Category: Reading Challenge

I’m signing up for the 2025 Audiobook Challenge, hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About. I might be a bit of an audiobook junkie. My goal for the year is 50+ again, which puts me at the Marathoner level. The hashtag is #2025AudiobookChallenge. Also, June is Audiobook Month, so there will be a special mini-challenge just for the month. Books read:...

The Literary Escapes Challenge hosted at Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book is one I didn't do great at last year. The goal is to read 1 book set in each of the 50 states + the District of Columbia. (51 Points). If you complete the challenge you earn 50 Bonus Points. You also can earn Bonus Points for books set in Countries around the world. 1 Bonus Point for each country – no repeats. States: Alabama Alaska Arizona   Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts   Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Countries: England - Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie...

I failed at this challenge in 2024, but I'm giving it another shot. The Nonfiction reader challenge is hosted by Shelleyrae at Book’d Out. The hashtag is #ReadNonFicChal. The challenge is to read nonfiction books from twelve different categories. I’m going with the Nonfiction Nipper option, reading three from any three categories. The categories are: History Memoir/Biography - Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old by Brooke Shields True Crime Science Health Food Travel Garden Myth, Legend and Folklore Islands How-To Published in 2025 Books read:...

Last year I read mostly cozy mysteries. Now that everything has settled out a little, maybe I'll branch out some in 2025. Books read: A pun in the title A character with red hair Title starts with letter “M” - Murder at Raven’s Hollow by Louise Marley Title starts with letter “N” Plot includes a heist Genre One: Set in Spring Genre Two: Set in Summer Genre Three: Set in Autumn Genre Four: Set in Winter Author’s last name is also a first name - Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie A prequel Has a moon on the cover Title is ten letters or less Climate fiction Includes Latin American history Author has won an Edgar award Told in verse A character who can fly Has short chapters A fairy tale retelling Character’s name in the title Found family trope A sprayed edge Title is a spoiler Breaks the fourth wall More than a million copies sold Features a magician A crossover (Set in a shared universe) Shares universe with prompt 28 In the public domain Audiobook has multiple narrators Includes a diary entry A standalone novel Direction in the title Written in third person Final...

I'm starting to think about reading challenges I want to join for next year. First up is the Cruisin’ thru the Cozies Reading Challenge hosted by Yvonne at Socrates’ Book Reviews. I’m aiming at being an investigator, reading 20 cozy mysteries of my choice hopefully including one from each of the categories below. One from culinary – One from animal-related –  One from craft related – One from paranormal –  One from cozy mysteries based outside the US –  One career-based cozy mystery –  One holiday based –  One travel mystery –  One historical mystery – One is your choice! –  Books read:...