2025 Reading Challenge discussion
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D.L.'s Lofty Goal ~ Let's Go for 110+ This Year
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Clear the Shelves
Opposites Attract
Serial Reader
Wheel of Feels
Tome of My Life
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Quarterly Threads
Quarter 1
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*Idea borrowed from Jenna DNF Queen with permission. For fun. The goal is to read a book published every year since I've been born, including my birth year (1982). Started in April 2024.*
Books Read:
🧁 1982: The Specter by Joan Lowery Nixon ✔️
1983:
1984: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros ✔️
1985: Death of a Gossip by M.C. Beaton ✔️
1986: The Matchmakers by Debbie Macomber ✔️
1987: Twisted by R.L. Stine ✔️
1988: New Girl in Town by Judy Baer ✔️
1989: Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise by Ann M. Martin ✔️
1990: Halloween Party by R.L. Stine ✔️
1991: Sudden Death by Nicholas Adams ✔️
1992: Jessi's Gold Medal by Ann M. Martin ✔️
1993: Spring Break by Nicholas Pine ✔️
1994: Why I'm Afraid of Bees by R.L. Stine ✔️
1995: The Julius House by Charlaine Harris ✔️
1996: Prom Date by Diane Hoh ✔️
1997:
1998: The Cold, Hard Fax by Leslie O'Kane ✔️
1999:
2000: The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot ✔️
2001: Leap of Faith by Danielle Steel ✔️
2002: Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came by M.C. Beaton✔️
2003: Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate by M.C. Beaton ✔️
2004: The Rose Queen by M.E. Rabb ✔️
2005: Murder on a Starry Night by Sally Goldenbaum ✔️
2006:
2007: Big Boned by Meg Cabot ✔️
2008: The New Girl by Meg Cabot ✔️
2009: Ready-Made Family by Cheryl Wyatt (5/18/24) ✔️
2010: Thirteen Plus One by Lauren Myracle ✔️
2011: Never Have I Ever by Sara Shepard (5/2/24) ✔️
2012: Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard ✔️
2013: 12th of Never by James Patterson ✔️
2014: Mia Fashion Plates and Cupcakes by Coco Simon ✔️
2015: Kristy's Great Idea by Raina Telgemeier ✔️
2016: Welcoming Seas by Lily Harper Hart ✔️
2017: Mister Hockey by Lia Riley ✔️
2018: Texas Ranger by James Patterson ✔️
2019: Finding Forever by Mona Ingram ✔️
2020: Guardian Witch by Valia Lind ✔️
2021: Poison in the Pastries by Susan Harper ✔️
2022: The Christmas Cottage by Christine Rimmer ✔️
2023:
2024: Emily's Cupcake Magic! (1) by Coco Simon ✔️
2025: The Crash by Freida McFadden ✔️
20 Questions
COMPLETED: 8/10
Famous Fictional Person
1. Royalty
2. Teenage protagonist: Spirit Seeker by Joan Lowery Nixon (1/10/25)
3. Book series character: Shakespeare's Christmas by Charlaine Harris (1/6/25)
4. Has a cat: Silent Witness by Carol Ellis (2/9/25)
5. (view spoiler) (2/22/25)
Food:
1. Made into a TV movie: Weep No More, My Lady by Mary Higgins Clark (3/22/25)
2. Mystery MPG: Jessi and the Jewel Thieves by Ann M. Martin (2/2/25)
3. Sweet treats on the cover: Poison in the Pastries by Susan Harper (3/2/25)
4. Female Protagonist: The Watcher by Lael Littke (1/23/25)
5. (view spoiler)
Clear the Shelves
COMPLETED: 23/50
1. I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama
2. Spirit Seeker
3. I Know What You Did Last Summer
4. The Hitchhiker
5. The Watcher
6. Brenda at the Prom
*7. The Crash
8. Trouble With a Capital T
9. Lost and Found
10. Princess in the Spotlight
11. Texas Ranger
12. Shakespeare's Trollop
*13. 12th of Never
14. Jennifer's Secret
15. Promises to the Dead
16. Journey to Nowhere
17. Weep No More, My Lady
*18. Blind Date
19. Big Boned
20. Broken Promises
21. The House on Mango Street
*22. The Lottery Winner
23. A Matter of Trust
*2025
Opposites Attract
Books: 5/8 | Pairs: 1/4
� Pair #1: Life/Death
1. Life: I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama �
2. Death: Til a Death Do Us Part �
Pair #2: Lost/Found
1. Lost:
2. Found: Lost and Found �
Pair #3: First/Last
1. First:
2. Last: I Know What You Did Last Summer �
Pair #4: Night/Day
1. Night: Night Kills �
2. Day:
Serial Reader
51+: Seasoned Serial Reader 🍃
COMPLETED: 23/52
Agatha Raisin
#15 The Deadly Dance ✔️
Alvirah & Willy
#1 Weep No More, My Lady ✔️
#2 The Lottery Winner ✔️
Baby-sitters Club Mysteries
#8 Jessi and the Jewel Thieves ✔️
Bakery Detectives
#5 Til a Death Do Us Part ✔️
Bluford High
#1 Lost and Found ✔️
#2 A Matter of Trust ✔️
Cedar River Daydreams
#2 Trouble With a Capital T ✔️
#3 Jennifer's Secret ✔️
#4 Journey to Nowhere ✔️
#5 Broken Promises ✔️
Darla's Delectables Food Truck Cozy Mysteries
#1 Poison in the Pastries ✔️
Goosebumps Graphic Novels
#1 The Haunted Mask: The Graphic Novel ✔️
Hawthorne Chronicles
#1 Guardian Witch ✔️
Heather Wells
#3 Big Boned ✔️
Jett Series
#1 Believe in Me ✔️
� Lily Bard
#3 Shakespeare's Christmas ✔️
#4 Shakespeare's Trollop ✔️
#5 Shakespeare's Counselor ✔️
Nightmare Hall
#12 The Whisperer ✔️
Princess Diaries
#2 Princess in the Spotlight ✔️
Rory Yates
#1 Texas Ranger ✔️
Women's Murder Club
#12 12th of Never ✔️
Wheel of Feels
COMPLETED: 6/14
🔠 Emotional Spelling
A
D: The Deadly Dance by M.C. Beaton �
M
I: I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama �
R
A
T: Trouble With a Capital T �
I: I Know What You Did Last Summer �
O
N: Night Kills �
🔎 Emotional Titles
Love: First Love
Trust: A Matter of Trust �
Surprise: Wyoming Christmas Surprise
Joy: Comfort & Joy
Interest: The Love Interest
Tome of My Life
*I'm challenging myself to clear some of the bigger books off my shelf in 2025. My goal is to read at least 6 books with over 500 pages each.
COMPLETED: 0/6
Quarterly Challenges:
Monthly Challenges:
Books Read #: 29
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Books Read #: 11
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Books Read #:
3,417 (Current TBR)3,350 (Goal for End of 2025)
3,411 (Current TBR)- 6 from my last count.
I'll take it... even if it mostly happened because I removed books from giveaways I didn't win lol
2025 Reading Challenge
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Reading Goals
Read at least 110 books (40/110)
Donate 50 books to the library (20/50)
Finish at least 2 yearly challenges (0/2)
Finish at least 2 monthly challenges (0/2)
Finish 3 book series (1/3)
Read 16 books over 300 pages (4/16)
Read 4 books over 400 pages (0/4)
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