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bookshelves: goodreads, 2025-book-riot-challenge, 2025-popsugar-challenge
Jan 02, 2025
bookshelves: goodreads, 2025-book-riot-challenge, 2025-popsugar-challenge
This year's reading goal: 145 books (I'm trying to read a bit less than 2024).
This year, I plan to focus more on completing all the series I've started (and enjoyed) but never completed. And to catch up on all my ARCs and physical TBR...
As with previous years, I will try to fulfill the following reading challenges:
The (15/50):
1. A book about a POC experiencing joy and not trauma
2. A book you want to read based on the last sentence
3. A book about space tourism
� 4. A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title - The Book of Doors
5. A book with a snake on the cover or in the title
� 6. A book that fills your favorite prompt from the 2015 PS Reading Challenge - a book by a female author - Blood Beneath Snow
� 7. A book about a cult - Empire of the Vampire
� 8. A book under 250 pages - Yona of the Dawn, Vol 40
9. A book that features a character going through menopause
10. A book you got for free
11. A book mentioned in another book
12. A book about a road trip
13. A book rated less than three stars on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
14. A book about a nontraditional education
15. A book that an AI chatbot recommends based on your favorite book
16. A book set in or around a body of water
17. A book about a run club
� 18. A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons - The Wind Weaver
19. A highly anticipated read of 2025
� 20. A book that fills a 2024 prompt you'd like to do over (or try out) - A book with a title that is a complete sentence - The Night Ends With Fire
21. A book where the main character is a politician
22. A book about soccer
� 23. A book that is considered healing fiction - The Rainfall Market
24. A book with a happily single woman protagonist
� 25. A book where the main character is an immigrant or refugee - A Tempest of Tea
� 26. A book where an adult character changes careers - Mr. Nice Spy
� 27. A book set at a luxury resort - A Proposal to Die For
28. A book that features an unlikely friendship
29. A book about a food truck
30. A book that reminds you of your childhood
31. A book where music plays an integral part of the storyline
32. A book about an overlooked woman in history
33. A book featuring an activity on your bucket list
34. A book written by an author who is neurodivergent
� 35. A book centering LGBTQ+ characters that isn't about coming out - Once Upon You and Me
36. A book with silver on the cover or in the title
37. Two books with the same title (1)
38. Two books with the same title (2)
� 39. A classic you've never read - The Picture of Dorian Gray
40. A book about chosen family
Advanced Prompts
Easy
41. A book by the oldest author in your TBR pile
� 42. A book with a title that starts with the letter Y - Yona of the Dawn, Volume 41
� 43. A book that includes a nonverbal character - Onyx Storm
44. A book you have always avoided reading
Medium
� 45. A book with a left-handed character - Book Lovers
46. A book where nature is the antagonist
47. A book of interconnected short stories
Hard
48. A book that features a married couple who don't live together
49. A dystopian book with a happy ending
50. A book that features a character with chronic pain
The (6/24):
1. Read a 2025 release by a BIPOC author.
2. Reread a childhood favorite book.
3. Read a queer mystery.
� 4. Read a book about obsession. - You Will Never Be Me
5. Read a book about immigration or refugees.
� 6. Read a standalone fantasy book. - Warbreaker
7. Read a book about a piece of media you love (a TV show, a movie, a band, etc).
8. Read literary fiction by a BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and/or disabled author.
9. Read a book based solely on its setting.
10. Read a romance book that doesn’t have an illustrated cover.
11. Read a work of weird horror.
� 12. Read a staff pick from an indie bookstore. (Preferably, from your local indie bookstore.) - The Lion Women of Tehran (as recommended by Sarah from Novel Spot Books)
13. Read a nonfiction book about nature or the environment.
14. Read a comic in translation.
15. Read a banned book and complete a task on Book Riot’s How to Fight Book Bans guides.
� 16. Read a genre-blending book. - Serial Killer Games
� 17. Read a book about little-known history. - The Women on Platform Two
� 18. Read a “cozy� book by a BIPOC author. - Usotoki Rhetoric, Volume 5
19. Read a queernorm book.
20. Read the first book in a completed young adult or middle grade duology.
21. Read a book about a moral panic.
22. Read a holiday romance that isn’t Christmas.
23. Read a wordless comic.
24. Pick a 2015 Read Harder Challenge task to complete.
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My other Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Year in Review:
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025
This year, I plan to focus more on completing all the series I've started (and enjoyed) but never completed. And to catch up on all my ARCs and physical TBR...
