3/5
37. 5/5
38. 5/5
39. 2/5 for a short story, there wasn't much story development character development, humour, anything. The only reason I understood who Diesel was, was because the other series Evanovich has started writing with starring him.
40. Hamlet 4/5
41. I am Number Four 5/5
42. The Outsiders 5/5
43. Fahrenheit 451 5/5
44. The Merchant of Venice 3/5
45. 3/5
46. 3/5
47. 3/5
48. 5/5 This was hard to get into, but loved it after I started understanding the plot.
49. Ten Big Ones 4/5
50. Magic Bites 4/5
51. 3/5
52. 5/5 Excellent perception into the life of a Afgani refugee
53. 5/5
54l. 4/5

Sara wrote: "I'm on my library's wait list for the first Stephanie Plum book-this series looks really good!"

I absolutely love them! My husband thinks I'm crazy because I'll just start laughing out loud randomly. I do not recommend thte Lisa Gardner books though; they have a good story line, but they aren't well written.

Staisha, one of these years I will be able to read as many books as you can!!!! :)

Sheena, we keep swappin books and you'll do it lol plus your takin care of kids all day and I sit on my butt all day after 12 lol

You're off to a great start Staisha! I've read and enjoyed a couple of the Stephanie Plum series, but out of order. Recently I found the whole series at a church sale so I am intending to read them in order now!

Tatum, I'm loving them, but I just get worried that the stories will start to just be repetitive (there are 18, so far!) But I love her humor. The Dresden files kinda have the same humor, but its a different plot so hopefully that will help?

Great work so far! Taking note of the Dresden Files books, they look really promising :)

Tatum, Im still on the waiting list for the second one at my library! Its agonizing lol

Staisha wrote: "Tatum, I'm loving them, but I just get worried that the stories will start to just be repetitive (there are 18, so far!) But I love her humor. The Dresden files kinda have the same humor, but its a..."

Staisha, I absolutely adore the Dresden files books. Well, actually, I just adore anything by Jim Butcher. He has two series that I read - the Dresden files and the Codex Alera. If you like fantasy, you should try those.

Hmmm, ive never heard of the Codex Alera, Ill have to try em out :) Thanks!

Sorry Totally spaced :) I have Blue Dahlia for Color, Seven up for Number, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for Gender Identifier, Blood and Bullets for Body Part, Clockwork Prince for Royal Title, and Wuthering Heights for Places :)

I SPY Challenge:
1. Color: The Blue Dahlia

2. Number: Seven UP

3. Things That Grow: Black Rose

4. 4 Seasons: A Midsummer's Night Dream, does this count?

5. First Name: Looking for Alaska (main characters name)

6. Places: Wuthering Heights

7. Body Part:

8. Weapon: Blood and Bullets

9. Body of Water:

10. Form of Water: Ice Princess

11. Product of Fire: Daughter of Smoke and Bone

12. Heavenly Body: Fool Moon

13. Architecture: Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children

14. 5 Senses: Touch the Dark

15. Royal Title: Clockwork Prince

16. Family Member:

17. 4 Elements: Fire

18. Time of Day: The Night Circus

19. Metal:

20. Emotion/Feeling: Torment

21. Animal/Insect: The Mystic Wolves

22. Something to Read:

23. Gender Identifier: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

24. Paranormal Being: The Selkie Spell

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25. Occupation: The Merchant of Venice

Thanks! I need to pick up the pace though. Ive kinda hit a point where i don't feel like reading like I was :/