As with previous years, I will try to fulfill the following reading challenges:
The (15/50):
1. A book about a POC experiencing joy and not trauma
2. A book you want to read based on the last sentence
3. A book about space tourism
� 4. A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title - The Book of Doors
5. A book with a snake on the cover or in the title
� 6. A book that fills your favorite prompt from the 2015 PS Reading Challenge - a book by a female author - Blood Beneath Snow
� 7. A book about a cult - Empire of the Vampire
� 8. A book under 250 pages - Yona of the Dawn, Vol 40
9. A book that features a character going through menopause
10. A book you got for free
11. A book mentioned in another book
12. A book about a road trip
13. A book rated less than three stars on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
14. A book about a nontraditional education
15. A book that an AI chatbot recommends based on your favorite book
16. A book set in or around a body of water
17. A book about a run club
� 18. A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons - The Wind Weaver
19. A highly anticipated read of 2025
� 20. A book that fills a 2024 prompt you'd like to do over (or try out) - A book with a title that is a complete sentence - The Night Ends With Fire
21. A book where the main character is a politician
22. A book about soccer
� 23. A book that is considered healing fiction - The Rainfall Market
24. A book with a happily single woman protagonist
� 25. A book where the main character is an immigrant or refugee - A Tempest of Tea
� 26. A book where an adult character changes careers - Mr. Nice Spy
� 27. A book set at a luxury resort - A Proposal to Die For
28. A book that features an unlikely friendship
29. A book about a food truck
30. A book that reminds you of your childhood
31. A book where music plays an integral part of the storyline
32. A book about an overlooked woman in history
33. A book featuring an activity on your bucket list
34. A book written by an author who is neurodivergent
� 35. A book centering LGBTQ+ characters that isn't about coming out - Once Upon You and Me
36. A book with silver on the cover or in the title
37. Two books with the same title (1)
38. Two books with the same title (2)
� 39. A classic you've never read - The Picture of Dorian Gray
40. A book about chosen family
Advanced Prompts
Easy
41. A book by the oldest author in your TBR pile
� 42. A book with a title that starts with the letter Y - Yona of the Dawn, Volume 41
� 43. A book that includes a nonverbal character - Onyx Storm
44. A book you have always avoided reading
Medium
� 45. A book with a left-handed character - Book Lovers
46. A book where nature is the antagonist
47. A book of interconnected short stories
Hard
48. A book that features a married couple who don't live together
49. A dystopian book with a happy ending
50. A book that features a character with chronic pain
The (6/24):
1. Read a 2025 release by a BIPOC author.
2. Reread a childhood favorite book.
3. Read a queer mystery.
� 4. Read a book about obsession. - You Will Never Be Me
5. Read a book about immigration or refugees.
� 6. Read a standalone fantasy book. - Warbreaker
7. Read a book about a piece of media you love (a TV show, a movie, a band, etc).
8. Read literary fiction by a BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and/or disabled author.
9. Read a book based solely on its setting.
10. Read a romance book that doesn’t have an illustrated cover.
11. Read a work of weird horror.
� 12. Read a staff pick from an indie bookstore. (Preferably, from your local indie bookstore.) - The Lion Women of Tehran (as recommended by Sarah from Novel Spot Books)
13. Read a nonfiction book about nature or the environment.
14. Read a comic in translation.
15. Read a banned book and complete a task on Book Riot’s How to Fight Book Bans guides.
� 16. Read a genre-blending book. - Serial Killer Games
� 17. Read a book about little-known history. - The Women on Platform Two
� 18. Read a “cozy� book by a BIPOC author. - Usotoki Rhetoric, Volume 5
19. Read a queernorm book.
20. Read the first book in a completed young adult or middle grade duology.
21. Read a book about a moral panic.
22. Read a holiday romance that isn’t Christmas.
23. Read a wordless comic.
24. Pick a 2015 Read Harder Challenge task to complete.
_________________________________
My other Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Year in Review:
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025
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